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Director Nanni Moretti takes a mordant look at Italian life through three antological vignettes presented as the chapters of an open diary

The 5th King is a compelling first hand account of the rise and fall of one of boxings legendary fighters from the golden era of boxing He escaped the major pitfalls of his economic depressed area of South Bronx to become 3 time ch

The story of feminist icon Gloria Steinems itinerant childhood and its influence on her life as a writer, activist and organizer for womens rights worldwide

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 Americas first environmental crusade to ban the s

Ken Russells biopic on his own life and career

The origins, exploits and the ultimate fate of the Jesse James gang is told in a sympathetic portrayal of the bank robbers made up of brothers who begin their legendary bank raids because of revenge

Oct 4 and Dec 26 the Strieber family drives from NYC to their cabin in the woods Both nights there are some powerful lights outside and maybe aliens The dad is mentally affected by the bad dream, goes to the shrink and is hypnoti

Technology has quickly turned kids making videos in their bedrooms into huge stars O2L took this path on YouTube, amassing an 8 million plus fan base, and we explore this incredible phenomenon on their first tour Its a look at the

DENNIS AND LOIS is a documentary about a couple of quirky super music fans whove devoted the last 40 years pursuing the thrill of live music and supporting the bands they love Now, more

The life of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto from the early 1930s to his death at the hands of the US military in 1943

Laurel and Hardy, the worlds most famous comedy duo, attempt to reignite their film careers as they embark on what becomes their swan song a grueling theatre tour of post war Britain

Follow the short but influential life of Bostons own UHF based music video channel of the mid 1980s V66

A documentary on one of Seattles most celebrated voices His unique rhythms are filled with humor and pain and his angry, fresh, lyrical writings are about sensitive drifters people alienated by a society that refuses to understand

A probing portrait of Chris Burden, an artist who took creative expression to the limits and risked his life in the name of art

Krishna Das is on a journey to India to discover legendary spiritual teacher Neem Karoli Baba, through drug addiction and depression, to his eventual emergence as a world famous Kirtan singer

Adam learns that his Yogi guru, Anand, has discovered a prophesy that was printed on his birth chart he would die in an accident at the age of 27 and when Anand invites Adam to join him on a motorcycle journey through Indias Hima

My grandfather fought alongside Pancho Villa, became a Master Mason, was elected Congressman representing the state of Oaxaca three times, and led the National Charro Association In 1942, he formed the Legion of Mexican Fighters, a

The amazing true story of one white Southern womans courage to choose her convictions and join the Civil Rights Movement By the time she was 19, Joan Trumpauer was shot at, attacked, and put on death row but thats just the beginni

A feature length documentary about the life and films of legendary actor Toshiro Mifune, weaving together film clips, archival stills, and interviews with such luminaries as Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese Narrated by Keanu Ree

Solomon Mahlangu is a Mamelodi township schoolboy hawker who, after the events of June 16th joins the military wing of the ANC to fight against the brutal oppression of the Apartheid regime and ends up becoming an icon of South Afric

When he was an infant, he suffered from the Spider Mites of Jesus his mother couldnt pronounce spinal meningitis This caused mental challenges that resulted in his lifelong illiteracy At 13, he began selling his body on the st

Documentary portrait of the Philippine filmmaker Lino Brocka

The story of the New Orleans born crooner who began singing at an early age and went on to become one of the most revered gospel figures in U S history, melding her music with the civil rights movement

Beverly Glenn Copeland, a Black transgender musician, becomes a cult icon three decades after the release of his album Keyboard Fantasies

Compelled by the inheritance of a mysterious box of letters, American aesthete Felix Pfeifle begins the journey of a lifetime to reach the source of the correspondence the last heir of the Holy Roman Emperors, aging Archduke Otto vo

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Composer, conductor, genius, mensch, Marvin Hamlisch was as close to a modern day Da Vinci as it gets Hit after hit The Way We Were, Nobody Does It Better, The Sting, Chorus Line, Marvin was irrepressible and prolific

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An epic adventure starring artists, werewolves, heroes, Nazis, a comic book amp baguettes with lashings of French mayonnaise

A film about the early life of the rock musician and his burgeoning career as a member of the Beatles

In this gritty action tale, a young wrestler competes in the world of underground fighting to raise money for his ailing mother But will he survive his next match

Orson Welles produces his greatest film, Citizen Kane 1941, despite the opposition of the films de facto subject, William Randolph Hearst

Orange Sunshine is the never before told story of the Brotherhood of Eternal Love a spiritual group of surfers and hippies in California, which became the largest suppliers of LSD during the 60s and 70s This feature length doc f

Claudio Abbado Hearing the Silence conveys an intensely moving view on one of the leading musicians of our time In several interviews, Abbado talks about artistic, musical and

Anne Clark, an icon of music history and a terrific pioneer of spoken word art, has been on stage for more than 30 years It transforms language into unique music Since the early 1980s, New Wave classics such as OUR DARKNESS and SLE

In the center of the recent Tribeca Film Festival scandal surrounding his film VAXXED From Cover up to Controversy stands Andrew Wakefield, discredited and stripped of his medical license for his infamous study suggesting a link bet