The Oath
Tells the story of two men, Abu Jandal and Salim Ahmed Hamdan, whose fateful encounter in 1996 set them on a course of events that led them to Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden, 9/11, Guantanamo, and the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Genre: Documentary
Director: Laura Poitras
Actors: Abu Jandal, Osama bin Laden, Salim Hamdan
Country: Cuba
Signed: Lino Brocka
Documentary filmmaker Christian Blackwood profiles controversial Filipino director Lino Brocka, detailing his rags-to-riches rise in the mainstream film industry of the Philippines. Primarily using interviews with the effusive director himself,…
You Got to Move
A documentary that follows people from communities in the Southern United States in their various processes of becoming involved in social change, with special emphasis on the work the
The Last Storm
Mark, a 60 years old fledgling storm chaser recently diagnosed with lung cancer, sets out across the Midwest with his friend’s nephew in search of his first and possibly last…
Hobbyhorse Revolution
A film about teenagers with growing pains, who discover their own voice and talent through riding and grooming toy horses.
Crutch
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Vegucated
Explores the challenges of converting to a vegan diet. It “follows three meat-and-cheese-loving New Yorkers who agree to adopt a vegan diet for six weeks.
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Téo Frank was just 18 and an aspiring director when he decided to try his luck at filmmaking on the other side of the Atlantic. After a series of encounters…
Elizabeth: A Portrait in Part(s)
Elizabeth is an archive-based documentary film about the Queen. A celebration. A truly cinematic mystery-tour up and down the decades: poetic, funny, disobedient, ungovernable, affectionate, inappropriate, mischievous, in awe. Funny….
On the Line: The Richard Williams Story
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Essene
Essene is about daily life in a Benedictine monastery and the resolution of conflict between personal needs and the institutional and organizational priorities of the community. In the Order, where…
Stone Forever
Over 30,000 bikers turned up in 1998 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Stone and recreate the funeral scene.
Flyways
Flyways follows endangered migratory shorebirds as they travel their ancient migration routes around the planet. Using nanotechnology and global tracking from the International Space Station, the project will uncover the…
