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Amal 2017 Amal is fourteen years old when she goes to Tahrir Square in Cairo during the Arab Spring to showcase With youthful hubris she goes straight to the danger This coming of age film follows her in the years that follow, a period in which the fearless Amal seeks her own identity in a country i

Citizen Ashe 2021 Explores the tennis career of Arthur Ashe and his impact on tennis and HIV activism

Turned Towards The Sun (2012) Documentary about World War II British Commando, Michael Burn, MC.

David Blaine Real or Magic 2013 Magician David Blaine ventures across America from New York to Los Angeles, performing to various celebrities and the general public

Battle Mountain: Graeme Obrees Story (2015) Addicted to breaking records, this former world champion puts his mind and body on the line one last time. 20 years after his last world record he is in the American desert looking for purpose and salvation on a speed machine he built in his Scottish kitch

O Poeta do Castelo (1959) The camera follows an ordinary morning of famous Brazilian poet Manuel Bandeira in his small apartment, making breakfast, typewriting in bed, walking through the streets of Castelo, in downtown Rio de Janeiro.

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...

6 Weeks to Mothers Day 2017 Set in the remote jungle of Thailand, 150 underprivileged and orphaned students attending the countrys first democratic school prepare a special celebration to honor their remarkable adoptive Mother on Mothers Day

American Dreams: Lost and Found (1984) American Dreams is chock full of concrete, discrete elements that comprise an American iconography of the past three decades. The film encourages a kind of perverse nostalgia for 'the good old days': Nixon's 'you don't have Nixon to kick around any more'; Elvis

Copwatch (2017) Shows "Cop watchers" dedicated to bringing awareness to their community and exposing police brutality/harassment. They are legally recording/documenting each arrest but often find themselves to be the victims of chaos.

Lemebel (2019) Writer, Visual Artist and pioneer of the Queer movement in Latin America, Pedro Lemebel shook up conservative Chilean society during Pinochet's dictatorship in the 1980s. Body, blood and fire were protagonists in his work that he attempted to perpetuate in the last eight years of his

Let Fury Have the Hour 2012 In his feature directorial debut, acclaimed author, visual artist, and filmmaker Antonino DAmbrosio has fashioned a lively social history that chronicles how a generation of artists, thinkers, and activists used their creativity and their creations as a response to the re

Flyabout 2006 Flyabout is the heartfelt, personal story of a young woman who gets a pilots license and inspires her father to do the same Together with him, she follows her dream to fly a plane around the continent of Australia Her introduction to the Aboriginal Walkabout brings on the realization t

Blossoms Back to Stockport 2020 A documentary on Blossoms the British indie quintet This intimate biographical documentary takes a look at life in the band as they prepare to play a homecoming show at Edgeley Park, Stockport

Parkland Inside Building 12 2018 Acclaimed director Charlie Minn brings attention to the victims of the infamous massacre that occurred on February 14th, 2018 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School A normal day at school became a true nightmare for Parkland, Florida citizens as they experienced som

Growing Up Downs 2014 Incredible documentary following a group of young actors with Downs Syndrome as they create a touring production of Shakespeares Hamlet In the process, the play begins to blur with their real lives

Peter and the Farm (2016) Peter Dunning is the proud proprietor of Mile Hill Farm, which sits on 187 acres in Vermont. The land's 38 harvests have seen the arrivals and departures of three wives and four children, leaving Peter with only animals and memories. The arrival of a film crew causes him to

Labor on the Douro River (1931) A documentary that looks at the people working in the river Douro, around the city of Porto.

The Great White Silence (1924) This early full-length documentary from filmmaker Herbert G. Ponting follows Captain Robert F. Scott and his famed expedition to be the first to reach the South Pole. The expedition left New Zealand in 1910 and arrived at the Antarctic shelf some three months later. Po

Dana Gould: I Know Its Wrong (2013) Dana Gould, the comedian and writer best known for his work on the hit TV show "The Simpsons," left that comfortable job to pursue his first love: stand-up comedy. In his highly anticipated special "I Know It's Wrong," Gould takes on the absurd

The Blockchain and Us (2017) When the Wright brothers invented the airplane in 1903, it was hard to imagine there would be over 500,000 people traveling in the air at any point in time today. In 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto ...

Searching for Superhuman 2020 Dr Shalin Naik hosts this programme outlining discoveries that have revolutionised our understanding of what it means to be human, allowing us to live longer, better, smarter and stronger

My Life in China (2014) In America, everyone has a family story of immigration. Every family, at some point, has had somebody leave their native country behind to search for a better life. How did they hold onto their identity? How did they adapt to their new life? Every family has a special story.

Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story (2012) The story of Yonatan Netanyahu, commander of an elite Israeli army commando unit who was killed during Operation Entebbe, a hostage-rescue mission carried out at Entebbe Airport in Uganda on July 4, 1976, after members of the Popular Front for the Liberatio

The Film Peddler (2011) 'The Film Peddler' offers a humorous and revealing glimpse into the life of John Shipp, a man who at one time with his associates controlled over half of independent film distribution in the USA. When not hobnobbing with celebrities like Clint Eastwood and George Burns, or ma

Surviving Progress (2011) Humanity's ascent is often measured by the speed of progress. But what if progress is actually spiraling us downwards, towards collapse? Ronald Wright, whose best-seller, A Short History Of Progress inspired SURVIVING PROGRESS, shows how past civilizations were destroyed by

Living the Change: Inspiring Stories for a Sustainable Future (2018) Living the Change explores solutions to the global crises we face today through the inspiring stories of people pioneering change in their own lives and in their communities in order to live in a sustainable and regenerative way.

Kygo: Live at the Hollywood Bowl (2017) Kygo has done it all and in seemingly no time. Hailing from Norway, he not only became the first artist to a billion streams, but he created a new genre altogether, one that is now a staple...

The film In Bed with an Elephant was a documentary film that was written by Canadians It showed the reflection the U S President and Canadian Prim Minsters relationships over the past hundred years Saying that, I like history films very much so I think the film In Bed with an Elephant deserves a 8 7

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

Saving Brinton 2017 In rural Iowa, a beloved history teacher uncovers the century old showreels of one of Americas first motion picture impresarios and sets out to premiere the films at the worlds oldest continuously operating movie theatre

The Lovers the Despot 2016 In 1970s South Korea, actor Choi Eun hee and her ex husband, film director Shin Sang ok, were divorced, estranged and both struggling with stalled careers Unfortunately, both their lives seemed changed forever when they were individually kidnapped in 1978 by their biggest

Kentuckys rise to undisputed Bourbon Capital of the world is a rich, detailed, and innovative story that displays how the state has continued to play an integral role in raising the level of global whiskey making to unprecedented heights From sour mash and charred barrels to the name Bourbon itself,

The United States of Detroit (2017) This is a film about the power and necessity of community action in Detroit, and the street level solutions that residents there are finding to make a way in the biggest city in our nation to ever go bust.

A New Economy (2017) About people making a fresh start towards building a new economy. Watch as several organizations move towards a more cooperative future by experimenting with open and non-traditional ...

12th and Clairmount (2017) In July 1967, Detroit experienced one of America's most violent civil disturbances. To tell that story in an emblematic way, this film fuses rare archival footage from the era - including ...

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.

Shashamane (2016) Africa's history is stained with suffering; but after generations of slavery, oppression, and diaspora, many ancestral Africans are now returning to reclaim their heritage. In the heart of Ethiopia, Shashamane was dedicated by King Haile Selassie as a homeland for those of African

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

Capturing the Killer Nurse 2022 This documentary reveals how investigators proved ICU nurse Charles Cullen was killing patients and how close he came to getting away with murder

I Am Vanessa Guillen 2022 Follow the tragic but exciting story of the young woman who dreamed of a military career, however after telling her mother that she was being harassed at the Fort Hood military base, Vanessa Guillen was killed by a partner

The Eighty Days (1944) This film is structured around British attempts to prevent the V1 missiles from getting through to their targets. Gunners, pilots and barrage balloons are the layers of National Defence, layers of defence that can't be entirely successful.

How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It) (2005) Feature-length documentary on renegade filmmaker, novelist, musician and theater impresario, Melvin Van Peebles.

143 Sahara Street 2019 In the middle of the Algerian Sahara, in her relay, a woman writes her History, she welcomes, for a cigarette, a coffee or eggs, truckers, wandering beings and dreams, Her name is Malika

Officer Involved (2017) Through first-person interviews and testimony, both police officers and leading experts share their experience and knowledge to show exactly what factors go into an officer-involved shooting and the dramatic impact that it has on the men and women who serve in law enforcement

16 Bars (2018) Inmates in Virginia attempt to transcend the cycle of recidivism through an unlikely artistic collaboration behind bars with Grammy-winning hip hop artist Todd 'Speech' Thomas.

Win! (2016) The all-access story of the inaugural 2015 season of New York City Football Club, aka NYCFC. Even with the backing of the New York Yankees and British soccer powerhouse Manchester City, winning over the hearts of New Yorkers will be an uphill battle. The first step is to sign three of th

A Brief History of Time Travel 2018 A journey through the evolution of time travel from its origins, its evolution and influence in science fiction, to the exciting possibilities in the future