When five ‘ordinary’ women who haven’t run in years decide to take on the TCS New York City Marathon, they run headfirst into the challenge of conquering self-doubt and striving for the seemingly unattainable. ‘I’m Not a Runner’ is an independent documentary, shot…
For digital streaming licenses and institutional use, please contact artny@bestweb.net. This program looks at paintings by Robert Colescott as seen in a 1982 mid career exhibition at the Phyllis Kind Gallery in SOHO. In his beautiful and provocative work, Colescott addresses issues that pertain to…
This film explores the parallels between survival, perseverance, and unapologetic preservation. Joycelyn Davis, a descendant of Chief Charles Lewis (Clotilda), details her battle with cancer and how her enslaved ancestors legacy of defying the odds validated her ability to conquest obstacles in the way.…
A film about another kind of "unreturned soldier" than Shohei Imamura has profiled elsewhere, Karayuki-San, The Making of a Prostitute finds the filmmaker interviewing Zendo Kikuyo, a former Karayuki-San. 74 years old at the time of filming, she offers a frank and harrowing testimony into her…
C’est l’histoire d’un groupe de femmes qui ont décidé de vaincre leurs peurs, de se dépasser et d’apprendre à pédaler. Le vélo comme arme d’autonomie. Le vélo pour ne plus avoir peur de se faire agresser le soir ou tôt…
This moving instructional video is suitable for professional and non- professional caregivers of Alzheimer’s-type very old people. It teaches caregivers how to empathise with the “mal-oriented”: very old people who blame and who cannot express feelings directly. The Validation®…
This “How-To” teaching video documentary is a sequel to the award- winning documentary Looking for Yesterday. It is intended for families of disoriented very old people, all levels of hospital community and nursing home staff, and students of aging. Part One: 20 Minutes: Basic Validation…
Confiscation of Red Indian lands for exploitation. Poetic film about the forced relocation of 12,000 Navajo Indians which took place in Arizona. The federal government claimed to be settling a land dispute between the Hopi and the Navajo tribes. In fact the relocation was only to serve to facilitate…
An award-winning documentary. Encourage the patients from a mental hospital to form relationships with each other, get married and live as a family. That’s the bold new idea of the head of Ehsan House in Southern Tehran. For the past 20 years, its 480 patients have lived in separate male and female…
History of riots in Britain. Liverpool’s Toxteth and many London suburbs were all scenes of violent rioting in 1981. The riots have been attributed to many causes but journalist Simon Winchester reveals that the phenomenon of civil disorder has been part of the British way of life for more than…
Phil Sheppard’s epic 1974 A Winter’s Tale is one of Australia’s great surf films. It'll take you to Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Hawaii and features a famous and not-so-famous cast of thousands. Including: Gerry Lopez, Midget Farrelly, Nat Young, Wayne Lynch, Ben…
It took an A-list comedy club to pull Phillip Kopczynski out of the Redneck Bars and Honky-Tonks of Northern Idaho and Eastern Washington where he started comedy. In “Phillip Kopczynski: Live at Spokane Comedy Club” he talks about the transition from small town kid to medium city family man.…
