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The Colonel's Stray Dogs
In 1981, seven Libyan exiles formed the core opposition group to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. Thirty years later, they are back to their country only to inherit the mess he left. The film is an intricate blend of rare first-hand accounts, propaganda archival material turned on its head, evocative cinematography and an untold history of a country.
The Hoff Twins
This documentary is a character study of the Hoff Twins directed by Nic Mosher.
Waiting for Handke
A winemaker determined to put up a plaque to the Nobel Prize winner and a persona non grata - Peter Handke, in a remote village in Kosovo.
Losing Vietnam
Living in limbo for 30 years - physically in Germany but virtually in Vietnam via constant Skyping and karaoke chatrooms - a couple is torn on where to call home when a storm destroys their house in Vietnam that held the promise of their eventual return.
A Guerra das Imagens ou: O Terceiro Explodiu e Mal Sobraram Imagens
The story of images that try to kill and colonize each other. And the story of the third world images that try to strike back.
Kampf auf der Bosporus-Brücke - Die Türkei und der gescheiterte Putschversuch
The night of July 15, 2016 changed the history of Turkey. On that day there were coordinated attacks by parts of the Turkish army, among others in Istanbul. The aim of the military: a coup against the government. The decisive confrontation occurred on the Bosporus Bridge. While President Erdogan was still on vacation, live at TV he called on the people who were devoted to him to stand against the military. As an enemy for the masses, he presented his adversary Fethullah Gülen, whom he branded as the coup leader. He also urged the imams of the country's mosques to condition the population to resist. And so it happens that at night thousands of agitated people take to the streets to oppose the armed insurgents. The death toll was high. 352 people died across Turkey during the attempted coup. The consequences are even more serious: Erdogan used this gift, as he called it himself, to undermine democracy, to arrange mass arrests of dissidents and to transform Turkey into a dictatorship.
God Has AIDS
40 years after the beginning of the AIDS pandemic, seven artists and an activist doctor, all of them living with HIV, offer new images and perspectives to deal with serophobia in Brazil.
Artificial Gamer
Humans have been in competition with computer-based Artificial Intelligence for over 80 years in different games — chess, Go, poker, Jeopardy! — a span that tracks the evolution of computing itself. The latest field of battle are hugely popular multiplayer online games that are worldwide sensations, including one of the most lucrative esports of all — Dota 2. A passionate team of Silicon Valley engineers at San Francisco-based OpenAI is challenged to develop an artificial intelligence bot capable of defeating the world champions of Dota 2 — and given only one year to do it. The outcome could alter the way we think about the frontiers of machine learning and of humanity’s ultimate relationship with AI.
Zero Gravity
Follows a diverse group of middle-school students from San Jose, CA, who compete in a nationwide tournament to code satellites aboard the International Space Station.
The Making of Identity Crisis: a documentary by Jordan Seamón
A documentary film showing the creative process behind Jordan Kristine Seamón's debut album Identity Crisis.
Fearless: The Women Fighting Putin
This BAFTA-winning film follows the dramatic stories of three leading women activists who have decided to stay in Russia and take a stand against Vladimir Putin.
Murder at the Cottage
Two days before Christmas in 1996, Sophie Toscan du Plantier was brutally murdered at her holiday cottage in Schull, West Cork. The murder rocked the quiet Irish town and 24 years later, the case remains a mystery. This series sees six-time Oscar-nominated filmmaker, Jim Sheridan, piece together original evidence, never-before-seen footage, and interviews with those closest to the case to try to make sense of what really happened.
915: Hunting Hispanics
On August 3, 2019 a racist murderer, hating Mexican people, committed the ultimate hate crime. 915: HUNTING HISPANICS is a full length feature film that closely examines the El Paso Walmart mass shooting. It provides a complete analysis of what happened that day, as well as an exploration of many overlooked angles.
Diabetes, a Hefty Bill
How can we better manage patients with diabetes, a chronic disease that affects more and more people around the world? Conducted on three continents, an in-depth investigation into an alarming situation.
Dear Future Children
Three young female activists in Uganda, Hong Kong and Chile in a united front for the future, in an inflamed film by a merely 21-year-old filmmaker.
Wake Up On Mars
A Roma boy living in Sweden dreams of building a spaceship to escape the reality of his family's pending asylum request, and the mysterious coma-like illness that has befallen his siblings.
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Homeroom
Following the class of 2020 at Oakland High School in a year marked by seismic change, exploring the emotional world of teenagers coming of age against the backdrop of a rapidly changing world.
Spiritual Letters - The Art of Mr.Paradox Paradise
Ladies Only
The local train is a sight to behold in the morning, overloaded with crowds fighting to get inside. A special compartment reserved for women appears as a temporary oasis – a haven for solitude and contemplation. Director Rebana Liz John questions the women, who reveal what it means to keep ambitions alive within an oppressive patriarchal system. Black and white imagery evocatively captures the details of the women’s experience in this world. They reflect on their lives, across generations, with humour, disappointment and defiance, forming a complex tapestry whose common ground is endurance and survival.
The French New Wave: A Cinema Revolution
The 60s was the birth and ascension of the French New Wave. Characterised as an avant-garde film movement and created by directors like Godard and Varda, it give birth to iconic actors such as Bardot and Belmondo.
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Long Live Chainsaw
Long Live Chainsaw reveals the true story of the meteoric rise, untimely death and long-lasting legacy of Canadian downhill mountain bike legend, Stevie Smith. Born into poverty and raised by a devoted single mom, Stevie's unwavering belief not only propelled him to become the best in world, it inspired everyone he touched to believe in their own impossible dreams.
Alganesh: Hope On the Horizon
This emotional doc explores Dr. Alganesh Fessaha's mission to breed hope and bright futures for young lives displaced by the Ethiopian-Eritrean Conflict.
Deenastyle - Hommage à Lionel D.
Deenastyle is a legendary French rap show first broadcast on Radio Nova between 1990 and 1993, which revealed a generation of rappers and marked a generation of listeners, back in 2021 on video, still with DJ Dee Nasty on the decks. A new format that combines freestyle sessions and interviews with different activists from the French-speaking hip-hop scene. The first show of 2021 will look back on the journey of Lionel D and the influence of Deenastyle in the French rap landscape of the time with interventions from M'widi, Iron2.0, RMC (New Generation Mc), Deadi, Dino Killabizz, Kohndo, Driver, Youval, Style J, G.Kill (2 Bal), Sheryo, Jaeyez (Afro Jazz), Les X, Cyanure (ATK), EJM, Hondo, Ike, Red Hurricayne, 2Spee Gonzales.
JFK Unsolved: The Real Conspiracies
Produced by ABC 7 Bay Area. A world renowned JFK assassination researcher comes to a shocking conclusion: Lee Harvey Oswald did not fire the fatal shot that killed President Kennedy.
You Are Always 20
In a film from the early 2000s, Christer finds his 19-year-old self. In the film, which has the dopest sound effects and the title "Drugs", he and his best friend play adult versions of themselves. One winter evening everything changes, their visions are shattered and the film becomes a memory of immortal youth and a lost friendship.
Prime Video
Diagnosing Healthcare
A social-impact documentary that centers on health care reform. The film identifies the most problematic areas of the current mainstream health care system and offers solutions in the form of fully developed alternative health care plans.
Starz
Surviving Sex Trafficking
Brave and resilient sex trafficking survivors around the world share their struggles to break free from their past and find hope for the future.
Lost Connections
Made possible through a unique UK-wide collaboration of national and regional publicly-funded film archives, Lost Connections draws on a century of archive footage that invites reflections on loss, loneliness, isolation, and expressions of desire, optimism, hope and renewal. It is not a film about the pandemic, it is a film about recovery, the human character, sadness and joy, what we really value, and our gradual reconnection with each other, our communities, and the world around us.
BUSSY
Three recluses weave their way through eachothers’ psyches, revealing a greater evil more harrowing than any of them could imagine.
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A Kaddish for Bernie Madoff
A hybrid of memoir docudrama and narrative fantasy, A Kaddish for Bernie Madoff tells the story of Madoff and the system that allowed him to function for decades through the eyes of musician/poet Alicia Jo Rabins, who watches the financial crash from her 9th floor studio in an abandoned office building on Wall Street. Fueled by her growing obsession, real-life interviews transform into music videos, ancient spiritual texts become fevered fantasies of synchronized swimming, and a vivid, vulnerable work of art is born from the unique perspective of an artist watching the global financial collapse up close.
Lotus: A New Dawn
This short documentary follows the fortunes of iconic car manufacturer 'Lotus'. In the past 'Lotus' has been famous for producing championship winning race cars and iconic sports cars, but it has struggled to remain in profit. With a new investor and managing director at the helm, they set out to build the first new Lotus road cars in over a decade. From the last ever petrol powered car, the 'Emira' and also their first pure electric British hypercar the 2000 brake horsepower 'Evija'.
Voices Across the Water
Documenting the creative process of two master boat-builders as they practise their art and find a way back to balance and healing.
World's Most Dangerous Shark?
The Great White has a scary reputation, but Explorer Jacques Cousteau called the Oceanic White Tip “The most dangerous of all sharks…" Was he right?
The Ghosts of Somerville: Mrs. Micks
First in this film series of hauntings in this historic town. Found dead in her attic, eaten by her cats, Mrs. Micks makes her presence known to people living in her house, with witnesses' accounts and opinions by a psychic expert.
Someone Like Me
After 11 strangers unite to help a gay youth escape life-threatening violence in Uganda, the unexpected pandemic and conflicting opinions over his best interests test the limits of their commitment and jeopardize his fresh start in Canada.
Discovering the Music of Antiquity
The discovery of an ancient music score in the Louvre sets researchers on a mission to recreate the music as it was originally heard by the Greeks 2,400 years ago.
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Alaskan Nets
In Alaska's last native reserve, two cousins lead their local basketball team to its first state championship in more than thirty years. That quest is the only thing that will bring life back to a remote island that has been rocked by tragedy.
Outside the Law: The Scanner Cop Revolution
A documentary on Scanner Cop and Scanner Cop II: The Showdown