Classic Docs from Wide House

CLASSIC DOCUMENTARIES

WIDE HOUSE gives the following titles a second life as art and culture is timeless!

From every continent and for all audiences, we invite you to take your pick and give those titles the career they deserve.

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KAMPAI

by Mirai Konishi

DCP/HD • USA, Japan• 2015 • 94’

 Directed by: Mirai Konishi

Produced by: Synca Creation INC

Original languages: English, Japanese

The exploration of the traditional, complex, and secretive world of sake, often called Japanese rice wine, though the eyes of three distinctive outsiders who have devoted themselves to sake.

Sake, Japan’s national beverage, has been getting global popularity over the recent years. Brewed from rice and water with the help of Koji mold and yeast -- it seems so simple, and on surface, it is. But underneath this initial simplicity lies its deep world full of diversity, complexity, rich culture, and an ambiguity that’s both fascinating and frustrating.

KAMPAI! FOR THE LOVE OF SAKE unravels the story of several individuals from completely different backgrounds about their path with sake and its mesmerizing world. 

AVAILABILITIES

World except, Japan, USA (its territories and possessions), Canada, UK & Ireland, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taïwan, Australia & New Zealand, Turkey, all former Yugoslavia, Brunei, Mainland China.

MAMA AFRICA

by Mika Kaurismäki

DCP/HD • Germany, South Africa, Finland • 2011 • 90’ • Color/Black

 Directed by: Mika Kaurismäki

Produced by: Rainer Kömel

Co-produced by: Done Edkins, Mika Kaurismäki, Hans Robert Eisenhauer

Original languages: English, French

The many voices of Miriam Makeba !

The story of the late incredible and charismatic South African musical icon, Miriam Makeba.She traveled the world delivering a message against racism and poverty and fighting for equality and peace. MAMA AFRICA is a vibrant homage to this wonderful artist and civil rights activist.

AVAILABILITIES

World except Benelux, Portugal, Austria, Finland, France, Germany, South Africa, Sweden, German speaking Switzerland, USA and English speaking Canada, all Africa (TV rights)

THE BLACK POWER MIXTAPE 1967-1975

by Göran Hugo Olsson

HD - Sweden/USA - 2011 - 92'

Directed by: Göran Hugo Olsson

Produced by: STORY AB

Co-produced by: LOUVERTURE FILMS & SVERIGES TELEVISION

Original Languages: English, Swedish

The Black Power Mixtape examinates the evolution of the Black Power Mouvement in the black community and Dispora from 1967 to 1975. The film combines music, startling 16mm footage (lying undiscovered in the cellar of Swedish Television for 30 years), and contemporary audio interviews from leading African American artists, activists, musicians ans scholars.

AVAILABILITIES

World except all rights in North America, UK & Ireland, Italian speaking Europe, Sweden, Australia & New Zealand, South Africa, France, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Romania, Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia, Spain, Greece, Japan, all former Yugoslavia; Tv rights in The Netherlands (NPO3).

HAROLD AND LILLIAN:

A HOLLYWOOD LOVE STORY

by Daniel Raim

DCP/HD • USA • 2015 • 96’

Directed by: Daniel Raim

Produced by: Adama Films

Original language: English

From the Oscar® Nominated Director Daniel Raim and Executive Producer Danny DeVito.

HAROLD AND LILLIAN: A HOLLYWOOD LOVE STORY is a fascinating and humanistic account of the romantic and creative partnership of storyboard artist Harold Michelson and his wife, film researcher Lillian Michelson—a talented couple once considered “the heart of Hollywood.” Harold and Lillian worked on hundreds of iconic films during Hollywood’s golden age including The Ten Commandments, The Apartment, The Birds, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? The Graduate, Rosemary’s Baby, Fiddler on the Roof, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Scarface, Full Metal Jacket and more. Although the couple was responsible for some of Hollywood’s most iconic examples of visual storytelling, their contributions remain largely uncredited. Through an engaging mix of love letters, film clips and candid conversations with Harold and Lillian, Danny, DeVito, Mel Brooks, Francis Coppola and others, this deeply moving documentary chronicles their remarkable relationship and two extraordinary careers spanning six decades of movie-making history.

FESTIVALS:

Cannes Classics 2015 - Official Selection – WORLD PREMIERE

IFFR 2016 – Official Selection

Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2016 – Section Global Hollywood

AWARD:

Audience Award at the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival 2016

AVAILABILITIES

World except USA, Canada , Italian speaking Europe , Japan, India-SAARC & South-East Asia, South Korea (Free TV, non-exclusive VOD, pay public screenings), Finland (Internet rights), SPAIN (pay TV, VOD), ISRAEL (pay TV, VOD), Poland (TV rights).

SPECIAL FOCUS

TO TELL THE TRUTH

To Tell the Truth – two one-hour specials about art and history of documentary filmmaking, narrated by Alec Baldwin and numerous classic documentary films introduced by himself as well.

List of episodes available right now:

2 one-hour specials!

To Tell the Truth: Episode 1 - Working for Change (2016)

To Tell the Truth: Episode 2 - Strategy of Truth (2016)

27 films narrated by Alec Baldwin!

America Today / The World in Review (1933)

The Plow that Broke the Plains (1936)

Triumph of the Will (1935)

The River (1937)

Night Mail (1936)

Native Land (1942)

Primary (1960)

A Perfect Candidate (1996)

Times of Harvey Milk (1984)

Prelude to War (1943)

Autobiography of a Jeep (1943)

The Negro Soldier (1944)

December 7th (1943)

Battle of Midway (1942)

The Nazis Strike (1943) (not introduced by Alec Baldwin)

Night and Fog (1955)

The Secret Land (1948) (not introduced by Alec Baldwin)

Battle of San Pietro (1944) (not introduced by Alec Baldwin)

Salesman (1968)

Routine Pleasures (1989)

Always for Pleasure (1978) (not introduced by Alec Baldwin)

Bombay Beach (2011)

Grey Gardens (1975)

Crumb (1994)

Burdens of dreams (1982) (not introduced by Alec Baldwin)

Combat camera: The Pacific (2001) (not introduced by Alec Baldwin)

Best Boy (1979)

AVAILABILITIES

World except North America (its territories and possessions).

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