“It’s the sort of movie that has people arguing intensely with each other as they head to the exits.” —eFILMCRITIC.COM WHOLE takes you into the world of people obessed with becoming an amputee. Some are "wannabes" while others succeed in ridding themselves of a…
Documentary film, 85 min “This film tells about the band Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät… so it’s about one retard who sings punk and three retards who play punk. You should watch it and think about whether you should hate disabled people or love and respect them.”–…
Inge Viett und María Barhoum: two uncompromising women who set out with many others at the end of the sixties, determined to struggle for revolutionary change in the world. Inge Viett was from the "first" world, Maria Barhoum was from the "third" world. The film looks…
Married at the Mall is a delightful new documentary that features an assortment of lovebirds who tie the knot at the Chapel of Love in the Mall of America. It's a story that answers the question: "Who would get married at a mall?" Minnesota filmmaker Melody Gilbert spent a year videotaping…
"Melodico" is a short documentary chronicling the story of Tony Maiorino, a modern day Italian immigrant living in the Bronx’s Little Italy. Tony’s a normal guy on the surface. He runs a barbershop, he raises his family, and he has his vices. But Tony hides a passion: between customers,…
"We cannot learn without pain." -Aristotle Do you think a pain-free life sounds great? Think again. A LIFE WITHOUT PAIN is an exploration into the day-to-day lives of three children who literally feel no pain. Three-year-old Gabby from Minnesota, 7-year-old Miriam from Norway and 10-year-old…
This ethnographic short-film explores discipline and monastic ordination in Chinese Buddhism. Set to the backdrop of a triple-platform ordination for over two hundred novitiates, ordained monks recount their unique journeys toward this life-changing commitment. Ven. Prior Ming Ying of Bailin Chan Monastery…
This ethnographic short-film explores the fundamentals of Chan/Zen Buddhist monastic life through the eyes of the Head Chef (典座 dianzuo/tenzo) of a Chan Buddhist monastery in Southern China. He explains the traditional cultivation, distribution and ritual offering of food in this Buddhist community.…
The documentary features candid, in-depth interviews from individuals from all walks of life, including a popular radio disc jockey, a street outreach manager (Conan Harris) – even a group of single mothers who provide real insight into the dynamics of the family circle, particularly when the father…
Scores of citizens attend 420 festivals openly celebrating pot smoking. Others experience tragic consequences: citizens being arrested, shot at and even murdered for mere possession of cannabis. From 420 festivals to DEA raids, this fast paced film exposes how the public has been duped for the last 80…
LES BREBIS SAUVAGES, LE RENARD ET L'AMOUR. Un documentaire universel sur l'amour et les choix non traditionnels. Il s'agit d'un charmant documentaire sur Hilde Buer et ses choix de vie. Elle a quitté son emploi bien rémunéré, a vendu tout ce qu'elle…
Hilde (45) quit her well-paid job, sold everything she had and moved with her daughter and new boyfriend to the beautiful island of Grøneng on the west coast of Norway. Here, they started running a farm and tending wild sheep. But seven months later her boyfriend died, and Hilde sat heartbroken…
