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Treasure Hunting And The Pirates Of The Caribbean

2023

Treasure Hunting And The Pirates Of The Caribbean

2023
10
This documentary explores the history of treasure hunting and the pirates of Caribbean Let the games begin with Treasure Hunting.
3 Hikers

2015

3 Hikers

2015
8
A documentary chronicling the events surrounding three Americans arrested and held as political hostages in Iran and their families’ campaign to free them.
Corpus Christi: Playing with Redemption

2013

Corpus Christi: Playing with Redemption

2013
5
Terrence McNally’s Corpus Christi is a play retelling the Jesus story, with Jesus as a gay man living in the 1950s in Corpus Christi, Texas. This documentary follows the troupe, playwright, and audience around the world on a five-year journey of Terrence McNally’s passion play, where voices of protest and support collide on one of the central issues facing the LGBT community: religion.
Lincoln and Lee at Antietam: The Cost of Freedom

2006

Lincoln and Lee at Antietam: The Cost of Freedom

2006
Historical documentary on the Battle of Antietam in 1862, the bloodiest day of the Civil War, that claimed nearly 4,000 lives and wounded over 17,000.
Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder

2009

Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder

2009
5
The poet and painter, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, is among the world's living monuments to arts and letters. For well over a half century, Ferlinghetti helped shape the currents of poetry and literature with his forceful engagement with society and an ideological position that often found him at odds with the political currents of his day. Ferlinghetti's quiet, behind the scenes demeanor and disarming mien may have assuaged, or even fooled, certain opponents, while in reality he was a literary mercenary, a rebel at the forefront of our own cultural revolution.
Friendly Fire

2008

Friendly Fire

2008
An American football champion, the idol of crowds, who became a hero in the war against terrorism proclaimed by George Bush. This is the story of Pat Tillman, a young 27-year-old man who used to earn $2 million a season and left the football field in order to volunteer with the U.S. Army and then ended up dying in Afghanistan. But his death during battle is a mystery that upsets Americans and troubles the White House. For weeks the Pentagon affirmed that he had died heroically, killed by an enemy Taliban attack. But then the truth came to light: Pat Tillman was killed by his own fellow soldiers. So, how did he really die? His mother Mary Tillman, during an exclusive interview, states how she is trying to discover the truth behind her son's death.
Ballroom Rules

2012

Ballroom Rules

2012
A passionate group of Australian same-sex ballroom dancers battle homophobia, injury and personal drama as they pursue their dream of competing at the Gay Games in Germany.
Aliens Uncovered: UFOs Over Vegas

2023

Aliens Uncovered: UFOs Over Vegas

2023
Packed with all new footage from the Las Vegas area, Clive Christopher joins forces with one of Vegas top investigators Steve Barone. Different shooting methods are discussed while fresh new UFO & UAP content is displayed. With this sightings happening near Area 51, some of this footage was deemed historic by leading investigators across the world.
Disrupted

2013

Disrupted

2013
6.6
The memory and testimony of two characters: Fernando García, known as Pinolito, who was a child actor in the seventies and Doña Lilia Ortega, his mother, an actress. Fernando came out as a transvestite, some years ago, and now calls himself Coral Bonelli. They live together in Garibaldi yearning for their past in the movies, while Coral bravely comes to terms with her gender identity. They both still perform.
Wild Connection

2023

Wild Connection

2023
Cheetahs are heading towards extinction at an alarming rate. Over the last century, their population has decreased from 100,000 to less than 8,000. Nick Kleer, a South African and wildlife enthusiast, left his corporate job in the city to find new meaning. Soon after, he visited Tiger Canyon Private Game Reserve where he witnessed the start of the cheetah project. Cheetahs that were once captive were being introduced to the wild in Africa. He quickly fell in love with the cheetahs and developed strong, personal bonds with them. Nick jumped into the world of wildlife guiding and animal conservation all over the world where he serves as an ambassador for the animals he has grown to love, along with his (now) wife, Kristina, who also left her home to pursue conservation in South Africa.
Shape

2023

Shape

2023
Roger Ungers’ insightful documentary explodes the harmful, nigh-on impossible body image standards gay men are bombarded with in glossy magazines, on social media and hookup apps. Eviscerating a hierarchy favouring white over people of colour, perfectly sculpted abs over more common figures, and looking down on those who embrace femme identities or are older, it also speaks to one gymgoer who looks the part but battles body dysmorphia doubts. Shape asks if there’s a way the gay community can become more truly inclusive.
Balloon Man

2021

Balloon Man

2021
The rubber met the road in the early 1970s for Bill Costen. After being drafted by the Buffalo Bills, tragedy forces him out of his dream. Saying goodbye to a career on the turf, Bill takes to the air, becoming the first African American Hot-Air Balloon Master Pilot in the world.
e-motion

2014

e-motion

2014
6.9
Imagine a world where the trapped emotions, fears, anxieties and unprocessed life experiences we hold in our bodies are the source for everything that ails us. That’s the world we live in. Now imagine a world where everyone is manifesting from their heart the perfect creation that’s inside each of us. Imagine a world where abundance, inner peace, longevity and loving relationships abound. Imagine emotion experts from around the world sharing their wisdom and negative-emotion clearing techniques to light a new pathway for humanity. Imagine we are sacred, spiritual beings here for a much larger reason, serving a much higher purpose, a divine purpose. That’s where we’re going.
Upon This Rock

2013

Upon This Rock

2013
An examination of monastery life around a one hundred thirty foot rock outcrop upon which a monk hopes to live and become the first stylite there in six hundred years.
The Bomb

2017

The Bomb

2017
7
Filmmakers use archival footage and animation to explore the culture surrounding nuclear weapons, the fascination they inspire and the perverse appeal they still exert.
Into the Cold: A Journey of the Soul

2010

Into the Cold: A Journey of the Soul

2010
5.3
Into the Cold retraces two men dramatic expedition to the North Pole one of the toughest and most magnificent environments in the world and also one that is rapidly vanishing. In two months, 400+ miles, and -50F temperatures, the film reveals a deeply personal journey by foot to the top of the world as never before seen on camera. At current rates of climate change, this centennial commemorative expedition in 2009 will not be possible in another 100 years.
Chicken Planet

2016

Chicken Planet

2016
The love story between chickens and humans has lasted for over 5000 years. Today, there are over 19 billion chickens on Earth, three times more than human beings and more than any other bird species. How did this humble forest animal conquer all continents to become the planet's most abundant and diverse feathered species? Meet one of Nature's most unassuming and strikingly beautiful creations.
Finale '68

2018

Finale '68

2018
Blood Brother

2013

Blood Brother

2013
7
Rocky Braat went to India as a disillusioned American tourist. When he met a group of children with HIV/AIDS, he decided to stay. He never could have imagined the obstacles he would face. Or the love he would find.
The Far Traveller

2020

The Far Traveller

2020
7.5
When she died around 1050 AD, a littleknown Viking explorer had become the most traveled woman of the Middle Ages. She had sailed across the Atlantic Ocean eight times and her travels extended from Iceland to Greenland, North America, Scandinavia, the British Isles, through Europe, and all the way to the Vatican in Rome. She was rescued by Leif Erikson from the shipwreck that earned him the nickname Leif the Lucky. Her name was Gudrídur Thorbjarnardóttir, aka the Far Traveller.