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I for Iran

2014

I for Iran

2014
During language classes the director is not only taught basic Persian by her teacher, he also opens the gates to Iranian history and culture. Gradually, the lessons morph into a poetic, visual collage that questions the term freedom and the meaning of revolution.
In the Image

2014

In the Image

2014
In the Image explores the daily lives of Palestinian women living in the occupied West Bank. The film portrays their stories in a novel and eye-opening manner; through video footage captured by the women themselves.
The Amish: Shunned

2014

The Amish: Shunned

2014
7.6
The story of shunning in Amish communities.
Serial Killer Culture

2014

Serial Killer Culture

2014
6.1
Serial Killer Culture examines the reasons why artists and collectors are fascinated by serial killers.
Rich Mullins: A Ragamuffin's Legacy

2014

Rich Mullins: A Ragamuffin's Legacy

2014
A documentary film about Christian singer/songwriter Rich Mullins, including found footage and interviews with people who knew him best.
Transmormon

2014

Transmormon

2014
6
Eri Hayward was born and raised in conservative Utah County, comes from a Mormon background, was raised in the LDS church and even went to Mormon private school -- but something wasn't adding up. Eri was born a boy and it was a slow, painful journey for her to recognize that she is transgender. This film catches up with 25-year-old Eri and her supportive family just before traveling abroad for her sexual reassignment surgery.
Finding Happiness

2014

Finding Happiness

2014
4.5
Finding Happiness is a film that captures a joyful reality. With a unique story directly from the heart and soul of each person who has lived it. Told through the eyes of a New York investigative journalist, Finding Happiness takes us on a journey to see how people can live in harmony, collaboration, compassion, cooperation, peace and love together in a conscious community called Ananda - which means "joy".
A Year in Champagne

2014

A Year in Champagne

2014
6.2
The exploding cork. Endless tiny bubbles floating up and up in the glass. An indulgence. A celebration. A seduction. A triumph. This is the essence of Champagne, isn’t it? But it’s not just bubbles in a glass that makes the wine, or the mystique. Only sparkling wine produced within the boundaries of the Champagne region is truly “Champagne.” At first glance, the region is not an obvious source of romance. Champagne’s history is grim and bloody, swept by war and destruction from Attila the Hun to the filthy trenches of WWI and the Nazi depredations of WWII. The environment for winemaking is desperately hard — northerly latitude, chalky soil, copious rain, frost, rot. Yet it’s these difficulties that help make the wine unique.
Rita Dove: An American Poet

2014

Rita Dove: An American Poet

2014
A series of in-depth conversations with Poet Laureate Rita Dove—conducted and recorded by Eduardo Montes-Bradley between September 2012, and October 2013. The film explores the poet's life, exposing fundamental facts of Dove's childhood and formative years growing up in Akron, Ohio in the 1950s and during the turbulent 1960s, supplemented by selections from hundreds of still images and several hours of home movies from the Dove family's collection.
The Gut: Our Second Brain

2014

The Gut: Our Second Brain

2014
7.1
For a few years now, scientists have known about the existence of another brain within our bodies. This second brain, or "brain down below" is none other than our stomach. The stomach's intelligence is a new avenue of research that is fascinating research teams the world over.
Paul Taylor Creative Domain

2014

Paul Taylor Creative Domain

2014
Among the most acclaimed choreographers in American history, Paul Taylor has been reinventing the roles of music, movement and theme in dance for nearly 60 years. In that time he has offered only glimpses into his creative process. Creative Domain is a rare in-depth documentation of how he creates a single dance. Through the lens of award-winning cinematographer Tom Hurwitz, we see Paul’s non-verbal communication with his dancers. Below the surface of this dance and the many works that came before, is Paul’s power of acute observation, revealing a side to his choreography that is strangely prophetic. The dominant voice is Paul’s, between the guarded and unguarded moments we see him with new eyes and new understanding.
Turn it Up!

2014

Turn it Up!

2014
5.2
A celebration of the electric guitar, hosted by Kevin Bacon and featuring interviews & performances by B.B. King, Slash, Les Paul, Robby Krieger, John 5, Paul Stanley, Skunk Baxter, Jerry Cantrell, Nancy Wilson, and many more.
See No Evil

2014

See No Evil

2014
7.2
Poetic, painful documentary about three retired apes: a film star, a scientist and a cripple. They look back at their lives and the intriguing relationship between humans and apes. Who watches whom, and who learns from this?
The Life of Adolf Hitler: The Path to Dictatorship

2014

The Life of Adolf Hitler: The Path to Dictatorship

2014
How did Adolf Hitler come to create a regime, to hold the World in a grip of terror the likes of which had never been seen before?Hitler's rise from a rabble rouser on the streets of Bavaria to the pinnacle of power in Berlin and conquest of most of Western Europe, is one of the most extraordinary and savage stories of our time. Millions of Germans saw in him the Messiah he felt himself to be.
Picasso: The Legacy

2014

Picasso: The Legacy

2014
6.8
A never-before-seen portrait of the artist’s life through his entire body of work, from his sketches as a child prodigy until his final paintings.
Happily Ever After

2014

Happily Ever After

2014
7
A mercilessly humorous portrait of the filmmaker who, in a desperate attempt to save her relationship, visits all her ex-boyfriends.
Kaz: Pushing the Virtual Divide

2014

Kaz: Pushing the Virtual Divide

2014
5.2
This film is about drive. It’s about the passion and creative drive of Kazunori Yamauchi, the architect behind Gran Turismo’s birth and breath-taking fifteen-year evolution.
The War Around Us

2014

The War Around Us

2014
7
In 2008 two best friends found themselves trapped in one of the most dangerous places on earth - the only western journalists in the Gaza Strip on what was supposed to be a 24-hour assignment. The War Around Us captures the collision of veteran war correspondent and one of TIME's most 100 influential people, Ayman Mohyeldin, with rookie reporter Sherine Tadros. As missiles shower the city and unspeakable atrocities emerge, the pair is torn by fierce professional rivalry, private terror and grim humor - with no way out and the whole world watching.
The Sturgeon Queens

2014

The Sturgeon Queens

2014
6
Four generations of a Jewish immigrant family create Russ and Daughters, a Lower East Side lox and herring emporium that survives and thrives. Produced to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the store, this documentary features an extensive interview with two of the original daughters for whom the store was named, now 100 and 92 years old, and interviews with prominent enthusiasts of the store including Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, actress Maggie Gyllenhaal, chef Mario Batali, New Yorker writer Calvin Trillin, and 60 Minutes correspondent Morley Safer. Rather than a conventional narrator, the filmmakers bring together six colorful longtime fans of the store, in their 80s and 90s, who sit around a table of fish reading the script in the style of a passover Seder. - Written by Julie Cohen
Watchers of the Sky

2014

Watchers of the Sky

2014
5.6
Five interwoven stories of remarkable courage from Nuremberg to Rwanda, from Darfur to Syria, and from apathy to action.