From Hell to Hollywood
In this biographical portrait, Nick Ut, the Associated Press photographer finally tells his own story.
Rookie Season
Straps the viewer firmly into the driver’s seat as it follows the highs and lows of Rebel Rock Racing during their inaugural IMSA season. A deeply moving portrait of the…
Saved From a Shark
The scientific community is divided as to whether dolphins or whales will deliberately save a person from a shark attack. But the people who have lived through these terrifying encounters…
Suzi Q
Story of trailblazing American rock singer-songwriter Suzi Quatro, who helped redefine the role of women in rock ‘n’ roll when she broke out in 1973.
El Cid, The Legend
Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, whom History knows as El Cid Campeador, is an essential figure to understand the Middle Ages. His legend has endured throughout the centuries to become a…
The Godfathers of Mondo
A look at the careers of Gualtiero Jacopetti and Franco Prosperi who invented the mondo genre with MONDO CANE in 1962. It follows their career until their split in following…
Smile for the Dead: An Examination of Spirit Photography
1869: William H Mumler stood trial for fraud in New York for claiming to photograph spirits of customers’ deceased loved ones. Mumler walked free as experts of the day could…
Bezness as Usual
Like his Swiss half-sister Jasmin, Dutch filmmaker Alex Pitstra is the child of a European mother and a Tunisian playboy father. The majority of their lives their father was absent,…
Black Wax
Gil Scott-Heron, one of rap’s earliest (and unfortunately unknown) pioneers, gets his full due in Black Wax, the 1982 documentary recently reissued on video. Interspliced between performance footage of Scott-Heron…
Rockshow
During their 1976 world tour, Paul McCartney and Wings gave a magnificent performance to 67,000 fans at the Kingdome, in Seattle, Washington. The concert features 30 songs of the Beatles…
Killing Michael Jackson
Interviews with the detectives involved in investigating the global star, Michael Jackson’s, death. They reveal fascinating insights into the events surrounding the day he died.
1970
Poland, 1970. When popular protests erupt in the streets due to rising prices, the communist government organizes a crisis team. Soon after, the police use their truncheons and then their…
Warrior Women with Lupita Nyong’o
The Black Panther star uncovers the astounding true story of the Agoji, Benin’s female army – or as Europeans labeled them, the ‘Amazons – then finds the last warrior left…
