UNDERFIRE
The Untold Story of Pfc. Tony Vaccaro
An HBO Film.
Executive Produced by Tim Van Patten (Game of Thrones, Sopranos, Boardwalk Empire)
In 1943, Tony Vaccaro, a WWII Italian-American infantryman, smuggled his $47 portable camera into combat, and, in thousands of images, created the most comprehensive and intimate record of war. Shooting with gun and camera at great risk, Tony developed photos in combat helmets at night and hung negatives from tree branches. After the war, he kept these photos locked away for decades in an effort to forget the war. UNDERFIRE retraces Tony's moving journey through Europe, still very fit at 93, with these remarkable photographs that celebrate the life amidst the horror of war.
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LAST OF THELONGNECKS Coming in 2016. Available in 4K. In Post-Production.
With the energy of the smash hit Virunga and using unprecedented footage from giraffes' POV, Last of the Longnecks explores the plight of giraffes and the implications of their demise in our rapidly changing world.
Celebrating what makes these majestic animals so unique, it will also shed light on their struggle to examine what hope can be found in the tangled relationship between human and animal. It seems fitting then, that in uncovering their quiet demise, we discover humanity's greatest challenge: coexistence with the natural world. |
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WE'RE STILL HERE: Johnny Cash's Bitter Tears Revisited World Premiere & Official Selection @ IDFA 2015.
We're Still Here revisits the making of the 1964 Johnny Cash album Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian, a protest folk record advocating for Native American rights that was met with a severe backlash and placed him in the middle of fervent social upheavals gripping the US. The film includes performances and interviews from musicians Steve Earle, Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch, Rosanne Cash, and comes at a time when America is once again gripped by racial tension. |
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PLANETARY Before Greenpeace, this seminal moment in human history changed everything. In 1968, the biggest TV audience in history tuned in to watch as the crew of Apollo 8 made its most important discovery in space: our planet. It is these grainy television images that would galvanize many and jumpstart the burgeoning environmental movement. The film does not bombard the viewer with facts and calls to action. It takes them on a cinematic journey to experience our world like never before. PLANETARY does for the young and old what other climate change films do not: spark awe and reflection. Available in 4K. |
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HOMME LESS From Glam to Gutter Meet Mark Reay. Ambitious, well-dressed, and homeless. Follow the story that is making headlines around the world. From GQ to Playboy to Guardian, his tale of survival in New York City explores our contemporary climate of global inequality, urban displacement and creative passion. Grand Jury Prize, DOC-NYC, Filmfestival Kitzbühel Best Documentary. |
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JESUS TOWN, USA Comedic documentary about a small Oklahoma town and their ambitious yearly theatrical endeavor: staging the passion play with over 100 cast members to the backdrop of a bizarre reproduction of Jerusalem built in the foothills of the Wichita mountains. Despite being an 88-year-old tradition, the play is struggling to find an audience and the young man who plays the role of Jesus has a secret revelation that could change everything. *A SHOWTIME DOCUMENTARY FILM.
"Like a factual Napoleon Dynamite" -The Globe and Mail "Extraordinary" 4/5 stars -The Daily Mail "Strange and absorbing" -The Sunday Times *Pick of the week "Warm-hearted" -The Telegraph *Critic's choice "Off-beat...Splendid" -The Scotland Herald |
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DAVID& ME David & Me is a gritty, gut-wrenching story about two unlikely friends - a convicted murderer and a young filmmaker. David McCallum has served 29 years of a life sentence for a crime he did not commit. Despite a mountain of evidence that should exonerate him, Ray Klonsky and a pro-bono team are stymied by a justice system that has proven reluctant to release the wrongly convicted until the most remarkable thing happen... *Available in French & German Dubbed Versions |
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AN HONEST LIAR: PSYCHICS EXPOSED BBC Storyville Film One of the best reviewed documentaries of 2014... This masterful film explores the life of one of the world's greatest magicians, James "The Amazing" Randi, who used his skills to expose psychics and frauds all over the world, while retaining his very own life long secret. Tribeca World Premiere, AFI Docs Audience Award. |
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MARCH OF THE WHITE ELEPHANTS FIFA vs. The People Filmed during the dramatic protests against FIFA's 2014 World Cup in Brazil, the story follows a crusading journalist as he documents the rising discontent of citizens to debunk the conventional wisdom that the World Cup is an economic boost for the host country.
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