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Sing Your Song: Harry Belafonte

Told with a remarkable sense of intimacy, visual style and musical panache, Susanne Rostock’s inspiring biographical documentary SING YOUR SONG surveys the life and times of singer/actor/activist Harry Belafonte. From his rise to fame as [...]

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We Were Here

We Were Here documents the coming of what was called the “Gay Plague” in the early 1980s, focusing on 5 individuals – all of who lived in San Francisco prior to the epidemic. Their lives [...]

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My Perestroika

MY PERESTROIKA follows five ordinary Russians living in extraordinary times: from their sheltered Soviet childhood, to the collapse of the Soviet Union during their teenage years, to the constantly shifting political landscape of post-Soviet Russia. [...]

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Being Elmo

Beloved by millions of children, Elmo is a global icon. However, few people know the soft-spoken man behind the furry red monster: Kevin Clash.

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The Flaw

Today, a question haunts America: what exactly caused the world’s greatest economy to crash and burn? And why is it so slow to recover? From award-winning documentarian David Sington (In the Shadow of the Moon), [...]

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The Swell Season

Following Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová after their euphoric Oscar® win for Once, THE SWELL SEASON is an intimate glimpse into the exhilaration and the turmoil of both love and fame.

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Fresh

The underground documentary that became a massive grassroots success, FRESH is the embodiment of the good food movement. FRESH outlines the vicious cycle of our current food production methods, while also celebrating the farmers, thinkers [...]

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Bag It

Americans use 60,000 plastic bags every five minutes that are then throw away. But where is “away”? Where do the bags and other plastics end up, and at what cost to our environment, marine life, [...]

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Woody Allen: A Documentary

Iconic writer, director, actor, comedian, and musician Woody Allen allows his life and creative process to be documented on-camera for the first time. With this unprecedented access, Emmy®-winning, Oscar®-nominated filmmaker Robert Weide follows the notoriously private [...]

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“’We Were Here’ is an essential documentary. Not just for the LGBT community and not just for those affected by HIV/AIDS. It is an illuminating illustration on the power and strength a group of people can have, especially in the face of adversity. It is the rare documentary that has the privilege of displaying real events as they happened and go on to inspire and motivate the viewer to become involved.” – The EDGE (May 17, 2012)

About NORWEGIAN WOOD: “Tran Anh Hung's film version captures a lot of what's special about the book… Jonny Greenwood's dreamy score and cinematographer Ping Bin Lee's luminous images cast a spell.” -- The Envelope, Los Angeles Times. (May 15, 2012)

“1/2 Stars. A powerful film…WE WERE HERE*** ultimately serves as a tribute — not only to those who are no longer with us, but also to those who crossed the minefield and emerged as survivors, storytellers and heroes.” -- Creative Loafing. (May 15, 2012)

About NORWEGIAN WOOD: “A beautiful film with an equally beautiful presentation…Content and form work together in synchronistic harmony to create masterful compositions that hint at the unspoken subtext of the impermanence of all things.” – Next Projection. (May 15, 2012)

Capturing The Thrilling, Terrifying World Of Competitive Motorcycle Racing, “FASTEST” Releases June 12 on DVD (May 15, 2012)

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Everything Else Is Pure Fiction®

About NORWEGIAN WOOD: “Tran Anh Hung's film version captures a lot of what's special about the book… Jonny Greenwood's dreamy score and cinematographer Ping Bin Lee's luminous images cast a spell.” -- The Envelope, Los Angeles Times. (May 15, 2012)

“***1/2 Stars. A powerful film…WE WERE HERE ultimately serves as a tribute — not only to those who are no longer with us, but also to those who crossed the minefield and emerged as survivors, storytellers and heroes.” -- Creative Loafing. (May 15, 2012)

About NORWEGIAN WOOD: “A beautiful film with an equally beautiful presentation…Content and form work together in synchronistic harmony to create masterful compositions that hint at the unspoken subtext of the impermanence of all things.” – Next Projection. (May 15, 2012)

Capturing The Thrilling, Terrifying World Of Competitive Motorcycle Racing, “FASTEST” Releases June 12 on DVD (May 15, 2012)

“1/2 Stars. A powerful film…WE WERE HERE*** ultimately serves as a tribute — not only to those who are no longer with us, but also to those who crossed the minefield and emerged as survivors, storytellers and heroes.” -- Creative Loafing. (May 15, 2012)