
04 Feb 2025

Bearing Witness Native American Voices in Hollywood
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In his Lost Coast home, Alexander Cockburn recounts a personal history of Beat the Devil, the John Huston movie. When Lennard first read Beat the Devil – the book – she was amazed to discover James Helvick was the pseudonym for journalist Claud Cockburn, father of her friend Alexander. 2014, Elizabeth Lennard and CounterPunch.
04 Feb 2025
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01 Jan 1998
A look at the confluence of the Red Scare, McCarthyism, and blacklists with the post-war activism by African Americans seeking more and better roles on radio, television, and stage. It begins in Harlem, measures the impact of Paul Robeson and the campaign to bring him down, looks at the role of HUAC, J. Edgar Hoover and of journalists such as Ed Sullivan, and ends with a tribute to Canada Lee. Throughout are interviews with men and women who were there, including Dick Campbell of the Rose McLendon Players and Fredrick O'Neal of the American Negro Theatre. In the 1940s and 1950s, anti-Communism was one more tool to maintain Jim Crow and to keep down African-Americans.
22 Sep 2006
The story behind the novel and the film Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo.
01 May 2024
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09 Jun 2024
On a late night G Train, things are not what they seem, nor are they otherwise.
08 Jun 2024
"The Solace of Sisterhood" is a journey alongside the Caramel Curves. Through the two co-founders heartfelt stories, we witness sisterhood and the lessons learned passed to the next generation.
01 Feb 2002
As the title says, a look into female sexual offenders whose victims are under age of consent. Their motives, methods, and affects on their young victims that can last a lifetime.
16 May 2024
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28 Nov 2022
A legend of the Hollywood Golden Age, Gregory Peck (1916-2003) had an exemplary career, working under some of the greatest directors: Alfred Hitchcock, Elia Kazan, Raoul Walsh, Vincente Minnelli... Portrait of an actor with irresistible charm and strong political commitments.
24 Aug 2012
Larissa, Morgana, Carol, Amanda, Talia and Juli. Who live on the island of Amparo, which lies across from Port, in Southern Brazil. They go for walks along two different river beaches, away from the constraints, these girls chat about mutual desires, trade secrets and talk about love.
22 Oct 2023
A wrestler gears up for a tag team match in Ocean Gate, New Jersey, while grappling with the idea of his identity, both inside the ring and out.
11 Jun 2024
David dreams of being a pianist like his father, José Luis, who believes it impossible due to his son's physical characteristics: short arms, hands with four fingers and limited hearing. Thanks to his tenacity, David shows him that he can play in his own way and together they begin a musical path that culminates with a new challenge for David: premiering the difficult concerto for piano and orchestra that his father composed for him.
01 Jan 2018
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15 Feb 2020
Why has the German film and television industry so far not found a natural way of dealing with people with a migration background? The documentary "Kino Kanak" begins a complex search for traces.
26 Sep 2020
Eddy Haymour is a barber, an eccentric entrepreneur, a psychiatric patient, a kidnapper, and a hostage taker. A controversial character, he has been called both madman and visionary. Our 90 minute documentary, Eddy's Kingdom, chronicles the saga of Haymour's obsession with creating an island theme park in Kelowna BC, which culminated in a hostage taking in Lebanon. His present day quest is to confront the current BC government and get the island back in his possession. At his side is his daughter Fadwa, the only family member who still talks to him.
17 Aug 2021
Do you remember sharing your feelings with someone through a “mix tape?” Analog Love is a joyful look at why this ritual of communication through music still continues to be so meaningful. With the insights of Henry Rollins, Money Mark (Beastie Boys), Kim Shattuck (The Muffs), Jennifer Finch (L7), Chantal Claret, Jude “Rude Jude” Angelini, Zernell Gillie (Grimy!), Mona Lisa Murray, Christian James Hand (The Session) and many more, we’ll get to the bottom of the long-lost art of the mix tape.
13 Oct 2019
This definitive music documentary, featuring a greatest hits soundtrack and bounty of classic performance clips, provides an inside look into how Swedish pop group ABBA's music was made, as the former members and various colleagues tell their story from pre-ABBA days onward.
09 Feb 2020
He was incredibly talented: fashion designer, photographer, publisher, interior designer, costume designer, trendsetter, all in one person - Karl Lagerfeld. When he died on February 19, 2019 at the age of 85, it wasn't just the fashion world that was sad. He worked until the end - on new collections, a photo exhibition and book publications. Karl Lagerfeld never allowed himself any creative breaks.
13 Mar 2007
A documentary following the cast and crew as they craft one of the best action adventure games on the PlayStation 2.
25 Mar 2025
A film about the invisible operating system of the modern world. From an anarchist squat in Berlin, to a futuristic landscape in Taiwan, to a remote village in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest, we encounter a series of figures from the internet decentralization movement. These radicals are confronting internet infrastructure and the unexpected ways it exerts pressure on their way of life. A journey through infrastructure, power, and history with the dissidents trying to hardwire a new path forward.