In a real-life Black Mirror story, two live streamers seek fame, fortune and human connection in China's digital idol-making universe, ultimately finding the same promises and perils online as in their real lives. Winner of 2018 SXSW Grand Jury Award.
"Bob Phillips has lovingly crafted the ultimate story of Grand Lake Lodge! I laughed - I cried- I popped a can of Coors!" — David Noe, Summer of 1981 (Rocky Mountain National Park Service Ranger, 1972-1980) Last summer Grand Lake Lodge quietly turned 98 years old. The lodge has had…
The third DVD in the series looking at one of the most common locomotive types to be found working across mainland Europe - the TRAXX locomotive, during the period 2007 to 2018. This programme finishes the study of the class 185.1 delivered to DB Cargo (then Railion) looking at locomotive numbers from…
En 1976, Neil Armstrong, el primer hombre en pisar la Luna, se unió a una gigantesca expedición británico-ecuatoriana a la Cueva de los Tayos, en lo profundo del Amazonas. ¿Por qué se organizó una misión de semejante envergadura, y cuál era el interés…
This film documents Les Blank’s year 2000 visit with the legendary co-founder of Direct Cinema, Richard Leacock (1921-2011). At his farm in Normandy, France, Blank, and co-director Gina Leibrecht, recorded conversations with Leacock about his life, his work, and his other passion: cooking! In the…
TIME AND JUDGEMENT is a sci-fi/documentary that combines biblical prophecy with events across the African diaspora between 1980 and 1987. Archive footage includes Haile Selassie, Bob Marley, Kwame Nkrumah, Maurice Bishop, Walter Rodney, Kwame Toure, Bernie Grant.
Follow John Baker, an equine dentist of forty plus years who has never had to sedate a horse to work on their teeth.
The luminaries of contemporary African American letters - poets, novelists, critics and actors - gathered in October, 2012 to pay tribute to Toni Morrison, read from her writings and share what it has meant to their lives and work.
An exploration of Post-War racial "cleansing" and its impact on present-day all-white Corbin, Kentucky, birthplace of Kentucky Fried Chicken. Includes interviews with residents and archival material.
The story of Nigeria's home grown film industry, which is gaining recognition as a cultural and cinematic phenomenon.
The Shaman and The Scientist is a short exploration of knowledge and scientific discovery, exploring the potential of indigenous plant-based medicine in the Amazon jungle from the perspective Don Juan Tangoa Paima, a shaman who uses native plants and Ayahuasca to heal, and Dr. Dennis McKenna, an American…
Without plot or narration, this mesmerizing documentary records the dehumanizing monotony of a day in the life of women chipping rocks by hand in a Tanzanian quarry while discovering the communal warmth and joy that defies this spirit-breaking labor. [in Kimakonde and Swahili with English subtitles]
