Food Beware: The French Organic Revolution (2008)
For the first time ever, our children are growing up less healthy than we are. As the rate of cancer, infertility and other illnesses linked to environmental factors climbs upward each year, we must ask ourselves: why is this happening?
Genre: Documentary
Director: Jean-Paul Jaud
Streetwise (1984)
Portrays the lives of nine desperate teenagers. Thrown too young into a seedy grown up world, these runaways and castaways survive, but just barely. Rat, the dumpster diver. Tiny, the…
Under the Volcano (2021)
The story of George Martin’s AIR Studios Montserrat and the island that changed music forever.
Wagner & Me (2010)
Actor and writer Stephen Fry explores his passion for the world’s most controversial composer, Richard Wagner. As a life-long fan can Stephen, who is Jewish and lost family in the…
Hell’s Angel (1994)
Christopher Hitchens investigates whether Mother Teresa of Calcutta deserves her saintly image. He probes her campaigns against contraception and abortion and her questionable relationships with right-wing political leaders.
Pumping Iron (1977)
Pumping Iron is a 1977 documentary film about the run-up to the 1975 Mr. Olympia bodybuilding competition. The film focuses on Arnold Schwarzenegger and his competitors, Lou Ferrigno and Franco…
Red Obsession (2013)
France’s Bordeaux region has long commanded respect for its coveted wine, but shifts in the global marketplace mean that a new, voracious consumer base in China is buying up this…
How to Die in Oregon (2011)
In 1994 Oregon became the first state to legalize physician-assisted suicide. At the time, only Belgium, Switzerland, and the Netherlands had legalized the practice. ‘How to Die in Oregon’ tell…
ReMastered: Who Shot the Sheriff (2018)
In 1976, reggae icon Bob Marley survived an assassination attempt as rival political groups battled in Jamaica. But who exactly was responsible?
Make Believe (2011)
A coming of age journey set in the quirky subculture of magic, this film follows six of the world’s best young magicians as they battle for the title of Teen…
Ukraine on Fire (2017)
The events leading up to Ukraine’s “Maidan Revolution” and its bloody aftermath.
Wax, or: The Discovery of Television Among the Bees (1991)
Computer programmer/beekeeper Jacob gets a “television” implanted in his brain by a race of telekinetic bees, which causes him to experience severe hallucinations. (Includes: Mesopotamian bees, souls living inside weapons,…
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property (2003)
In 1831, Nat Turner led a slave rebellion in the United States that resulted in the murder of local slave owners and their families, the eventual execution of 55 rebels…