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Finding Family

2013

Finding Family

2013
10
This documentary tells the true-life story of Oggi Tomic, born in Sarajevo but now living in Cambridge. He co-rote and co-directed the film. He was born in 1985 with water on the brain and given only months to live, abandoned by his mother and brought up in a series of Bosnian orphanages during the bitter Yugoslav civil wars. Finally as a teenager he made his way to the UK and a new life. In 2012 he returned to meet his long-lost biological family - and had to grapple with the fact that they are Serbs, and that some of them were among the enemy army that shelled and sniped at during the 1,300 days of the siege of Sarajevo which began 20 years ago
Gibraltar: My Rock

2013

Gibraltar: My Rock

2013
Gibraltar has been at the centre of a fiercely-contested diplomatic dispute that has stretched over the centuries. In the summer of 2010, director Ana Garcia returned home to Gibraltar to get married. Coming back to this most unique of British territories, she found herself compelled to find out more about the history of her family and her birthplace. As she prepares for her wedding, we are taken on a very personal journey that uncovers the inspiring story of how a small community has fought for its home and identity.
Lot 448

2021

Lot 448

2021
Lot 448, a new documentary premiering at this year’s virtual Tribeca Film Festival sponsored by Bulgari. Lynda Albertson, aforensic analyst who has made it her life mission to track down famous missing works of art and repatriate them to their rightful owners.
So Close So Far

2012

So Close So Far

2012
6
Bolivia in the 50's : on the Island of the Sun, in the midst of Lake Titicaca, Alberto Perrin films the indigenous community recently emancipated through the agrarian reform and the 1952 revolution. 2010: Carmen Perrin, his daughter, returns to the inhabitants the films shot by her father. No nostalgia, because the ancestral rites and the spirit of liberty continues to enliven the community, despite the pressure of tourism. A memory is emerging, gestures are invented, ties are woven in the landscape sanctuary.
Cinco de Mayo: The Battle

2013

Cinco de Mayo: The Battle

2013
8.1
On May 5th, 1862, a few thousand Mexican soldiers put their lives on the line against the world's largest and most powerful army in one legendary battle for freedom and for Mexico.
The Hudson River School: Artistic Pioneers

2016

The Hudson River School: Artistic Pioneers

2016
In the vicinity of New York's Hudson River Valley, a group of American painters led by British born artist Thomas Cole forged an artistic vision of the wilderness. This was the first American school of landscape painting. Men with the names of Cole, Durand, Cropsey, Bierstadt, and Church would impress the world with their creative brilliance and wondrous vision. On canvas they would bring to life 19th century America.
Colliding Dreams

2015

Colliding Dreams

2015
6.9
We live at a moment in time when the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, now more than a century old, continues to be of overwhelming international political and societal importance. From its inception, that conflict has also, of course, had powerful and deeply troubling consequences for Israelis and Palestinians themselves. The story at its most basic level is one that involves two peoples struggling for national recognition and expression in a small but richly significant piece of land. The tragedy of this history, as both the Israeli novelist, Amos Oz, and the Palestinian scholar, Sari Nusseibeh, have each pointed out, stems from a conflict between the rights of two peoples with equal and legitimate aspirations to nationhood and self-expression in a single small territory to which they can both lay claim.
Walter: Lessons from the World's Oldest People

2013

Walter: Lessons from the World's Oldest People

2013
After an encounter with Walter Breuning, the World's Oldest Man, Hunter Weeks and his fiance Sarah Hall take an adventure to meet the oldest people in the world, including some of the last people born in the 1800s. Capturing the extraordinary lives of people 110 years or older, the couple's journey sheds light on what is truly important in life. Traveling across the United States, Cuba, and Italy, Hunter and Sarah explore life's lessons through the stories of several living supercentenarians and the families that support them. WALTER connects us to the inspiring lives of our elders and their lessons for living life right.
Red White Black & Blue

2006

Red White Black & Blue

2006
7
In a secret battle that cost thousands of lives but was never revealed to the American public, the Japanese army invaded Alaska in June 1942. Sixty years later, two veterans embark on an intense and emotional journey, returning to their former battlefield.
The Blitz Days That Changed WWII

2020

The Blitz Days That Changed WWII

2020
The Blitz: Days that Changed WWII tells the story of one of the most pivotal six-month periods of the 20th century, beginning in August 1940 as Nazi Germany has conquered most of Western Europe. Britain now stands alone against Hitler’s Luftwaffe as it rains bombs on its cities, villages and ports. As they face daily bombardment and destruction along with threats of gas attacks and invasion, the people of Great Britain come together to make a heroic stand.
CIA Covert Experiments

2015

CIA Covert Experiments

2015
7.3
It is August 1951 and an entire French village goes crazy. People are screaming in the streets and throwing themselves out of windows. 300 people are affected and 7 end up dead. Wild theories start circulating to explain the tragedy. 60 years later declassified documents from the United States reveal that the CIA conducted experiments on unsuspecting citizens.
Time Zero: The Last Year of Polaroid Film

2012

Time Zero: The Last Year of Polaroid Film

2012
6.8
Documentary covering the end of an era as Polaroid stops producing its signature cameras and film as well as The Impossible Project to keep instant photography alive.
Noah's Ark & the Biblical Flood

2006

Noah's Ark & the Biblical Flood

2006
Biblical Collector's Series: Noah's Ark & the Biblical Flood analyzes the veracity of the famous Biblical event where Noah allegedly built an ark that housed two of every animal in order to save them from a deluge
Kundalini

2010

Kundalini

2010
A wealthy wife and a failing businessman on a quest for answers, journey in different ways, to a path to higher consciousness. Their hunger for understanding and spiritual being leads them to a phenomena that has existed since the beginning of man. It is self evident that all men are created equal, yet some perform extraordinary achievements and others live a life of emptiness never reaching their full potential. There is a force that everyone is entitled to, that can bring the fulfillment their lives desire. That evolutionary force is Kundalini. Beyond science, beyond religion; Kundalini is the SOURCE of the FORCE. This untapped powerful resource available for centuries within every human body is still unexplained, mysterious and kept secret till today.
Behind the Blue Veil

2013

Behind the Blue Veil

2013
Beyond the mystical city of Timbuktu, Mamatal, the son of a Tuareg chief sets out on a journey across the Sahara to save his culture known as the blue people of the Sahara before they disappear. But when the North African government of Mali collapses, he finds himself and his people caught up in an international crisis,a battle between the Tuareg fighting for independence and Al Qaeda bent on taking over the Sahara to plot future terrorist attacks against the United States and Europe. documentary looks behind the international headlines of the crisis in the Sahara and exposes the government corruption and neglect of an indigenous people who might be the only hope for defeating Islamic radicals in the region.
Heroes of the Somme

2015

Heroes of the Somme

2015
The Heroes of the Somme uses original archive from the Western Front to uncover the stories of seven of the men whose remarkable bravery won them the Victoria Cross, Britain's most prized military medal.
Streit's: Matzo and the American Dream

2015

Streit's: Matzo and the American Dream

2015
On New York's rapidly gentrifying Lower East Side sits the Streit's Matzo factory. When its doors opened in 1925, it sat at the heart of the nation's largest Jewish immigrant community.
America's Lost Airship: Weapon of War

2022

America's Lost Airship: Weapon of War

2022
From scouting missions to fleet protection, the U.S. Navy had big plans for their Titanic-sized aircraft. So, what happened?
Chanel No 5

2017

Chanel No 5

2017
A historical and romantic look at the revolutionary fragrance showcases its place in the world of glamour and fashion, as well as its iconic allure.
Fake News

2019

Fake News

2019
FAKE NEWS, short documentary produced during the Guerrilha DOC workshops. The work consists of captures made in the Women Against Bolsonaro act of September 29, 2018 in Santos / SP and research work.