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That Summer
Three years before the Maysles’ landmark documentary Grey Gardens introduced the world to Edith and Edie Beale—the unforgettable mother-daughter (and Jackie O. relatives) living in a decaying dream world on Long Island—renowned photographer Peter Beard chronicled life at their crumbling estate during one summer in 1972. For the first time ever, director Göran Olsson (The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975) assembles this long-lost footage—featuring glimpses of luminaries like Andy Warhol, Mick Jagger, and Truman Capote.
The Unbinding
After discovering a strange statue in the Catskill Mountains, two hikers become the target of chilling paranormal phenomena. As the frightening activity escalates, occult museum curators Greg and Dana Newkirk are called to uncover the startling truth behind the haunted artifact.
The Fruit Hunters
Follows such fruit-obsessed folks like thesp Bill Pullman, Hawaii-based tropical fruit activist Ken Love and Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden curators Richard Campbell and Noris Ledesma.
Trashed
Trashed - No Place For Waste looks at the risks to the food chain and the environment through pollution of our air, land and sea by waste.
The End of Poverty?
A documentary about the causes of global poverty.
The Cats of Gokogu Shrine
Gokogu is a small, ancient Shinto shrine in Ushimado, Japan (Google Maps). Home to dozens of street cats, it is also known as Cat Shrine. Many people visit the shrine for various reasons: some to worship gods, others to enjoy gardening. Some people come to clean the shrine as volunteers while others just stop by on their way to fish Japanese sardinella –– and it is the perfect place for kids to play after school. It is a heaven for cat-loving residents and visitors, too. Gokogu looks peaceful on the surface, but it is also the epicenter of a sensitive issue that divides the local community. Master Soda started rolling his camera to observe and depict the aging, traditional community and its spiritual center Gokogu.
The New Radical
Profiles two crypto-anarchists as they face off against systems of control.
The Cancer Vaccine
A documentary special that will take viewers to the frontlines of the fight to cure cancer.
The Dissident
Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi was critical of his beloved Saudi Arabia and of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s policies. On October 2, 2018, Khashoggi entered the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul and never came out. His fiancée and dissidents around the world are left to piece together clues to his brutal murder—and in their dogged quest for truth, they expose a global cover-up perpetrated by the very country he loved.
The Dungeon Masters
The documentary tracks the adventures of three Americans who play Dungeons and Dragons.
The Last Road Trip: Par...
Set in the world's most spectacular off-road race. The film captures the spirit of the Lone Rider against the desert, as epitomized by deceased race founder Thierry Sabine and his racing compatriot Hubert Auriol. The movie tells the story of several of these teams as they attempt to complete the Dakar rally. Each year 300 riders set out from Paris to travel 5000 miles of breathtaking African sands in a race followed by several hundred million passionate fans in 156 different countries. This eighteen-day motorized marathon is the ultimate test of man and machine's attempt to cover nature. Traditionally beginning the first week of January, the race continues over three weeks and 6,000 miles as the entire convoy idles through France and Spain before letting it rip across the desert sands of Morocco, Mali, Mauritania, and Senegal. The exact route is constantly subject to change, due to the intense volatility of the region, but somehow the violent threat of local mercen! aries only adds to the rally's lore. Faced with such overwhelming obstacles as sandstorms, searing heat, deadly land mines, and desert mercenaries, the competitors have one goal: Arrive alive.
The White Planet
The movie looks at the changing seasons in the North Pole and their impact and the plants and animals that live there.
The Curve
Documentary/investigative thriller examining the decisions around the COVID 19 pandemic made by America’s leaders from mid-January to mid-April, leading to the current situation the U.S. is experiencing.
The Elephant Odyssey
The film chronicles the epic adventure of the wandering Asian elephants that captivated viewers around the world in 2020 and explores the beautiful, rarely seen world of Yunnan, China where the elephants (called Dá in the local Wa dialect) live.
The Fox & the Child
The story centers on a young girl and her friendship with the eponymous animal. An adult female narrator will relate the tale as a memoir of her childhood. The film will combine nature documentary footage with the aforementioned fictionalized story.
The Klarsfelds
Documents the story of real-life Nazi hunters Serge and Beate Klarsfeld.
The Log From the Sea of...
During a six week trip in 1940, John Steinbeck and a marine biologist travel by boat from Monterey to the Gulf of California, also known as the Sea of Cortés. They catalogue some 500 species during their time together.
The Meerkats
Shot using ground breaking filmmaking techniques, "The Meerkats" is a revealing and entertaining look at one family's daily struggle for survival in the harshest environment on earth. But what makes these natives of the African plains even more remarkable is a family dynamic which bears an uncanny resemblance to our own. Whether they are going through the routines of daily life or locked in a very real battle to stay alive, "The Meerkats" is an inspiring look at how one family's connection to each other and their surroundings stands as a model of resilience and fortitude for us all.
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