A Crude Awakening (2006)
Basil Gelpke and Ray McCormack’s nonfiction treatise Crude Awakening joins Maxed Out, An Inconvenient Truth, and other recent documentaries devoted to unearthing and exploring forces that are untying the connective threads of contemporary society. The subject at hand is crude oil – specifically, the depletion of petroleum from the Earth, in an era when consumption threatens to exceed supply.
George Michael: Live in London (2009)
Live in London is a live concert recording of George Michael’s final two concerts in London’s Earl’s Court arena on 24th and 25th August 2008 as part of his 25…
Food, Inc. (2008)
Documentary filmmaker Robert Kenner examines how mammoth corporations have taken over all aspects of the food chain in the United States, from the farms where our food is grown to…
Another Day of Life (2018)
In 1975, Ryszard Kapuściński, a veteran Polish journalist, embarked on a seemingly suicidal road trip into the heart of the Angola’s civil war. There, he witnessed once again the dirty…
The Bronx, USA (2019)
A socio-cultural multi-generational history of the Bronx focused on Producer George Shapiro’s 1949 graduating class and the 2017 graduating class of DeWitt Clinton High School.
A. Einstein: How I See the World (1991)
Documentary on physicist Albert Einstein which chronicles the experiences that lead him to become a great advocate for world peace.
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema (2014)
With Taiwan remaining in the grip of martial law in 1982, a group of filmmakers from that country set out to establish a cultural identity through cinema and to share…
John McCain: For Whom the Bell Tolls (2018)
In-depth look at the life of John McCain, from his time as a POW in Vietnam to his three decades of service in the US Senate.
Becoming Zlatan (2016)
The decisive years of Swedish soccer player Zlatan Ibrahimović, told through rare archive footage in which a young Zlatan speaks openly about his life and challenges. The film closely follows…
The Family (2016)
Anne Hamilton-Byrne was beautiful, charismatic and delusional. She was also incredibly dangerous. Convinced she was the reincarnation of Jesus Christ, Hamilton-Byrne headed an apocalyptic sect called The Family, which was…
Witch Hunt (2008)
Executive Producer Sean Penn presents “Witch Hunt,” a gripping indictment of the American justice system told through the lens of one small town. Voters in Bakersfield, California elected a tough…
Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country (2008)
Going beyond the occasional news clip from Burma, the acclaimed filmmaker, Anders Østergaard, brings us close to the video journalists who deliver the footage. Though risking torture and life in…