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The Man Who Unlocked the Universe

2017

The Man Who Unlocked the Universe

2017
7
Ulugh Beg was one of the world's greatest astronomical minds, an enlightened leader who turned medieval Samarkand into a great center of science 150 years before Galileo invented the telescope.
Black Beach/White Beach

2018

Black Beach/White Beach

2018
10
In Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, two national motorcycle festivals are held over the weeks around the Memorial Day Holiday. One festival is primarily white, the other is predominantly black. While bikers of both colors enjoy both festivals; the city, community and state view these two festivals vastly different creating a divide among the participants, business owners and residents. Against the backdrop of the historical relevance of the area's segregated past, this documentary explores the opposing viewpoints on segregation and integration, mutual love of motorcycle culture, and racial tensions that reach a boiling point every spring in this southern beach mecca.
The Food Cure: Hope or Hype?

2018

The Food Cure: Hope or Hype?

2018
10
THE FOOD CURE presents an intimate portrait of six cancer patients who make the radical decision to turn their backs on conventional medicine and put their faith in a controversial alternative cancer treatment based on food.
Lee Fields: Faithful Man

2022

Lee Fields: Faithful Man

2022
10
Lee Fields is a funk and soul legend 50 years in the making. In this feature documentary, his journey to find his place in soul music history takes you from vinyl to virtual—and back again. His voice has been compared to James Brown, but Lee Fields is no knock-off. He’s the real thing. For decades, he thought his music dreams were dead. But with one phone call, everything changed … Interspersed with striking, never-before seen performances of new and classic Lee Fields songs, the film takes us through Lee’s memories from the moment soul music began, to his hard-won present-day success, and shows how 50 years of changing technology have conspired to create one beautiful but fleeting moment in music history.
Heading Home: The Tale of Team Israel

2018

Heading Home: The Tale of Team Israel

2018
8
A team of nice Jewish baseball players takes on the world.
Girl on Wave

2017

Girl on Wave

2017
7
Girl on Wave introduces professional windsurfer Sarah Hauser and documents her journey as a New-Caledonian athlete competing on the American stage of windsurfing.
Wheels Over Paradise

2016

Wheels Over Paradise

2016
8
A brotherhood of downhill skateboarders battle negative public perception and a recent ban on the sport, while pushing their limits on the dramatic and dangerous mountain roads above Santa Barbara, California.
Food As Medicine

2016

Food As Medicine

2016
5
From personal healing, inspiration grew to create a positive film about people addressing disease with food. There are a lot of negative messages about the state of our nation's health and diet, and we were inspired by the community of people we found who are fighting back against this downward trend. Food As Medicine is a documentary film that follows the growing movement of using food to heal chronic illness and disease.
Conduct! Every Move Counts

2016

Conduct! Every Move Counts

2016
7
'At the end of the day, it remains a secret why some can conduct and others can’t', Sir Georg Solti once said. CONDUCT! explores this secret. The struggle of five young artists for success at the International Conductors Competition in Frankfurt provides real-life drama that tests not only musical abilities but, above all, characters. CONDUCT! explores the secret of conducting with a unique intensity that culminates in a great showdown at Frankfurt’s Opera.
Spudwrench - Kahnawake Man

1998

Spudwrench - Kahnawake Man

1998
7
This documentary by acclaimed filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin introduces us to Randy Horne, a high steel worker from the Mohawk community of Kahnawake, near Montreal. As a defender of his people's culture and traditions, he was known as "Spudwrench" during the 1990 Oka crisis. Offering a unique look behind the barricades at one man's impassioned defence of sacred territory, the film is both a portrait of Horne and the generations of daring Mohawk construction workers that have preceded him.
Bieber Generation

2018

Bieber Generation

2018
1
This documentary film attempts to analyze the dynamics of a massive fan-base; it focuses on the Beliebers (fans of Justin Bieber). The Beliebers are one of the largest fan-bases on the planet, they dominate social media and it seems that almost everyone has an opinion about them. Beliebers feel that they are generalized about and attempt to help non-Beliebers understand them through this film. From the charity work they do to the bullying they receive, the film attempts to uncover all of it by talking to Beliebers and non-Beliebers from around the world and sharing their experiences. Although the film will appeal to Beliebers, it is also targeted at those attempting to understand such phenomena and promotes communication and understanding from an unbiased position in general.
Shalom Bollywood: The Untold Story of Indian Cinema

2017

Shalom Bollywood: The Untold Story of Indian Cinema

2017
5
The unlikely story of the 2000-year-old Indian Jewish community and its formative place in shaping the world's largest film industry.
United We Fan

2018

United We Fan

2018
6
Fans, stars, creators, and more come together to explore the dynamic history and evolution of save-our-show television fan campaigns from the letter-writing and product mail-in campaigns of yesterday to the social media and crowdfunding campaigns of today.
Gualtiero Marchesi: The Great Italian

2018

Gualtiero Marchesi: The Great Italian

2018
10
The story of one of Italy's greatest chefs.
The Broker

2018

The Broker

2018
6
In a traditional Iranian dating agency, the manager, Mrs. Sadri, and her female employees are dead set on finding their clients a husband.
Far Western

2017

Far Western

2017
4
The phenomenal story of the transplant of American country music to post-World War II Japan.
Home + Away

2018

Home + Away

2018
1
This coming-of-age story follows three students of El Paso's Bowie High and their search for the American dream, a dream inspired by family, fueled by sports, and complicated by the US/Mexican border.
Death Penalty

2012

Death Penalty

2012
6
Documentary about the most thrilling series of crimes recorded in Chilean history. A group of psychopath killers murdered and raped without any precedent. The film wants to portray a wicked mind that found place, developed and expressed itself during the military government in the 80.
A Winter's Tale: The Journey Of The Snowy Owls

2014

A Winter's Tale: The Journey Of The Snowy Owls

2014
10
This unique documentary tells a fascinating and breathtaking story: as in a fairy tale, the snowy owls leave us a message from the changing Arctic. Snowy owls may have to alter their migration and breeding patterns due to changing conditions in the Arctic. Follow one owl's new journey.
Games on the Battlefield

2015

Games on the Battlefield

2015
4
Built on archive footage – much of it previously unseen – this film reveals one of the most unexpected legacies of the First World War -- popular participation in sports, once the realm of the elite. For four years, sport represented a welcome respite from the killing fields of Europe.