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Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
In the summer of 2015, legendary musician David Byrne staged an event at Brooklyn's Barclays Center to celebrate the creativity of color guard: synchronized dance routines involving flags, rifles, and sabers, colloquially known as "the sport of the arts." The result is CONTEMPORARY COLOR, a bold and irrepressible snapshot of a one-of-a-kind live experience. Winner of Best Cinematography in a Documentary Feature and Best Editing in a Documentary Feature...
Publisher
The Film Sales Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Part time capsule, part folk song, PHANTOM COWBOYS follows three teenage boys as they approach adulthood in vastly different parts of the United States. Moving fluidly between the deserts of California, the valleys of West Virginia, and the sugarcane fields of Florida, the film explores the lives of these young men during two formative periods - transitioning forward and backward in time over a span of eight years. Nominated for Best Documentary Feature...
Publisher
Canyon Cinema Foundation
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Immigrant residents of a "shift-bed" apartment in the heart of New York City's Chinatown share their stories of personal and political upheaval. As the bed transforms into a stage, the film reveals the collective history of the Chinese in the United States through conversations, autobiographical monologues, and theatrical movement pieces. Shot in the kitchens, bedrooms, wedding halls, cafes, and mahjong parlors of Chinatown, this provocative hybrid...
Publisher
The Orchard
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Curious George is the most popular monkey in the world. Since his introduction in 1941, the beloved series has sold over 75 million books in more than 25 languages. MONKEY BUSINESS explores the lesser-known tale of George's creators, Hans and Margret Rey. After their four-week honeymoon to Paris turned into a four-year residency, they accidentally became children's book authors when a publisher suggested they create a book out of a cartoon Hans had...
Publisher
New Video Group
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
When a 15-year-old black male is arrested for the murder of Mary Ann Stephens, everyone involved in the case--from investigators to journalists--is ready to condemn him, except for his lawyer, Patrick McGuiness. A true tale of murder and injustice.
Publisher
New Video Group
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Follow the ups and downs of a flock of wild urban parrots within the green niches of San Francisco. Along the way meet unforgettable characters like Picasso and Sophie, the inseparable parrot lovers, and Connor, the lovable outcast of the flock.
Publisher
Syndicado
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Bear Grylls narrates this documentary feature about China's first generation of foster children. Now working in technology, finance, tourism, arts and sports, these young professionals reveal how they moved on from life in orphanages to achieve success.
Publisher
Gravitas
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
This documentary takes a moving look at four individuals who have shot someone. They describe how the pull of a trigger changed them emotionally, psychologically and spiritually offering a powerful new perspective on gun violence. Nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the **Slamdance Film Festival**.
11) The Joneses
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures*
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
The inspiring story of Jheri Jones, a 74-year-old transgender divorcee in Mississippi, struggling to keep three generations of her family together while her son Trevor embarks on his own unexpected journey of self-discovery. Nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the **San Francisco Film Festival.**
12) Getting Over
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures LLC
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
A man discovers a box of interviews with his father, a heroin addict who died of AIDS in 1997. What he finds will uncover generations of family secrets, forcing him to redefine his own past, doubt his present, and question his future. Winner of the Award of Merit for Documentary Feature at the **Impact Docs Awards.** Official Selection at the **SXSW Film Festival.** *"An often raw, plaintive filial cry of pain over wasted changes and lost parents..."...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
From acclaimed director Steve James (The Interrupters), Academy Award-nominated (Best Documentary Feature, 2018) ABACUS: SMALL ENOUGH TO JAIL tells the saga of the Chinese immigrant Sung family, owners of Abacus Federal Savings of Chinatown, New York. Accused of mortgage fraud by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., Abacus becomes the only bank prosecuted after the 2008 financial crisis. The indictment and subsequent trial forces the Sung...
14) In Her Footsteps
Publisher
Menemsha Films
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
עברית
Description
In the dead of night, filmmaker Rana Abu Fraiha's family left their house in the Bedouin village, Tel Sheva, and moved, perhaps 'fled', to Omer, a nearby Jewish town. 20 years later Rana's mother became ill with breast cancer and expressed an unprecedented wish, to be buried as a Muslim in the town's Jewish cemetery. Her wish tore the family apart and raised serious dilemmas, about identity, belonging, femininity and the meaning of home. Nominated...
15) Fruits of Labor
Publisher
Grasshopper Film
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A Mexican-American teenage farmworker dreams of graduating high school. When ICE raids her community, it threatens to separate her family and forces her to become her family's breadwinner. FRUITS OF LABOR is a lyrical, coming-of-age documentary feature about adolescence, nature and how ancestors paved the way. Director Emily Cohen Ibáñez documents life guided by the spirit world through her hardships and joys in modern America.
16) Bias
Publisher
1091 Media
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
The toxic effects of bias make headlines every day: sexual harassment, racial profiling, the pay gap. As humans, we are biased. Yet few of us are willing to admit it. We confidently make snap judgments, but we are shockingly unaware of the impact our assumptions have on those around us. The documentary feature 'BIAS' follows filmmaker Robin Hauser on a journey to uncover her hidden biases and explore how unconscious bias defines relationships, workplaces,...
17) War Photographer
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough. - Robert Capa War photographer James Nachtwey has been close enough for twenty years. Over this time he hasn't missed a single war. And he probably has seen more suffering and dying than anyone else alive. For War Photographer, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, Christian Frei followed Nachtwey for two years into the wars in Indonesia, Kosovo, and...
18) Grizzly man
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Acclaimed director Werner Herzog explores the life and death of amateur grizzly bear expert and wildlife preservationist Timothy Treadwell, who lived unarmed among grizzlies for 13 summers"--Container. Features Treadwell's video footage.
Publisher
Hope Runs High
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, this non-fiction musical follows composer John Wallowitch, a star of New York cabaret and partner Bertram Ross, Martha Graham's lead dancer for 20 years and co-director of the Graham Company. Together they formed the beloved musical duo "Wallowitch and Ross," as well as an unshakable partnership, both onstage and off.
Publisher
MVD Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
English
Description
This program features Lech Kowalski's 2003 documentary feature about the life and times of Ramones bassist and all-star burn out, Dee Dee Ramone (1952-2002). Dee Dee's life is a fascinating character study of a punk rock legend who never grew up. Listen to Dee Dee's account with director Lech Kowalski, to discuss Johnny Thunders for the film 'Born to Lose.' Relive the battlefield history of rock and roll through the memories of this ordinary, yet...
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