Reminiscent of Searching for Sugarman, director Miguel Ángel Vidaurre’s self-described “pop memory exercise” follows North American singer Dean Reed’s surprising and unlikely political transformation after learning of the brutality and repression of U.S.-supported regimes…
BOUND BY PRECEDENT A short documentary (9 min.) by Maryanne Galvin Project Description Log Line: A Massachusetts Judge under Federal indictment for allegedly assisting a defendant escape ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) custody, sparks a firestorm of debate in the court of public opinion.…
A Linha Fria do Horizonte é um documentário musical que mostra a obra e o pensamento de um grupo de cancionistas do sul do Brasil, Argentina e Uruguai que compartilham o fato de representar em sua obra a paisagem e o sentimento do local onde vivem, ignorando as fronteiras entre os países.…
Interrogate This presents a troubling and deeply human story illustrating the complexities encountered when national security, psychology, politics, ethics and morality collide. Most are unaware that mental health professionals and others have been involved in the so-called war-on-terror. These professionals…
Is it really possible to distance oneself from the physical realities of death and still expect to enjoy the physical wonders of life? High, Fast and Wonderful offers both a multi-layered saga and a visually compelling non-fiction response to this question. Filmmaker Maryanne Galvin found herself in…
This film questions the belief that a nuclear electric economy is essential to Britain. It comprises interviews with creators and defenders of the current policy and those who analyse and attempt to change it. The debate on nuclear power has until now, centred on issues of the environment and public…
Care in the community - freedom charter or cheap option? Will disabled and elderly people still have the freedom to choose residential care? This film is the result of a two-year collaboration between North West Shape and a group of residents in a Wigan old people's home. The participants began…
After searching for nearly a year before casting for the fourth installment in her award-winning LAUGHING MATTERS series, director Andrea Meyerson has put together an outstanding cast of the new up and coming comics on the LGBT comedy circuit. Shot in her winning formula that interweaves stand-up material…
Marina Abramović travels through Brazil in search of personal healing and artistic inspiration, experiencing sacred rituals and revealing her creative process. The route is comprised of poignant encounters with healers and sages from the Brazilian countryside, exploring the limits between art and spirituality.…
It has been fifty years since the adventures of Juan Salvo were first published in the science fiction comic El Eternauta. Some time in 1957, Argentine writer Héctor Germán Oesterheld created a highly metaphorical and political graphic novel. El Eternauta introduced a new way of understanding…
An essential and highly influential classic for years to come, restored by the Arsenal Institut fur film und videokunst (Berlin). One of the first documentary works by Marta Rodríguez and Jorge Silva, Chircales is the product of two of the most prominent and rebellious voices of the New Latin…
San Miguel is a village built over indigenous tombs and Albertina (78) is its spiritual leader. She is in charge of communicating with the Ño, a deity whose physical form is a rag doll, which the inhabitants worship during carnival week. The old woman organizes the rituals in his honor with the…
