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Hepworth

2021

Hepworth

2021
A portrait of sculptor Barbara Hepworth revisiting the Yorkshire landscapes that inspired her and her home studio in St Ives, Cornwall.
When the Road Ends

2020

When the Road Ends

2020
7
Growing up in poverty as a child, Dylan dreamt of travelling the world on a motorcycle. Many years later he broke the shackles of a normal life and took to the road. After journeying 200,000km across four continents, the road from Panama to Colombia comes to an end, swallowed up by an impenetrable jungle. Dylan has no choice but to take to the sea, building a raft powered by his motorcycle engine in the hope of reaching Colombia's road network 700km away. He must brave strong ocean currents and storm batterings in his journey from Central to South America.—Journeyman Pictures
Victuals: The CRE8AMEAL Story

2021

Victuals: The CRE8AMEAL Story

2021
The highly publicized national story of an underdog event management company taking the important challenge of feeding food-insecure Americans during the global COVID-19 pandemic.
El Ouafi Boughera, The marathon runner of history

2018

El Ouafi Boughera, The marathon runner of history

2018
10
On August 5, 1928, after 2 hours and 32 minutes of racing, the 71st rooster wearing the bib entered the Olympic stadium in Amsterdam. Ahmed El Ouafi Bouguéra wins the gold medal and becomes the first Olympic champion from the African continent. He achieved his feat under the tricolor flag. The start of his real marathon is underway. The history of sport extends to the history of Algeria and France. This documentary retraces the different stages of the life of this great champion, not only the history of sport but also the great story. Archival photographs and interviews mingle with the painted paintings. The series thus once again gives voice to this forgotten hero, one of the great heroes of immigration who defended France for more than a century.
Goth

2023

Goth

2023
Goth is a subculture that began in the United Kingdom during the early 1980s. It was developed by fans of Gothic rock, an offshoot of the post-punk music genre. This documentary explores the incredible music history of Goth.
Australia, Bird's Haven

2014

Australia, Bird's Haven

2014
The Emu, Cassowary, Eclectus Parrot and more, over a hundred species are described in their natural environments, with great photography and pleasant narration, no scientific names, no insert names, great to watch en enjoy.
Kangaroo to Kakadu: Australia

2022

Kangaroo to Kakadu: Australia

2022
A journey thru the backbone of the continent, from south to north, the challenging center discovering the landmarks, the Great Ocean Road, K.I., Coober Pedy, Uluru-Kata-Tjuta, Nitmiluk, and Kakadu. Nature and history.
The Final 19

2021

The Final 19

2021
2
Sgt. Dan Hefel was one of the last 19 POWs to come home from Vietnam. First an infantry grunt, he switched to sergeant gunner. What seemed like a prize detail, turned into a nightmare as the helicopter crashed. The crew went from MIAs to POWs, whereabouts unknown.
The Great Fallacy

2013

The Great Fallacy

2013
A traveling cameraman and father of three observes what happens when human skills no longer command a "market value".
Chernobyl: Men of Steel

2022

Chernobyl: Men of Steel

2022
6.5
Chernobyl – for most, an image of death and disaster, and for a few, still simply home. Even though it was the site of the greatest disaster in the history of nuclear power and resultant radioactive contamination, after only a few months some people began returning to the barbed wire-enclosed area. They did so illegally to live again in their humble cottages, passed down from generation to generation.
The Human Trial

2022

The Human Trial

2022
6
In 2011, Lisa Hepner and her husband Guy Mossman heard about a radical stem cell treatment for diabetes, a disease that shockingly kills over five million people each year. Driven by a desire to cure Lisa of her own type 1 diabetes (T1D), the filmmakers got unprecedented access to a clinical trial – only the sixth ever stem cell trial in the world. What follows is an intimate decade-long journey with the patients and scientists who risk everything for everybody else. The Human Trial peels back the headlines to show the sweat, passion, and sacrifice behind every breakthrough cure. For the millions of patients suffering around the world, these breakthroughs can’t come fast enough.
Drums of Resistance

2016

Drums of Resistance

2016
When ex-Yugoslavia began to fall apart, the Serbian regime banned Kosovar Albanians from participating in public life. Albanian employees across public institutions were fired. Albanian media outlets were closed down. Many elementary and high schools were closed to Albanian students and the entire university system was shut down. During the 1990's in Kosovo, teaching resumed in private apartments, houses and basements stores. This documentary shows how a parallel society and reality was organized. It shows how segregation and apartheid became the norm. Besa Luci and Mathieu Jouffre wrote the script for this challenging film together. In it people are in a relaxed atmosphere: eating, drinking, chatting and revisiting vividly one of the most exciting as well as tragic periods in the history of Kosovo.
A História do Maior Best-Seller de Todos os Tempos

2021

A História do Maior Best-Seller de Todos os Tempos

2021
Have You Heard About Greg?

2021

Have You Heard About Greg?

2021
1
Documentary about a mans’ experience with Alzheimer’s.
Lioness: The Nicola Adams Story

2021

Lioness: The Nicola Adams Story

2021
5.2
The extraordinary rise of Olympic boxing champion, record-breaker, feminist and LGBT icon Nicola Adams. From the streets of Leeds to the world stage, Adams fought her way to the top and changed the game. This, is her story.
Monobloc

2021

Monobloc

2021
6.7
The story of the most popular piece of furniture of all times: the monobloc chair, sold over a billion times across the globe.
Beyond Weight Loss: Breaking the Fat Loss Code

2020

Beyond Weight Loss: Breaking the Fat Loss Code

2020
7.2
A documentary that takes a hard look into the world of sustainable weight loss by exposing the fraud and deceit of the diet industry and our government. Find out the truth behind fad diets, food labels and permanent fat loss.
What Killed Michael Brown?

2020

What Killed Michael Brown?

2020
6.5
Acclaimed writer, Shelby Steele, has long argued that systemic racism is more a strategy than a truth, and that the universal oppression of black Americans is largely over with. But the 2014 shooting of a black teen, Michael Brown, in Ferguson, Missouri by a white policeman shook the nation to its core. During Steele’s investigation of Ferguson, America was once again rocked by the brutal killing of George Floyd. Didn’t these killings, and the long list of others like them, put the lie to Steele’s argument?
Blue Code of Silence

2020

Blue Code of Silence

2020
8
Every year an average of one thousand American police officers are arrested for misconduct or corruption, and the abuse of power is a legacy that stretches back to the dawn of US policing. BLUE CODE OF SILENCE tells the true story about a crooked police officer in 1970s New York who brought down the most corrupt police unit in American history. Who was detective Bob Leuci?
Homeland Gone

2020

Homeland Gone

2020
1
Lebanon is a country hijacked by sects, money, and power. While citizens long for a collective identity to thrive as a community, politicians use the sectarianism for their corrupt ambitions. Unless there is a change, Lebanon will be lost forever.