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August Burns Red: Foreign & Familiar

2013

August Burns Red: Foreign & Familiar

2013
4.2
The documentary chronicles the entire 18-month touring cycle behind August Burns Red’s breakout 2011 album Leveler, whose critical and commercial success catapulted the band to the forefront of the modern heavy music scene.
Crafting a Nation

2013

Crafting a Nation

2013
6.6
Crafting A Nation is a feature length documentary and new media project about how the American craft brewers are rebuilding the economy one craft beer at a time.
A Doula Story

2005

A Doula Story

2005
This powerful documentary chronicles one African-American woman's fierce commitment to empower pregnant teenagers with the skills and knowledge they need to become confident, nurturing mothers.
Tougher Than Iron

2009

Tougher Than Iron

2009
Enter a world in Central Austria where 1300 extreme motocross riders line up to put themselves through an agonizing thrill ride of physical and mental endurance on a dirt bike. This is TOUGHER THAN IRON. An account of the toughest single-day motocross race in the world.
Blackberry Smoke: Live at the Georgia Theatre

2012

Blackberry Smoke: Live at the Georgia Theatre

2012
Blackberry Smoke; Live at the Georgia Theatre is the critically acclaimed southern rockers first ever live DVD. It was filmed during a concert in front of a sold out audience at the Georgia Theatre in Athens, GA. The DVD brings Blackberry Smoke's high-energy show to fan's living rooms with 11 songs and other thrilling features including performances with special guests Zac Brown, Clay Cook of the Zac Brown Band, and Jimmy Hall of Wet Willie. The live event features some classics such as "Good One Coming On" and "Son Of The Bourbon" as well as new material from Blackberry Smoke's highly praised new album "The Whippoorwill."
White Wash

2011

White Wash

2011
Documentary that exploring the complexity of race in America through the struggle and triumph of black surfers. This controversial and probing film looks deep into America's painful and pervasive legacy of slavery and exclusion.
How Far Is Heaven

2012

How Far Is Heaven

2012
The Sisters of Compassion have lived in the remote village of Jerusalem / Hiruharama on the Whanganui River in New Zealand for 120 years. Today, only three nuns remain - their legacy on the river is coming to an end. This is a complex world of powerful dualities; Maori & Christian spirituality, parties & prayers, pig hunting and perfume appreciation... Over the course of a year, the film follows the journey of Sister Margaret Mary, the newest Sister to Jerusalem, who is a regular volunteer at the local school. Through an intimate, observational gaze, the film is captivated by the spellbinding personalities of the local kids, whose humour and unique philosophies transcend the harsher realities of life. Throughout all seasons, the Sisters’ daily practice of compassion engages with the traditions of local Maori. Together they must learn to navigate lifeʼs heartbreak and joy.
Mardi Gras: Made in China

2005

Mardi Gras: Made in China

2005
8
This examination of cultural and economic globalization follows the life-cycle of Mardi Gras beads from a small factory in Fuzhou, China, to Mardi Gras in New Orleans, and to art galleries in New York City.
Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela

2004

Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela

2004
Every 12 years over 70 million pilgrims gather at the meeting of India's holiest rivers, the Ganges and the Yamuna, for a spectacular spiritual festival: the Kumbh Mela. This documentary takes a voyage of discovery through this colorful event through the eyes of several Westerners and an ebullient young Hindu monk, Swami Krishnanand. Featuring encounters with some of India's most respected holy men and exclusive footage of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Cape Spin: An American Power Struggle

2011

Cape Spin: An American Power Struggle

2011
7
Cape Spin! An American Power Struggle tells the surreal, fascinating, tragicomic story of the battle over America's most scandalous clean energy project. Cape Wind would be the U.S.'s first offshore windfarm...But strange alliances formed for and against: Kennedys, Kochs, and everyday folks do battle with the developer and green groups over the future of American power. With full access to both sides, a commitment to impartial storytelling and fueled by a satiric 'revolutionary' soundtrack, Cape Spin! is "a gripping and entertaining study of eco-capitalism and grassroots democracy".
Mother: Caring for 7 Billion

2011

Mother: Caring for 7 Billion

2011
6.6
Mother, the film, breaks a 40-year taboo by bringing to light an issue that silently fuels our largest environmental, humanitarian and social crises - population growth. Since the 1960s the world population has nearly doubled, adding more than 3 billion people. At the same time, talking about population has become politically incorrect because of the sensitivity of the issues surrounding the topic- religion, economics, family planning and gender inequality. The film illustrates both the over consumption and the inequity side of the population issue by following Beth, a mother, a child-rights activist and the last sibling of a large American family of twelve, as she discovers the thorny complexities of the population dilemma and highlights a different path to solve it.
Nerdcore For Life

2008

Nerdcore For Life

2008
7
Two of the 21st century's most powerful social forces; Hip-Hop and geek culture collide head-on in the feature-length documentary, Nerdcore For Life. Born on the Internet, Nerdcore Hip-Hop is rap music made by geeks, for geeks and covers such traditionally nerdy topics as comic books, video games, sci-fi, anime and technology. Filmed over the course of two years, Nerdcore For Life profiles the top names in the genre as they celebrate "geek Life" and their passion for hip hop to the fullest, fight anti-nerd stereotypes, and attempt to overcome the common obstacles that block musicians of all types from fulfilling their dreams.
Solitaire

2011

Solitaire

2011
Into these most inhospitable of lands, a handful of drifters emerge from the whiteout, ready to cast their lot on forsaken peaks both merciless and magnificent. Venturing beyond the frontiers of most mountain films, Solitaire is backcountry skiing forged in the tradition of Western cinema. Born in the spires of Argentina’s legendary Las Lenas, a lonely two-year journey begins through an abandoned world, wandering the length of a continent from Peru’s Cordillera Blanca to Chilean Patagonia. Lost in the winds of snowbound badlands and the blizzards of primordial forests; seen from a horse’s saddle and a paraglider’s wings; ridden on ski and board and telemark...Solitaire fuses western-inspired tales of backcountry gambles into landscapes never before visited on film.
Unmasked Judeophobia

2011

Unmasked Judeophobia

2011
A meticulous examination of rising anti-Jewish ideology. Filmmaker Gloria Z. Greenfield travels from Israel to Europe to North America, covering this phenomenon from all angles, including historic Christian and contemporary Islamic polemics against Jews, the proliferation of anti-Israel bias in academia and cultural institutions, misinformation campaigns and state-sanctioned calls for the destruction of the Jewish state and the killing of Jews. Wide-ranging interviews include such eloquent and respected voices as legal experts Alan Dershowitz, Senator Joe Lieberman, Ambassador John Bolton, human rights activist Natan Sharansky, British attorney Anthony Julius, Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, Wall Street Journal's Bret Stephens, among many others. UNMASKED JUDEOPHOBIA is a call to action and urgent reminder that Antisemitism is a menace not only to Jews, but to the human condition itself.
Question One

2012

Question One

2012
4.2
A documentary portrait of Maine's 2009 Question One referendum, addressing the rights of same-sex couples to marry.
The World of Z

2011

The World of Z

2011
A powerful four-year journey into the eccentric life of manic-depressive outside artist Zbigniew Fiks, known simply as Z. This intimate portrait combines candid cinéma vérité with 25 years of explosive home videos revealing the art, insanity and love that is The World of Z.
Delta Boys

2012

Delta Boys

2012
An American documentary filmmaker crosses the lines of Nigeria's oil conflict in order to bear witness to the lives of the militants engaged in the struggle, and the civilians caught in the crossfire. With breathtaking cinematography DELTA BOYS offers a never before seen glimpse of life in the volatile oil-rich Niger Delta. DELTA BOYS follows the lives of militant "Godfather" Ateke Tom who rules over his rebel camp with an iron fist, and Chima, a 21-year-old who left his home to join the fight. The film also shows life in a tiny fishing village where Mama, a 22-year-old, struggles to give birth amidst the conflict with no access to modern medical care. Their personal stories reflect a broad global struggle…
The Last Jew from Drohobych

2010

The Last Jew from Drohobych

2010
The story of Alfred Schreyer, the only surviving pre-WWII Jewish resident in this Western Ukraine town. In the 1930s, he was a student of Bruno Schulz. During the Nazi occupation he survived forced labor and concentration camps. After the war he became a singer and violinist in a local Cinema Lobby Orchestra. Today, Alfred Schreyer is a living history.
In the Shadow of the Stars

1991

In the Shadow of the Stars

1991
5.8
A hilarious and affectionate look at the path to stardom inside the competitive world of opera. Filmmakers Allie Light and Irving Saraf relegate the divas to the background and focus on a limelight-craving group of "choristers" -- the seldom-noticed singers who stand behind the soloists portraying peasants, soldiers and slaves.
Bar 25 - Tage außerhalb der Zeit

2012

Bar 25 - Tage außerhalb der Zeit

2012
8
Bar25 is a love song to a bygone place in the heart of Berlin. It describes the attitude to life of a free community that used music, creativity, stubbornness and tireless energy to transform a wasteland on the Spree into an imaginative wonderland that is unparalleled in the world. Far removed from social conventions and with its own sense of time. Between up close and goosebumps, between dark and strobe, we accompany our protagonists from the pillow to the next day.