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The Great Wall: From Beginning to End

2023

The Great Wall: From Beginning to End

2023
8
Great Wall. 4000 miles. 1800 years. Greatest feat of civil engineering. For one year, Nat Geo photographer Michael Yamashita shot the entire Wall and the people who live in its shadow. See why this immense human feat may never be surpassed.
Sisters of Ukraine

2023

Sisters of Ukraine

2023
10
Volunteers from Barcelona travel to a convent in Ukraine where nuns are aiding refugees following the Russian invasion. As missile attacks surge to unprecedented levels, they take a group of three dozen refugees and families of soldiers fighting in the war on a three-day journey across Europe to housing in Spain.
Harder Than the Rock: The Cimarons Story

2024

Harder Than the Rock: The Cimarons Story

2024
7
Reggae exploded in the 1970s and Cimarons, the UK's first reggae band, formed in 1967, were at its heart. Thousands of miles from Jamaica, they brought excitement, experimentation and sheer anticipation to a new generation of Black British youth, putting them in touch with their roots. Harder Than The Rock celebrates Cimaron's storied history and explores the band's overlooked impact and influence as they persevere against all odds and dream of playing to live audiences again, one last time...
Lejos de los hombres

2023

Lejos de los hombres

2023
10
The Evils Surrounding Elvis

2023

The Evils Surrounding Elvis

2023
7
Elvis Presley was one of the most talented and prolific musicians of all time. But all the good fortune that may come with that, also brings evil. Elvis was loving and caring to the people around him, which lead to loyalty...but other times manipulation.
Unstuffed: A Build-A-Bear Story

2023

Unstuffed: A Build-A-Bear Story

2023
5
Tells the story of the famed Build-a-Bear workshop, weaving together stories from when Maxine Clark first conceived the idea, the company’s struggles to stay afloat, and the endless happiness it has provided for children and adults alike.
Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird

2024

Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird

2024
7
A film that charts the artistic and personal relationship between two era-defining artists, Omar Rodríguez-López and Cedric Bixler-Zavala (At the Drive-In/The Mars Volta), told almost entirely through hundreds of hours of self-shot footage filmed by Omar over the last 40 years.
Augusto Pinochet: The Coup, the Torture and the West

2023

Augusto Pinochet: The Coup, the Torture and the West

2023
7
September 11th 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the military coup that brought General Augusto Pinochet to power in Chile. The dictator took power - and kept it - through the use of terror & sadistic torture. The West chose to look the other way.
Graffiti Stories: From Dark Alleys to Bright Futures

2014

Graffiti Stories: From Dark Alleys to Bright Futures

2014
6
Local Winnipeg rapper and host Ismaila Alfa discovers urban youth who find their passion and legitimacy in urban arts, including graffiti, rap and hip hop dance.
Fioretta

2023

Fioretta

2023
1
Randy Schoenberg (grandson of the famous composer) and his 18-year-old son Joey journey through Europe and the centuries to reclaim 500 years of family history.
Finding Groovopolis

2023

Finding Groovopolis

2023
3
A man seeks fatherly advice by creating scenes from a never-produced comedic screenplay written by his late dad. The scenes eerily show up in and influence the filmmaker’s own life, yielding an excavation of family, legacy, and navigating adulthood.
Blind Eye Artist

2022

Blind Eye Artist

2022
10
After a tragic accident leaves Justin Wadlington blind in his left eye at age 5, he develops a unique artistic ability with no formal art training. Despite growing up without parents and living in emergency shelters on the streets of Philadelphia, Wadlington takes advantage of a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and begins a journey of ascension to the highest echelon of the fine art world.
To See Ourselves

2023

To See Ourselves

2023
8
Filmmaker Jane McAllister follows her father, Yes campaigner Fraser McAllister, through the events of the 2014 referendum on Scottish independence.
Arianne Phillips: Dressing the Part

2021

Arianne Phillips: Dressing the Part

2021
10
Movies, music and Madonna: behind the scenes with Arianne Phillips, the award-winning costume designer and stylist. See how a shy misfit rebel became such a powerful creative force in both the fashion and movie industries.
Lyd

2023

Lyd

2023
8
A sci-fi documentary that follows the rise and fall of Lyd — a 5,000-year-old metropolis that was once a bustling Palestinian town until it was conquered when the State of Israel was established in 1948. As the film unfolds, a chorus of characters creates a tapestry of the Palestinian experience of this city and the trauma left by the massacre and expulsion.
Illustration : compostage

2014

Illustration : compostage

2014
5
Making compost means letting soil grow, letting life grow. It is the story of time passing and transforming a dying world into another, new, present, future, and fertile world. The phenomenon of composting, which takes an average of six months, is shown in a short film lasting just two and a half minutes. The "photo film" is composed of 1,500 individual photos, taken every two hours over a period of three months!
Two Travellers to a River

2018

Two Travellers to a River

2018
5
When asked a question on politics, late Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish once answered: “I write about love to expose the conditions that don’t allow me to write about love.” In TWO TRAVELERS TO A RIVER Palestinian actress Manal Khader recites such a poem by Mahmoud Darwish: a concise reflection on how things could have been.
Flying for the Flag

2023

Flying for the Flag

2023
6
Hopping in the cockpit with The Bandit Flight Team, America's most active formation fliers.
Ghosts of Stonehenge

2017

Ghosts of Stonehenge

2017
6
Who built Stonehenge and why? Groundbreaking archaeological digs have revealed major new clues about Britain's enigmatic 5,000-year-old site and the people who constructed it.
Library Stories: Books on the Backroads

2023

Library Stories: Books on the Backroads

2023
5
Library Stories: Books on the Backroads is a film about New Mexico's rural libraries. It’s about villages and Pueblo communities, their histories and their people, where their libraries are, and what their libraries mean. Rural people across our country know their libraries are essential to the educational and social fabric of their communities.