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Topp Twins: Untouchable...
A documentary about the world’s only comedic, singing, yodelling lesbian twin sisters, Lynda and Jools Topp, whose political activism and unique brand of entertainment has helped change New Zealand’s social landscape.
Limelight
A documentary about legendary NYC nightclub owner Peter Gatien. Profiles Gatien’s rise and fall in the world of nightspot dominance as owner of Limelight, Tunnel, Palladium and Club USA.
September 23, 2011 Limited Netflix DVD
My Perestroika
Five ordinary Russians living in extraordinary times, from their sheltered Soviet childhood, to the collapse of the Soviet Union during their teenage years, to the constantly shifting political landscape of post-Soviet Russia.
The Arbor
The true story of Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar (The Arbor, Rita, Sue and Bob Too) and her daughter Lorraine.
Pearl Jam Twenty
Pearl Jam Twenty chronicles the years leading up to the band's formation, the chaos that ensued soon-after their rise to megastardom, their step back from center stage, and the creation of a trusted circle that would surround them-giving way to a work culture that would sustain them.
Location: US - Washington
September 20, 2011 Limited VOD / Digital
Rebirth
The nearly ten-year transformation of five people whose lives were forever altered on September 11, 2001.
The Whale
A baby orca gets separated from his family and unexpectedly starts making contact with people along a scenic fjord called Nootka Sound.
September 9, 2011 Limited Netflix DVD
Armadillo
In February 2009, documentary filmmaker Janus Metz accompanied a group of Danish soldiers at Armadillo, an army base in the southern Afghan province of Helmand. Metz and cameraman Lars Skree spent six months following the lives of young soldiers situated less than a kilometer away from Taliban positions.
Back Door Channels: The...
The film examines the personalities -- Menachem Begin, Anwar El-Sadat, and Jimmy Carter -- who drove the peace process along with the secret liaisons, communications, and third-party world leaders who played roles in forging the Camp David Accords.
September 16, 2011 New York VOD / Digital
Flying Monsters 3D
A 3D IMAX movie about the prehistoric world inhabited by pterosaurs -- flying vertebrates with a wingspan of up to 45 feet that lived alongside dinosaurs.
General Orders No. 9
An experimental documentary that contemplates the signs of loss and change in the American South as potent metaphors of personal and collective destiny.
How to Live Forever
The director takes a world trip to discover the secrets to extending life.
I Am
A first person documentary of Tom Shadyac (helmer of bigscreen comedies including "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" and "Bruce Almighty") on his unusual journey of self-discovery. Film includes interviews with Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn and Desmond Tutu, among others.
February 18, 2011 Limited Netflix DVD
Louder Than a Bomb
Four Chicago high school poetry teams prepping to compete in the world's largest youth poetry slam.
My Reincarnation
Yeshi, who was recognized at birth as the reincarnation of a famous spiritual master, considers departing from tradition to embrace the modern world.
October 28, 2011 Netflix DVD New York
Paul Goodman Changed My...
Paul Goodman was once so ubiquitous in the American zeitgeist that he merited a cameo in Woody Allen's Annie Hall. Author of legendary bestseller Growing Up Absurd, Goodman was also a poet, 1940s out queer and family man, pacifist, visionary, co-founder of Gestalt therapy—and a moral compass for many in the burgeoning counterculture of the '60s.
October 19, 2011 Netflix DVD New York
Public Speaking
Features Fran Lebowitz expressing insights on social issues in an onstage discussion with longtime friend Toni Morrison, and on the streets of New York.
February 23, 2011 Netflix DVD New York
The Harvest/La Cosecha
Children who work as many as 12 hours a day, six months a year in the scorching hot sun, without the protection of child labor laws. These children are not toiling in the fields in some far away land. They are working here, in our back yard, in America.
The Interrupters
The stories of three Violence Interrupters who try to protect their Chicago communities from the violence they once employed.
American: The Bill Hick...
An animated documentary drama on the legendary Texas outlaw comic Bill Hicks.