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This is the first feature length documentary on legendary director Raoul Walsh In this memoir, Walsh recounts his career from the silent film era to the tumultuous 1960s The documentary makes stunning use of rare, personal and

Filmmaker William Greaves auditioned acting students for a fictional drama, while simultaneously shooting the behind the scenes drama taking place

Chances are, even someone who doesnt immediately recognize the name Ray Parker Jr will recognize his monster smash hit song Ghost Busters This is the amazing and fascinating story of Ray Parker Jr who escaped the violence of

A documentary about the soul of American music The film follows the recording of a new album featuring legends from Stax records and Memphis mentoring and passing on their musical magic to stars and artists of today

This artful and intimate meditation on the legendary storyteller examines her life, her works and the powerful themes she has confronted throughout her literary career

Florence Foster Jenkins is known as the worst singer of all times and yet she is a cult figure whose recordings still outsell many contemporary singers Opera superstar Joyce DiDonato interprets the flamboyant queen of dissonan

For the first time, a never before seen journey into the life of the great cyclist Through public and private archive material and intimate and touching conversations with family members, the coach of his early days, and his clos

Cuban American playwright Maria Irene Fornes created astonishing worlds onstage When she stops writing due to dementia, a friendship with a young writer reignites her visionary creative spirit, triggering a film collaboration tha

Chronicles Betty and Barney Hill alien abduction back in 1961

What would happen if the world were suddenly without people if humans vanished off the face of the earth How would nature react and how swiftly On the edge of Europe, the deserted village of Chernobyl reveals the surprising

Join us on this unique and captivating documentary concerning the most unusual phenomena on our strange planet With headlines that are reminiscent of your favorite science fiction films, these spectacles appear almost too good to

In 14th century Mali, an ambitious young royal named Mansa Musa ascended the throne of the richest kingdom in human history This follows Malian artist Abdou Ouologuem on a journey to discover the truth behind the legendary Africa

A film about cats And Japan And a bewildered British guy But mostly cats

As WW2 looms, Pope Pius XI calls on a humble American priest to help him challenge the evils of Nazism and anti Semitism But death intervenes, and Pope Pius XII now carries out a very different response to Hitler and the Holocaust

THE SEER AND THE UNSEEN is a magic realist documentary about invisible elves, financial collapse and the surprising power of belief, told through the story of an Icelandic woman a real life Lorax who speaks on behalf of nature u

Stepping into the beautiful yet realistic behind the scenes world of Flowers of Shanghai, the story here breathes and unfolds naturally and organically the art director purchasing antiques and props at an old flea market, arra

Brock Over the Top is a feature length documentary that not only chronicles the extraordinary life of Australias greatest racing car driver, Peter Brock, but peels away the surface to reveal the profoundly human story behind the

Daybreak, a first year EDM festival gets hit with inclement weather As the fear of headliners canceling, attendees demanding refunds, the deeper purpose of the festival becomes clear but is it enough to save Daybreak

From pregnancy to album preparations, Lebanese singer and Queen of the Stage Myriam Fares documents her experiences with her family while in lockdown

Through the stories of Assaad Shaftari, a former high ranking militia officer, and Maryam Saiidi, the mother of a missing communist fighter, the film digs into war wounds and poses the question of whether or not redemption and for

Carlos Saura, a living legend Felix Viscarret, a director who wants to make a film portrait of the great master He draws up a plan He thinks its brilliant He will show the intimate side of Saura through conversations of the g

Some Palestinians who were held in an Israeli detention center are assembled to re enact their experience in an effort to heal

Shedding new light on a geopolitical hot spot, the film confronts the myth of the Forgotten War, documenting the post 1953 conflict and global consequences

The history of the October revolution told in images, starting from the uprising of 25 February up to the first anniversary of the revolution The uprisings, the civil wars and the soviet life and leaders are shown in panoramic im

Following director Rotimi Rainwater, a former homeless youth, as he travels the country to shine a light on the epidemic of youth homelessness in America

A renewed interest is emerging in mid 20th century architects and artists who exploded the comfortable constraints of the past to create a robust and daring modernist America Eero Saarinen The Architect Who Saw the Future examin

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

I Am Richard Pryor tells the story of the legendary performer and iconic social satirist, who transcended race and social barriers by delivering his honest irreverent and biting humor to Americas stages and living rooms until his

An intimate look at the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and its impact on the youth of New Orleans

The far right political movement known as QAnon has taken off around the world, mobilising a committed band of believers dedicated to fighting what they claim is an online war against corrupt, child abusing elites In the United

Over the last years, thousands of young Moroccans have come to Europe illegally These underage emigrants often end up on their own and often discover that the reality of their new life is much more difficult than theyd ever imag

Stunning contemporary surfing mixed with classic surfing from the 1970s A inspirational homage to the classic surf films of the 1970s like Morning of the Earth This is one the finest of its genre and noted for the original score

Why She Smiles is the true, inspirational story of 34 year old Jamie Sorum, who is battling Huntingtons Disease Huntingtons Disease is a rare, fatal neurological disease with symptoms being described as having ALS Lou Gehrigs

Exposing Muybridge tells the story of trailblazing 19th century photographer Eadweard Muybridge, who changed the world with his camera Muybridge set the course for the development of cinema when he became the first photographer t

Iain Sinclair embarks on a new kind of journey in this time hopping, continent spanning travelogue Confronting the thornier aspects of the writers family history in Peru

A new scene of troubled, lo fi young rappers has emerged from Trumps America, utilizing the SoundCloud streaming platform to quickly become the most culturally disruptive force in hip hop, shocking the world with their rambunctio