Passion River Films
21) Big Sonia
Publisher
Passion River Films
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
In the last store in a defunct shopping mall, 91-year-old Sonia Warshawski, great-grandmother, businesswoman, and Holocaust survivor, runs the tailor shop she's owned for more than 30 years. But when she's served an eviction notice, the specter of retirement prompts Sonia to resist her harrowing past as a refugee and witness to genocide. A poignant story of generational trauma and healing, the film also also offers a laugh-out-loud-funny portrait...
Publisher
Passion River Films
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A wickedly subversive look at the role of comedy in exposing the pressures on women to be attractive and society's ambivalence toward cosmetic surgery. The film follows Jackie Hoffman, an award-winning comic actress, known for herself-deprecating humor, and Emily Askin, an up-and-coming improve performer, as they contemplate the possible impact of surgery on their career, relationships and self-regard.
Publisher
Passion River
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
This chronicles what director Lathe Poland learned after he was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. He sought to find out why he got sick, because he didn't fit the classic picture of an adult onset diabetes sufferer. He quickly learned that much of what he knew about healthy eating was based on myths or fifty-year-old science. He searches out why Americas modern food culture is killing us. The upside? There is a lot that can be done!
Publisher
Passion River Films
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
An unflinching look at how women are treated in the United States today. Examining both real-life stories and precedent-setting legal cases, director Kamala Lopez uncovers how outdated and discriminatory attitudes inform and influence seemingly disparate issues, from workplace harassment to domestic violence, rape and sexual assault to the foster care system, and the healthcare conglomerate to the judicial system.
25) Thunder road
Publisher
Passion River
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
It tells the story of flawed police officer Jim Arnaud, who lives a shambolic life that's somehow made even worse by his mother's passing. His only stability comes in the shape of his daughter, Crystal, who he tries to father, amidst messy divorce proceedings with his estranged wife, Roz, as best as he can.
26) Dina
Publisher
Passion River Films
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Dina's getting married in a few weeks and there's still so much to do. She has to move her boyfriend, Scott, from his parents' house to her apartment, and settle him in to only the second home he's ever had, all while juggling his schedule as an early morning Walmart door greeter. She has to get her dress, confirm arrangements with the venue, and make peace with her family, who remain nervous for their beloved Dina after the death of her first husband....
27) Difret
Publisher
Passion River
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Amharic
Description
From executive producer Angelina Jolie Pitt comes the award-winning drama based on the inspirational true story of a young Ethiopian girl and a tenacious lawyedr embroiled in a life-or-death clash between cultural traditions and their country's advancement of equal rights. When 14-year-old Hirut is abducted in her rural village's tradition of kidnapping women for marriage, she fights back, accidentally killing her captor and intended husband.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A documentary film about the life and work of Poet Laureate, two-time Pulitzer winner, and environmental activist W.S. Merwin. Features interviews with Mr. Merwin, his family, friends and other notables, and reflects on humankind and our relationship to this wildness called Earth.
30) Thelma
Publisher
[Passion River Films]
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Norwegian
Description
A shy young student leaves her small town and religious family to study at a university in Oslo, but once on campus she experiences what appears to be a violent, unexpected seizure. Overwhelmed by the increasing intensity of the mystifying episodes and her powerful feelings for a beautiful classmate, she struggles to control her supernatural abilities.
31) Gift
Publisher
Passion River
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
It is a tribute to something that can't be measured or counted, bought, or sold. Exploring the parallels between artists' work and a gift economy, it's a reflection on the creative process and the beauty and challenges of fearlessly giving and receiving.
Publisher
Passion River
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Français
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Description
In Paris in the early 1990s, a group of activists go to battle for those stricken with HIV/AIDS, taking on sluggish government agencies and major pharmaceutical companies. Amid rallies, protests, fierce debates and ecstatic dance parties, the newcomer Nathan falls in love with Sean, the group's radical firebrand, and their passion sparks against the shadow of mortality as the activists fight for a breakthrough.
33) A bag of marbles
Publisher
Passion River Films
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Français
Description
The travels of two Jewish boys in occupied France who attempt to escape to the free zone.
Publisher
Passion River
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The untold love-hate story of Australia's most famous and contentious national icon is set in distinctive Australian landscapes. The film explores the complex and conflicting opinions around this unique marsupial that is at the target of the largest mass destruction of wildlife in the world.
Publisher
Passion River
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The previously untold story of a series of early 80s guerrilla music and art performance happenings in Southern California that are recognized to have inspired Burning Man, Lollapalooza, and Coachella, collective experiences that have become key elements of popular culture in the 21st century. The feature documentary splices interviews and rare performance footage of Sonic Youth, Minutemen, Meat Puppets, Swans, Redd Kross, Einst|rzende Neubauten,...
Publisher
Passion River
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Werner Herzog and Andre Singer's riveting documentary, filled with unforgettable archive materials and based on three never before seen interviews, provides incredible access to, arguably, the world's greatest living politician. Now 88 and battling illness, the visionary Gorbachev, the former General Secretary of the U.S.S.R, is still gently but resolutely pushing towards his goals.
Publisher
Drive-In Doc LLC
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Once a vibrant part of american culture, drive-ins reached their peak in the late 50s with almost 5,000 dotting the nation from big cities to small rural towns. Although drive-ins are experiencing a resurgence in the new millennium, today less than 400 remain. In a nation that loves cars and movies, why haven't they survived?
40) El angel
Publisher
Passion River Films
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Español
Description
Buenos Aires, 1971. Carlitos is a seventeen-year-old with movie star swagger, blond curls and a baby face. As a young boy, he coveted other people's things, but it wasn't until his early adolescence that his true calling, to be a thief, manifested itself. When he meets Ramon at his new school, Carlitos is immediately drawn to him and starts showing off to get his attention. Together they will embark on a journey of discovery, love and crime.
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