A Place Called Chiapas (1998)
In 1994, the Zapatista National Liberation Army, made up of impoverished Mayan Indians from the state of Chiapas, took over five towns and 500 ranches in southern Mexico. The government deployed its troops and at least 145 people died in the ensuing battle. Filmmaker Nettie Wild travelled to the country’s jungle canyons to film the elusive and fragile life of this uprising.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Nettie Wild
Actors: Gonzalo Ituarte Icario, Javier Elorriaga, Jorge Kanter, Rafael Sebastián Guillén Vicente, Samuel Ruiz García
The Great Indian Wars 1840-1890 (1991)
Documentation of the encroachment of European settlers upon Native American lands and the violent reaction of the Indians in their struggle to survive.
Art of the Prank (2015)
The great media prankster, Joey Skaggs, wants to fool the world media AGAIN, and, with the most complex hoax of his career in the pipeline, he now must use every…
Decade of Fire (2019)
As a kid in the South Bronx in the 1970s, Vivian Vazquez watched her tight-knit community become a burned-out ruin as an epidemic of fires raged through her Black and…
Popatopolis (2009)
In 20 years, he’s directed more films than Martin Scorsese, He’s produced more profitable movies than Jerry Bruckheimer, And he’s infuriated more actors than Alfred Hitchcock. The ultimate B Movie…
Web Junkie (2014)
China is the first country in the world to classify Internet addiction as a clinical disorder. Caught in the Net features a Beijing treatment center where Chinese teenagers are being…
The Deepest Breath (2023)
A champion freediver and expert safety diver seemed destined for one another despite the different paths they took to meet at the pinnacle of the freediving world. A look at…
Frank Capra’s American Dream (1997)
A documentary looking at the life and career of film director Frank Capra. Hosted by Ron Howard.
Itzhak (2018)
From Schubert to Strauss, Bach to Brahms, Mozart to…Billy Joel, Itzhak Perlman’s violin playing transcends mere performance to evoke the celebrations and struggles of real life. Director Alison Chernick’s (The…
Louis Theroux: Louis and the Nazis (2003)
Louis Theroux travels to California to meet the man dubbed “the most dangerous racist in America”; Tom Metzger. Louis meets him, his family and his publicity manager as well as…
We Live in Public (2009)
A documentary focusing on the life of dot-com entrepreneur Josh Harris, and his exploits over the last decade.
Le son de Lynch (2007)
This documentary explores every facet of this job of complex and exciting sound which David Lynch leads since Eraserhead, his first film and matrix work. Picture lesson of this trip,…
Louis Theroux: America’s Medicated Kids (2010)
Faced with the challenging behaviour of their kids, more and more parents in America are turning to psychoactive medication to help them cope, even though the drugs, and sometimes the…