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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

Carbon Nation

An optimistic, solutions-based, non-preachy, non-partisan, big tent film that shows tackling climate change boosts the economy, increases national and energy security and promotes health and a clean environment.

Completed

February 11, 2011 Netflix DVD New York

Bill Cunningham New York

For decades, the Schwinn-riding Bill Cunningham, cultural anthropologist, has been obsessively and inventively chronicling fashion trends and high society charity soirées for the New York Times Style section.

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March 16, 2011 New York VOD / Digital

Blank City

A disparate crew of renegade filmmakers who emerged from an economically bankrupt and dangerous moment in New York history.

Completed

April 6, 2011 Netflix DVD New York

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 Interrupters

The stories of three Violence Interrupters who try to protect their Chicago communities from the violence they once employed.

Completed

July 29, 2011 Netflix DVD New York

Corman's World's: Explo...

This documentary chronicles how Hollywood writer-director producer Roger Corman created his cult film empire, one low-budget success at a time, capitalizing on undiscovered talent, and pushing the boundaries of independent filmmaking.

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December 16, 2011 Limited Netflix Blu-ray Netflix DVD

Crime After Crime

Documentary on the legal battle to free Debbie Peagler, a woman imprisoned for over a quarter century due to her connection to the murder of the man who abused her. She finds her only hope for freedom when two rookie attorneys with no background in criminal law step forward to take her case.

Completed

July 1, 2011 Los Angeles Netflix DVD New York

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.

Completed

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.

Completed

May 18, 2011 Netflix DVD New York

Page One: A Year Inside...

In the tradition of fly-on-the-wall documentaries, the film gains unprecedented access to the New York Times newsroom and the inner workings of the Media Desk. With the Internet surpassing print as the public's main news source and newspapers all over the country going bankrupt, Page One chronicles the transformation of the media industry at its time of greatest turmoil.

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.

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February 23, 2011 Netflix DVD New York

The Sky Turns

Mercedes Alvarez was three years old when her parents left La Aldea, a village in the barren Northern Spanish Soria region. She was the last child born in La Aldea. Now, only fourteen people live there. Soon this village, like so many other rural communities all over the world, will be deserted. Alvarez returns for the first time to her ancestral home and makes a film about memory and the terrifying passing of time.

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February 11, 2011 Netflix DVD New York

Vigilante Vigilante

A new breed of crime-fighter now stalks the urban landscape: the anti-graffiti vigilante. These dedicated blight warriors stop at nothing to rid their neighborhoods and cities of street art, stickers, tags, and posters. Yet several of these vigilantes have become the very menace they set out to eliminate. In their relentless attempt to stamp out graffiti, they have turned to illegally and destructively painting other people's property.
Location: US - California

Cameraman: The Life and...

Jack Cardiff's career spanned an incredible nine of moving picture's first ten decades and his work behind the camera altered the look of films forever through his use of Technicolor photography. Craig McCall's film about the legendary cinematographer reveals a unique figure in British and international cinema.

Completed

May 13, 2011 Netflix DVD New York

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.

Completed

June 24, 2011 Netflix DVD New York

Granito: How To Nail A ...

A story of destinies joined by Guatemala’s past, and how a documentary film intertwined with a nation’s turbulent history emerges as an active player in the present.

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

Inni

Sigur Ros' November 2008 performances at London's Alexandra Palace, captured on rough, high-contrast monochrome HD.