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Yuri Vella's World

2003

Yuri Vella's World

2003
The documentary follows Yuri Vella, writer and social activist of the Forest Nenets living in West-Siberia. To give his grandchildren proper education in their natural environment, he establishes an elementary school in his winter camp.
Everyday Heroes: Addressing Youth, Race and National Service

2001

Everyday Heroes: Addressing Youth, Race and National Service

2001
A behind-the-headlines look at a diverse group of young adults who give a year of their lives through a San Francisco area AmeriCorps program to tutor and mentor needy kids. Despite their good intentions, they are confronted by a host of obstacles, including a racial divide that threatens to thwart their efforts. While documenting a year both turbulent and exhilarating, the film reveals the hopes and dreams, successes and setbacks of a group of individuals--potentially tomorrow's leaders-- searching for their place in the world and trying, against odds, to make a difference.
Love Iranian-American Style

2005

Love Iranian-American Style

2005
Sexual purity, money and a mother's worries come together in this humorous guided tour of America's status-obsessed Iranian Jewish community. The film follows Tanaz, the narrator, a hip New Yorker whose Iranian family attempts to marry her off now that she's reached the age of 25. Tanaz vacillates between soppy American ideas of romance, and a more business-like Iranian approach, and in the end may be unable to execute either. When Tanaz breaks from her family's expectations and dates American men, she can't help bringing with her the immense pressure to get married, and the American boys tell her that this obsession kills love. Tanaz fantasizes about simply finding another Iranian "weirdo" like herself - who is caught between two cultures and two very different marital traditions.
The Greening of Cuba

1996

The Greening of Cuba

1996
Witness an entire nation transforming its agriculture using organic techniques. The Greening of Cuba profiles Cuban farmers and scientists working to reinvent a sustainable agriculture, based on ecological principles and local knowledge rather than imported machinery and agro-chemicals. When trade relations with the socialist bloc collapsed in 1990, Cuba lost 80% of its pesticide and fertilizer imports and half of its petroleum - the mainstays of its highly industrialized agriculture. Challenged with growing food for 11 million people in the face of the continuing U.S. embargo, Cuba embarked on the largest conversion to organic farming ever attempted. The Greening of Cuba is told in the voices of the campesinos, researchers, and organic gardeners who are leading the organic agriculture movement. This moving video reminds us that entire nations can choose a healthier environment and still feed their people.
Shakira: New Era, New Woman

2024

Shakira: New Era, New Woman

2024
The story of the Colombian-born superstar, who has sold over 100 million records, and her unwavering advocacy and philanthropic efforts.
The Caretaker

2024

The Caretaker

2024
At the doorstep of Huntington Ravine, sits The Harvard Cabin — a remote respite for ice climbers and backcountry skiers to escape the elements. “The Caretaker” follows the story of Jack Kingsley, who spends his days meticulously observing and documenting the snowfall, weather patterns, and wildlife in the area.
Cannabis: Through the Ages

2020

Cannabis: Through the Ages

2020
The Tale of the Dog

2020

The Tale of the Dog

2020
The Tale of the Dog is a documentary film produced and directed by Dan Obarski and Scott Montgomery. The film tells the story of the Family Dog Denver, a music venue opened in 1967 by Chet Helms' San Francisco-based Family Dog Productions and Barry Fey.
Un homme est mort

1951

Un homme est mort

1951
Film about the death of the worker Édouard Mazé, killed in Brest by the mobile guards, during the demonstrations and strikes of 1951.
Carved from the Heart

1997

Carved from the Heart

1997
One man loses his son to a cocaine overdose. Grieving, Stan Marsden, a Tsimpsean wood carver decides to create a totem pole in his son's memory and invites the town of Craig, Alaska to help. Before he is done, the pole becomes a communal project, bringing people of diverse backgrounds and ages together.
Jasper Johns: Decoy

1973

Jasper Johns: Decoy

1973
Jasper Johns’s Decoy is rooted inside the notions of reproduction, transformation and memory. Believing that an image gains new meaning each time it is presented, Johns boldly confronts his own past work, most notably Ale Cans (1964), and uses Decoy as a method of metamorphosis. The repetition of certain motifs allows both Johns and his spectators to confront the change an image goes through when approached from a different angle or placed in a new artistic context. As noted in the film, “each time a motif is used and reused additional memories accrue, new layers of meaning, and the image itself begins to acquire its own history.” (Jasper Johns) It is through Johns’s reimagining that the items he features in his work take on new life and grow from object to art, thus redirecting society’s interpretation.
Historically Haunted: The Ghosts of Grand Midway

2024

Historically Haunted: The Ghosts of Grand Midway

2024
Popular paranormal investigators, Beckie-Ann Galentine and Josh Rawson, explore the historically haunted Grand Midway Hotel and are shaken to their cores by what they encounter.
Robert Rauschenberg: Retrospective

1979

Robert Rauschenberg: Retrospective

1979
This film includes important examples of the Robert Rauschenberg's diverse and extraordinary accomplishments, tracing his development from his student years and his earliest experiments to a retrospective of his work at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. It features Rauschenberg, John Cage and Merce Cunningham, and was released in 1979.
Kent State: The Day the War Came Home

2000

Kent State: The Day the War Came Home

2000
This documentary charts the story and haunting legacy of the 1970 Kent State shootings, which left four student protesters dead and nine wounded.
Cary Grant : The Man He Dreamed of Being

2024

Cary Grant : The Man He Dreamed of Being

2024
The True Story of Cary Grant: From Acrobat To Icon. Explore the meteoric rise of 'Archibald' Leach', better known as 'Cary Grant', from his life as a young acrobat on Broadway to one of America's most beloved actors in Hollywood.
The Mad Pole

2023

The Mad Pole

2023
The horrors of the Holocaust and World War II as experienced by energetic Polish survivor Dan Romay.
Sinatra: An Unauthorized Biography of the Legend

1992

Sinatra: An Unauthorized Biography of the Legend

1992
This fascinating biography of the lengendary "Blue Eyes" takes us on an informative and captivating excursion through his life and career. From his fledgling days to present stardom, his career is chronicled in infinite detail, including rare and never before seen footage.
Kings of Indiana

2019

Kings of Indiana

2019
A delightful slice of Americana served with a side of basketball dreams in documentary form.
Kumbh Mela: Songs of the River

2004

Kumbh Mela: Songs of the River

2004
The Kumbh Mela is a great roving Hindu spiritual festival that has moved around India for more than four thousand years, erecting temporary cities along the Ganges River.
My Last Nerve

2023

My Last Nerve

2023
Driven by his father's disease, a son seeks a cure, finding an unlikely remedy in the depths of the Arctic Ocean.