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Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records

2013

Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records

2013
7.1
Under the direction of founder and world-renowned DJ Peanut Butter Wolf, Stones Throw Records has consistently released critically acclaimed, left-of-center albums since its founding in 1996. Drawing on live concert footage, never-before-seen archival material, inner-circle home video and photographs and in-depth interviews with the folks who put Stones Throw on the map, this documentary will delve deeper into the label's enigmatic artists, history, culture and global following.
Llyn Foulkes One Man Band

2013

Llyn Foulkes One Man Band

2013
7.7
This documentary follows painter and musician Lyn Foulkes from age 70 to 77 as he labors to complete two astonishing tableaux that demonstrate his outsider's perspective and eye for evocative imagery. As his reworking of one piece stretches into its second decade, we watch Foulkes' righteous contempt for the establishment erode, replaced by a yearning for the recognition he's due.
Scientologists at War

2013

Scientologists at War

2013
7.4
Scientologists at War examines the independent Scientology movement and the high level defectors who have publicly renounced their membership from the Church of Scientology. Marty Rathbun is one of the most senior defectors in Scientology's history. As the former Inspector General of Ethics in the organisation that was created by science fiction writer L Ron Hubbard, Rathbun worked closely with its leader, David Miscavige, and celebrity follower Tom Cruise. The film provides a rare insider view of the Church of Scientology.
The Gettysburg Story

2013

The Gettysburg Story

2013
A documentary about the Battle of Gettysburg during the US Civil War.
American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs

2013

American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs

2013
7.8
Grace Lee Boggs is an activist and philosopher in Detroit who has dedicated her life to the next American Revolution and the possibility of a better, more just future for all of humanity. At age 97, she has been building movements and developing strategies for social change for most of her life -- reminding us that revolution is not only possible and necessary, but a process that must always be in motion.
The New Black

2013

The New Black

2013
5.2
The New Black is a documentary that tells the story of how the African-American community is grappling with the gay rights issue in light of the recent gay marriage movement and the fight over civil rights. The film documents activists, families and clergy on both sides of the campaign to legalize gay marriage and examines homophobia in the black community's institutional pillar-the black church and reveals the Christian right wing's strategy of exploiting this phenomenon in order to pursue an anti-gay political agenda. The New Black takes viewers into the pews and onto the streets and provides a seat at the kitchen table as it tells the story of the historic fight to win marriage equality in Maryland and charts the evolution of this divisive issue within the black community.
20 Feet from Stardom

2013

20 Feet from Stardom

2013
7.2
Backup singers live in a world that lies just beyond the spotlight. Their voices bring harmony to the biggest bands in popular music, but we've had no idea who these singers are or what lives they lead, until now.
NotBad

2013

NotBad

2013
6
This is a tale of epic adventure. A tale of seven brave riders who set out from the four corners of the globe to gather together under one roof in a town located at the ends of the earth. A tale with no beginning and no end but where a few things happen in between. Things like eel fights. Yeah that's right... eel fights. So watch this movie. Why? Because it's NotBad... 30 days of bicycle tomfoolery in New Zealand. A new film from the crew who brought you The Collective, Roam, Seasons, Follow Me and Strength in Numbers.
Pandora's Promise

2013

Pandora's Promise

2013
6.9
The atomic bomb, the specter of a global nuclear holocaust, and disasters like Fukushima have made nuclear energy synonymous with the darkest nightmares of the modern world. But what if everyone has nuclear power wrong? What if people knew that there are reactors that are self-sustaining and fully controllable and ones that require no waste disposal? What if nuclear power is the only energy source that has the ability to stop climate change?
The Crash Reel

2013

The Crash Reel

2013
7.3
The Crash Reel tells the story of a sport and the risks that athletes face in reaching the pinnacle of their profession. This is Kevin Pearce’s story, a celebrated snowboarder who sustained a brain injury in a trick gone wrong and who now aims, against all the odds, to get back on the snow.
Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer

2013

Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer

2013
6.8
In the winter of 2011, after a controversial election, Vladimir Putin was reinstalled as president of Russia. In response, hundreds of thousands of citizens rose up all over the country to challenge the legitimacy of Putin’s rule. Among them were a group of young, radical-feminist punk rockers, better known as Pussy Riot. Wearing colored balaclavas, tights, and summer dresses, they entered Moscow’s most venerated cathedral and dared to sing “Mother Mary, Banish Putin!” Now they have become victims of a “show” trial.
Grounded

2013

Grounded

2013
7
Grounded is the high flying adventure of Pittsburgh marijuana smuggling brothers Terry and Jimmy Dougherty. Jimmy worked the ground crew and Terry was the pilot whose skills helped expand the smuggling operation beyond their wildest expectations. Their adventures stretched from the farmers fields of rural Alabama and Florida to the dirt runways of Colombia and back again. The film is packed with hair-raising tales of smuggling aviation keeping the audience on the edge of their seats. Getting the marijuana was easy, delivering it was the adventure.
Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie

2013

Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie

2013
5.9
Long before O'Reilly and Beck, Morton Downey, Jr., was tearing up the talk-show format with his divisive populism. Between the fistfights, rabid audience, and Mort's cigarette smoke always "in your face," The Morton Downey Jr. Show was billed as "3-D television," "rock and roll without the music." Évocateur meditates on the hysteria that ended the '80s and ultimately its most notorious agitator.
The Square

2013

The Square

2013
7.7
The Square looks at the hard realities faced day-to-day by people working to build Egypt’s new democracy. Cairo’s Tahrir Square is the heart and soul of the film, which follows several young activists. Armed with values, determination, music, humor, an abundance of social media, and sheer obstinacy, they know that the thorny path to democracy only began with Hosni Mubarak’s fall. The life-and-death struggle between the people and the power of the state is still playing out.
Blackfish

2013

Blackfish

2013
7.8
Notorious killer whale Tilikum is responsible for the deaths of three individuals, including a top killer whale trainer. Blackfish shows the sometimes devastating consequences of keeping such intelligent and sentient creatures in captivity.
Inside the Fifty Shades: Real Women Confess

2013

Inside the Fifty Shades: Real Women Confess

2013
3.8
A cinematic exploration of the dominance and submission lifestyle as revealed in the best-selling book trilogy Fifty Shades of Grey. In this film, real women and men reveal their experiences, wants and desires as participants in the world of dominance and submission.
Video Nasty

2013

Video Nasty

2013
Video Nasty is the latest film offering from upstart company Heroin Skateboards, it features the whole team and was filmed all over the world.
All American Horror: Gateway to Hell

2013

All American Horror: Gateway to Hell

2013
5.5
Roxanne Wentworth accidentally turns her property into a gateway for ghosts from Gallows Hill.
Irwin & Fran

2013

Irwin & Fran

2013
8
Professor Irwin Corey is now 101 years old and he is a well known comedian, entertainer and political satirist. Fran is 95 and his wife of 71 years. Dick Gregory shares Irwin's contribution and family friend Susan Sarandon narrates.
Love, Marilyn

2013

Love, Marilyn

2013
6.6
Using the book 'Fragments', which collects Marilyn Monroe's poems, notes and letters, and with participation from the Arthur Miller and Truman Capote estates who have contributed more material, each of the actresses will embody the legend at various stages in her life.