Academy Award-nominated Director Daniel Raim (“The Man on Lincoln’s Nose”) captures the late-life coming together of renowned production designers (and pals) Robert Boyle ("North by Northwest," "The Birds"), Henry Bumstead (“To Kill a Mockingbird,” “The…
A film by Shalom Almond. In the highlands of North Vietnam lies the remote town of Sapa, home to a mosaic of colourful hill tribes. Sapa opened to tourism in the late 1990s, and now roughly 200 hill tribe girls aged 7 – 18 years live independently on the streets of Sapa selling embroidery. Australian…
Storm Soldiers II is the second installment of the Tytan Pictures project examining the lives and careers of the brave men and women who work in America’s electrical utility industry. Partnered with Hubbell Power Systems and Chance Lineman Grade Tools, Tytan Pictures showcases the hardworking Americans…
A Frontier Conversation documents a unique collaboration between Indigenous and white historians from Australia and North America. In September 2004, a diverse group travelled through the Top End of Australia meeting representatives of the traditional landowners, and engaging in a dialogue about Indigenous…
This beautifully photographed portrait of the life of Aboriginal cattle men in the Northern Territory was filmed at Robinson River Station in 1986. The station today is owned by the Aboriginal community, providing a base for the community’s future. Elder stockmen at the station such as “Ten…
Explores the Victorian criminal justice system via the experiences of three criminal defence lawyers. Their journey takes us from interview room to supreme court, and into their own lives as they strive to maintain the principles of the right to defence and the presumption of innocence in an increasingly…
2000 ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE: BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT SYNOPSIS BY ANDREW HORTON, CINEASTE MAGAZINE Production design has always been a key part of the Hollywood filmmaking process, but until recently the field received very little critical attention. But thanks to Daniel Raim’s lucid…
Jesus 'Chuy' Aceves and a dozen living members of his extended family suffer from the very rare condition of congenital hypertrichosis, meaning they were born with excessive hair on their faces and bodies. Due to their appearance, they suffer from discrimination in all areas of their lives:…
Rauschenberg's active involvement with life carries over into his painting. The combine-painting of the 1950s integrated two- and three-dimensional elements and inhabited both wall and floor space. These assemblages included discarded thrift shop-type objects such as automobile tires, stuffed birds,…
The amazing and insightful documentary, "The Resident Haunts," available here on Vimeo and on a special Collector's DVD found at http://www.dimensionsreiki.com/store Sister Paranormal Investigators (SPI) has taken up residence in the old Watt & Tarbell, Undertakers mortuary in old…
"A wonderful film about life, language, and the natural world we all share." Jeffrey Brown, PBS News Hour Poet Laureate W.S. Merwin -- who passed away on March 15th, 2019 -- won almost every major poetry prize that exists, including two Pulitzers. His legacy is based not only…
The Somali Project begins with pirates capturing the merchant vessel Royal Grace and holding its crew for ransom. As the Grace’s hostages – and those from dozens of other ships – languish under unspeakable conditions, a Persian Gulf state quietly bankrolls a paramilitary force to raid…
