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DIY Country

2016

DIY Country

2016
Over a 2-year period, “DIY Country” captures the origins and evolution of the Donetsk People’s Republic in East Ukraine from hopeful and naive beginnings, to hate, destruction and infighting. In the first part we follow the sinister and at times comical mechanics of how our heroes make a Revolution that will immediately eat them up. In the second part we will see them trying to find a role to play in the new State, as power is once again taken away from the people.
Aga Khan

1961

Aga Khan

1961
In 1960, Robert Drew founded his production company Drew Associates; joining him were a number of well-known or soon-to-be well-known documentary filmmakers including Richard Leacock, Albert Maysles and D.A. Pennebaker. Between 1960-63, Drew Associates produced 17 documentary films for television. Aga Khan was part of a 12-film subset of these known as The Living Camera, which were funded by Time and broadcast in syndication around the country. It shows the young Prince Karim at a time when he recently took over as spiritual leader of his Ismaili Muslim community. The film follows him to Switzerland, France and Africa as he steps out of the shadows to lead as the hereditary Imam.
No. 2: Story of the Pencil

2016

No. 2: Story of the Pencil

2016
No.2, overlooked as a common tool, continues to lose dominance in a media saturated world. However, history tells a different story.
Live Another Day

2016

Live Another Day

2016
Live Another Day is the untold, inside story of the U.S. Automobile industry's collapse and rescue. Using firsthand accounts from the players at the center of the story, this film reveals surprising facts about how these companies were really saved.
Foreign Affairs

2016

Foreign Affairs

2016
Jean Asselborn, Luxembourg's Minister of Foreign Affairs, attempts to make the voice of his small country heard in a world marked by major political crises that challenge both international relations and world peace. FOREIGN AFFAIRS takes us both straight into the heart of global politics and the everyday life of "Jang". We share his engagement with diplomacy and hope that he carries in his function as a politician, but also in the intimate moments of solitude that he experiences during his unrestrained race around the world.
Myanmar: Bridges to Change

2014

Myanmar: Bridges to Change

2014
In August 2013 a group of 7 climbers, 5 Americans and 2 Burmese climbers, traveled to northern Myanmar to make a first ascent of Southeast Asia's disputed highest peak. All told, the climbers traveled over 270 miles on foot through some of the harshest terrain on the planet. As a country that is just recently awaking from over 50 years of military rule and relative isolation, they were offered a glimpse into a culture unaffected by the rapid pace of globalization throughout the rest of world. This film is not just a recounting of a mountaineering expedition, its a film about a country that is on the brink of rapid change, and what this might entail for the future Myanmar and its people.
The Secret Things of God

2008

The Secret Things of God

2008
Noted author and psychologist, Dr. Henry Cloud (Boundaries) explores the Judeo-Christian perspective on The Secret phenomenon, revealing age-old truths about the powerful attraction that exists in between God and the creation whom He loves.
Portraits: The Piano Music of Scott Wheeler

2016

Portraits: The Piano Music of Scott Wheeler

2016
A behind-the-scenes look into the first major recording of Scott Wheeler's piano music, including several musical portraits. Wheeler, best known for his operas, started composing musical portraits while studying under Virgil Thomson. The pieces are performed by pianist Donald Berman. It is hosted by Katie Northlich. Wheeler, Berman, and music producer Adam Abeshouse are interviewed. This documentary also features interviews with some of the portrait subjects: author Megan Marshall, artist Shane Crabtree, director Fern R Lopez, soprano Nancy L. Armstrong, and organist James Woodman. Excerpts from their musical portraits are heard so you can decide for yourself the first question that inevitably comes to mind: Does the portrait sound like it's subject?
American Bear: An Adventure in the Kindness of Strangers

2014

American Bear: An Adventure in the Kindness of Strangers

2014
Armed with nothing but their curiosity and a camera, playful couple Sarah and Greg travel through America for 60 days -- relying on the kindness of strangers for a home each night. Their fate-driven blueprint takes them through the five towns in the country called Bear, exploring thirty states, meeting hundreds of fascinating people, and testing what it means to be kind in America today.
In My Opinion

2016

In My Opinion

2016
Relegating the show and the performers to the background, Secondo Me focuses on the life of three cloakroom attendants in three different European opera houses: Vienna State Opera, La Scala in Milan and Odesa Opera House in Ukraine.
Women of '69, Unboxed

2017

Women of '69, Unboxed

2017
Intimate, personalized portrait of women of the 1960s through the eyes of one colorful class that graduated in 1969 - same year as Hillary Clinton - and recently turned 65, starting to explore the New Old Age. At a time when these Boomers' parents were asking less of themselves, many of these distinguished citizens are asking more, feeling a Third Wind. Where will it take them? Some are determined to keep making waves. The trigger for these revelations/reminiscences is the class's yearbook. Each photo was a collaboration with a sexy Turkish artist, is full of the 60s spirit of risk, rebelliousness, creativity. Indeed, this yearbook wasn't a book at all. The portraits came to each alumna loose leaf, in a box. Hence our metaphoric title: Unboxed! Written by Anonymous
Hello, My Name Is Lesbian

2009

Hello, My Name Is Lesbian

2009
Hello, My Name Is Lesbian shows modern lesbian lifestyle and culture in all it’s diversity as it is lived in one of the most sexually liberated countries in the world. Set against historic footage from the last five decades, women aging from 19 to 84, share their views on sex, family gatherings, parental roles, night life and careers: every facet of the lives we lead, viewed through the eyes of women who have chosen identities departing from the norm.
We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice

2016

We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice

2016
The new film from celebrated documentarian Alanis Obomsawin (Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance) chronicles the events following the filing of a human-rights complaint by a group of activists, which charged that the federal government's woefully inadequate funding of services for Indigenous children constituted a discriminatory practice.
Saved for a Reason

2016

Saved for a Reason

2016
This 60-minute documentary chronicles the unforgettable journey of the 2014-2015 King's Knights boys basketball team. A mid-season accident threatened to derail the Knights' quest for a state championship, but players and coaches soon found themselves intertwined in an inspiring story about more than a game.
Northern Grease

2014

Northern Grease

2014
For 18,000 kms, snowboarders Tamo Campos, John Muirhead and Jasper Snow Rosen embark on a mission in a vegetable oil fueled bus across British Columbia and Alberta to understand Canadian resource extraction projects and the impacts they have on northern communities.
Epiphany

2016

Epiphany

2016
Follows Ellen from overcoming her fear for water to becoming a shark advocate. A real life story about conquering fear and protecting endangered animals, seen through the eyes of a wildlife photographer and mother of an autistic family.
Motorkite Dreaming

2016

Motorkite Dreaming

2016
Motorbike Dreaming is an extreme cultural adventure following two young Aussie adventurers and their fiancées giving wings to their crazy idea to be the first to fly microlights 5,000 km across Australia, with an award-winning filmmaker trying to keep up.
Berlinized

2012

Berlinized

2012
The documentary BERLINIZED describes this very Berlin-specific attitude in a reflection on and a journey to mid-1990s' Berlin. Filmmaker Lucian Busse, an active protagonist of the period, documents the transformation of Berlin after the Wall. But Berlinized represents more than just the 1990s - it is a metaphor for this virally catching creative feeling, the slightly rough directness, spiced up with a big dash of typical Berlin humor. Berlinized lets the former protagonists reflect how that temporary feeling of freedom shaped their individual lives, and to what degree that freedom can still be found among the neat order of today's Berlin. These reflections are as diverse as the interviewees and as multifaceted as the changes in those times.
The Mystery Beneath

2015

The Mystery Beneath

2015
A group of treasure hunters discover a mysterious object at the bottom of the Baltic Sea in this documentary. Theories abound about the large object's origins. It might be a UFO, manmade, or it might be a naturally occurring phenomenon. Nobody knows.
Curiosity, Adventure and Love

2016

Curiosity, Adventure and Love

2016
One woman’s journey through a century of love, war and discovery. Curiosity, Adventure & Love is a the story of a woman raised by fate to go boldly where few young women of her time and upbringing would go, into the arms of chance and life. A young American woman leaves her country and all security behind, to begin an adventure in the Philippines that would witness the birth of a nation, a cruel war and Occupation and reconstruction. Jessie is a striking personality, somewhere between Scarlett O’Hara and Amelia Earhart, who knew no boundaries and flew far ahead of her times, without regard to sex or society. Her story of a century well-lived is both rich and one that should restore our faith in our own humanity.