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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

Justin Bieber: Never Sa...

Justin Bieber will play himself in his life story. The pic will be sprinkled with performances from his current concert tour.

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February 11, 2011 Nationwide Netflix Blu-ray Netflix DVD

Magic Trip

A documentary about the psychedelic 1960s cross-country bus tour taken by Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters.

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August 5, 2011 Limited Netflix DVD VOD / Digital

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

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

Exporting Raymond

Follows Phil Rosenthal as he travels to Russia to meet about doing a local version of "Everybody Loves Raymond."

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April 29, 2011 Limited Netflix Blu-ray Netflix DVD

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.

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June 24, 2011 Netflix DVD New York

Hey, Boo: Harper Lee an...

Mary Murphy, who wrote the book, "Scout, Atticus and Boo: A Celebration of 50 Years of To Kill A Mockingbird"—reflects upon the impact of Harper Lee’s classic masterpiece with such personalities as Tom Brokaw, Mary Badham, Oprah Winfrey and James Patterson.

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May 13, 2011 Netflix DVD New York / Los Angeles

How to Live Forever

The director takes a world trip to discover the secrets to extending life.

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May 13, 2011 Los Angeles Netflix DVD New York

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.

Square Grouper

A documentary about Miami's pot smuggling culture in the 1970s and 1980s through three colorful stories of marijuana smugglers.

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April 15, 2011 Netflix DVD New York VOD / Digital

African Cats

Two cat families in East Africa teach survive on their power and their cunning, while they protect and teach their cubs the ways of the wild.

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April 22, 2011 Nationwide Netflix Blu-ray

Chasing Madoff

The true-life tale of investigator Harry Markopolos' meticulous, decade-long fight to reveal Madoff's widely destructive Ponzi scheme.

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August 26, 2011 Limited Netflix DVD

Garbo: The Spy

A documentary about a Spanish double agent during World War II.

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November 18, 2011 Netflix DVD New York

POM Wonderful Presents:...

Morgan Spurlock examines the world of advertising by making a film financed entirely by product placement.

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April 22, 2011 Limited Netflix Blu-ray 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

Rebirth

The nearly ten-year transformation of five people whose lives were forever altered on September 11, 2001.

The Arbor

The true story of Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar (The Arbor, Rita, Sue and Bob Too) and her daughter Lorraine.

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April 27, 2011 Los Angeles 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.

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July 29, 2011 New York VOD / Digital

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