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Twyla Moves

2021

Twyla Moves

2021
Interwoven with her storied career and prolific works, Twyla Moves sees legendary choreographer Twyla Tharp navigate her latest creative challenge: making a dance for a world plagued by the Covid-19 pandemic.
I, Pastafari: A Flying Spaghetti Monster Story

2019

I, Pastafari: A Flying Spaghetti Monster Story

2019
6.6
I, Pastafari is a documentary film about the world's fastest growing religion: The Church of The Flying Spaghetti Monster. R'Amen.
Tupac Assassination: Battle For Compton

2017

Tupac Assassination: Battle For Compton

2017
6.3
The unsolved murders of Tupac Shakur and Christopher "Biggie Smalls" Wallace still stir the public's imagination after 20 years. Yet law enforcement has been at a standstill to produce results. The producers of "American Federale" and the first two "Assassination" films, finally unravel the tangled cases and expose not only who may have done it, but also why these cases have never seen justice. Battle For Compton" is the story of "The Machine"; a group of high powered individuals with a very dark secret they killed to keep, and have spent the last 20 years hiding- hoping one day it will all go away- before they do.
The Comedy Club

2016

The Comedy Club

2016
When a fire destroys Cobb's Comedy Club in San Francisco, defiant owner Tom Sawyer and his crew of comedians rebuild it, hoping to revive the struggling indie comedy scene.
Days on PCT

2024

Days on PCT

2024
One man's epic journey hiking from Mexico to Canada on the legendary Pacific Crest Trail. Starting in Campo, Mexico this documentary follows Andrew Martin as he attempts his first thru-hike along the Pacific Crest Trail. It follows a first hand account of the hardship, struggle, joy, and awe inspired by his five month trek. Although focused on one person's perspective, the account brings the viewer into the world of the thru-hiker as he meets other people along the same journey. Ultimately, Days on PCT is a triumph of the human spirit and a tribute to the American west.
Bending the Light

2014

Bending the Light

2014
3.5
From acclaimed director Michael Apted (The Up Series, Masters of Sex, The World is Not Enough) comes a revealing look at the art of filmmaking and photography. A journey of glass, the documentary explores the relationship between the artisans who create camera lenses and the masters of light who use these lenses to capture their beloved art form. Bending the Light features never-before-seen footage from inside a premier Japanese lens factory, intimate interviews with lens engineers, and a peek into the world of award-winning photographers and cinematographers Stephen Goldblatt, ASC, BSC, Greg Gorman, Simon Bruty, Laura El-Tantawy, and Richard Barnes.
Yosemite Americas Treasure

2020

Yosemite Americas Treasure

2020
Experience Yosemite's incredible wonders with breathtaking cinematography, including such icons as the granite monoliths El Capitan and Half Dome, and the spectacular Bridal Veil and Yosemite Falls. Learn about Yosemite's fascinating history as the first land set aside for preservation that inspired John Muir and photographer Ansel Adams and discover why Yosemite is one of America's Crown Jewels.
Cinema Novo

2016

Cinema Novo

2016
6.7
A deep investigation, in the way of a poetic essay, on one of the main Latin American movements in cinema, analyzed via the thoughts of its main authors, who invented, in the early 1960s, a new way of making movies in Brazil, with a political attitude, always near to people's problems, that combined art and revolution.
Somm: Cup of Salvation

2023

Somm: Cup of Salvation

2023
7.8
At the crossroads of Armenia and Iran, a father and daughter must overcome war, religion, and geopolitics to establish their wines on the global stage and reclaim a 6,000-year-old tradition of winemaking.
After So Many Days

2020

After So Many Days

2020
After a decade of making music together, Jim and Sam, a recently married singer/songwriter duo from Los Angeles, were not the conventionally successful band they hoped they’d be. Feeling stuck and anxious about their future, the duo made a spontaneous decision to go “all in,” making a pact to play one show every day for a year. With suitcases and a guitar, the troubadours ventured out for a 365-day tour down unexplored roads, and onto unexpected stages, bringing their music to new audiences throughout 14 different countries. After So Many Days, is an intimate front row seat to the highs and lows of what it’s like for two people to pursue a dream, together.
Unsolved History: Life of a King

2018

Unsolved History: Life of a King

2018
This documentary explores unanswered questions surrounding Rev. A.D. King's death just 15 months after the assassination of his brother, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Burlesque: Heart of the Glitter Tribe

2017

Burlesque: Heart of the Glitter Tribe

2017
6.6
A look into the hard working heart of neo-burlesque.
Mad Tiger

2015

Mad Tiger

2015
6.7
Two best friends spent the last fifteen years touring the country in their performance art punk band. When one of them decides to quit, they both face deeper challenges than expected.
Attack in the Pacific

1944

Attack in the Pacific

1944
Part of a a video series that documents the fighting between the United States and Imperial Japan during and immediately after World War II.
The Ark of Lilburn

2022

The Ark of Lilburn

2022
A man's dream of building a steel boat hits troubled water and it's up to his son to salvage it.
Dare to Be

2018

Dare to Be

2018
Dare to Be is a documentary film not only on the sport of rowing, but also the human spirit. It follows a series of rowers ranging from novice girls to women training for the Olympics, as they overcome obstacles and seek greatness. We learn along their journey that greatness can come in many forms and should not always be measured by traditional concepts of success, but rather by individual triumphs. It essentially suggests that athletes can define what success looks like to them – not coming in last place, beating a rival, medaling for the first time, qualifying for nationals, or winning an Olympic gold medal.
Believe: The Eddie Izzard Story

2009

Believe: The Eddie Izzard Story

2009
6.5
The story of one person's triumph over adversity: cameras followed the comedian on a very stressful comeback tour and caught the story behind some of her best loved material en route. Prior to her Sexie tour in 2003 and under extreme pressure to write, she delved into her own life for inspiration. So began an accidental voyage into her past that paralleled her world tour and culminated in a moment of revelation about the source of her relentless drive. Film contains exclusive never-before-seen footage including the famous 'wolves' material, Izzard's first student sketches and unicycle-riding as a street performer in Covent Garden. Hilarious and moving by turns, an inspiring tale of how tragedy can be turned to laughter.
Traces in the Snow

2014

Traces in the Snow

2014
8
The world's first documentary about Siberia's punk rock scene in the 1980s. It was a phenomenon of those times that this music existed thousands of miles away from the movement's epicentres in New York and London.
All of Me

2014

All of Me

2014
8.5
"Take my love" is a documentary film about "Las Patronas", a group of women who daily cook, pack and throw food to the migrants riding the "Beast" train.
Is Your Story Making You Sick?

2018

Is Your Story Making You Sick?

2018
Humans are story-telling creatures. By thinking, we all unconsciously "author" a self-story in our heads. Most often, the characters and plot of our story is framed by negative experiences from childhood. These painful "stories" then determine our emotions, leading to unhealthy stress, and changes in body chemistry. This is how a person's self-story can turn into a stress-related illness.