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Ski Bum: The Warren Miller Story (2019) SKI BUM: THE WARREN MILLER STORY chronicles the life and times of the legendary filmmaker who, through his annual ski films and national tours which began in the early 1950's, was a driving...

The Silent Natural (2017) HE MADE THOUSANDS OF FANS CHEER, BUT NEVER HEARD ONE. William "Dummy" Hoy was one of the first Deaf Major League Baseball players in the 1800's. Being Deaf, he introduced Hand Signals for ...

The African Doctor 2016 Seyolo Zantoko is a young doctor graduate who is taking the first steps in his career to a rural village in France with his family In the village, he will be the first black doctor and this will make the adjustment of the whole family very difficult and Seyolo Zantoko will ha

Ella Fitzgerald Just One of Those Things 2019 Canvassing six decades of Ella Fitzgeralds astonishing trajectory from a teenager living on the streets of Harlem to her life changing appearance at the Apollo Theatre, JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS illustrates her sublime transformation, reconstructing the s

The Jolson Story 1946 This movie shows the idealized career of the singer Al Jolson, a little Jewish boy who goes against the will of his father in order to be in showbiz He becomes a star, falls in love with a non Jewish dancer, and marries her In the end he chooses success on the stage

Johnny Cash The Redemption of an American Icon 2022 At the end of his rope, Johnny Cash stumbled into a cave and laid down in the dark But death didnt come calling God did JOHNNY CASH THE REDEMPTION OF AN AMERICAN ICON is the untold story of how The Man in Black saw the light

Pnk All I Know So Far 2021 A behind the scenes look at PNK as she balances family and life on the road, leading up to her first Wembley Stadium performance on 2019s Beautiful Trauma world tour

Celtics Smiler: The Neilly Mochan Story (2015) The magical story of Celtic Football Club reads like an elaborate fairytale, which has enraptured their worldwide fanbase for over 127 years. Throughout the club's illustrious history, no other figure has experienced as many triumphs as Neilly 'Smiler'

SHReD: The Story of Asher Bradshaw (2013) 'SHReD' is the inspiring story of 6 year old skateboarding prodigy and viral YouTube sensation Asher Bradshaw, and his father's struggle to make his son's dream of becoming one of the youngest sponsored skaters ever come true. Come and join us as we follow A

Philip Roth Unmasked 2013 Explore the life of Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winning novelist Philip Roth, often referred to as the greatest living American writer

Left on Purpose (2015) Midway through the filming of a documentary about his life as an anti war activist, Mayer Vishner declares that his time has passed and that his last political act will be to commit suicide - and he wants it all on camera. Now the director must decide whether to turn off his c

Move (2012) 'Move' is a compelling behind the scenes look at renowned choreographers Kevin Iega Jeff and Gary Abbott and their inspiring Chicago based Deeply Rooted Dance Theater. 'MOVE' is not about how dancers dance but why they dance, removing the gap away from art to artist.

S Is for Stanley (2015) S Is For Stanley is the story of Emilio D'Alessandro, Stanley Kubrick's personal driver. A Friendship that lasted through 30 years of their lives, helped create four cinema masterpieces, and brought together two apparently opposite people, that found their ideal journey compa

Diller Scofidio + Renfro: Reimagining Lincoln Center and the High Line (2012) This documentary looks at architecture and design team Diller Scofidio + Renfro through the lens of two important urban projects - the High Line and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.

The 13th Day 2009 Faiths answer to the DaVinci Code, a true story of a miracle in Fatima In a world torn apart by persecution, war and oppression, three children were chosen to carry a message of hope to the world

Burroughs: The Movie (1983) Burroughs: The Movie explores the life and times of controversial Naked Lunch author William S. Burroughs, with an intimacy never before seen and never repeated. The film charts the development of Burroughs' unique literary style and his wildly unconventional life, includ

Toast 2010 Wolverhampton,1967 nine year old Nigel Slater loves his mother though she is a hopeless cook, her finest offering being toast whilst he has great culinary aspirations When she dies of asthma Nigel is left with a distant father but worse is to come when the common Mrs Joan Potter arrives a

Niewidzialna wojna 2022 The truth about Patryk Vega, the most controversial Polish movie director

Hollywood Banker (2014) How Frans Afman, a banker from the Netherlands, developed a new system for film financing, revolutionized independent filmmaking in Hollywood, but could not prevent it all from crashing down, when ambition of others turned into greed.

Louisa May Alcott The Woman Behind Little Women 2008 Louisa May Alcott, author of Little Women, leads a literary double life, writing under the pseudonym A M Barnard, an identity that remains until the 1940s

The Tin Mine 2005 Set in 1950 and based on the series of autobiographical short stories by Archin Panjabhan, the beginning finds Archin Pijaya Vachajitpan expelled from Bangkoks Chulalongkorn University in his sophomore year He is packed off to southern Thailand, where he has supposedly has a job wa

The Audrey Hepburn Story 2000 Biographic made for TV movie of the life of one of Hollywoods most famous actreses Audrey Hepburn, spaning from her early childhood to the 1960s which details her life as Dutch overachieving ballerina, coming to grips with her parents divorce and enduring five hard year

Love Records: Gimme Some Love (2016) The rise and fall of Love Records record label in 1960's and 1970's Finland.

A Man of Action 2022 Which we follow in Lucios footsteps as part of the European anarchist movement, from his humble beginnings as a bricklayer turned bank robber, to taking the lead in one of the most important economic shenanigans of the last century But Lucio will have to choose between the anarc

Based on autobiographical novel The Homeless Junior High School Student by Hiroshi Tamura He was homeless during his high school days after the breakup of his parents

Nathan East: For the Record (2014) Nathan East For The Record is a documentary film that takes viewers behind-the-scenes as one of the most influential bass players in modern music recorded his debut solo album last year. His long-awaited solo album (released in March) spent four weeks at #1 on Bill

Everybodys Child (2014) Garry Fraser was born into a family of poverty, violence and alcohol addiction on Edinburgh's notorious Muirhouse estate, the same place that inspired the world-acclaimed film, Trainspotting. In this documentary, filmmaker Garry Fraser takes us to the heart of the poor, margi

Il Boemo 2022 Looking for work as a violinist, Josef comes into the orbit of a rich young woman She introduces him to a hedonistic existence free from religious intolerance Josef gets an incredible commission to write an opera for the San Ca

Vaterlandsverrater 2011 Once with the Stasi, always with the Stasi Once you were in the agent controllers grasp you could never escape thats what they say, anyway Writer Paul Gratzik was an unofficial informer for the GDR State Security Service for twenty years, broke with them in the 80s and expose

Leadbelly 1976 The life of Blues and folk singer Huddie Leadbetter, nicknamed Leadbelly is recounted Covering the good times and bad from his 20s to 40s Much of that time was spent on chain gangs in the south Even in prison he became well known for the songs he had composed and sung during and befor

Afternoon of a Faun Tanaquil Le Clercq 2013 Of all the great ballerinas, Tanaquil Le Clercq may have been the most transcendent With a body unlike any before hers, she mesmerized viewers and choreographers alike her elongated, race horse physique became the new prototype for the great George Balanch

Ivan the Terrible, Part II (1958) His wife dead from poisoning and his chief warrior, Kurbsky, defected to the Poles, Ivan is lonely as he pursues a unified Russia with no foreign occupiers. Needing friendship, he brings to court Kolychev, now Philip the monk, and makes him metropolitan bishop of Mo

If These Knishes Could Talk: The Story of the NY Accent (2013) From Atlantic Ave. to Zerega Ave., word on the street is the New York accent is disappearing -- a casualty of a city that's evolved into a vast expanse of banks, H&Ms and glass-blown high-rises. But even though you may not hear "toity-to

Slaughter Nick for President (2012) When an out-of-work actor accidentally discovers through Facebook that he's been wildly famous in a faraway land for almost two decades, he sets out to discover the reasons why. SLAUGHTER NICK FOR PRESIDENT is a behind-the-scenes look at the entertainment biz and

Paul Robeson Tribute to an Artist 1979 An examination of the life of actor and singer Paul Robeson, from his first major triumphs on the stage in the 1920s through his gradually increasing social activism in the 1930s and 1940s, leading to his controversial performances in Eastern Europe in the 1940

Concerto A Beethoven Journey 2015 Filmed over four years, Concerto A Beethoven Journey follows world class pianist Leif Ove Andsnes as he attempts to understand and interpret one of the greatest sets of works for piano ever written Beethovens five piano concertos Considered one of the top pianists o

I Touched All Your Stuff (2014) Christopher Kirk, a bored American geek, moves to Colombia to chase Escobar's hippos. Once there, he falls in love with a beautiful and mysterious woman.

Mae West 1982 Biography of the curvaceous and sharp witted actress who scandalized Broadway and Hollywood in the 1920s 30s with her frank approach to sex

Le grand Méliès (1952) A biography of the pioneer film director Georges Méliès, featuring his son André playing Georges, and with shots of his second wife, aged 90.

Standing Up (2017) Three unlikely aspiring stand-up comedians - an ultra-Orthodox Jew, a couchsurfing custodian, and a personal injury lawyer - risk everything to find their voices on the cutthroat New York comedy scene.

The Florence Foster Jenkins Story 2016 Florence Foster Jenkins is known as the worst singer of all times and yet she is a cult figure whose recordings still outsell many contemporary singers Opera superstar Joyce DiDonato interprets the flamboyant queen of dissonance The involvement of the celebrate

Ernesto (2017) The first film in forty years to be co-produced by Cuba and Japan, it recounts the story of Freddy Maymura Hurtado who was a Bolivian man of Japanese descent. He joined the freedom fighters...

Livin for Love: The Natalie Cole Story (2000) The true life story of famed singer Natalie Cole, daughter of Nat 'King' Cole. Gripping drama of her struggle with addiction and living in her father's shadow while still maintaining her own celebrity status.

Coming Out Under Fire 1994 A historical account of military policy regarding homosexuals during World War II The documentary includes interviews with several gay WWII veterans

Who You Gonna Call 2020 Chances are, even someone who doesnt immediately recognize the name Ray Parker Jr will recognize his monster smash hit song Ghost Busters This is the amazing and fascinating story of Ray Parker Jr who escaped the violence of the 1967 Detroit riots to become one of the most pr

Anne Clark, an icon of music history and a terrific pioneer of spoken word art, has been on stage for more than 30 years It transforms language into unique music Since the early 1980s, New Wave classics such as OUR DARKNESS and SLEEPER IN METROPOLIS have provided a thrill of excitement that has insp

Double Play: James Benning and Richard Linklater (2013) In 1985, filmmaker Richard Linklater began a film screening society in Austin, Texas, that aimed to show classic art-house and experimental films to a budding community of cinephiles and filmmakers. The Austin Film Society raised enough money t

Advocate 2019 A look at the life and work of Jewish Israeli lawyer Lea Tsemel who has represented political prisoners for nearly 50 years