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Silencing the Song: An Afghan Fallen Star

2011

Silencing the Song: An Afghan Fallen Star

2011
6
In this follow-up to 'Afghan Star,' filmmaker Havana Marking returns to Afghanistan to check in on infamous contestant Setara from the popular Afghan talent show of the same name. The film looks at where Setara is now and the impact that her controversial performance has had on her life and her country, including ever-present threats to her safety.
Trentatré - A Dream in the Heart: Naples Rises Again

2024

Trentatré - A Dream in the Heart: Naples Rises Again

2024
5
Egypt: The Temples Saved from the Nile

2018

Egypt: The Temples Saved from the Nile

2018
For centuries, Egyptian temples were victims of looting, earthquakes, desert encroachment, and floods, and were almost swallowed up by the waters of the Nile in the 20th century. This film aims to better understand the history of these temples. Thanks to an unprecedented international mobilization, discover the exceptional heritage saved at the cost of a "pharaonic" trip.
Creation or Evolution?

1996

Creation or Evolution?

1996
Has the age-old stand-off between science and religion taken a new turn? Can the Bible's account of creation be reconciled with modern scientific fact? How did so many life-forms come into existence? This carefully researched video sheds helpful new light on the debate.
Easy Come Easy Go (The Easybeats)

1967

Easy Come Easy Go (The Easybeats)

1967
A lost documentary filmed in 1967 chronicling the Australian pop group, The Easybeats.
Free Puppies!

2022

Free Puppies!

2022
Tens of thousands of dogs are transported every year from areas with high euthanasia rates to parts of the country with fewer unwanted dogs and a surplus of adopters. Knowing the happy ending for these lucky dogs is only the beginning of the story, FREE PUPPIES. takes a closer look at where they come from. By following dog rescuers throughout rural counties in the Georgia-Alabama-Tennessee tristate area, we see the challenges that lead to dog overpopulation in the first place and the work being done in these communities to overcome them.
Stolen Children

1994

Stolen Children

1994
6
The use of kidnapped children as fighters was a systematic practice by the South African-backed Renamo army. We follow Julio Bombi’s journey to be re-united with his mother. Renamo kidnapped up to 100,000 children, and they became the most feared soldiers of all. When parents find their long-lost children, these hardened young assassins bear little resemblance to the children they lost.
Quo Vadis 2020

2020

Quo Vadis 2020

2020
7
A post millennial journey to Italy before the coronavirus outbreak. While encountering various faces of the contemporary Italian decline, the trip turns into an existential experience arising doubts within a group of ambitious filmmakers, moved by the nostalgia of the humble life that they abandoned to follow their dreams.
13th Child: Jersey Devil

2014

13th Child: Jersey Devil

2014
10
A historical documentary looking at the history of the Jersey Devil
From Jail Cell to Stem Cell: the Next Con for the Ex-Con

2020

From Jail Cell to Stem Cell: the Next Con for the Ex-Con

2020
6
The natural medicine industry is seduced by ex-cons, adulterated by fake docuseries and physicians with exaggerated credentials, and patients are hurt all in an effort to make money before the FDA catches up with them.
Texas Style

1985

Texas Style

1985
Texas Style centers on three generations of Westmoreland family fiddlers, bringing you to the Homecoming, Rodeo, Reunion and Fiddling Contest in Gustine, Texas, where there are armadillo races, tobacco-spitting and frog hopping contests, cow chip throwing and young and old comparing their hog calling skills. Inside a canvas tent, some of Texas' most remarkable fiddlers compete to the foot-stomping delight of their audience.
Der letzte Remix

2015

Der letzte Remix

2015
7
While They Watched

2015

While They Watched

2015
7.5
Documentary about North Korea, set in the future after the regime has collapsed. Harnessing the power of hindsight the film questions the morality of the current inaction by regional and global powers towards the North Korean dictatorship.
The Commodore Story

2018

The Commodore Story

2018
6.5
The story of the Commodore PET, VIC-20, C64 and Amiga from engineers, games developers and how Commodore influenced the first 8-bit generation users.
Men in the Arena

2017

Men in the Arena

2017
8
A touching story of friendship, struggle and triumph, the film follows the journey of two Somali national soccer team friends chasing their dreams in the face of impossible odds. After surviving two decades of war, Saadiq, 17, and Sa’ad, 19, the team’s most promising stars, enter the only televised match of the year hoping scouts will be watching. With passports of no value on the world stage, soccer may be their only shot to escape a growing terror threat, persecution and poverty. Against the backdrop of fear and shared sacrifice, they embark on separate but equally improbable journeys. In the opportunity of a lifetime, Saadiq sets off for America with dreams of an education and a soccer career. Sa’ad continues his career in Mogadishu with the hopes of someday being reunited with his friend. Their biggest dream is shared – to be symbols of hope to generations who have only known war.
Tower To The People

2015

Tower To The People

2015
6
Nikola Tesla dreamed of sending free wireless energy from a mysterious tower and lab called Wardenclyffe. Deteriorating for decades, the remains of his great work were almost lost forever. Until a grateful world united to save them.
Sunshine Hotel

2001

Sunshine Hotel

2001
6.6
Just decades ago, flophouses in New York housed nearly 25,000 men living on the margins of society. Today few remain. Filmmaker Michael Dominic takes his camera behind the doors of the Sunshine Hotel, one of the few remaining affordable refuges for the destitute and out of luck, a world that has seemingly stood still for more than eight decades. Here the hotel residents live in tiny four-by-six-foot cubicles crowned by a ceiling of chicken wire. Focusing on several of the Sunshine’s denizens – including a transgender woman saving all her money for additional surgeries and a hotel manager who doubles as its resident philosopher – Dominic presents a non-judgmental snapshot of a diverse group of characters as memorable as the characters at Harry Hope’s bar in Eugene O’Neill’s “The Iceman Cometh.”
When I Walk

2013

When I Walk

2013
6.6
When I Walk approaches the struggles of living with multiple sclerosis and the medical community’s efforts to find better treatments and ultimately a cure with heart, humor, and courage.
Overdose: The Next Financial Crisis

2010

Overdose: The Next Financial Crisis

2010
6.8
When the world’s financial bubble blew, the solution was to lower interest rates and pump trillions of dollars into the sick banking system. But what happens when the solutions are identical to the mistakes that caused the very crisis?
Gargoyles: Guardians of the Gate

1994

Gargoyles: Guardians of the Gate

1994
5
This documentary takes a look at gargoyles, the stone or cement creatures that adorn the lofty tops of buildings. Thought by some to contain the trapped souls of the condemned and believed by others to ward off evil, these adornments are sources of curiosity even today.