Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin (2003)
Brilliant, long in-the-works story of the life and art of the world’s greatest comedian and the cinema’s first genius, Charlie Chaplin. Produced, written and directed by renowned film critic Richard Schickel.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Richard Schickel
Actors: Bill Irwin, Claire Bloom, Geraldine Chaplin, Jeanine Basinger, Michael Chaplin, Miloš Forman, Richard Attenborough, Sydney Chaplin, Sydney Pollack, Woody Allen
Afghan Star (2009)
This documentary on the effect the talent competition “Afghan Star” has on the incredibly diverse inhabitants of Afghanistan affords a glimpse into a country rarely seen. Contestants risk their lives…
Dzi Croquettes (2009)
A Brazilian theatre group that through talent, irony and humour confronted the Brazilian violent dictatorship in the 1970s revolutionising the gay movement worldwide and changing theatre and dance language to…
Ethnic Notions (1986)
This documentary traces the deep-rooted stereotypes which have fueled anti-black prejudice.
Fascism in Colour (2006)
After the World War I, Mussolini’s perspective on life is severely altered; once a willful socialist reformer, now obsessed with the idea of power, he founds the National Fascist Party…
Eddie Griffin: DysFunktional Family (2003)
Between sets from his hilarious live stand-up routine, in which he riffs on everything from Michael Jackson to terrorism, comedian Eddie Griffin tours his hometown of Kansas City and introduces…
Hunting for Hedonia (2019)
Hunting for Hedonia explores how the burgeoning technology of Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) will impact human identity and our sense of self. DBS is a revolutionary tool in neuroscience and…
The Damned: Don’t You Wish That We Were Dead (2015)
From Lemmy filmmaker Wes Orshoski comes the story of the long-ignored pioneers of punk: The Damned, the first U.K. punks on wax and the first to cross the Atlantic. This…
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway (2007)
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway is an American documentary film, directed by Dori Berinstein, a Broadway Producer, Writer and Filmmaker. Berinstein filmed each principal musical on Broadway for her project…
Sons of Perdition (2010)
An inside look at polygamist teens who have become religious refugees in mainstream America.
Autumn of the Magician (2009)
Scriptwriter, author, artist, sculptor, dramatist, architect, journalist, constructor, philanthropist, pedagogue, metalworker, inventor, public figure, agriculturist, gardener, chemist and simply a good person. He also plays football and the saxophone. In…
The Path of the Dragon (1998)
Produced and directed by Walt Missingham who, in 1983, became the first non-Chinese to practice Kung Fu at the Shaolin Temple, this authoritative and informative programme uses rarely seen archive…
Echoes From a Sombre Empire (1990)
Documentary examining Bokassa’s rule in the Central African Republic using the testimony of witnesses and visits to key sites.