smoKings tells the incredible story of "the Italian brothers who stoke the ire of both Big Tobacco and the Big Apple" (Marton Dunai, The Wall Street Journal). Synopsis: The Messina brothers are Yesmoke, a little tobacco company based in Turin, Italy. Originally, Yesmoke was an online store…
San Antonio, Texas home of the Alamo, Founded in 1718, is the 7th largest city in the United States. With a population of approximately 1.5 Million people; it is one of the fastest growing cities in the nation- especially for millennials. When you think of SA, you think The Alamo, the Riverwalk,…
An award-winning feature-length documentary film, Break the Chain captures the first-hand accounts of Debbie and Kwami, two survivors of child sex and labor trafficking. The film provides a startling look at how this overly sensationalized issue is, in reality, hiding in plain sight. Accompanied by interviews…
Aspire to the Sky: The Wilshire Grand Story is a documentary about the tallest building on the west coast at 1100 ft with a 180 ft spire. Soaring buildings in Los Angeles are difficult to find because of the risk factors associated with a highly seismically active zone, fire potential, and liquefaction…
Funk Queen Betty Davis changed the landscape for female artists in America. She “was the first…” as former husband Miles Davis said. “Madonna before Madonna, Prince before Prince”. An aspiring songwriter from a small steel town, Betty arrived on the '70s scene to break…
Directors: Matthias Leupold, Jérôme Depierre The documentary captures the artist’s authentic descriptions concerning a considerable number of pictures. It provides an insight into their development and interviews some of the photographer’s companions. Hugo Jaeggi’s…
Der Bauernsohn Werner Schwarz beschreitet bis zu seinem Tod die Felder der Kunst. Von der Gesellschaft zunächst als Aussenseiter und Sonderling betrachtet, wird er später zum grossen Anziehungspunkt. Unter der Leitung von Regisseur Christian Knorr zeigt der Film auf poetische Weise das Leben…
Die Erfüllung eines Traums ist traurig, aber gleichzeitig auch eine Chance, neue Träume zu erfinden. Nach fünf Jahren auf den Gipfeln der Welt und der historischen Doppelbesteigung des Everest sucht Kilian Jornet nach neuen Herausforderungen, die es ihm ermöglichen, weiter zu träumen. Immer…
Filmed in Hungary and the United States between 1988 and 1995 Troop 214 is a personal odyssey of exile and return. Music, pageantry, and clashing ideologies mark this historical exploration of two competing youth organizations—Hungarian Scouts and Communist Pioneers, and their cultures. Troop 214…
Aan de rand van de samenleving. Midden in het leven. De Mythe van de Rowwen Hèze vertelt het verhaal van de legendarische Peelbewoner Christiaan Hesen (1853-1947). Christiaan Hesen alias de Rowwen Hèze (de ruwe Hesen) leefde als een kluizenaar, at kadavers en stak geregeld de Peel in…
Opened in 1968 the line from the Port of Koper to the junction at Prešnica is one of the most photographed in the country, climbing some 450 metres altitude up from the Adriatic coast. Although single track the line is heavily saturated with freight traffic travelling inland and from various countries…
Look deeper, get dirty, and find the beauty in rot. In the feature-length documentary FERMENTED, author and chef Edward Lee goes on a journey to understand how the ancient process of fermentation is used in modern cuisine both at home and abroad. The culinary world has labeled fermentation as the…
