William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe (2009)
William Kunstler was one of the most famous lawyers of the 20th century. His clients included Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Phillip and Daniel Berrigan, Abbie Hoffman, H. Rap Brown, Stokely Carmichael, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., and Leonard Peltier. Filmmakers Emily Kunstler and Sarah Kunstler explore their father’s life, from middle-class family man, to movement lawyer, to “the most hated lawyer in America.”
Genre: Documentary
Director: Emily Kunstler, Sarah Kunstler
Freeheld (2007)
Lieutenant Laurel Hester is dying. All she wants to do is leave her pension benefits to her life partner – Stacie, so Stacie can afford to keep their house. Laurel…
Bodyguards: Secret Lives from the Watchtower (2016)
Explore the secret world of the bodyguards who risk their lives to protect the rich, famous and powerful.
The Oslo Diaries (2018)
A group of Israelis and Palestinians come together in Oslo for an unsanctioned peace talks during the 1990s in order to bring peace to the Middle East.
Murder Was the Case: The Movie (1995)
Follows the exploits of Snoop Doggy Dogg as he gets shot, and makes a deal with the devil to survive.
Shocking Asia (1981)
High on shock and light on cultural relativism, this mondo collection of video strangeness features assorted dead (or dying) people, a sex change operation, inexplicable sex acts, and a bunch…
Man on Wire (2008)
On August 7th 1974, French tightrope walker Philippe Petit stepped out on a high wire, illegally rigged between New York’s World Trade Center twin towers, then the world’s tallest buildings….
These Amazing Shadows (2011)
Tells the history and importance of The National Film Registry, a roll call of American cinema treasures that reflects the diversity of film, and indeed the American experience itself.
The Ivory Game (2016)
Wildlife activists and investigators put their lives on the line to battle the illegal African ivory trade, in this suspenseful on-the-ground documentary.
Loud Krazy Love (2019)
At the downbeat of the new millennium there was no bigger, darker, or more deeply influential hard rock band in the world than KoRn. But for lead guitarist Brian Head…
It Felt Like a Kiss (2009)
The story of America’s rise to power starting in 1959, it uses nothing but archive footage and America pop music. Showing the consequences on the rest of the world and…
Death of a Nation (2018)
Parallels are drawn between Abraham Lincoln’s presidency and the presidency of Donald Trump. Not since 1860 have the Democrats so fanatically refused to accept the result of a free election….
Life (1993)
Poetic essay about the beginning of life from labor pains and birth and about its symbolic meaning.