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1) Deprogrammed
Publisher
Utopia
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Inspired by her stepbrother's experience of being "deprogrammed" in 1991, director Mia Donovan delves into the little known history of a controversial underground movement led by the notorious anti-cult crusader, Ted Patrick. His practice of "deprogramming", also known as "reverse brainwashing", started in the early 1970s and quickly snowballed into a vast underground movement composed of concerned parents, ex-cultist-turned-deprogrammers and some...
Publisher
Utopia
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Portuguese
Description
The residents of Rio de Janeiro's largest slum seek justice for a local man they believe has been murdered by the police. In the face of brutal oppression, together they start a protest movement that will change the course of Brazilian history. This project is heavily accoladed, winning best film at the Sydney Film Festival, a Director's Guild Award and two Australian Academy Awards. Originally released in 2016, the film has fresh interest right now,...
Publisher
Utopia
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
In Minnesota, the winters are long but the jigsaw puzzling is fierce. Join some of the top teams in competitive puzzling as they prepare for the largest contest in the country, the one that crowns the fastest puzzler around, in this quirky documentary from South By Southwest.
4) Another Body
Publisher
Utopia
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Follows a college student's search for answers and justice after she discovers deepfakes of herself circulating online. Through candid video diaries, synthetic media, and 2D and 3D animation, the film takes you into Taylor's online and offline worlds, humanizing a vast social issue in a compelling personal story.
Publisher
Utopia
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Academy Award winning Director Errol Morris faces off with controversial political strategist and former Donald Trump adviser, Steve Bannon. Official Selection at the **Venice Film Festival**, **Toronto International Film Festival**, and **The New York Film Festival**.
Publisher
Utopia
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
An immersive archival journey through the explosive New York music scene of the early 2000s. Set against the backdrop of 9/11 and a world unaware of the seismic political, technological and cultural shifts about to occur, MEET ME IN THE BATHROOM tells the story of the last great romantic age of Rock'n'Roll through the prism of a handful of era defining bands; The Strokes, LCD Soundsystem, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Interpol.
7) Martha
Publisher
Utopia
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Three decades after publishing her debut book, Subway Art, New York photographer Martha Cooper discovers she's become an unexpected icon of one of the biggest art movements in history.
9) Sexy Baby
Publisher
Utopia
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
These days, sex doesn't just sell, it saturates our culture. In the age of runaway social media and "sexting," raunchy rap songs on pop radio and hardcore pornography at the click of a mouse-what's it like to be a woman? A girl? A teenage boy? Their parents? In this feature documentary, the directors follow a trio of characters to reveal the toll all this titillation is taking on America and forces viewers to get comfortable having the uncomfortable...
Publisher
Utopia
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Arabic
Description
Filmed over five years, CAPTAINS OF ZAATARI follows two best friends, Mahmoud and Fawzi, refugees from Syria who now live in the Zaatari camp in Jordan. As teeneragers and like many boys their age, they dream of becoming professional football players. Despite being locked in a space that has no facilities or opportunity for training, they remain hopeful and full of dreams. Their stories take an unexpected turn when Aspire Academy, one of the world's...
Publisher
Utopia
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
While out apartment hunting, college pals Noelle and Addie stumble upon the deal of a lifetime: a posh duplex on Manhattan's Upper East Side. But soon after moving in, a more sinister picture of the apartment emerges when a mysterious woman arrives and claims the property used to belong to the infamous and recently-deceased Jeffrey Epstein.
12) Lunch Hour
Publisher
Utopia
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
LUNCH HOUR explores the National School Lunch Program, childhood obesity, and our addiction to unhealthy foods. It shows what schools, parents, authors, doctors, politicians, celebrities, and chefs are doing to problem solve this issue and help save the children of America.
13) Sick of Myself
Publisher
Utopia
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Norwegian
Description
Increasingly overshadowed by her boyfriend's recent rise to fame as a contemporary artist creating sculptures from stolen furniture, Signe hatches a vicious plan to reclaim her rightfully deserved attention within the milieu of Oslo's cultural elite.
14) Suzi Q
Publisher
Utopia
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Story of trailblazing American rock singer-songwriter Suzi Quatro, who helped redefine the role of women in rock 'n' roll when she broke out in 1973
15) El Planeta
Publisher
Utopia
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
EL PLANETA is a dark comedy exploring contemporary poverty, female desire, and the always complicated filial relationships of mothers and daughters. A daughter forced to return home after the death of her father, reconnects with her eccentric mother, hustling to maintain the semblances of their middle-class lifestyle in the face of an impending eviction. Over the course of the week we watch as the daughter's hopes are tested as she attempts to use...
17) Rad
Publisher
Utopia
Pub. Date
1986.
Language
English
Description
A bicycle-motocrosser (Bill Allen) tries to enter a corrupt promoter's nationally televised cash-prize race.
18) Saul at Night
Publisher
Utopia
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
As a result of a bizarre experiment, Saul Capgras is forced to become acclimated to a life of isolation at night while the rest of the city is restricted to sleep and a mandated curfew. Saul is the only person left awake at night, and, while still living with his wife and daughter, he must discover inventive ways to experience their lives.
19) Western
Publisher
Utopia
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Eagle Pass, Texas, and Piedras Negras, Mexico, two towns on opposite sides of the border have shared a harmonious history until the specter of cartel violence threatens to divide them.With their ravishing signature verité, brimming with metaphor, the Ross brothers have crafted a contemporary story of idyllic harmony suddenly shattered, of darkness on the edge of town. Aptly titled, WESTERN is both a modern take on a classic cinematic tradition and...
Publisher
Utopia
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
BLOOD, SWEAT & BEER follows a trio of 23-year-olds as they struggle to start The Brew Gentlemen Beer Co. in Braddock, PA., a once-prosperous steel town hoping to bounce back from decades of neglect, violence, and population loss. The film also follows Danny Robinson, a boardwalk brewery owner whose business is threatened by an aggressive trademark lawsuit that could leave him bankrupt.
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