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Countdown to Zero
A documentary on the dangers of nuclear weapons with interviews from experts and world leaders.
Freakonomics
Based on the bestseller Freakonomics, where economist Steven D. Levitt uses statistics and theory to analyze pop culture.
Hubble 3D
Through the power of IMAX® 3D, Hubble 3D will enable moviegoers to journey through distant galaxies to explore the grandeur and mysteries of our celestial surroundings, and accompany space-walking astronauts as they attempt the most difficult and important tasks in NASA's history. The seventh film from the award-winning IMAX® Space Team, Hubble 3D will offer an inspiring and unique look into the Hubble Space Telescope's legacy and highlight its profound impact on the way we view the universe and ourselves.
Joan Rivers: A Piece of...
Documentary about the life and career of comedian Joan Rivers as she turns 75-years-old.
Kenny Chesney: Summer i...
Kenny Chesney, the biggest ticket-seller of this century in any musical genre, has wrapped his latest concert tour, the Sun City Carnival. This coming spring, Sony Pictures Releasing's special programming division, The Hot Ticket, will take audiences for another ride. For a limited engagement beginning in April 2010 in movie theatres nationwide, "Kenny Chesney: Summer in 3D", will give fans the chance to live the fun, the friends, the songs and the moments that make Kenny Chesney the must-see concert experience to kickoff the summer season.
Last Train Home
A family embarks on an annual journey, along with 200 other million peasant workers, to reunite with their distant family.
September 3, 2010 Limited VOD / Digital
The Nature of Existence
Filmmaker Roger Nygard wrote the toughest 85 questions he could think of -- about the purpose of life and the nature of existence -- then asked hundreds of people all over the globe.
Tibet in Song
Director Ngawang Choephel, traveled to Tibet in 1995 to make a documentary about Tibetan folk music threatened by the Chinese occupation. While there, he was accused of being a spy by the Chinese and imprisoned for an 18-year sentence, of which he served seven years before he was released under international pressure.
September 24, 2010 Netflix DVD New York
Waiting for Superman
"Waiting for Superman" examines the crisis of public education in the United States through multiple interlocking stories—from a handful of students and their families whose futures hang in the balance, to the educators and reformers trying to find real and lasting solutions within a dysfunctional system.
September 24, 2010 Netflix Blu-ray Netflix DVD New York / Los Angeles
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Directed by legendary producer Don Hahn ("Beauty and the Beast"), this documentary looks at an era of Disney animation celebrated by fans but not yet immortalized by historians. The film will cover the talent behind the movies of the 1980s and '90s, charting the success of such filmmakers as John Lasseter, Brad Bird, John Musker, Ron Clements, Glen Keane, Henry Selick, Tim Burton, and Don Bluth from their time at CalArts in the '70s through the early '90s boom that culminated with Hahn's record-setting hit, "The Lion King".
Waste Land
Follows artist Vik Muniz to his native Brazil and the world's largest garbage dump, Jardim Gramacho, located on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. There he photographs an eclectic band of "catadores" - or self-designated pickers of recyclable materials.
October 29, 2010 Limited Netflix DVD
8: The Mormon Proposition
A documentary about California's Proposition 8, which restricted the definition of marriage to opposite-sex couples, and the influence of Mormon involvement.
A Film Unfinished
The documentary examines an unfinished Nazi-produced film about the Warsaw Ghetto.
After the Cup: Sons of ...
In Israel, soccer is king, and Bnei Sakhnin has become the first team from an Arab town to win the prestigious Israeli Cup and represent Israel in European competition. Fielding Arab, Jewish and foreign-born players, owned by an Arab, and coached by a Jew, Bnei Sakhnins success has begun to represent a symbol of coexistence, a potential bridge between Arabs and Jews in Israel.
Boxing Gym
A documentary about Lord's Gym, an Austin Texas gym founded by a former professional boxer, and the training discipline to reach one's personal best.
October 22, 2010 New York
Dancing Across Borders
On a trip to Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia in January 2000, filmmaker Anne Bass came across a sixteen year old boy who moved her immensely with his amazing and seemingly natural charms and grace as a dancer. Having been a longtime devotee to the world of dance herself back in the United States, Anne felt compelled to give this young boy the opportunity to leave his home and follow a dream that she felt he hadn’t even yet seen for himself. From the serene countryside of Southeast Asia to the halls of the New York’s School of American Ballet to the stage of the Pacific Northwest Ballet in Seattle, "Dancing Across Borders" peeks behind the scenes into the world of dance and chronicles the intimate and triumphant story of a boy who was discovered, and who only much later discovered all that he had in himself.
Stonewall Uprising
The documentary tells the story of the police raid of the Stonewall Inn in June 1969 that lead to riots.
The Legend of Pale Male
A young man from Belgium looking to change his life has an unexpected encounter in Central Park when he meets a hawk. Compelled to follow this extraordinary creature, he buys a video camera and sets out to track the hawk.
November 24, 2010 Limited
The Most Dangerous Man ...
A documentary on Daniel Ellsberg, a high-level Pentagon official and Vietnam War strategist, who concluded that the war was based on lies and leaked 7,000 pages of top secret documents to The New York Times.
February 5, 2010 Limited Netflix DVD New York / Los Angeles VOD / Digital
Whiz Kids
A documentary that follows three high school seniors from diverse backgrounds as they prepare for the nation's most prestigious science competition.