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1) Musher
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A film about the lives of four sled dog racers (mushers) and their dogs. What it means to be a musher, and what it takes to be a sled dog, is revealed over the course of a year as they all wait out summer so they can train for the coming winter’s races. The film also explores the role of women in the sport, as dog mushing is one of just a few sports where men and women compete together.
2) Dogsville
Publisher
Filmhub, Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A tale of love and triumph in dog sports. Crocodile Crunch, a rescue mutt, excels in agility with Radical Rabbit and Posh Piranha. They challenge purebreds at the Agility World Championship, proving talent conquers privilege.
3) My Mercury
Publisher
A24
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
This is the story of Yves Chesselet, a 28-year-old conservationist and wild spirit, who leaves behind the pleasures and comforts of modern life to live on a remote island with only birds for company. Mercury Island, off the coast of Namibia, becomes the centre of Yves’ world as he makes a cruel pact with nature to wrest 15,000 seals off the island and return it to the critically endangered seabirds of the South Atlantic. The moral dilemma that ensues...
Publisher
Good Deed Entertainment
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When Beth James’ son Evan was diagnosed with autism in the early 90s, treatment options were limited. Doctors offered no practical advice for daily living and advised Beth to limit his social interactions. Rejecting these notions, Beth sets out to provide her son with a life filled with purpose and friendship. This heartfelt film is a sweet testament to the power of love and community by profiling a determined mom advocating for her son.
Publisher
Utopia
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A homage of one of the most influential bands of Alternative Music, which inspired the rock scene in the 1990s - including Nirvana. It is also the story of the eccentric guitarist and bandleader J Mascis, bass player Lou Barlow and drummer Murph not communicating with each other.A tragically funny and sometimes noisy rollercoaster ride by a dysfunctional family: Dinosaur Jr.
7) Lynch/Oz
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
The themes, images, and cultural vernacular of Victor Fleming’s The Wizard of Oz continue to haunt David Lynch’s filmography. Arguably, no filmmaker has so consistently drawn inspiration—consciously or unconsciously—from a single work. Through six distinct perspectives, Alexandre O. Philippe’s LYNCH/OZ helps us reexperience and reinterpret The Wizard of Oz by way of David Lynch, delivering new appreciations of both.
Publisher
MVD Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Fashion Designer and Mogul Elie Tahari has lived the American Dream for over 50 years. He came to New York in 1971, from Israel, with less than {dollar}100 in his pocket, slept on benches in Central Park, and went on to build a billion-dollar fashion empire. Only 3 fashion companies have lasted for more than 45 years and still run by their founders: Giorgio Armani, Ralph Lauren, and Elie Tahari.
9) Fire Music
Publisher
Submarine Entertainment
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Although the free jazz movement of the 1960s and ‘70s was much maligned in some jazz circles, its pioneers – brilliant talents like Ornette Coleman, Cecil Taylor, Sun Ra, Albert Ayler, and John Coltrane – are today acknowledged as central to the evolution of jazz as America’s most innovative art form. Fire Music showcases the architects of a movement whose radical brand of improvisation pushed harmonic and rhythmic boundaries.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Two celebrities hit the road in classic cars for a tour through Great Britain. With antiques experts by their sides, they search the local stores for treasures, competing to see who can turn a limited budget into a small fortune. Their adventures take them off the beaten path and allow them to learn about the little-known stories behind some of the greatest events in British history.
13) Jerry Lee Lewis
Publisher
A24
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
From director Ethan Coen. Jerry Lee Lewis is a paradox: the Killer who’s also a survivor; the choir boy who transformed into The World’s Greatest Sinner. But of all the tensions embodied by a man who was, at his peak, arguably both the greatest and most dangerous popular musician of his generation, the most compelling of all may be musical. What does it mean for somebody to be both a traditionalist and an innovator? To define their time while...
14) A Life in Waves
Publisher
Cineverse
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Explores the life and innovations of composer and electronic music pioneer, Suzanne Ciani. This documentary is a nostalgic look at one woman's journey, and the trials she overcame to succeed in a traditionally male-dominated art form.
15) New World Order
Publisher
SeeThink Films
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Years before QAnon, Birtherism or the mass shooting at Sandy Hook, conspiracy culture was already on the rise in America. The documentary NEW WORLD ORDER is a behind-the-scenes look at the underground “anti-globalist” movement of the late 2000s. Like a harbinger of the effects conspiracy culture would soon have on the rest of society, the film chronicles a young Alex Jones and other conspiracy theorists on their quests to expose a “massive global...
Publisher
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Jaimen Hudson’s spectacular aerial whale and dolphin imagery reached hundreds of millions of people online, but unbeknown to most he is confined to a wheelchair. Embarking on the greatest challenge of his life, he begins his quest to become the world’s first underwater cinematographer with quadriplegia.
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Animals teach us about life, loss, and resilience. Welcome to Liberty Wildlife, a rehabilitation and conservation center in the American Southwest. By caring for animals, we discover the relationships that connect all living things. We also explore the deep significance of feathers to Native American cultures. Narrated by Peter Coyote, this film celebrates the circle that makes our lives whole.
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
A fascinating documentary about an eccentric French millionaire's outlandish expedition through Canada's Rocky Mountain wilderness in 1934. Using never-before-seen archival footage and eyewitness testimony, the film unraveled the puzzle behind the mysterious Charles Bedaux. Was he just an eccentric crackpot, or was he really a member of a dark international elite, whose fortunes were tied to the Nazi plot for world domination?
Publisher
New Day Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A couple hours after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7th 1941, Ichiro Kataoka was the first San Francisco Japanese prisoner taken by the FBI from his hotel in Japantown. Through a series of unfortunate events, Ichiro would eventually reunite with his family roughly three years later in Topaz, Utah after President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066, which forced all Japanese residing on the West Coast to relocate to desolate Internment...
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