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Forest of the Dancing Spirits

2013

Forest of the Dancing Spirits

2013
7.5
“In the beginning, women lived apart, unaware of the existence of men. Until one day, when the first woman, Toli, who was brave and adventurous traveled deep into the forest. Toli discovered solitary creatures with big muscles who knew how to climb trees and harvest wild honey. When Toli tasted their honey, she thought they should all live together….” That is how one of the creation stories of the Aka people from the tropical rainforest of the Congo Basin goes. Akaya, Kengole, Dibota and their friends and family are hunters-gatherers (and also great story-tellers) who guide us through their world. They explain their origins, myths, and the very spiritual meaning of life.
Women of World War II: The Untold Stories

2025

Women of World War II: The Untold Stories

2025
Meet the American women who built the planes and flew them-- who fought on the war front and broke barriers on the home front. History comes alive with newly-rediscovered interviews and rarely seen archival footage.
Just One of Those Things

2022

Just One of Those Things

2022
just one of those things is part of a new series of work made at the relaunch of High Heel Project in 2022. Katayama layers cut-out legs and high heels on top of her self-portrait, animating them to create a moving collage. She comments, 'The most important thing is not that everyone should wear high heels, but that, first and foremost, we should have the freedom to say what we want and what we don't want. With the goal of freedom of choice open to all, I must continue to walk and speak up wearing symbolic and extreme high heels:
The Murder of Sam Pettyjohn

2022

The Murder of Sam Pettyjohn

2022
A crime documentary of Southern political corruption during the 1970s, as seen through the eyes of a streetwise teen. Sam Pettyjohn, a close ally of Jimmy Hoffa, was one of Chattanooga’s biggest crime bosses.
Living Landscapes: Sacred Canyons of the American Southwest

2007

Living Landscapes: Sacred Canyons of the American Southwest

2007
Bowie, Iggy & Lou 1971-1973: The Sacred Triangle

2010

Bowie, Iggy & Lou 1971-1973: The Sacred Triangle

2010
6.8
The Sacred Triangle enlightens us on how one of the most influential pop stars of the previous century, Ziggy Stardust, was born. This is the same question Velvet Goldmine, a great film by Todd Haynes, once tried to answer. Progressing like a detective story, The Sacred Triangle investigates the influence Lou Reed and Iggy Pop had to David Bowie’s (then on the verge of a breakthrough) music and stage persona. The section on the Velvet Underground alone is enough of a reason to watch this movie.
This Time Next Year

2014

This Time Next Year

2014
A poetic documentation of the Long Beach Island, NJ community as they battle local politics, cope with personal tragedy, and band together after Hurricane Sandy.
Unsigned

2011

Unsigned

2011
“Unsigned” is a documentary that trails three rising rock bands in Los Angeles as they chase their dreams of making it big in the music industry. We follow “Fight Friendly” ” Paul Nagi” and ” The Muddy Reds” as they learn to balance their rock ’n’ roll aspirations with the hardships and realizations of every day life in a film which dares everyone to follow their dreams.
Underdog: The Andy Swallow Story

2024

Underdog: The Andy Swallow Story

2024
6
From hooliganism and violence through to the ecstasy and the rise of rave culture, Andy Swallow, co-founder of West Ham's ICF and later Centreforce 883, opens up about his life for the very first time.
MUM Misunderstandings of Miscarriage

2020

MUM Misunderstandings of Miscarriage

2020
10
At age 31, after experiencing her second miscarriage, Tahyna MacManus was devastated, lost, angry and, despite those around her, felt terribly alone. She picked up a camera and started to record her story and in doing so found her tribe. Resilient, courageous women speaking of their sadness, their shame and their guilt while still holding onto hope. Tahyna discovers that 1 in 4 Australian women experience miscarriage so why aren’t we talking about it? In this highly intimate journey, Tahyna is on a mission to lift the lid on all that shame, provide some answers and make sure that women no longer walk this path alone. But first, she has to face her own fears.
Normal Is Over

2015

Normal Is Over

2015
Documentary about human impact on the world.
Black Mother

2018

Black Mother

2018
6.6
Part film, part baptism, in BLACK MOTHER director Khalik Allah brings us on a spiritual journey through Jamaica. Soaking up its bustling metropolises and tranquil countryside, Allah introduces us to a succession of vividly rendered souls who call this island home. Their candid testimonies create a polyphonic symphony, set against a visual prayer of indelible portraiture. Thoroughly immersed between the sacred and profane, BLACK MOTHER channels rebellion and reverence into a deeply personal ode informed by Jamaica’s turbulent history but existing in the urgent present.
An Evening with Kevin Smith

2002

An Evening with Kevin Smith

2002
7.4
Kevin Smith interacts in Q&A sessions throughout various college stops in the USA.
The Flying Dutchmen

2016

The Flying Dutchmen

2016
The fuse is lit when Jon, a chronic optimist, desperately seeks affirmation from his salty older friend, Daryl, by embarking on a cross-country road trip with an experimental motorcycle in an effort to realize Daryl's dream of seeing the Pacific Coast before he completely loses the remainder of his eyesight to a rare condition.
No Limits: The Thalidomide Saga

2016

No Limits: The Thalidomide Saga

2016
9
Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker John Zaritsky returns to the story that has fascinated and compelled him for years - thalidomide and it's effect on the survivors of "the worst drug disaster in history." In this, his third film on the subject, he reconnects with some of the thalidomide victims he originally profiled when they were young, and introduces us to some new people who have been active in the fight for justice. He also highlights some recently released information about German pharmaceutical giant Grünenthal, who aggressively marketed the drug, and are now selling it again under a different usage, but still with no compensation for those who's lives they affected so deeply. The indefatigable spirit of the extraordinary thalidomide victims is cast against the callousness disregard of the drug's manufacturers in a film that lays out the story from it's beginnings in the late 50s to the current state of affairs in the present day. —Philip Webley
The Fabulous Ice Age

2013

The Fabulous Ice Age

2013
7.1
For decades, American touring ice shows dominated family entertainment with their dazzling production and variety acts. This documentary honors them through interviews and archival footage, and depicts one skater's quest to keep this history alive.
The Palindromists

2021

The Palindromists

2021
6
The Palindromists is a documentary delving into the world of palindromes – those peculiar words and phrases that read the same backwards and forwards. Explore palindromes in history and meet the world's greatest palindromists as they see everything backwards preparing for the World Palindrome Championship.
Hell or High Seas

2021

Hell or High Seas

2021
5
"Hell or High Seas" follows U.S. Navy veteran Taylor Grieger and writer Stephen O’Shea on the adventure of a lifetime. As the two sail around Cape Horn – the world’s most treacherous ocean waters – to raise awareness about veteran suicide, Taylor finds healing from his own painful journey with PTSD.
The Chiptune Story

2018

The Chiptune Story

2018
5
The ChipTune Story focuses on 8-bit music and the C64 SID chip. Featuring interviews with games 8-bit music composers Rob Hubbard, Chris Huelsbeck, Ben Daglish, Mark Knight. We look at the history of ChipTune from 8-bit to 16-bit sampling.
Freeway: Crack in the System

2014

Freeway: Crack in the System

2014
7.3
FREEWAY: CRACK IN THE SYSTEM tells the story of broken dreams, drug dealers, dirty cops, and government complicity—more compelling than fiction, it’s the real story behind America’s longest war. This documentary by award-winning filmmaker Marc Levin (SLAM, Mr. Untouchable, Brick City) exposes how the infiltration of crack cocaine destroyed inner-city neighborhoods across the country. At the center of it all is the rise, fall and redemption of Freeway Rick Ross, a street hustler who became the King of Crack, and journalist Gary Webb, who broke the story of the CIA’s complicity in the drug war. Featuring exclusive interviews with Freeway Rick Ross, not to be confused with the rapper who took his name Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Gary Webb, his source Coral Baca, and wife Susan Webb former Los Angeles Deputy Sheriff Roberto Juarez drug trafficker Julio Zavala and many more.