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Mystery of the Mountain: Hidden In Plain View

2018

Mystery of the Mountain: Hidden In Plain View

2018
Mystery of the Mountain: Hidden In Plain View chronicles a most intriguing and remarkable story, and explores the question: what if one of the world's largest pyramids is waiting to be unearthed in Mexico?
Secrets and Mysteries of Christopher Columbus

2018

Secrets and Mysteries of Christopher Columbus

2018
Was Christopher Columbus born in Genoa, Italy? Most definitely not, say an unlikely collection of experts from European royalty, DNA science, university scholars, even Columbus's own living family. This ground breaking documentary follows a trail of proof to show he might have been much more than we know.
Best Kids in Texas

2017

Best Kids in Texas

2017
When Texas emerges as a hotbed for recruiting young talent into the professional paintball scene in early 2000s, a group of teenagers find a mentor, pledge to stick together, and in the process change professional paintball in Texas forever.
The Story Of An Encounter

2016

The Story Of An Encounter

2016
The Story of an Encounter is a documentary that captures the unexpected encounter between México and Cirque du Soleil creators in the mist of the creation of LUZIA, Cirque du Soleil next big top show. It is a cultural and intimate story of the meeting of creative minds seen through personal interactions and relationship building of the show creators. Filmed in Mexico City, Tijuana, Oaxaca and Montréal, this series features: Daniele Finzi Pasca (Co-author and Director of LUZIA), Patricia Ruel (Direction of Creation), Simon Carpentier (Composer), Eugenio Caballero (Set and Props Designer) as well as Majo Cornejo and Rodrigo de la Mora (Musicians).
The Hello Girls

2018

The Hello Girls

2018
In 1918, the U.S. Army Signal Corps sent 223 women to France as telephone operators to help win the Great War. They swore Army oaths, wore uniforms, held rank, and were subject to military justice. By war's end, they had connected over 26 million calls and were recognized by General John J. Pershing for their service. When they returned home, the U.S. government told them they were never soldiers. For 60 years, they fought their own government for recognition. In 1977, with the help of Sen. Barry Goldwater and Congresswoman Lindy Boggs, they won. Unfortunately, only a handful were still alive.
The Women in the Sand

2017

The Women in the Sand

2017
Two feisty elders of the Timbisha Tribe fight the US Government and their own tribal council for justice as they struggle to save their ancient culture in the hottest place on earth, Death Valley, CA. They confront their enemy, the tribal Chairman with their grievances -- he is unmoved, but they are undaunted.
Waking the Sleeping Giant: The Making of a Political Revolution

2017

Waking the Sleeping Giant: The Making of a Political Revolution

2017
At the crossroads of the 2016 presidential race and the fight for civil rights, economic fairness, and a democracy that works for everyone.
Invasion of the Killer Whales

2014

Invasion of the Killer Whales

2014
As the ice shrinks in the Arctic, polar bears are struggling to survive in a fast melting world. Although classified a marine mammal, the polar bear is not adapted to hunting in the water. And it is certainly no match for the world's greatest aquatic hunter -- the killer whale. In the last few years, scientists have noted an ever-growing number of killer whales in Arctic waters in the summer months. More and more have been attracted to these hunting grounds by the growing expanse of open water. They attack the same prey as the polar bears: seals, narwhal, belugas and bowhead whales.
Method of Murder

2017

Method of Murder

2017
British author Jacky Rom jets off to LA and Las Vegas on a fact-finding mission to investigate murder weapons, deception, and body disposal methods in order to help inspire her latest crime novel.
Afterimages

2018

Afterimages

2018
"Afterimages" is a short story about one plate from the archive of Ryszard Kisiel, the creator of "Filo" - one of the first gay zines in Central and Eastern Europe. The evoked negative from the end of the ‘80s is the starting point for both Kisiel's personal history and the portrait of the gay scene of the late PRL.
From the Kill Pen

2016

From the Kill Pen

2016
Horse slaughter is more than inhumane. It's big business.
Call Us Ishmael

2018

Call Us Ishmael

2018
Each and every year hundreds of people flock to New Bedford, MA in bleak mid-winter to partake in a celebration like none other. They read this single book out loud over the course of two full days without stopping. All of these people have one thing in common: they are obsessed with Moby Dick, the book that most call the Great American Novel.
Reinventing Rosalee

2018

Reinventing Rosalee

2018
Rosalee Glass, a former Holocaust survivor taken prisoner to a Siberian gulag during WWII transforms her destiny. In her 80s she begins an acting career, in her 90s wins a Senior beauty pageant and dares to ride Alaskan Sled dogs at 100.
Ever, rêve, Helene Cixous

2018

Ever, rêve, Helene Cixous

2018
A feminist legend, a May 68 activist, a famous playwright and poet, Hélène Cixous is the vehicle of this road movie. With friends like the philosopher Jacques Derrida, the artist Adel Abdessemed, with Ariane Mnouchkine and her cosmopolitan theatre company, Cixous explores the wounds our time and allows us to ear the cry of literature. The history of dozens of members of her German-Jewish family who were assassinated in the Death Camps, and the trauma of the wars of decolonization are never far, for this major figure who was born in Algeria shortly before the start of the Second World War.
Atheist America

2017

Atheist America

2017
"The Atheist Experience," produced in Austin, Texas, is the only atheist TV show in the United States. Every Sunday afternoon, two atheists debate callers for one hour, on camera. ATHEIST AMERICA portrays the show, its protagonists, and the discussions between the hosts and callers. The debates between believers and skeptics are funny, touching and shocking in turn, and they're interspersed with footage of the very public religious displays common in the state of Texas. The film is an intimate, concentrated, and entertaining insight into the culture wars, and is sure to provoke inspiration as well as frustration, no matter which side of the divide you fall on.
The Answer to Cancer – der andere Weg

2018

The Answer to Cancer – der andere Weg

2018
Silicon Valley

2013

Silicon Valley

2013
In 1957, decades before Steve Jobs dreamed up Apple or Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook, a group of eight brilliant young men defected from the Shockley Semiconductor Company in order to start their own transistor business. Their leader was 29-year-old Robert Noyce, a physicist with a brilliant mind and the affability of a born salesman who would co-invent the microchip — an essential component of nearly all modern electronics today, including computers, motor vehicles, cell phones and household appliances. SILICON VALLEY tells the story of the pioneering scientists who transformed rural Santa Clara County into the hub of technological ingenuity we now know as Silicon Valley.
Real Fake: The Art, Life & Crimes of Elmyr De Hory

2017

Real Fake: The Art, Life & Crimes of Elmyr De Hory

2017
The foundation of today's multi-billion dollar art market still reverberates with the beautiful lies of one of the most prolific art forgers of the last century.
The Helper

2017

The Helper

2017
'The Helper' chronicles the diverse stories from Hong Kong's migrant domestic workers, exploring the immense contribution they make to society in the face of heart-breaking separation from their loved ones.
Ground War

2018

Ground War

2018
A filmmaker's investigation reveals that the use of pesticides around the world may have farther reaching consequences than he had ever imagined. The only hope he sees for a brighter future lies with the incredible people he encounters along the way.