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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.
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
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.
December 16, 2011 Limited Netflix Blu-ray Netflix DVD
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
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
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.
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
Phil Ochs: There But Fo...
A documentary about the folk singer Phil Ochs.
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.
January 14, 2011 New York VOD / Digital
The Arbor
The true story of Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar (The Arbor, Rita, Sue and Bob Too) and her daughter Lorraine.
The Black Power Mixtape...
Documentary about the black power movement using previously unseen footage.
September 9, 2011 Netflix DVD New York VOD / Digital
The Interrupters
The stories of three Violence Interrupters who try to protect their Chicago communities from the violence they once employed.
Blank City
A disparate crew of renegade filmmakers who emerged from an economically bankrupt and dangerous moment in New York history.
Chasing Madoff
The true-life tale of investigator Harry Markopolos' meticulous, decade-long fight to reveal Madoff's widely destructive Ponzi scheme.
Circo
Set within a century-old traveling circus, a Mexican family struggles to stay together despite mounting debt, dwindling audiences, and a simmering family conflict that threatens this once-vibrant family tradition.
Garbo: The Spy
A documentary about a Spanish double agent during World War II.
November 18, 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.
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.
September 14, 2011 Limited
Life in a Day
Shot by filmmakers all around the world, the documentary aims to show future generations what it was like to be alive on the July 24, 2010.