A look at people who express themselves musically to escape the violence that surrounds them. Directed by 2-time winner and 13-time nominee DGA Director of the Year, Leslie Dektor.
There are 14 million obese teenagers in the USA, four times more than 30 years ago. But for those who can afford it, there’s a solution. Camp Pocono, two hours away from New York, is the biggest fat camp in the country. Every summer, 400 children are sent there and put through a tightly regimented…
What if everything we’ve been told about saturated fat is fiction? And what if the “low fat, heart healthy” diet represents one of the most damaging public health recommendations in the history of our country? FAT FICTION (formerly known as BIG FAT LIE) is a film that questions decades…
Fat Front er fortællingen om fire unge kvinder, der har fået nok af selvhad og skam og stolt kalder sig TYKKE. Fat Front er en nyskabende dokumentarfilm om en ny form for kvindefrigørelse, der vokser frem i Skandinavien båret af såkaldte tyk-aktivister. Unge kvinder, der…
A revolution is happening in Scandinavia. Fat Front is the story about young Scandinavian women who have had enough of self-hatred and shame and proudly call themselves FAT. They demand respect and recognition in a diet-fixated society while struggling with their lack of self-worth. For too long they…
Have you seen the news stories about the obesity epidemic? Did you see “Super Size Me”? Then guess what? You've been fed a load of bologna. Comedian and health writer Tom Naughton replies to the “Super Size Me” crowd by losing weight on a fat-laden fast-food diet while demonstrating…
In his film Fat Head, Tom Naughton demonstrated that much of the official advice about healthy eating is wrong – so wrong that it’s created a record number of kids who are overweight, diabetic, and can’t concentrate in school. Fat Head Kids explains what kids need to know about diet…
In the early 1900s, an African-American man named Reverend M.J. Divine began a religious movement that would reach over a million followers at its peak, crossing racial divisions and advocating for gender and economic equality. Despite his influence and achievements, Father Divine is little remembered…
Language LT | Subtitles EN Director - Marat Sargsyan Director of photography - Linas Dabriška Producers - Dagnė Vildžiūnaitė, Jonas Špokas Editors - Jan De Coster, Marat Sargsyan Sound - Kostas Radlinskas Vidas Zenonas Antonovas has been recorded in the book of the most interesting…
The extraordinary story of Catholic priest and missionary, Father Clemente Vismara, is told in this compelling documentary. For an astounding 65 years, Father Vismara served the people of Myanmar (formerly Burma). In a culture where children were often abused, abandoned, or sold, Vismara established…
Kristopher, David and Sindre live in a multi-partner relationship, expecting their first child. Kristopher was born a woman and today identifies as a homosexual man. As the birth father he will be the first in Norway. The pregnancy is a small miracle, after enduring forced sterilisation at 18 in order…
One of the truly great modern heroes of Poland of the Communist era, a prophet, a man who gave up his life for his brothers, and whose execution brought about the downfall of Communism in Poland. Fr. Jerzy was born on the Feast of the Triumph of the Cross. He would prove to be a super strong catalyst…
