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Valiant

2019

Valiant

2019
6.7
The powerful story of the Vegas Golden Knights in their very first year of existence, when they healed and unified their home city after the worst mass shooting in U.S. history and took an unprecedented run for the Stanley Cup.
Assholes: A Theory

2019

Assholes: A Theory

2019
4
Some people grapple with the moral challenges of treating human beings decently. Others are just… assholes. Inspired by Aaron James’ New York Times bestseller of the same name, this documentary investigates the breeding grounds of contemporary ‘asshole culture’ — and locates signs of civility in an otherwise rude and nasty universe. Venturing into predominantly male domain, this film moves from Ivy League frat clubs to the bratty princedoms of Silicon Valley and the bear pits of international finance. Why do assholes thrive in certain environments? What explains their perverse appeal? And how do they keep getting elected?
Born in Evin

2019

Born in Evin

2019
6
Follows filmmaker and actress, Maryam Zaree, on her quest to find out the violent circumstances surrounding her birth inside one of the most notorious political prisons in the world.
Don't Turn Your Back on Friday Night

2024

Don't Turn Your Back on Friday Night

2024
Meet former gravedigger and doorman Ike Reilly. At 40 years old he landed a major label recording contract and in true rock and roll fashion he bought his family a dream home. He took his band out on the road where they became what The New York Times called "one of the best live bands in America." Despite 9 albums, a cult following and immense critical acclaim Reilly has failed to achieve commercial success. Academy Award winning director James Marsh says, "Ike's stuff sounds like it should be enormously successful and it just isn't and I have no idea why." Exploring Ike's career, the film culls over 40 years of footage masterfully weaving in songs that reveal a complicated and formidable artist with an incredibly charismatic family. Struggling with booze and in the face of foreclosure, Ike finds redemption in music, art and family as his 3 sons begin performing with his band.
Concussed: The American Dream

2024

Concussed: The American Dream

2024
Tyler Sash was drafted by the New York Giants and became a part of the 2012 Super Bowl winning team. Concussions would cut Sash's career short and the film is paralleled by NFL Hall of Famer Brett Favre's CTE experience.
The Life & Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson

2024

The Life & Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson

2024
5
Nicole Brown Simpson's sisters and friends break their silence about her murder and O.J. Simpson's controversial trial, aiming to shed light on the truth.
Taking Venice

2023

Taking Venice

2023
6
At the height of the Cold War, the U.S. government is determined to fight Communism with culture. The Venice Biennale, the world's most influential art exhibition, becomes a proving ground in 1964. Alice Denney, Washington insider and friend of the Kennedys, recommends Alan Solomon, an ambitious curator making waves with trailblazing art, to organize the U.S. entry. Together with Leo Castelli, a powerful New York art dealer, they embark on a daring plan to make Robert Rauschenberg the winner of the Grand Prize.
RUTH - Justice Ginsburg in her own Words

2019

RUTH - Justice Ginsburg in her own Words

2019
6.7
How does some one with three strikes against her, rise to the highest court in the land, the U. S. Supreme Court?
Race Against Time

2019

Race Against Time

2019
5
Race Against Time is one mans fight to save his sons life. When he is given a diagnosis for his son that is incurable he decides to go on a quest to find a cure and stumbles upon a much darker and deeper world.
This Little Land of Mines

2019

This Little Land of Mines

2019
7.7
During the Vietnam War, the US bombed Laos more heavily than any other country had been bombed before. Today, the Lao people live among, and risk their lives to clear, over 80 million unexploded bombs on their doorsteps. With great beauty and empathy, this documentary reveals the unbelievable stories of the men and women at the forefront of this monumental task.
Broken Orchestra

2019

Broken Orchestra

2019
6.3
A documentary short about the Symphony for a Broken Orchestra where over 1500 left-for-dead instruments were repaired and returned to Philadelphia public schools.
Anti-Nowhere League: We Are The League

2019

Anti-Nowhere League: We Are The League

2019
7.7
Anti-Nowhere League: We Are The League tells the full uncensored story of how a biker, a skinhead, a grammar school boy and a Persian exile came together, with no musical talent or ambitions and even less respect for anything or anyone, to burst onto the UK charts with their debut single. Even when judged by the often confrontational standards of U.K. punk, the Anti-Nowhere League were a band committed to offending people. Looking less like a group of bohemian rebels than an especially unsavory biker gang eager to stomp someone, the Anti-Nowhere League made an immediate impact when they burst onto the British rock scene in 1980. They were heroes to hard-boiled U.K. punks, and to nearly everyone else they were an affront to all decency - which, of course, made the punks love them all the more.
About a War

2019

About a War

2019
6.3
A feature length documentary exploring violence and social change through the stories of ex-fighters from the Lebanese Civil War.
Creating Woodstock

2019

Creating Woodstock

2019
9.3
For three days in August 1969, nearly a half-million young people descended upon Max Yasgur's farm in upstate New York for the rock 'n' roll event that defined a generation. Mythologized for 50 years, the filmmakers set the record straight with "Creating Woodstock," the most comprehensive examination of how the festival came to be.
Pipe Dreams

2019

Pipe Dreams

2019
7.7
Pipe Dreams follows five organists as they compete in Canada's International Organ Competition (CIOC). Who will master the 'king of instruments' and come out victorious in Montreal?
The Passion of Anna Magnani

2019

The Passion of Anna Magnani

2019
6.5
The destiny of legendary actress Anna Magnani through archive footage, often unpublished.
The Reformist

2019

The Reformist

2019
7.3
Three years in the life of the female Danish imam and feminist Sherin Khankan's life, through ups and downs.
On the Inside of a Military Dictatorship

2019

On the Inside of a Military Dictatorship

2019
8.3
The entire world praised the military and Aung San Suu Kyi, when power was passed on to the democracy icon after 50 years of military dictatorship. One year later she defended an ethnic cleansing and had isolated herself from the public. This film tells you why.
After Parkland

2019

After Parkland

2019
6.7
In the aftermath of the February shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that left 17 dead, filmmakers Emily Taguchi and Jake Lefferman traveled to Parkland and began filming with students who endured gunfire and the parents who lost their children in the crosshairs. "After Parkland" is an intimate chronicle of families as they navigate their way through the unthinkable; reckoning with unexpected loss, journeying through grief, and searching for new meaning.
The Seer and the Unseen

2019

The Seer and the Unseen

2019
7.7
A magic realist fable about invisible elves, financial collapse and the surprising power of belief, told through the story of an Icelandic woman - a real life Lorax who speaks on behalf of nature under threat.