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When Kids Make Movies

2021

When Kids Make Movies

2021
A workshop called "Children's Film Workshop" was held in Miyazaki during the Corona disaster in December 2020. The documentary "Kodomo ga Eiga wo Tsukuru Toki (When Children Make Movies)," in which children played the leading roles, follows 12 children who have never met each other before as they make and screen a film in three days, will be distributed for two weeks only!
Tashi and the Monk

2015

Tashi and the Monk

2015
7.9
This moving documentary profiles a former Buddhist monk who runs a home for orphaned children in the Himalayas, and his relationship with its newest arrival, troubled five-year-old Tashi.
Bernard Tschumi: Architect and Theorist

2003

Bernard Tschumi: Architect and Theorist

2003
Filmed at his final lecture as Dean of Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Bernard Tschumi: Architect and Theorist documents a compelling and driven discussion of space, time, and movement.
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am

2019

Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am

2019
7.5
This artful and intimate meditation on the legendary storyteller examines her life, her works, and the powerful themes she has confronted throughout her literary career. Toni Morrison leads an assembly of her peers, critics, and colleagues on an exploration of race, history, the United States, and the human condition.
Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street

2019

Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street

2019
6.6
Mark Patton sets the records straight about the controversial 1985 sequel to A Nightmare on Elm Street, which ended his acting career, just as it was about to begin.
Paul Henning & The HIllbillies

2005

Paul Henning & The HIllbillies

2005
Actors and business associates who worked with TV,radio and film writer-producer Paul Henning recall his many talents, including his creation of "The Beverly Hillbillies," "Petticoat Junction," "The Bob Cummings Show" (aka "Love That Bob") and his association with George Burns & Gracie Allen on radio and TV. Includes clips from Henning's productions and rare, behind-the-scenes footage.
Fish in a Barrel

2020

Fish in a Barrel

2020
Fish in a Barrel follows the money in the NRA, details the Russian influence scheme to help Trump win the 2016 election, and presents a compelling case for why the NRA should lose its tax-exempt status.
Ralph Stanley: An Eye for Wood

2015

Ralph Stanley: An Eye for Wood

2015
5.5
This documentary profiles a Maine craftsman and his son, who are among the last practitioners of the art of wooden boat building.
Hi, My Name is Dicky

2020

Hi, My Name is Dicky

2020
5.3
Hi, My Name is Dicky is a sports documentary about hockey player Richard Clune, and his struggle with substance use disorder while playing in the National Hockey League (NHL). The story begins in Toronto, where we learn about his typical Canadian childhood, then moves onto his teenage experience with the Ontario Hockey League’s (OHL) Sarnia Sting. During his time in the OHL, Rich developed a crippling addiction to drugs and alcohol, which threatened to derail both his personal life and professional career. Shortly after debuting in the NHL with the Los Angeles Kings, Rich made the choice to get sober, embarking on a wild journey to the rehab clinic back home in Canada, from his brother's dormitory in Worcester, Massachusetts. Sober for over ten years, the viewer learns how Rich leads a fascinating life off the ice, and has become a mentor to many players in the NHL, now in the twilight of his career playing for his hometown Toronto Maple Leafs.
Dhaulagiri - Ascenso a la Montaña Blanca

2017

Dhaulagiri - Ascenso a la Montaña Blanca

2017
8.5
A mountaineer and audiovisual director begins a trip through Argentina to reconvene with the two friends with whom he tried to make a summit in the Himalayas. Alone and with them, he will try to understand what happened to Dario, the fourth friend, who decided to keep going up, the only one who did not return alive from the expedition.
Harry & Snowman

2015

Harry & Snowman

2015
6.5
Dutch immigrant, Harry deLeyer, journeyed to the United States after World War II and developed a transformative relationship with a broken down Amish plow horse he rescued off a slaughter truck bound for the glue factory. Harry paid eighty dollars for the horse and named him Snowman. In less than two years, Harry & Snowman went on to win the triple crown of show jumping, beating the nations blue bloods and they became famous and traveled around the world together. Their chance meeting at a Pennsylvania horse auction saved them both and crafted a friendship that lasted a lifetime. Eighty-six year old Harry tells their Cinderella love story firsthand, as he continues to train on today's show jumping circuit.
The Gilligan Manifesto

2018

The Gilligan Manifesto

2018
5.5
At the height of the Cold War, Gilligan's Island depicted seven Americans living in an analogue of a post-apocalyptic world where the survivors have to rebuild civilization. Remarkably, the society they create is pure communist. Interviews with the show's creator and some of the surviving actors, as well from professors from Harvard, reveal that Gilligan's Island was deliberately designed to be dismissed as low brow comedy in order to celebrate Marxism and lampoon Western democratic constructs.
Angola: The War

2017

Angola: The War

2017
For twenty-three years, five western nations, members of the Soviet bloc and two superpowers were locked into a war never formally declared. It all began in 1966. Once the Draft started, every able-bodied white South African male was called up for service.
Gallant Indies

2021

Gallant Indies

2021
7.4
Stéphane Lissner, director of the Paris Opera, entrusts the staging of the opera-ballet Les Indes galantes to the visual artist Clément Cogitore. Based on the experience of his short film Les Indes galantes, the artist updates Jean-Philippe Rameau's baroque masterpiece (1735) by bringing together lyric song and urban dance. The choreography is entrusted to Bintou Dembélé who supervises dancers from krump, popping, voguing or even experimental hip hop. From rehearsals to the Premiere, Philippe Béziat films the meeting of urban dancers with the lyric institution and invites the spectator to share a human and artistic experience.
Michelangelo: A Self Portrait

1987

Michelangelo: A Self Portrait

1987
The life of the sculptor.
Our Blood Is Wine

2018

Our Blood Is Wine

2018
6.2
Filmmaker Emily Railsback and award-winning sommelier Jeremy Quinn provide intimate access to rural family life in the Republic of Georgia as they explore the rebirth of 8,000-year-old wine-making traditions almost lost during the period of Soviet rule.
Alvaro Siza: Transforming Reality

2003

Alvaro Siza: Transforming Reality

2003
In Alvaro Siza: Transforming Reality Portugal's renowned architect reviews his work with architectural historian, Kenneth Frampton. While touring his projects Siza discusses his approach to architecture, explaining that it is centered around the idea that setting is integral to design and that a structure should be reinforced by surroundings that both enhance and highlight its potential.
Elon Musk: The Real Life Iron Man

2018

Elon Musk: The Real Life Iron Man

2018
5.2
Discover the meteoric rise of Elon Musk, the man who is transforming the way we think about travel technology through electric cars, the Hyperloop, and revolutionary ideas on how we live through artificial intelligence and colonizing Mars.
Jeff Wall: Retrospective

2007

Jeff Wall: Retrospective

2007
Jeff Wall is one of the most important and influential photographers working today. His work played a key role in establishing photography as a contemporary art form.
A Simple Walk Into Mordor

2013

A Simple Walk Into Mordor

2013
6.5
To celebrate the release of The Hobbit, two Lord of the Rings super-fans attempt to walk over 120 miles across New Zealand from the filming location of Hobbiton to the real life Mount Doom in only six days.