Documentary
THE WRONG LIGHT
Produced by Shine Global, the Academy-Award winning non-profit production company behind Inocente, The Wrong Light tells the riveting story of a charismatic activist who leads a globally-regarded anti-trafficking NGO in Northern Thailand that provides shelter and education to young girls rescued from brothels. But as the filmmakers embed themselves at the shelter and meet the young girls and their families, discrepancies begin to emerge.
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EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE, ZOOPRAXOGRAPHER
A fascinating investigation into the work of photographer and cinema pioneer Eadweard Muybridge, Thom Andersen's (Los Angeles Plays Itself, Red Hollywood) much-lauded documentary incorporates a biographical overview of its subject with a re-animation of his historic sequential photographs.
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COUNTING [blu-ray]
Counting’s fifteen linked chapters conjoin city symphony, diary film, and personal/political
essay (documentary’s unruly stepchildren) to build a vivid portrait of contemporary life.
In Cohen’s 30 year exploration of documentary as a path of open inquiry, the
film is perhaps his most personal reckoning.
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COUNTING
Counting’s fifteen linked chapters conjoin city symphony, diary film, and personal/political
essay (documentary’s unruly stepchildren) to build a vivid portrait of contemporary life.
In Cohen’s 30 year exploration of documentary as a path of open inquiry, the
film is perhaps his most personal reckoning.
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BECAUSE I WAS A PAINTER
In 1945, when the Allies liberated the concentration camps, they discovered thousands of secretly created artworks. These drawings, hidden from the Nazis, offer an unparalleled view of life during the war. Because I Was a Painter conducts a gripping and fascinating investigation into art that captures, reflects and inspires in difficult times.
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MAIDAN
Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa, Maidan chronicles the civil uprising that toppled the government of Ukrainian president Victor Yanukovich and has since developed into an international crisis.
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ACTRESS
A film about starring in the movie of your life, Robert Greene's acclaimed documentary follows Brandy Burre, a former actress-turned-housewife (Burre had a recurring role on HBO's "The Wire") looking to make a comeback as the world she's carefully created begins to crumble around her.
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RED HOLLYWOOD
From filmmaker Thom Andersen (director of Los Angeles Plays Itself) and author Noel Burch (author of To The Distant Observer), Red Hollywood is a must for anyone interested in the history of film and the studio system. Remastered and re-edited, this fascinating documentary offers a radically different perspective on the films made by the victims of the Hollywood Blacklist.
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WHAT NOW? REMIND ME
Portugal's official submission to the 2015 Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language film, What Now? Remind Me is a stunning documentary by Joaquim Pinto - an instrumental figure in Portuguese cinema, who has been living with HIV for more than twenty years - as he looks back at his life in film, at his friendships and loves, and at the mysteries of art and nature.
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LOS ANGELES PLAYS ITSELF [blu-ray]
Never before released on home video, Thom Andersen's landmark documentary "Los Angeles Plays Itself," a fascinating look at the tangled relationship between the movies and their fabled hometown - as seen entirely through the films themselves - is finally available to own in a new remastered edition.
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