A sixteen year old girl reads THE CHERRY ORCHARD, a play by Anton Chekhov, and her world is changed forever. This documentary examines acclaimed theatre director Libby Appel's lifelong love of Chekhov and her effort, over fifty years after reading the play, to bring this great writer's final…
"Go see it if you haven’t." "Didn’t think I’d get emotional watching it. Very good movie that I hope many can see." "Powerful. I am rather blown away by it." Facing demolition of their facility, zoning challenges, and a lack of volunteers, a scrappy…
A warm and poetic documentary about a brother-and-sister couple, Magnar and Oddny. At about 70 years old, they live on the family farm and run it in about the same manner as it was run by several generations before them. It is about people who live the way many Norwegians lived before petroleum- driven…
Magnar and Oddny Kleiva have led their entire lives on their small mountain farm in Norway, seemingly unaffected by the riches of modern society. One day relatives from the US come to visit, and invite them to see where their grandmother’s sister emigrated to in 1890. A film rich in contrast, portraying…
The film takes a cross-country look at drilling, highlighting its variety of contaminations, the stories of its victims, the false promise of an economic boom, with a focus on clean energy solutions that would allow us to proceed towards a future that does not rely on yet another dirty fossil fuel extraction…
DVDS HERE: www.ferraropavingtheway.com/get-the-film/ The life and legacy of the trailblazing woman who made history in 1984 as the first female Vice Presidential nominee on a major party ticket in United States. Geraldine Ferraro's nomination changed the face of American politics forever…
“Finding Edge Road” shows how immigration is changing and challenging a small city in Finland. It explores how the city of Lieksa in Eastern Finland near the Russian border is dealing with a recent influx of new asylum seekers from Somalia and Iraq. The newcomers have moved to vacant council…
The Grande Hotel in Beira, Mozambique’s second-largest city was built in the 1950s. With its 370 rooms it was called the “pride of Africa” but closed after a few years and was squatted since the 1980s. Today, it is home to nearly 3000 people. We came with a huge collection of masks:…
The Warsaw Ghetto 1940-1943 is documentary project that features three films. The main film is 912 Days of the Warsaw Ghetto (37 min.), and the two short ones are Children in the Ghetto and Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. These films were created for the Jewish Historical Institute as part of its permanent exhibit…
A thrilling journey to one of the world's most perilous environments, Antarctic Edge: 70° South follows a team of scientists as they explore the West Antarctic Peninsula. In the wake of devastating climate events like Superstorm Sandy and Hurricane Katrina, oceanographer Oscar Schofield teams…
Trucks Gone Wild presents Michigan Mud Jam CHAPTERS 1. Intro 2. Hale Yeah 3. Open Bog Part 1 4. Camps 5. Open Bog Part 2 6. Nightlife 7. Truck Pulls 8. Mega Truck Freestyle 9. The Chapel of Mud 10. Open Bog Part 3 11. I'm on a Boat 12. Credits BONUS FEATURES Slideshow
A film by BEN DAITZ Smithsonian Magazine once asked the rhetorical question, 'Can a weekly paper in rural New Mexico raise enough hell to keep its readers hungry for more, week after week?' The Rio Grande Sun, published in Espanola, New Mexico is considered one of the best weekly newspapers…
