Gentrification and displacement are affecting all big cities throughout the world, but none more egregiously than my hometown of New York City. As a Native New Yorker, I am disturbed to see my beloved hometown become a haven for the wealthy when it was once a city that valued culture and community over money. Before Covid happened, the sky seemed to be the limit for corporate greed and that is when I started making this film. I chose specifically to focus on two lower-class neighborhoods that are in peril- Queens and the Lower East Side. In documenting these neighborhoods under threat, I met local activists whose lives centered around maintaining the ethos of their community.
The protagonists of the film are ordinary provincials, they enthusiastically talk about "valor, glory, love", they know how to dream and create around that amazing environment that encourages creativity. For example, one of the protagonists is trying to build an airplane in order to be able to look at his native Pyshma from the sky.
Great Wall. 4000 miles. 1800 years. Greatest feat of civil engineering. For one year, Nat Geo photographer Michael Yamashita shot the entire Wall and the people who live in its shadow. See why this immense human feat may never be surpassed.
Join Hot Rod Builder and Award Winning Filmmaker Brian Darwas, as he sits down and talks the world's top engine builders and fabricators about the engine that pioneered a movement, The Ford Flathead. Learn speed secrets from Vern Tardel. Get an in depth look at the build of of two high powered Flathead motors by Mike Herman (H&H) and Ronnie SanGiovani. Hear the stories that inspired Ryan Cochran to begin one of the most popular Hot Rodding networks in the world today, and ride along with Vern Hammond and Jack Carroll of The Burbank Choppers in their Flathead powered, traditional Hot Rods!
Peru, the center of the Inca Empire, preserves a number of traces of the civilization that used to occupy a vast territory extending from the Pacific Ocean into lands we now know as the countries of Colombia and Chile. Travel through Peru to experience the center of the ancient Inca Empire! This documentary features Machu Picchu, Colca Canyon, and the current capital, Lima.
At the Bonanza Creek Ranch in Bonanza City, New Mexico, a revolver goes off. The film Rust ended in a tragic incident on October 21, 2021, when Alec Baldwin shot a prop gun during rehearsals that contained live rounds, ultimately leading to the unfortunate death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. The prop gun that killed Halyna Hutchins was allegedly announced empty to everyone on set before being passed off to Alec Baldwin f or the rehearsal takes. Alec Baldwin states "I'm handed a gun and someone declares it and says this is a cold gun". This would lead to one of the most tragic events of film history where someone is shot and killed on set in almost 30 years. How did this happen? What went wrong? The terrible incident completely altered Mr. Baldwin's life and career.
Three stories about gold, from a working mine in the Philippines, a proposed mine in a Greek forest, and a laboratory in Belgium. Together, they form a meditation on the possible meanings of value.
If the Palace thought that 2023 would be a quieter year after the drama and tragedy of 2022 then the release of Prince Harry's autobiography Spare has just about destroyed all hope. The book has caused international frenzy amongst the media and the public. Opinion is now more divided than ever on whether Prince Harry should retain his royal titles. Though Harry and Meghan fled the royal family for a second chance at the private life they always wanted, the world refused to let them go quietly. Despite their escape, the media's continued attention cased a barrage of headlines, flaring up rumour after scandalous rumour about the couple and the royal family. In order to set the record straight, they decided to tell their own side of the story, giving a tell-all series of interviews, podcasts and Netflix documentary series. But eclipsing all of the revelations shared previously, in January 2023 Harry released his controversial and much-anticipated autobiography, Spare.
Coming attractions from 25 of everyone's favorite sci-fi UFO films from the 50s. Plus, there are stills, posters, and lobby cards, along with production facts and behind-the-scenes stories.
Lisa Herdahl, a Mississippi mother of six, is forced to sue her public school district in order to have The Bible removed from her childrens' classrooms.
Peaks and Valleys is a feature-length documentary following Nick Noble and Rebecca Beitner in their directorial debuts as they navigate the highs and lows of Type 1 Diabetes and the Vancouver Island Trail (VIT), in the traditional territory of the Coast Salish, Nuu-Chah-Nulth, and Kwakwaka'wakw people. The VIT is a new trail, and Nick and Becca are among the first hikers to attempt to hike the route in one six-week trip. The story of Nick's experience with diabetes throughout his life is interwoven with the challenges of managing it in a backcountry environment, bringing information and insight about a chronic health condition that is reasonably common yet misunderstood by many people. The mountains, forests, and coastlines of Vancouver Island are brought to life by original art, animation, and photography by the filmmakers, both of whom are multidisciplinary visual artists. Peaks and Valleys will appeal to lovers of nature, adventure, art, and disability justice.
Constant physical and psychological violence, forced abortions, punitive psychiatry, complete lack of privacy, inability to be with a loved one, children taken away – for tens of thousands of women trapped in the stumps of Russia, this is an ordinary life. Capable and recognized incapacitated women, who are quite able to live independently or under the supervision of a social worker, are locked up for life in the barracks of the PSNI, where hundreds of people are kept under one roof, treating them like prisoners of high-security colonies. Those who managed to get out told us their stories.
This film tells a shocking and brutal story that has been kept a secret in Poland for over 60 years. It tells the story of a pogrom in 1941 in Jedwabne, Poland and explores the implications of the past for present constructions and negotiations of personal, national and religious identity.
The film records intimate and raw conversations with fellow Black Pittsburgh writers as they all simultaneously reach fame. At times heartfelt, haunting, and often hilarious, Introducing Brian Broome brings together artistic writing greats all living in the same town, mostly all friends. It examines what it means to be a Black writer living in the rustbelt today. What it means to suddenly be on the literary map, a map for which you’ve drawn the boundaries. A true indie film experience about one of America’s newest writing greats!
"Coming Up from the Ashes" is the story of how a community found the courage, strength, and resilience to endure the toughest of times and together. On August 27, 2020, Hurricane Laura, a Category 4 storm, struck Southwest Louisiana.
The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day, it was the largest seaborne invasion in history. The operation began the liberation of German-occupied France (and later western Europe) and laid the foundations of the Allied victory on the Western Front.