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Born to be Wild

This film documents orphaned orangutans and elephants and the extraordinary people who rescue and raise them--saving endangered species one life at a time.

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April 8, 2011 Limited Netflix Blu-ray Netflix DVD

Laugh At My Pain

Funnyman Kevin Hart is back and starring in the theatrical version of his 2011 LAUGH AT MY PAIN comedy tour. Catch the original, never-before-seen Raw and Uncut backstage footage, and travel back to Philly with Kevin Hart where he began his journey to become one of the funniest and most successful comedians of all time.

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September 9, 2011 Limited Netflix DVD

Project Nim

The life of a chimpanzee who was raised like a human child as part of a pioneering 1970s experiment. The film combines interviews with participants in the experiment and archival footage to depict the chimpanzee's experience.

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July 8, 2011 Limited Netflix DVD

Thunder Soul

Thunder Soul tells the true story of Conrad O Johnson and the Kashmere Stage Band, a mediocre jazz band into a legendary funk powerhouse.

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September 23, 2011 Limited Netflix DVD

Apollo 18

The story follows film footage purported to have been shot by the crew of Apollo 18. This moon mission from the early 1970s was officially canceled by NASA, but according to urban legend, it actually happened. Footage shows signs of alien life, and the events of the mission are built into a thriller storyline.
Location: CA - British Columbia

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September 2, 2011 Nationwide Netflix Blu-ray Netflix DVD

Pina

"Dance, dance, or we are lost." Pina Bausch's final words summarize her life and provide the inspiration for director Wim Wenders' (WINGS tribute to the legendary choreographer. The documentary features interviews with and performances by Bausch's beloved original company members, and offers an indelible image of an artist who went the full distance in her uncommonly rich creative life.

Shut Up Little Man

When two friends tape-recorded the fights of their violently noisy neighbours, they accidentally created one of the world’s first ‘viral’ pop-culture sensations.

Troll Hunter

Focuses on a group of students who discover what they believe is a government conspiracy to keep the existence of trolls in the north of Norway hidden from the general public.

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June 10, 2011 Limited Los Angeles Netflix Blu-ray Netflix DVD VOD / Digital

United Red Army

The docudrama explores the political unrest of 1960s Japan, when mass student uprisings coincided with the beginnings of the far-left United Red Army group, which tortured and murdered its “deviant” members during a 1972 training session.

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May 27, 2011 VOD / Digital

Buck

A living legend in the horse world, Buck Brannaman was the inspiration for The Horse Whisperer. For this true cowboy, horses are a mirror of the human soul. Reared by an abusive father, Buck eschews violence. By teaching people to communicate with horses through instinct, not punishment, he frees the spirit of the horse and its human comrade. Crisscrossing the world with Zenlike wisdom, Buck promulgates grace in the bond between man and horse.

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June 17, 2011 Netflix DVD New York / Los Angeles

Cave of Forgotten Dreams

Documentary about the Chauvet caves in Southern France that contain the oldest known cave paintings.

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April 29, 2011 Limited Netflix Blu-ray Netflix DVD Sneak Preview

Conan O'Brien Can't Stop

Covers Conan O'Brien's live concert tour following his depature from The Tonight Show.

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June 24, 2011 Limited Netflix DVD VOD / Digital

Finding Joe

Exploration of famed Mythologist Joseph Campbell’s studies and their continuing impact on our culture.

Into the Abyss

An examination of a horrible crime through intimate conversations with those involved, including 28-year-old death row inmate Michael Perry, scheduled to die eight days after his interview.

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November 11, 2011 Limited Netflix Blu-ray Netflix DVD

Just Like Us

The documentary film uproots the widely held misconception that Arabs have no sense of humor - when in fact they laugh, and are, just like us. The documentary features Egyptian-American comedian Ahmed Ahmed, in his directorial debut, along with a host of critically acclaimed international stand-up comedians.

L'Amour Fou

The public life of Yves Saint Laurent was an extravagant spectacle, as a design prodigy and then the grand coutourier of a fashion empire, he influenced fifty years of style and was an icon to millions -- but few are familiar with the private life of the legend. In Pierre Thoretton's L'Amour Fou, Pierre Berge, the man with which YSL shared four decades of his life, reflects on the equally extravagant history of their personal relationship.

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May 13, 2011 Netflix DVD New York

Plastic Planet

Reveals the far-flung reaches of our plastic problem with interviews with the world’s foremost experts in biology, pharmacology, and genetics shed light on the perils of plastic to our environment and expose the truth of how plastic affects our bodies and the health of future generations.

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January 14, 2011 New York VOD / Digital

Tabloid

The salacious adventures of a beauty queen with an IQ of 168, whose single-minded devotion to the man of her dreams leads her on a labyrinthine crusade for love. Down a surreal rabbit hole of kidnapping, masochistic Mormons, risque photography, magic underwear, celestial sex, jail time and a cloning laboratory in South Korea, Joyce's fantastic exploits were constant headlines.

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July 15, 2011 Limited Netflix DVD

The Weird World of Blowfly

Documents story of Miami musician Clarence Reid and his alter ego Blowfly, the original dirty rapper. A major force in the Miami soul scene of the 60s and 70s, Reid wrote Top-10 songs for some of the greatest R&B acts of the era, while at the same time, his X-rated recordings and stage antics as Blowfly made him a star of the "party record" scene.

The Whale

A baby orca gets separated from his family and unexpectedly starts making contact with people along a scenic fjord called Nootka Sound.

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September 9, 2011 Limited Netflix DVD