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Mónica del Raval

2009

Mónica del Raval

2009
5.6
Self-portrait of Mónica Coronado, who for twenty years has worked as a street prostitute in Barcelona's Raval neighborhood.
Smile Pinki

2008

Smile Pinki

2008
6.7
Pinki is a five-year-old girl from a village in the Mirzapur District, India, born into a desperately poor family, and with a cleft lip. Pinki never realized that this condition required just one simple operation until she met Pankaj, a social worker traveling from village to village gathering patients to go to hospital in Varanasi that provides free surgery to thousands each year. This real-world fairy tale follows its protagonist journey to a dream smile from isolation and shame.
Can Tunis

2006

Can Tunis

2006
7.9
Year 2002. In a neighborhood of Barcelona, residents demonstrate against the expropriation of their homes. Since the 80s, this neighborhood in ruins is the main drug market in the city. Juan lives there with his father, eight brothers and about twenty nephews. Surrounded by addicts, Juan output grows hoping his mother from prison. The neighborhood will be demolished, and the family will have to find another home.
Film Is. a Girl & a Gun

2009

Film Is. a Girl & a Gun

2009
6.7
Fragments of several (mostly) silent films are shown. They're guided by quotes from, among others, Plato and Sappho and a soundtrack.
Ebbe - The Movie: Mannen, Myten, Affären

2009

Ebbe - The Movie: Mannen, Myten, Affären

2009
7.8
A documentary dealing with the publisher Ebbe Carlsson's decision to start his own investigation on the murder of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme
The Woodmans

2011

The Woodmans

2011
6.2
The story of a family that suffers a tragedy, but perseveres and finds redemption through each other and their work - making art.
The Dark Ages

2007

The Dark Ages

2007
8.3
Beginning with Rome's fall in the fifth century, tis History Channel presentation sheds light on the Dark Ages, covering the continent-wide chaos, including raids by Vikings Vandals, and Visigoths, bubonic plague, famine, civil unrest and more. The program takes viewers from the darkest of times to the dawn of a new beginning as the turmoil besieging Europe gives rise to the Crusades, the Enlightenment, and the Renaissance.
The Search for Life: The Drake Equation

2010

The Search for Life: The Drake Equation

2010
7.2
Dallas Campbell explores the equation which attempts to calculate the number of planets supporting life in our universe.
Alone in Four Walls

2008

Alone in Four Walls

2008
7
In rural Russia, children convicted of theft, murder and rape are sent to a home for delinquents. Without the outside world's pressures, they're finally allowed to act as children, but for some of them, this new life proves to be a challenge. This documentary tells the stories of several of these adolescents, who must endure separation from their families and who, upon release, are unlikely to be forgiven for their crimes.
Once Upon a Time in Norway

2007

Once Upon a Time in Norway

2007
6.8
Interviews with central members of early Norwegian black metal bands about Mayhem, the early black metal scene and the crimes they committed.
When Borat Came to Town

2008

When Borat Came to Town

2008
6.1
A look at what happened after Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan was filmed in the Romanian village of Glod. It follows the life of one girl who longs to escape the poverty as foreign lawyers arrive with the promise of suing 20th Century Fox for millions of dollars.
One Nine Nine Four

2009

One Nine Nine Four

2009
6
Explore the birth, growth and eventual tipping point of punk rock during the 90s. Narrated by skateboarder Tony Hawk, the film features interviews and footage of various bands and figures in the punk scene.
Crime and Punishment

2007

Crime and Punishment

2007
6.9
In a small town near China's North Korea border, a state police station exerts itself as a solicitous caretaker of the locals. As it goes out to catch criminals and punish them too, professionalism fades into the background.
Bi the Way

2008

Bi the Way

2008
5.2
This documentary explores the bisexual youth subculture in mid-00's America.
Queen of the Sun

2010

Queen of the Sun

2010
6.8
In 1923, Rudolf Steiner, an Austrian scientist, philosopher & social innovator, predicted that in 80 to 100 years honeybees would collapse. Now, beekeepers around the United States and around the world are reporting an incredible loss of honeybees, a phenomenon deemed "Colony Collapse Disorder." This "pandemic" is indicated by bees disappearing in mass numbers from their hives with no clear single explanation. The queen is there, honey is there, but the bees are gone. For the first time, in an alarming inquiry into the insights behind Steiner's prediction QUEEN OF THE SUN: What Are the Bees Telling Us? investigates the long-term causes behind the dire global bee crisis through the eyes of biodynamic beekeepers, commercial beekeepers, scientists and philosophers.
1960

2010

1960

2010
5.2
By presenting archive footage along with his own life story, filmmaker Gabriele Salvatores mediates an illustration of the economic boom in Italy during the 1960s.
Burzynski, the Movie

2010

Burzynski, the Movie

2010
6.3
Burzynski, the Movie is the story of a medical doctor and Ph.D biochemist named Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski who won the largest, and possibly the most convoluted and intriguing legal battle against the Food & Drug Administration in American history. His victorious battles with the United States government were centered around Dr. Burzynski's gene-targeted cancer medicines he discovered in the 1970's called Antineoplastons, which have currently completed Phase II FDA-supervised clinical trials in 2009 and could begin the final phase of FDA testing in 2011–barring the ability to raise the required $300 million to fund the final phase of FDA clinical trials.
Making the Boys

2011

Making the Boys

2011
5.1
Before Prop 8, Milk or Will & Grace, before the AIDS epidemic, gay pride parades or the Stonewall uprising, "The Boys in the Band" changed everything. "Making the Boys" explores the drama, struggle and enduring legacy of the first-ever gay play and subsequent Hollywood movie to successfully reach a mainstream audience. Featuring anecdotes from the surviving cast and filmmakers, as well as perspectives by legendary figures from stage and screen, it traces the behind-the-scenes drama and lasting legacy of this cultural milestone.
Pelada

2010

Pelada

2010
6.1
Away from professional stadiums, bright lights, and manicured fields, there’s another side of soccer. Tucked away on alleys, side streets, and concrete courts, people play in improvised games. Every country has a different word for it. In the United States, it's called “pick-up soccer.” In Trinidad, it's "taking a sweat." In England, it's "having a kick-about." In Brazil, the word is “pelada,” which literally means "naked"— the game stripped down to its core. It’s the version of the game played by anyone, anywhere—and it’s a window into lives all around the world.
China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province

2009

China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province

2009
6.4
On May 12, 2008, a catastrophic earthquake hit Sichuan Province in rural China, killing nearly 70,000 people, including 10,000 children. In town after town, poorly constructed school buildings crumbled, wiping out classrooms filled with students, most of them their parents' only child. But when grieving mothers and fathers sought explanations and justice, they found their path blocked by incompetence, corruption and empty promises.