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Publisher
Les Blank Films
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Español
Description
Mauro Salcido Rodriguez performs "Amar Y Vivir" in Agua Prieta Mexico where he lived. This music video produced and directed by Harrod Blank, was filmed in 2005-6 but wasn't edited until 2014 by Benjamin Abrams. This short was made as a tribute to both Harrod's father Les Blank and Mauro who both passed away in 2013.
Publisher
Level 33 Entertainment
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In 2007, four teenagers from disparate backgrounds are voted “MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED” during their senior year of high school. Filmed over a ten-year period and directed by award-winning photographer Pamela Littky, we watch as they each chart their own version of success and navigate the unpredictability of American life in the 21st Century.
Publisher
Les Blank Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Albuquerque’s Rusty Tidenberg, auto mechanic and drag-racing aficionado, shocked friends and family by coming out as trans. Followed for eight years by filmmaker Harrod Blank (son of Les Blank), Rusty guides us through the aftermath of her transition, as growing acceptance among her straight-talking Southwest community still doesn’t ease her romantic and professional woes. Interwoven with lively tales of gender non-conforming individuals on the...
Publisher
Visit Films
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Since 1977, Sam Klemke has filmed his life, creating a strange and intimate portrait of what it means to be human. Official Selection at the **Sundance Film Festival** and the **Hot Docs Film Festival**. "*Adventuresome, unclassifiable.*" - ***Variety*** "*...a rather interesting tale about a compulsive personality*." - ***Film International***
67) Polar Extremes
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Renowned paleontologist Kirk Johnson takes us on an epic adventure through time at the polar extremes of our planet. Following a trail of fossils found in all the wrong places–beech trees in Antarctica, redwoods and hippo-like mammals in the Arctic–NOVA uncovers the bizarre history of the poles, from miles-thick ice sheets to warm polar forests teeming with life.
68) Magic Trip
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Ken Kesey, Neal Cassidy and the Grateful Dead star in this rollicking film about the Merry Pranksters, created from never-before-seen footage of their legendary, acid-fueled cross-country road trip in 1965. Official Selection at the **Sundance Film Festival**.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Eight hundred years ago, Francis of Assisi and the Sultan of Egypt met on the bloody battlefields of the Crusades. Based on new research and scholarship about that fateful meeting, THE SULTAN AND THE SAINT tells one of the great, lost stories from history as two men of faith fought against a century of war and distrust in a search for mutual respect and common ground.
71) Defining Hope
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
This documentary weaves the stories of patients with life-threatening illness, with the stories of the nurses who guide them as they make choices about how they want to live, how much medical technology they can accept, what they hope for and how that hope evolves. DEFINING HOPE focuses on palliative care, end of life issues, hospice care and what 'quality of life' really means. It offers a hopeful message about bringing power back to the patient...
73) One More Orbit
Publisher
Vision Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A daring team of astronauts and aviators fly a high-speed Gulfstream jet around the earth faster than anyone ever has to set the pole-to-pole circumnavigation record. Beginning their mission from the same spot Apollo 11 launched for the moon 50 years before, this tribute to the past, present, and future of space exploration breaks the boundaries of what was previously thought possible.
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
“The Godmother” is the head of a {dollar}40 million a year cocaine business and is responsible for hundreds of murders in Miami. Charles Cosby tells the story of how he became her lover and trusted head of her empire until he realized that he was in way over his head.
Publisher
1091 Media
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Over the past 16 years, an extraordinary group of musicians has come together to celebrate the universal power of music. Named for the ancient trade route linking Asia, Africa and Europe, The Silk Road Ensemble, an international collective created by acclaimed cellist Yo-Yo Ma, exemplifies music’s ability to blur geographical boundaries, blend disparate cultures and inspire hope for both artists and audiences. "THE MUSIC OF STRANGERS: YO-YO MA AND...
76) 306 Hollywood
Publisher
Giant Interactive
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
When siblings Elan and Jonathan Bogarín undertake an archaeological excavation of their late grandmother's house, they embark on a magical-realist journey in search of what life remains in the objects we leave behind. 306 HOLLYWOOD transforms the dusty fragments of an unassuming life into an epic metaphor for the nature of memory, time, and history. Nominated for a Best of Next! Award at the **Sundance Film Festival**. Winner of an Emerging International...
77) Fattitude
Publisher
Women Make Movies
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
FATTITUDE is an eye-opening look at how popular media perpetuates fat hatred that results in a cultural bias and a civil rights issue for people living in fat bodies. Fat people are paid {dollar}1.25 less an hour than their thin counterparts and can still legally lose jobs just because they’re fat. Additionally, 1 in 3 doctors associates fat bodies with hostility, dishonesty and poor hygiene. FATTITUDE looks at how this systemic cultural prejudice...
78) My Brother
Publisher
Pragda
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
A touching experience for the film’s subjects and for its audience, My Brother follows a single unmarried woman, Gabriela, as she and her adoptive son, Alexey, decide to adopt a second boy, Mateo. Brazilian Filmmaker Alana Simões followed the lives of the family with her camera in hand for nine years, gathering more than 150 hours of footage. The result is a candid portrayal of the relationship between Alexey and Mateo, demonstrating what it means...
79) Under the Sun
Publisher
Icarus Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Russian director Vitaly Mansky follows the life of one girl and her family in the year she prepares to join the Children's Union, on the 'Day of the Shining Star' (Kim Jong-Il's birthday). In doing so, Mansky crafts an indelible portrait of life in modern North Korea.
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