The economic frivolity of the 60’s gave way to the fiscal panic of the 70’s. As the 23 cents-a-gallon gasoline of 1963 grew mythic, $2.30-a-gallon became reality. In America, we ask each other, “What shall we do with these gas guzzlers?” While some watch the price of OPEC oil…
In March 2014, Michel Gondry sets his home movie factory in the first Moroccan cultural hub : L’battoirs, the old Casablanca slaughterhouse. Located in a poor neighborhood marked by social struggle, the movie protocol invented by Gondry will hit and seduce the Moroccan audience. 280 movies have…
Nine people, gays and lesbians working at three companies have agreed to share the stories of their lives at work, stories that until now had rarely been heard and often been kept silent. Aged from 20 to 80, high level executive or office worker, they form a panel of great social, cultural and psychological…
Ed Ruscha made his very first art in his native Oklahoma, but soon became attracted to Los Angeles. Curator Margit Rowell has examined his extensive body of work and created a brilliant exhibition of his seldom seen drawings. Rowell visits Ruscha in his studio, looking at new paintings with the artist,…
The true story of Victor DeNoble, one of the most important and influential whistleblowers of all time, comes to the big screen in ADDICTION INCORPORATED. In the 1980s, DeNoble was a research scientist at a major tobacco company, where he was tasked with finding a substitute for nicotine that would not…
Samaritans: You are Not Alone Documentary Produced by Keep Sound Minds Released Mental health organizations come together to raise awareness about vital suicide prevention services (Boston, MA) – After months of filming, a documentary titled “Samaritans: You are Not Alone” will…
Der Fall ist spannend wie ein Krimi: 2010 fällt ein Mann deutschen Zöllnern beim Grenzübergang aus der Schweiz auf. Er führt Bargeld mit sich, knapp unter der erlaubten Grenze. Der Mann heißt Cornelius Gurlitt und ist damals 79 Jahre alt. Die Zollfahnder beschließen, ihn…
WINNER of the 2014 Los Angeles Area EMMY® AWARD in Arts, Culture and History, 2014 GOLDEN MIKE AWARD, Two 2014 SILVER TELLY AWARDS and a 2014 GOLDEN CINDY AWARD. THE STORY This is the story of Croatian-born ballerina Mia Slavenska. It is also a story about historical memory, national identity,…
Icaros explores the profound spiritual universe of the Shipibo indigenous people who live by the Ucayali river, one of the main tributaries of the Peruvian Amazon. Young Mokan Rono sets out on a fascinating journey to discover the ancestral knowledge of ayahuasca, mentored by a wise shaman and by his…
When you’ve been to hell and back, how do you shake the memories? This question has haunted General Roméo Dallaire since 1994, when he was UN Force Commander during the Rwandan genocide, explored in our award-winning documentary Shake Hands with the Devil. Dallaire has now found a reason…
(version originale française) Réalisé à Tokyo par les journalistes Pamela Valente et Pascal Bagot, le documentaire « La voie de l’encre » est une plongée dans l’univers trouble de l’irezumi, le tatouage traditionnel japonais. A travers…
Danske undertekster. Naturens Uorden følger spastikeren Jacob Nossells tour de force i sin søgen efter svaret på livets mening for ham og sine ’artsfæller’ blandt familie, forskere og publikum, men han tvinges til at indse sine egne begrænsninger, da han…
