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Ernest Cole: Lost and Found

2024

Ernest Cole: Lost and Found

2024
7.6
More than 60,000 of Ernest Cole’s 35mm film negatives were inexplicably discovered in a bank vault in Stockholm, Sweden. Most considered these forever lost, especially the thousands of pictures he shot in the U.S. Told through Cole’s own writings, the stories of those closest to him, and the lens of his uncompromising work, the film is a reintroduction of a pivotal Black artist to a new generation and will unravel the mystery of his missing negatives.
America Unfiltered: Portraits and Voices of a Nation

2024

America Unfiltered: Portraits and Voices of a Nation

2024
Two immigrant filmmakers journey across the US, exploring American identity through raw encounters on politics, race, immigration, and gun control. The film offers an unflinching portrait of America, unveiling hope for our common humanity.
Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird

2024

Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird

2024
7
A film that charts the artistic and personal relationship between two era-defining artists, Omar Rodríguez-López and Cedric Bixler-Zavala (At the Drive-In/The Mars Volta), told almost entirely through hundreds of hours of self-shot footage filmed by Omar over the last 40 years.
Pipe Dream

2024

Pipe Dream

2024
The hope of a grassroots funded skatepark offers an outlet for a small Pennsylvania town affected by the opioid epidemic. The first iteration of the Quakertown Skatepark was built in 2003. By 2008, many in the town wanted to see it permanently closed due to vandalism and safety concerns. A local Pastor, Dave Kratz, got involved in changing the atmosphere of the park. With the help of students, local businesses and the township, the group raised over one million dollars to fund the creation of a world-class skatepark and community center.
Eyes of Gaza

2024

Eyes of Gaza

2024
5
More journalists have been killed over the course of a year in the Israel-Gaza war than in any other conflict since the Committee to Protect Journalists started collecting data in 1992. This hellish portrait follows three Palestinian journalists in northern Gaza as they are forced put their lives at risk while trying to do their work.
Rooted in the West Bank

2024

Rooted in the West Bank

2024
Atta’s family has farmed the Baqa’a Valley in the West Bank for centuries, but since Israel’s 1967 occupation, their land has been confiscated piecemeal by Israeli settlers, their homes and ancient farming terraces attacked and demolished. Spanning 25 years of a farmer’s struggle to stay steadfast, this is a moving testimony to the depth of one man’s humanity in the face of intensifying settler violence and intimidation.
TURA!

2024

TURA!

2024
The one and only Tura Satana. Best remembered for her role as the fierce Varla in Russ Meyer’s 1965 cult classic Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, Tura’s real life was just as wild and unapologetic as her on-screen persona. And her post-film legacy was just as noteworthy, leaving a fist-shaped mark on pop culture and an indelible signature in burlesque stages, queer clubs, and comic conventions everywhere.
Seize the Summit

2024

Seize the Summit

2024
4 young strangers, all war refugees, unite to take on the challenge of summiting Mt. Kilimanjaro, one of the seven summits and the highest peak in Africa. They have been brought together by the charity INARA to shed light on the impact of war on children. The mountain always has a lesson, and often not what we think or expect it to be. Not all will make it to the summit, some will be forced to face dormant personal demons. This is a story of physical and emotional adventure, the rollercoaster of life, and the possibilities that emerge when we stand together.
Never Look Away

2024

Never Look Away

2024
7.4
CNN camerawoman Margaret Moth fearlessly captures footage of war zones. After receiving catastrophic injuries in the crosshairs of battle, she returns to work with more courage than ever. An intimate portrait of a trailblazing female photojournalist. Features interviews with Moth’s family and friends, including CNN’s Christiane Amanpour. A Sundance film festival premiere directed by Lucy Lawless.
Starring Jerry as Himself

2024

Starring Jerry as Himself

2024
6
Jerry, an ordinary immigrant dad, retired in Orlando, is recruited to be an undercover agent for the Chinese police. Jerry’s family recreates the events on film and his three sons discover a darker truth. True crime meets spy thriller in this genre-bending docufiction hybrid about an immigrant’s search for the American dream. A Slamdance Film Festival Grand Jury and Audience Award winner.
Little Potato

2024

Little Potato

2024
This Documentary offers a poetic portrait of the film-maker’s grandmother, Shou Ai Xia, who suffers from dementia. It explores the fading memories of her ordinary life and the vivid hallucinations reflecting her decades of commitment to the Chinese Communist Party, providing a pathway beyond the traditional views of dementia.
Understanding

2024

Understanding

2024
Have you ever felt truly understood by someone? What was it like, and how did it feel? Was it real, or did it just seem that way? This film is my exploration of mutual understanding—delving into my own thoughts and engaging with people I met on the streets of St. Petersburg, Tel Aviv, Colombo, and Tashkent.
Mozart's Sister

2024

Mozart's Sister

2024
For the first 18 years of her life, Mozart’s sister shared equal billing with her brother. Musical partners and collaborators, Wolfgang Mozart and Maria-Anna Mozart played together before Kings and Queens, and were the talk of Europe. What happened to her? Forced into retirement by age 16 because she was a woman, a stunning new investigation explores why she was retired against her will and the explosive theory: did Maria-Anna Mozart continue to compose in secret?
Americans with No Address

2024

Americans with No Address

2024
The producers of the feature film "No Address" embarked on a cross-country mission to understand the human experience and the governmental policies while meeting the advocates who are successfully offering solutions. All to learn firsthand why there is a growing homeless crisis in America.
E.1027: Eileen Gray and the House by the Sea

2024

E.1027: Eileen Gray and the House by the Sea

2024
6.2
A love triangle of jealousy in the Parisian art scene of the 1930s is brought to life in a stylish docufiction about iconic artist and architect Eileen Gray, who built her modernist dream house on the Riviera, only to be upstaged by Le Corbusier.
Born Hungry

2024

Born Hungry

2024
In this inspiring story of grit and determination, a runaway child from the streets of India is adopted by a family and becomes one of the top chefs in the world.
Pay Dirt: The Story of Supercross

2024

Pay Dirt: The Story of Supercross

2024
Supercross. The most underappreciated, demanding, dramatic sport on the planet, requiring heart, dedication and determination. This film by two-time Emmy-Winning filmmaker Paul Taublieb, is not a history, but captures the essence of the sport where passion meets commitment, relying on the twin pillars of in-depth interviews combined with cinematic camerawork along with deep archival research, featuring the biggest names of the sport. Narrated by Josh Brolin.
The Last Expedition

2024

The Last Expedition

2024
7
The true story of Wanda Rutkiewicz, the first woman in the world and the first person from Poland to climb the highest peaks on earth, told by herself.
Union

2024

Union

2024
8
Up against one of the most powerful companies on the planet, a group of Amazon workers embark on an unprecedented campaign to unionize their warehouse in Staten Island, New York.
Studio One Forever

2024

Studio One Forever

2024
7.8
A documentary film about Studio One which, from 1974 to 1994, was the center of queer nightlife in West Hollywood as well as the staging ground for the rise of the LGBTQ rights movement and fight against the AIDS crisis.