Exploring the fragile dynamic between settler activists and indigenous land/water defenders, the film “The Caretakers” articulates the effects of colonization on the environment and Indigenous peoples and asks the question, “How do we work in solidarity as settlers on these lands wanting…
The story of a Hawaiian family who made a home at Ka Lae (South Point), a remote and rugged area at the southernmost tip of the island of Hawai‘i. For eleven years, under threat of eviction by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, the Viernes family remained committed to caring for and preserving…
A professional, full hour Video of one the last Special Steam Excursions (ex CPR #3716), up the BC Rail mainline from North Vancouver, British Columbia to 100 Mile House and return. Video contains scenes shot both onboard and pacing the train over four days. Spectacular fall colours with unparalleled…
Overcoming all odds, local rider and privateer, Marty Moates becomes the first American to win the prestigious United States Grand Prix of motocross in Carlsbad, CA in 1980 after nine years.
Marco Berger turns his unparalleled eye for the male form to one of world's largest displays of masculine bodies - a traditional South American Carnival. The men of the town prepare and participate in a parade like no other. The sensual joy of watching the men of the community transform in to Dionysiac…
In this film, first-time father and prize-winning journalist Benoît Bringer investigates whether we should still eat meat. As the population grows and the pressure to provide cheap food increases, there has been a drive towards relentless productivity and industrialized farming. Animal cruelty,…
Full of exuberance and frivolousness, six friends drive to the Polish Baltic coast and back in a small, dented car. During their trip, their car and their country fall apart. Nevertheless, life goes on. Their journey is interfused with memories and snapshots from the past. -- Directed by Jadwiga…
In his newest film, French documentarian and cinema-essayist Chris Marker reflects on French and international politics, art and culture at the start of the new millennium. In November 2001, the filmmaker became intrigued, as did many other Parisians, by the sudden appearance of alluring portraits of…
The story of multi-instrumentalist Rahsaan Roland Kirk; who went from blind infant, to child prodigy, to adult visionary, to political activist, and finally to paralyzed showman. A seemingly superhuman musical force who played literally until the day he died. Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1935-1977) was more…
Has Hezbollah become the biggest drugs and money-laundering cartel in the world in the trade-off for the Iran Nuclear Deal? In 2006 the US Drugs Enforcement Administration launched a series of operations to hunt down kingpins of Hezbollah’s cocaine trafficking and money laundering conglomerate.…
The untold story of Project Cassandra, launched in 2006 by the Drug Enforcement Administration to investigate how Hezbollah turned cocaine trafficking and money laundering to make billions of dollars to finance its military and terrorist activity, and how the U.S. administration aborted the operation…
Join historian James Nevius for an exploration of the remarkable Castello Plan, currently on view at The New-York Historical Society. This 1660 map shows every house, public building, street, garden, cemetery, defensive palisade, and more in the small town of New Amsterdam—which, just four years…
