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Welcome Home: Mary Reber and the Twin Peaks Palmer House
Welcome Home: Mary Reber and the Twin Peaks Palmer House
An extensive interview with Palmer house owner and one-time Twin Peaks performer Mary Reber, with newly unearthed history and information about the home, and the behind the scenes surrounding the iconic location.
Welcome Home: Mary Reber and the Twin Peaks Palmer House 2021
The Ants and the Grasshopper
The Ants and the Grasshopper
Anita Chitaya has a gift: she can help bring abundant food from dead soil, she can make men fight for gender equality, and maybe she can end child hunger in her village. Now, to save her home in Malawi from extreme weather, she faces her greatest challenge: persuading Americans that climate change is real. Traveling from Malawi to California to the White House, she meets climate sceptics and despairing farmers. Her journey takes her across all the divisions that shape the USA: from the rural-urban divide, to schisms of race, class and gender, and to the American exceptionalism that remains a part of the culture. It will take all her skill and experience to help Americans recognise, and free themselves from, a logic that is already destroying the Earth.
The Ants and the Grasshopper 2021
Profits et pertes : enquête sur les spéculateurs de la crise et du chaos
Profits et pertes : enquête sur les spéculateurs de la crise et du chaos
Profits et pertes : enquête sur les spéculateurs de la crise et du chaos 2021
Handbook of Movie Theaters' History
Handbook of Movie Theaters' History
Handbook of Movie Theaters' History is a documentary about the history, the development in the present days and the future of movie theaters in the city of Turin, Italy. It mixes the documentary language with comedy and fiction, and is enriched by interviews to some of the most important voices of Turin cinematography. The film follows the evolution of movie theaters by enlightening its main milestones: the pre-cinema experiences in the late 19th Century, the colossals and the movie cathedrals of the silent era, the arthouse theaters, the National Museum of Cinema, the Torino Film Festival, the movie theaters system today and the main hypothesis about its future. The mission of Handbook of Movie Theaters' History is to explore and give back to the audience a deep reflection about the identity and the value of movie theater, in its social and anthropological role and as a mass media, and to analyze the experience of the viewer.
Handbook of Movie Theaters' History 2021
My Uncle Tudor
My Uncle Tudor
In intimate close-ups the camera captures an idyllic scene that seems to belong to a different era.
My Uncle Tudor 2021
(OFFICIAL) THE KING OF QUEENS REUNION - FULL CAST TABLE READ | Q&A | TRIBUTE TO JERRY STILLER
(OFFICIAL) THE KING OF QUEENS REUNION - FULL CAST TABLE READ | Q&A | TRIBUTE TO JERRY STILLER
Watch Kevin, Leah, and the rest of The King of Queens cast reunite for an unforgettable table read, Q&A, and tribute to Jerry Stiller.
(OFFICIAL) THE KING OF QUEENS REUNION - FULL CAST TABLE READ | Q&A | TRIBUTE TO JERRY STILLER 2021
Bhuj: The Day India Shook
Bhuj: The Day India Shook
The documentary talks about of the devastating earthquake of 2001 and captures first-person accounts of survivors, rescuers, journalists, photographers, and earth scientists.
Bhuj: The Day India Shook 2021
Égypte, un charme éternel
Égypte, un charme éternel
Égypte, un charme éternel 2021
The Trump Insurrection
The Trump Insurrection
Wolf Blitzer anchors a special look exploring the origins and execution of the coup attempt Donald Trump inspired to prevent his successor from taking office.
The Trump Insurrection 2021
Moved Landscapes
Moved Landscapes
Two geographic places, Quebec (Canada) and New Caledonia (France, Pacific), are put in relation to each other with the help of an audiovisual installation which modifies the congruence and the synchronicity of sounds and images. This work explores the depth of two contrasting territories which have both undergone a colonial history. Working out the contrasts and resonances of these two contexts, this work investigates the identity and memory of places but also the strange sensation of reality given by a hybrid and fictional landscape which combines elements that do not belong together.
Moved Landscapes 2021
Pepedrilo
Pepedrilo
Pepedrilo and his peculiar connection with nature are embodied by the care and protection of a crocodile sanctuary, whose stability is put in danger day by day by the threat of men.
Pepedrilo 2021
A Breath of Life
A Breath of Life
Lucy is a 95-year-old lady. In her apartment, photos turned yellow by the passing time tell the adolescence of a boy who at the time was called Luciano and who was going to live the most terrible period of his life. Lucy is the oldest transsexual woman in Italy. She is among the few survivors of Dachau's concentration camp. Lucy's story tells us the story of the 1900s. The events of her turbulent life become a metaphor for a humanity that does not give up and that treasures the most important gift in history, memory, as a unique and irreplaceable starting point.
A Breath of Life 2021
I’m Not a Slut, I’m a Journalist
I’m Not a Slut, I’m a Journalist
More than twenty sports journalists – working mainly on television (BeIN Sports, RMC Sport, France Télévisions, Canal+, TF1) but not only (L'Équipe, Radio France) – testify to the anger, despondency and helplessness they felt when they had to endure the “Yucky jokes”, the « culture de boy’s club » and degrading insults on social networks, while at the same time the presence of women in these programs and in the press has increased. Without forgetting the misogynistic comments, the heaps of small sentences on the physique or the competence, the sexual innuendos… until the moral or sexual harassment.
I’m Not a Slut, I’m a Journalist 2021
The Price of Freedom
The Price of Freedom
The NRA has become an increasing force of political influence, challenging gun control legislation as a direct attack on personal freedom. This deep dive into American gun culture is a passionate call to action.
The Price of Freedom 2021
The Last Hillbilly
The Last Hillbilly
Kentucky. For decades, Brian Ritchie's family has been living in the heart of the Appalachians. But the mines have been shut down, with nothing to replace them. Caught between a mythical past and an indiscernible future, Brian is one of the last witnesses of a vanishing world, that inspires his poetry.
The Last Hillbilly 2021
Among Big Cats and Anteaters - With Lydia Möcklinghoff in Brazil's wildlife
Among Big Cats and Anteaters - With Lydia Möcklinghoff in Brazil's wildlife
Among Big Cats and Anteaters - With Lydia Möcklinghoff in Brazil's wildlife 2021
Train Again
Train Again
Peter Tscherkassky condenses the long history of railways in the movies into a rousing blast for the senses in a heartfelt tribute to another legend of experimental cinema Kurt Kren.
Train Again 2021
New York City Ballet
New York City Ballet
Since March 2020, the artists of New York City Ballet have been unable to perform at Lincoln Center. This is their return home.
New York City Ballet 2021
The Secret Science of Sewage
The Secret Science of Sewage
Dr George McGavin and Dr Zoe Laughlin set up base camp at one of the UK's biggest sewage works to investigate the revolutionary science finding vital renewable resources and undiscovered life in human waste. Teaming up with world-class scientists, they search for biological entities in sewage with potentially lifesaving medical properties, find out how pee can generate electricity, how gas from poo can fuel a car and how nutrients in waste can help solve the soil crisis. They follow each stage of the sewage treatment process, revealing what the stuff we flush can tell us about how we live today, and the mindboggling biotechnology being harnessed to clean it, making the wastewater safe enough to return to the environment.
The Secret Science of Sewage 2021
Le Prix du sang : 20 ans de guerres françaises
Le Prix du sang : 20 ans de guerres françaises
Le Prix du sang : 20 ans de guerres françaises 2021
Fédro
Fédro
Twenty years after his debut as an actor, Brazil's sweetheart Reynaldo Gianechini meets his mentor, legendary director José Celso Martinez Corrêa for a first reading of Plato's Phaedrus.
Fédro 2021
Straight to VHS
Straight to VHS
Act of Violence Upon a Young Journalist is a film shot in 1988 and released on VHS in 1989; a mysterious cult work of Uruguayan cinema surrounded by strange theories about Manuel Lamas, its unknown creator. Until now.
Straight to VHS 2021
Germany’s Neo-Nazis & the Far Right
Germany’s Neo-Nazis & the Far Right
Right-wing extremist acts of violence are increasing in Germany. The documentary traces how extremists have developed plans of overthrow and have carried out terrorist plots as well as assaults on Jews or migrants and also how far-right extremists infiltrated security services, which are actually there to protect the population and the state from such attacks. This raises the question of what the German authorities are doing to confront the growing problem and what options they have for action to counter the rising right-wing extremism in Germany. FRONTLINE journalist Evan Williams goes on a journey through Germany, meets the people involved and investigates these burning questions.
Germany’s Neo-Nazis & the Far Right 2021
The Big Squeeze
The Big Squeeze
The computer game chain GameStop created so much chaos in the stock market that it forced large hedge funds to their knees. How could it happen? Here we follow different people who were brought together during 2020 because of their interest in GameStop's future. Some had invested in the chain's stock, others wondered about it. While the chain's employees trusted that the company would pay their salaries at a time when millions of people went bankrupt and became unemployed.
The Big Squeeze 2021
Backstreet to the American Dream
Backstreet to the American Dream
Backstreet to the American Dream is a bilingual documentary that explores the modern-day American Dream. This deep dive into the birthplace of the food truck revolution – Los Angeles – juxtaposes the experiences of American entrepreneurs and Mexican immigrants in the industry, and looks at how street food fosters racial tolerance. Indeed, central to the story are two very distinct enterprises: El Pescadito - a seafood truck that’s been parking at the same swap meet in South L.A. since 1982, and Grill ‘Em All, the prestigious first-season winner of The Great Food Truck Race on The Food Network in 2010.
Backstreet to the American Dream 2021
Sediments
Sediments
She goes on the trip with five colleagues from I-Vaginarium, a group of transsexual women with whom she will share an intense week in unusual natural landscapes, exploring the ins and outs of their personalities, looking for answers about what unites them and learning to deal with their differences.
Sediments 2021
CORONA.FILM - Prologue
CORONA.FILM - Prologue
As the first part of our investigation, the CORONA.FILM prologue will delve into the science behind the pandemic. Starting at the very beginning, we shine a light on the responses. The aim is not to point the finger; our aim is to tell the whole story in all its complexity, as we believe that justice cannot prevail if only one side of the story is told.
CORONA.FILM - Prologue 2021
Bob Spit - We Do Not Like People
Bob Spit - We Do Not Like People
Bob Spit, a comic book character, lives in a post-apocalyptic desert inside the mind of his creator, the legendary Brazilian cartoonist Angeli. When Angeli decides to kill off Bob, the old punk leaves this wasteland and faces his creator.
Bob Spit - We Do Not Like People 2021
88MPH: The Story of the DeLorean Time Machine
88MPH: The Story of the DeLorean Time Machine
The 1981 DeLorean DMC-12 "Time Machine" Hero Car used in the hit 1985 time-travel movie “Back to the Future” is an international cultural icon. The car’s legacy transcends borders and generations as one of the world’s most recognizable and beloved automobiles. Attesting to the impact of the DeLorean "Time Machine" and the movie, enthusiasts the world over have built countless replicas of the movie car out of stock DeLoreans. It is likely among the most replicated film car in history.
88MPH: The Story of the DeLorean Time Machine 2021
Okavango: A Flood of Life
Okavango: A Flood of Life
A great flood arrives in a desert kingdom, transforming a dustbowl into a vast and lush wetland, in one of the most diverse habitats on earth. This breath-taking blue-chip natural history film is a journey through Okavango’s seasons, seen through the eyes of an indigenous River Bushman. Our storyteller guides us through the course of Okavango’s flood and into a savage drought, interweaving intimate and spectacular wildlife stories. The arrival and disappearance of precious water determines the destiny of the millions of animals that call Okavango home. For many, the flood is a lifeline. For others, it brings the greatest challenges. Everyone lives or dies by this epic event. It is the heartbeat of the Kalahari.
Okavango: A Flood of Life 2021
The Treasures of Saxony: How August III Built His Collection
The Treasures of Saxony: How August III Built His Collection
Year 1763, the Seven Years' War is about to end. August III, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, has died, leaving empty the royal treasury and an extraordinary collection of paintings, sculptures, jewelry and goldsmith masterpieces, which he considered a symbol of his greatness, and that of Dresden, one of the European capitals of Baroque art.
The Treasures of Saxony: How August III Built His Collection 2021
The Diabetes Solution
The Diabetes Solution
The diabetes community has been filled with deception for the past 50 years. The typical guidelines for managing diabetes have ultimately caused suffering for millions of people with the disease. Follow a group of families and doctors as they present a solution to managing diabetes that could spare many patients from devastating complications in this seminal documentary about diabetes.
The Diabetes Solution 2021
Punk in Drublic Documentary
Punk in Drublic Documentary
The Punk in Drublic Documentary will show how this scene is in progress and how these bands reach the stage, talking to the guys who had the initial idea, the crew and bands that made it a reality. Following the festival around the world, more than 3 years of footage showing the backstage, live performances and a close interaction with Fat Mike and the Band members, Not any bands, the bands and the characters in the festival are the most successful in the scene NOFX, BAD RELIGION, RANCID, PENNYWISE, THE OFFSPRING, LESS THAN JAKE, THE INTERRUPTERS, GOLDFINGER AND MANY MORE... The festival is a dream coming through for every punk rocker.
Punk in Drublic Documentary 2021
The Holy Game
The Holy Game
Seminarians compete in the Vatican's football tournament known as the Clericus Cup. A film about religion, sport, and why young men choose to become priests.
The Holy Game 2021
Octopus
Octopus
Traffic rushes by as if nothing has happened. But beside the road, the rubble is smoldering, and firefighting helicopters are circling overhead. Ten minutes in, this is the first specific image we see of the devastating explosion that took place on 4 August 2020 at the Port of Beirut. Until this point, its presence in the film has been indirect—a man smoking beside a broken window, the distant sounds of ships’ horns and sirens.
Octopus 2021
In the Dark of the Valley
In the Dark of the Valley
In 1959, an unconfined partial meltdown of a sodium reactor at the Santa Susana Field Lab caused such a devastating radiation leak, that many consider it to be the worst nuclear disaster in U.S. history. What intensifies the situation, is that it's located just 30 miles from Downtown Los Angeles. For twenty years, this nuclear meltdown was concealed from the public eye; the resulting contamination never to be fully eradicated. Years of subsequent investigations have uncovered a number of catastrophic accidents that occurred on the site as well as decades of improper handling of radioactive materials, including the practice of open air burn pits that spread clouds of radioactive waste across the surrounding valley. SSFL is now believed to be one of the most contaminated sites in the world.
In the Dark of the Valley 2021
Dawn Raid
Dawn Raid
The rise, fall and spiritual rebirth of the most iconic and influential music label in Pacific history, Dawn Raid Entertainment.
Dawn Raid 2021
Zimov Hypothesis
Zimov Hypothesis
In Siberia Sergey Zimov and his son Nikita are attempting to slow down the melting of the permafrost, which holds huge carbon reserves, by reintroducing large mammals present in the area during the ice age. It is a mammoth project driven by the faith and convictions of a small group of adventurer-researchers.
Zimov Hypothesis 2021
Attenborough’s Journey
Attenborough’s Journey
In honor of his 95th birthday, a look at Sir David Attenborough’s life and contributions to broadcasting and the natural world. Presented by BBC.
Attenborough’s Journey 2021
Barn
Barn
The documentary provides an unprecedented glimpse into Young and the Horse’s creative process, as they took to tape in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains during the Covid-19 pandemic. Kicking off with a note of gratitude from Young (“I’m so glad we’re fuckin’ here!”), the trailer shows what things were like as the legendary band got back into their element, in the wild, making music in a restored, 19th-century log barn under a full, glowing moon. The film captures the group—a 50-year-old musical family that includes, Billy Talbot, Ralph Molina and Nils Lofgren —building the powerful new record, but also their easy humour and enduring brotherhood. - The Sound Cafe (www.thesoundcafe.com)
Barn 2021