The Rocky Mountains of Colorado are well known for their mysterious and unexplained occurrences. More and more of these experiences cluster around paranormal hotspots or as they are now called places where the Skinwalker Ranch phenomena are occurring. A team of paranormal investigators set out to explore one of these hotspots and create another. What occurred was dramatic and unexpected: Interactions with playful supernatural beings Bigfoot Ghosts Orbs Mutilations ...and finally, capturing on film strange creatures that emerged from a portal. All this and more in Alien Contact In The Rockies
Wrenna is a young woman with a fearless dream - a 6’ 2” natural with a body built for the ocean, she wants to be a big wave surfer. But she finds the discipline and sacrifice required to be a professional, extremely challenging. Growing up in New Jersey with hippy parents, her teenage years were spent caring for her younger siblings and schooling herself in the local library. At 19, Wrenna makes her pilgrimage to Hawaii's North Shore risking it all on big waves. She is confronted by the pressures of carving out a professional sporting life as a woman and without a sponsor she works two jobs to support her dream. Filming over ten years, from Oahu’s iconic big wave, Waimea Bay to the cold waters of Mavericks to the ultimate big wave of Peahi (Jaws), we travel with Wrenna through the seasons, the highs and the lows of facing your fears - to find out how much bigger you can be.
Follow trailblazing transgender Pastor Drew Stever and the "House of the Lord", a found family, the first Sunday of Pride, as they hold a controversial, "come as you are" Queer Church Service, for Queer People, by Queer People and Allies. A biblical celebration of "divine queerness."
Meme Gods, directed by Sean Flax and Bryan Black along with executive producer Cedric the Entertainer, will take a deep dive into the world of internet memes and explore their origins, and comedic and cultural significance.
The remains of more than 10,000 Native Americans unearthed at archaeological sites across the U.S. are in the possession of museums such as the Smithsonian. Is the analysis of the bones valid scientific research, or is it a desecration of Native American culture? This program focuses on the tensions between scientists, historians, and museum curators and Native American groups, as the bones take on a central role in a war of alternate perspectives. In examining this debate, the program provides an excellent survey of Native American archaeology in the U.S. A BBC Production.
Jackie Jencquel, author and activist, is not terminally ill when she announces her death date—she simply refuses to live beyond a certain age. This unconventional conversation between a mother and her son, the filmmaker, tackles desire, personal autonomy, vanity and money.
Driven details the life and career of legendary bodybuilder Tony Pearson, documenting the abuse he suffered as a child and overcame, his eventual journey to Los Angeles, and his incredible career in bodybuilding.
Jean-Claude walks his dog in a neighborhood forever stuck in reconstruction. On his trip, he wonders about life, mortality, and 'what if' scenarios while remembering fragments from the direct impact of the second that almost cost him his life on August 4. At the moment of the explosion, the end of the world, bodies, buildings, roads, and cities may shatter. Perhaps the universe itself breaks apart. But the most severe fragmenting remains that of memory. A picture here and a sound there are vaguely reconstituted. Can a future be built from such a memory? Can it rebuild what was lost? Is it time to leave?
In February 2022, filmmakers Spencer Frost and Guy Williment, and pro surfers Letty Mortensen and Fraser Dovell started a journey to the unexplored Kamchatka Peninsula in far eastern Russia. After two years of planning, their adventure almost ended before it even started, when Russia invaded Ukraine an hour before their scheduled flight to Moscow. They went anyway.
The Yazidi girls were often just teenagers when they were abducted from their villages in the mountains of Kurdistan by fighters of the Islamic State. They were forced to convert to Islam and were sold as sex slaves to terrorists. Now that the survivors have returned to their homeland, the question arises as to whether they will be able to start anew. Theatre-maker Hussein is trying to help them find a new life.
A young Norwegian woman and two Ju/'hoansi bushmen sets out on a journey of self-discovery and survival as they walk 1490 km across the wilderness of Namibia to reach the ocean.
Range Finder is a documentary film offering a glimpse into the lives and inner workings of professional snowboarders Mark Carter and Bryan Iguchi. Filmed in frozen backcountry of Wyoming’s most remote mountain ranges, the solitude of a lonely winter provides the perfect backdrop for an introspective examination of two of the most influential minds and careers in snowboarding’s history. Their approach is one defined by self reliance, escapism, and social distance...not by mandate, but by design.
Ten years after Razorlight’s fast rise and infamous implosion, for the first time since he quit and the celebrated line-up split, drummer Andy Burrows has a major heart-to-heart with the band’s frontman and former best friend Johnny Borrell. What happened next, captured authentically as the contemporary narrative unfolds, surprises everyone…
During the isolation period caused by the coronavirus outbreak, the director talks on the phone with her friends and family. The movie is a record of private confessions of people trying to adapt to this unusual situation—their longings, needs and emotions.
Following the 2020 unprovoked genocidal attack against Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) Armenians by Azerbaijan and Turkey that killed 5,000 Armenians, journalist and activist Vic Gerami travels to Armenia to document his ravaged Motherland.