A dancer teaches a class of grown ups her unique style of dancing, in a remote dance studio located in the hills of the Berkshire, New England.
What is life like for a dancer when they can no longer dance? Inspired by Merrill Ashley's departure from the New York City Ballet as an acclaimed principal dancer, this new documentary captures the poignancy of this life turning point. After a struggle to find her next step, today Merrill Ashley…
This documentary was a labor of love; filmed, assembled, edited and narrated by Anahata Iradah in 1999. When Lama Lhundruup asked Anahata and Prema to teach the nuns of Kopan the Mandala Dance of the 21 Praises of Tara, they realized that they would need to raise funds in order to provide training…
For many years no-one was interested in the art of the Impressionists. Artists like Monet, Degas and Renoir were vilified, attacked, and left penniless as a result. Then, something remarkable happened. A new breed of collectors emerged and, before long, they were battling to acquire any work by these…
The Dark Ages have been misunderstood. History has identified the period following the fall of the Roman Empire with a descent into barbarism – a terrible time when civilisation stopped. Waldemar Januszczak disagrees. In this landmark 4-part series Waldemar argues that the Dark Ages were a time…
A documentary film that follows three children from Russia and the family that adopted them. The reality of bonding with adopted children who have grown up in institutions turns out to be more difficult than the Diaz family had ever imagined. They hire two of the world’s best developmental psychologists…
In 2003, British glam rockers The Darkness took the world by storm with their hit single "I Believe In A Thing Called Love". Then at the height of their fame, the band split up and fell into obscurity. 20 years on, they tell their story.
Website: https://www.richardledes.com Other Films by Richard C. Ledes: https://vimeo.com/richardledes/vod_pages Synopsis: Shot during and in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Sandy... When the lights go out during Hurricane Sandy, Dan falls and butt-dials his ex-girlfriend. Her name also happens…
The Dark Side of Disney is an unauthorized feature-length documentary film that examines what happens when Disney fans take their obsessions to the extreme. In 2005, filmmaker Philip B. Swift and his mother scattered his grandmother's ashes in the moat around Cinderella castle in the Magic Kingdom.…
Part covid diary, part meditation on the new dawn as we emerge from a year of uncertainty and tumult, The Dawn Chorus is a global film project consisting of cinematic and contemplative scenes of dawn captured on May 3, 2020 – International Dawn Chorus Day – from all over the globe weaved…
PREMIERE: 51. Int. Documentary Film Festival Leipzig FESTIVALS: 38th Int Filmfestival Rotterdam 09; 11. Buenos Aires Festival International de Cine Indipente/BAFICI 09; Achtung Berlin-Festival 09; etc - "New Berlin Film Award 2009" (Award of the Ecumenical Jury) "A silent masterpiece!" Programmkino.de…
Shortages of oil and natural gas, rising costs of power and world population growth have combined to stimulate an intensive search for alternate energy sources for the next century. This United Nations film deals with three of the most important - solar energy, geothermal energy and thermo-nuclear fusion.…
