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The Great Hack 2019 The Cambridge Analytica scandal is examined through the roles of several affected persons

Beast Mode On 2022 The extraordinary journey of Adebayo The Beast Akinfenwa, twenty years defying the odds adored by fans, respected throughout the sport and commanding more attention than most

The Female Closet 1998 Lesbian photographer Alice Austen is profiled in this documentary

No Ordinary Man 2020 No Ordinary Man is an in depth look at the life of musician and trans culture icon Billy Tipton Complicated, beautiful and historically unrivaled, this groundbreaking film shows what is possible when a community collaborates to honor the legacy of an unlikely hero

In His Life The John Lennon Story 2000 A film about the early life of the rock musician and his burgeoning career as a member of the Beatles

Double Take: The Art of Elizabeth King (2018) The sculptor Elizabeth King mines the spaces in between classical sculpture and automata; life and the life- like. Double Take: The Art of Elizabeth King explores the motives and creations ...

Harvard Beats Yale 29 29 2008 On November 23, 1968, Yale and Harvards undefeated football teams met in Cambridge, with Yale heavily favored Contemporary interviews with 30 men who played that day mix with game footage with instant replay Led by Brian Dowling and Calvin Hill, Yale goes up 22 0 With l

Becoming Iconic 2018 This feature length documentary that contains interviews with some of Hollywoods most iconic directors talk about and with Jonathan Baker The film explores the process of filmmaking from the ground up through the eyes of top directors as they tell their story of their first time

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

Confessions of an Innocent Man (2007) In the early 2000s, British-Canadian William Sampson, who was living and working in Saudi Arabia at the time, spent thirty-two months in Saudi captivity charged and convicted for a series of crimes, initially only a car bombing but later more serious crimes such

Gracie 2009 In 1939 Gracie Fields, the Queen of Hearts, is at the height of her success as a singer and actress and the whole nation seems to wish her a speedy recovery from cervical cancer When World War Two breaks out, Gracie sings for the troops despite poor health, to the dismay of her fussy hus

Shut Up Sing 2006 In 2003, the female country band, The Dixie Chicks, are at the top of their game being one of the most successful bands of all time However with the US invasion of Iraq about to begin over frustrated worldwide objections about this needless war, one of the Chick vents off the cuff

Machan 2008 A group of desperate slum dwellers, living on the margins of society under impossible pressures, find an invitation to a handball tournament in Bavaria to be the answer to their prayers, a one way ticket to the West and the wealth that will solve all their problems

In Fashion 1974 NA

Everybody Knows Elizabeth Murray 2016 Everybody Knows Elizabeth Murray is an intimate portrait of artist Elizabeth Murray, exploring the relationship between her family life and career and affirming her place in art history Footage of Murray in her studio, home videos, interviews with art world lumi

Victor 2015 Based on a true story, a migrant teen from Puerto Rico is forced to survive the dark streets of 1962 Brooklyn Enslaved by the power of gangs and the addiction of heroin, he must find faith and freedom before he destroys his family and himself

Team Spirit 2016 2008 The world economy is hit by the worst crisis since 1929 And only one man, a young trader, is the alleged responsible for the first and most extravagant in a series of scandals that will shake the financial markets worldwide Jerome Kerviel Indeed, the biggest banking loss of its

Paracelsus (1943) Made by famed director, G.W. Pabst, at UFA, under the Third Reich, Paracelsus is the story of the Renaissance era Swiss physician/alchemist/astrologer,, Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim. Though Pabst had tried,, he was unable to escape the Nazis, and was forc

The Secret Life Jeffrey Dahmer 1993 Based on the life of notorious serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, who murdered 17 men and ate many of them before he was caught in 1991

Say Hey, Willie Mays 2022 Archival footage, contemporary interviews and reflection on Willie Mays and his trailblazing influence in and outside baseball too

O Roshiya koku suimu tan 1992 This epic story starts out interesting, if rather gently paced, and gradually builds up to involving and terrific The scenery and cinematography range from grim to spectacular, and are always effective The Japanese actors do a sterling job, whilst the Russians are adequ

Jimmy Murakami: Non Alien (2010) Jimmy T. Murakami is a world-renowned Oscar nominated animator whose credits include When the Wind Blows and The Snowman but there is one dark chapter in his life that he has not revealed until recently. During WW2, Japanese-American citizens like Jimmy and his famil

I Am Secretly an Important Man (2010) 'I Am Secretly an Important Man' is a portrait of writer and poet Steven J. Bernstein (aka Jesse Bernstein), one of Seattle's most celebrated and troubled voices. His angry, surprisingly fresh, lyrical writings are about sensitive souls, drifters and drug addict

My Name Is Jonah 2014 What is the secret origin of this self proclaimed real life warrior, adventurer and musician How has he gained his tremendous cult following Steel yourselves for a quest to explore how this enigmatic personality came to be and the powerful effect he has on all those he meets Pr

The Eugenics Crusade 2018 Tracing the movement to breed a better American race, which turned the science of heredity into an instrument of social control that led to forced sterilization campaigns

Keyboard Fantasies 2019 As a sci fi obsessed woman living in near isolation, Beverly Glenn Copeland wrote and self released Keyboard Fantasies in Huntsville, Ontario back in 1986 Recorded in an Atari powered home studio, the cassette featured seven tracks of a curious folk electronica hybrid, a soun

Divide in Concord (2014) This is a story about an 84 year-old-woman trying to take down the third largest industry in the world. Jean Hill, a self-proclaimed warrior, leads historic Concord, Massachusetts on America's first environmental crusade to ban the sale of bottled water.

Olympia 2018 In the same vein as Albert Maysles Iris, this sublimely intimate, fly on the wall verite documentary tells a heart wrenching story of a woman becoming her own woman, on her own terms, to assert a gigantic creative force into the world Rebelling against her old world, panty sniffing, sus

Kid 90 2021 An intimate look at young Hollywood starlets growing up in the 1990s, using hundreds of hours of footage captured by Soleil Moon Frye

Joseph 1995 The story begins in Egypt, in the marketplace of Avaris where Joseph is sold as a slave to Potiphar, the Pharaohs Chief Steward Joseph, the favored son of the patriarch Jacob, was given into captivity by his own envious brothers A tireless and highly productive worker, Joseph wins his ma

The Judgement 2021 A Dutch TV journalist finds himself challenging the police, courts and media as he attempts to uncover the truth about the controversial Deventer murder case

Eames The Architect The Painter 2011 The husband and wife team of Charles and Ray Eames were Americas most influential and important industrial designers Admired for their creations and fascinating as individuals, they have risen to iconic status in American culture Eames The Architect amp The Paint

Starring Austin Pendleton 2016 The most famous actor youve never heard of starring Austin Pendleton and introducing Philip Seymour Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Natalie Portman, Olympia Dukakis, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ethan Hawke, Peter Sarsgaard, Wallace Shawn, Denis OHare, Chuck Evered, Jonathan Marc Sherman

Herbstgold 2010 The film follows five senior athletes along their biggest challenge maturity As all of them are between 80 and 100 years old it is a race against time and personal degeneration Nevertheless they are united in one common goal to take part in the track and field World Masters Champions

The Winning Team 1952 In 1911, Grover Cleveland Alexander Alex to his friends is a Nebraska country hayseed who says he wants to settle down, marry his girlfriend Aimee Arrants and be a farmer to offer Aimee a secure and stable life However he always seems to drop everything whenever the opportunity

Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story (2008) The Murrow, Polk, and IDA Award-winning documentary Boogie Man is about Lee Atwater, a blues-playing rogue whose rise from the South to Chairman of the GOP made him a political rock star. He mentored George W. Bush and Karl Rove while leading the Republican p

Manu 2018 The Belgian filmmaker Manu Bonmariage, known as the spiritual father of the Striptease show, now has Alzheimers at 76 Although his memory plays tricks on him, his daughter Emmanuelle goes back in time to portray a direct cinema filmmaker who was always close to the characters he so loved t

For the Dream 2022 Ben Gravy has made a career out of quick surf trips and quick edits for a dedicated fan base He is a traveler, always wearing a smile and spreading positivity and good humor to all fifty states This is a documentary about his life

Jolson Sings Again 1949 In this sequel to The Jolson Story, we pick up the singers career just as he has returned to the stage after a premature retirement But his wife has left him and the appeal of the spotlight isnt what it used to be This time Jolson trades in the stage for life in the fast lane

The Reformer Zwingli A Lifes Portrait 2019 Zurich in 1519 The young widow Anna Reinhart lives a barren life between fear of the church and worries about the future of her three children, when the arrival of a man in the city causes turmoil The young priest Ulrich Zwingli takes up his new position at

Abraham 1993 The Old Testament story of Abraham and the trials he endures Commanded by God to lead his family to the promised land of Canaan with the promise that if he does so, his descendants will become a great and numerous tribe His obedience, as well as that of his children and grandchildren, i

Nokas 2010 The movie portrays Norways most spectacular robbery, where 11 men occupied central Stavanger for twenty minutes and escaped with 57 million kroner appx 10 million A police officer was shot and killed

Ender The Eero Ettala Documentary 2015 The film will track Eero through all of his season, his travels and the making of his action part for this year This will be told in a documentary type with attention also being paid to cinematic tracking shots and a comprehensive visual expression We will revi

Hadik 2023 Follows the life of Hungarian nobleman Andras Hadik

The Secret Killer 1965 In the late 20s, Germany has high inflation rates and unemployment and the rise of the Nazi Party In this scenario, in Dusseldorf, the worker Peter Kuerten, also known as The Vampire of Dusseldorf, commits nine murders The weirdo Peter Kuerten is obsessed in the cabaret singer

Haywire 1980 Based on autobiography of Brooke Hayward, daughter of famous Broadway producer Leland Hayward and actress Margaret Sullavan, who grows up in the glamorous, cruel and emotionally unstable world of her parents

Sir Alex Ferguson Secrets of Success 2015 NA

Von Richthofen and Brown 1971 Manfred von Richthofen John Phillip Law arrives from the Cavalry, at a squadron in the German air force under the command of Oswald Boelcke He quickly becomes an ace Meanwhile, a Canadian pilot named Roy Brown arrives at a British squadron, where the top scoring pilot i