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Defoe

2024

Defoe

2024
5.4
Jermain Defoe, one of the top goalscorers in Premier League history, cemented his status as a footballing legend during a dramatic career playing for West Ham, Tottenham Hotspur, and the England national team. Now, he is ready to embark on the next chapter of his life with the aim of becoming one of only a handful of black managers in the British professional game.
Duran Duran: A Hollywood High

2022

Duran Duran: A Hollywood High

2022
7.4
A feature length docu-concert film, Duran Duran celebrate their four decade long career, the release of their latest studio album FUTURE PAST, and the launch of a global world tour. An extraordinary night of music, shot on a Los Angeles rooftop, with the iconic Capitol Tower behind them and the Hollywood sign in the distance. A Hollywood High reminds us of the prolific's group of its diverse songwriting, and capturing their boundless live energy. The film also brings to life the band’s deep and lasting relationship with Los Angeles and through archival footage, interviews and behind-the-scenes it traces the band’s rise to become one of the most influential and successful groups of all time.
When We Speak

2022

When We Speak

2022
7.8
Three incredible stories of women who risked everything to tell the truth. Their stories became worldwide scandals and took a personal toll on each of their lives
It’s Quieter in the Twilight

2022

It’s Quieter in the Twilight

2022
6.3
In an unremarkable office space, a select group of aging engineers find themselves at the leading edge of discovery. Fighting outdated technology and time, Voyager’s flight-team pursues humankind’s greatest exploration.
The Sanctity of Space

2022

The Sanctity of Space

2022
5.7
Seventy-five years after Brad Washburn, one of the greatest aerial mountain photographers of all time, first shot Alaska’s Denali Mountain from the open door of an airplane, climbing buddies Renan Ozturk, Freddie Wilkinson, and Zack Smith look at some of his mountain photographs and have this crazy idea. Rather than go up, their dream is to go sideways across the range’s most foreboding peaks, the Moose’s Tooth massif. It’s a fresh new way to explore the same landscape Washburn first discovered. As the group endures rough conditions, disintegrating ropes, and constant rockfall, their desire to be the first to complete the audacious line grows into an obsession. But friendships begin to fray when Renan suffers a near fatal brain injury, forcing all three partners to decide what’s most important to them.
Blind Ambition

2022

Blind Ambition

2022
7
The inspiring story of four Zimbabwean men who form their country’s first Wine Tasting Olympics team and the mission that drives them to compete.
Fittest on Earth: Final Showdown in Madtown

2024

Fittest on Earth: Final Showdown in Madtown

2024
Athletes compete for the title Fittest on Earth experiencing exhilarating highs and devastating lows. This film amplifies the connection between each competitor's intense, personal journey, and their breathtaking feats of pure athleticism.
A Radical Act: Renee Montgomery

2024

A Radical Act: Renee Montgomery

2024
4
"A Radical Act: Renee Montgomery," is an inspirational feature documentary about Renee Montgomery, the first former WNBA player to be both a co-owner and executive of a WNBA team. Renee Montgomery is a two-time WNBA Champion, sports broadcaster, and activist who is currently co-owner and vice president of the Atlanta Dream. This new feature documentary is an intimate portrait of Renee and the experiences that formed her character, from growing up in West Virginia to winning a national title at the University of Connecticut, then going on to capture two WNBA titles with the Minnesota Lynx. The documentary follows Renee's transition from player to front office and reflects how family and community helped turn Renee's integrity into a game changer.
Girls Can't Surf

2021

Girls Can't Surf

2021
7.8
It’s the 1980s and the world of professional surfing is a circus of fluorescent colors, peroxide hair and radical male egos. "Girls Can't Surf" follows the journey of a band of renegade surfers who took on the male-dominated professional surfing world to achieve equality and change the sport forever. Featuring surfing greats Jodie Cooper, Frieda Zamba, Pauline Menczer, Lisa Andersen, Pam Burridge, Wendy Botha, Layne Beachley and more, "Girls Can't Surf" is a wild ride of clashing personalities, sexism, adventure and heartbreak, with each woman fighting against the odds to make their dreams of competing a reality.
Vinyl Nation

2020

Vinyl Nation

2020
7.2
The vinyl record renaissance over the past decade has brought new fans to a classic format and transformed our idea of a record collector: younger, both male and female, multicultural. This same revival has made buying music more expensive, benefited established bands over independent artists and muddled the question of whether vinyl actually sounds better than other formats. Vinyl Nation digs into the crates of the record resurgence in search of truths set in deep wax: Has the return of vinyl made music fandom more inclusive or divided? What does vinyl say about our past here in the present? How has the second life of vinyl changed how we hear music and how we listen to each other?
We Are The Thousand

2020

We Are The Thousand

2020
8.4
Together impossible goals can be reached. Like playing a song as a tribute to your favorite rock band, putting together 1000 musicians playing perfectly in synch. It’s what Rockin’1000 achieved, a group of Italian friends who became a global community bringing musicians from all around the world. We Are The Thousand is the story of how the largest band on the planet came to be: over nineteen thousand musicians, amateurs and pros from every age group and social background, united by one passion: rock’n’roll. This is the story of how the idea of virtuous community can positively influence every single member, encouraging them to pursue their dreams while giving the best they have to offer.
Sing Me a Song

2020

Sing Me a Song

2020
7.3
As the Internet finally arrives in tiny Bhutan, documentarian Thomas Balmès is there to witness its transformative impact on a young Buddhist monk whose initial trepidation gives way to profound engagement with the technology.
Confessions of a Time Traveler: The Man from 3036

2020

Confessions of a Time Traveler: The Man from 3036

2020
3.8
A main claiming to be from the future explains what we can expect from the next decades, in a frightening glimpse of what's to come.
Battle for Disclosure

2024

Battle for Disclosure

2024
6
Battle for Disclosure is a riveting documentary that delves into the decades-long cover-up of the UFO phenomenon by the U.S. government.
A Normal Life

2024

A Normal Life

2024
A NORMAL LIFE shows the personal everyday life of four Bosnian women who were forced to flee their home country due to the consequences of the Yugoslav Wars and have been working as cleaning women in Vienna ever since. We get personal insights into their lives, their work, their urge to build a new life and their personal way of overcoming trauma.
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood

2019

Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood

2019
5.5
A history of anti-Asian racism and yellowface in Hollywood after the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack.
Syndrome K

2019

Syndrome K

2019
6.7
Syndrome K is the true story about a highly contagious, highly fictitious disease created by three Roman Catholic doctors during the holocaust to hide Jews in a Vatican-affiliated hospital.
Fine Lines

2019

Fine Lines

2019
5.8
For nearly three years, director Dina Khreino interviewed world-class mountain climbing athletes, listening to what compels them to leave behind families, friends, and everyday comforts to risk everything for a fleeting glimpse into the unknown. What she found was a tribe, a diverse group of professional adventurers and amateur philosophers forged by the ultimate test of body, mind, and spirit. In the face of shifting winds, sheer granite cliffs, and impossible odds, they climb. Each for their own reason, but every one connected by the vertical world. In this rarefied air, these athletes are fundamentally changed, not just as climbers, but as human beings.
Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

2020

Days of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont

2020
7.3
The decade that began with peace and love was shattered in the late 1960s amidst riots, assassinations and a war that wouldn't end. The Rolling Stones became the voice of this new era, which came to a horrific end at the Altamont festival.
Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

2019

Rocketman: Mad Mike's Mission to Prove the Flat Earth

2019
4.8
Rocketman is a hilarious glimpse into the true story of Michael "Mad Mike" Hughes, a flat Earther who made headlines around the globe with his attempt to prove the flat Earth by building a homemade rocket to launch himself into space.