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The Watchmaker's Apprentice

2015

The Watchmaker's Apprentice

2015
7.3
The story of how Dr. George Daniels rose from Dickensian poverty to become the finest watchmaker of the modern era – and how Roger Smith embarked on an obsessive, seven-year quest to become his apprentice and equal.
Restless Creature: Wendy Whelan

2017

Restless Creature: Wendy Whelan

2017
6.6
Documentary on the great American Ballerina Wendy Whelan
Triumph: Jesse Owens and the Berlin Olympics

2024

Triumph: Jesse Owens and the Berlin Olympics

2024
8
Follows the 1936 Berlin Olympics when Black athlete Jesse Owens won 4 golds against the backdrop of Hitler's racist Nazi regime in Germany.
Barbara Lee: Speaking Truth To Power

2020

Barbara Lee: Speaking Truth To Power

2020
0.5
With unique access to a sitting member of Congress, this documentary tells the complex story of Rep. Barbara Lee, a steadfast voice for human rights, peace, and economic and racial justice in Congress who cut her teeth as a volunteer for the Black Panther Party and was the lone vote in opposition to the broad authorization of military force following the September 11th attacks.
Teen Musical: The Movie (Behind The Scenes Documentary)

2020

Teen Musical: The Movie (Behind The Scenes Documentary)

2020
4
Come behind the scenes of Teen Musical - The Movie and witnesses sixteen months of work and preparation.
The Domino Revival

2023

The Domino Revival

2023
The Domino Revival, a gripping film that follows Mike Signorelli and a group of revivalists during a crucial time in history. As society's hunger for spiritual significance grows, witness the extraordinary power of Jesus Christ through Gospel preaching, verified miracles, overcoming despair, and deliverance from demons.
I Get Knocked Down

2023

I Get Knocked Down

2023
7.5
Part music documentary, part unflinching character study, part a punk version of ‘A Christmas Carol’ - I Get Knocked Down is the funny, surreal, and deeply human untold story of Chumbawamba and its ex-front man Dunstan Bruce.
Brave are the Fallen

2020

Brave are the Fallen

2020
Captain Thomas Wall was a firefighter and a hero. This heartfelt and inspiring documentary chronicles Tom's life, and his untimely death while battling an inferno.
Hollywood My Home Town

1965

Hollywood My Home Town

1965
4.3
Ken Murray narrates his 16mm home movies shot over 35 years in Hollywood.
Knight Life

2025

Knight Life

2025
Meet the dedicated men and women who bring the Middle Ages to the present day, training for years to perfect their skills. They become expert horseback riders, learn to joust in full armor, and perfect intricate swordplay to thrill their audiences day after day. They endure bruises, broken bones, and heartbreaking losses all in pursuit of being crowned the champion of the Knight Life.
The Jump

2020

The Jump

2020
7.3
In the Cold War years of the 1970s, an American patrol boat meets a Soviet ship off the east coast of the United States for talks about fishing rights in the Atlantic. In the midst of this, while Russian commanders are aboard the U.S. Coast Guard vessel where the talks are being held, a Lithuanian sailor jumps across the ten feet of icy water separating the boats. Crash-landing on the deck of the American ship, he desperately begs for asylum. Though they try, the Americans ultimately fail to provide protection and the Soviets are allowed to capture him and brutally return him to their vessel. Thus begins a stranger-than-fiction story of imprisonment, discovery, fame, and freedom. Through rare archival footage and a dramatic first-person re-enactment of that fateful day by Simas Kudirka, the would-be defector himself, this tale of one of the biggest Cold War muddles takes us on a journey of uncanny twists of fate, and the emotional sacrifices of becoming a universal symbol of freedom.
Somm

2013

Somm

2013
7
Somm takes the viewer on a humorous, emotional and illuminating look into the mysterious world of the Court of Master Sommeliers and their massively intimidating Master Sommelier Exam.
Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All

2021

Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All

2021
8.7
An in-depth look at the parallel lives of renowned singer Whitney Houston and her daughter Bobbi Kristina.
Looking for Robert

2024

Looking for Robert

2024
9
“I talk about my 20 years of work with the filmmaker Robert Kramer, who died in 1999. It is an account of the gestures and practices of this filmmaker. A way of recalling the central place he attributed to experience to better circumvent the pitfalls of the scenario. It is also the story of a friendship that transformed me. » (Richard Copans)
The Book of Harth

2022

The Book of Harth

2022
8.5
A New York City-based conceptual artist embarks on a 20-year art project asking culturally significant people to sign his copy of The Holy Bible.
Stuart Sutcliffe: The Lost Beatle

2005

Stuart Sutcliffe: The Lost Beatle

2005
7.5
Documentary about Stuart Sutcliffe and his life with the Beatles
America Unfiltered: Portraits and Voices of a Nation

2024

America Unfiltered: Portraits and Voices of a Nation

2024
Two immigrant filmmakers journey across the US, exploring American identity through raw encounters on politics, race, immigration, and gun control. The film offers an unflinching portrait of America, unveiling hope for our common humanity.
The Falling Sky

2025

The Falling Sky

2025
5
Documentary about Indigenous peoples' profound connection to nature and their struggle against deforestation, a grave threat to their way of life and the ecosystem they call home.
Oh, Dior!

2017

Oh, Dior!

2017
8
Oh, Dior is an exclusive and sophisticated documentary on the French designer Christian Dior, celebrating the 70th anniversary of the brand.
At the Drive-In

2017

At the Drive-In

2017
7.3
Unable to purchase a $50,000 digital projector, a group of film fanatics in rural Pennsylvania fight to keep a dying drive-in theater alive by screening only vintage 35mm film prints and working entirely for free.