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WINGS OF LIFE

Our life on earth depends on a most unlikely love affair - one between flowers and the bees, butterflies, birds and bats which enable plants to reproduce. Flowers are no shrinking violets; their brilliant colors and exotic perfumes are designed to lure their pollinators, to intoxicate them with desire. These animals are drawn into an intricate dance of seduction, a dance on which more than one third of our food crops depend, a dance without which we could not survive.

Wings of Life presents a close-up look at these unsung heroes of the world’s food chain. Their hidden realms are full of intrigue, drama, and mesmerizing beauty. Yet they are increasingly threatened. And if they should disappear, we may too.

Year: 2013

Genre: Documentary

TRT: 80 Minutes - HD

Availability: Worldwide except N.A. & France

Website: 

http://nature.disney.com/wings-of-life

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WET BEHIND THE EARS

When Samantha, a bright-eyed graduate who plans to live in the city with her best friend, Victoria, can’t find employment due to lack of experience, she is forced to move back home and take a job at an ice cream parlor, where she is further demoralized by old classmates.  Meanwhile, feeling abandoned by her friend, Victoria struggles to find a suitable replacement roommate, while enduring corporate life and her boss’ egomaniacal demands.  But when Samantha convinces Victoria to use her corporate position as part of a shady business opportunity to solve their problems, the strain on their friendship comes to a head. Now, Samantha must figure out how to get her friend back, while still searching for a way to get her life on track.

Genre: Narrative

Add: Year 2014 - HD

Availability - Worldwide

TRT: 88 minutes

Website: www.wetbehindtheearsmovie.com

DRIVEN: From Wheel Chair To Race Car

Mike Bauer was born to be fast and chased his dreams – from acting and singing to motor sports - until a tragic motorcycle accident left him paralyzed and on the verge of suicide.  When he meets Dr. Scott Falci, a rehabilitative neurosurgeon and an amateur race enthusiast who recognizes Mike’s potential as a driver, they venture into the uncharted territory of designing a race car with adaptive controls designed for the paraplegic driver.  Will climbing behind the wheel of this new race car be enough to rehabilitate Mike’s damaged psyche?

Year: 2014

Genre: Documentary

Availability: Worldwide

TRT: 55 minutes 

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Johnny Depp's TRANSCENDENCE, New Doc Deepens the Discussion on Transhumanism - The Singularity

WELCOME TO THE MACHINE

Upon becoming the father to triplets, filmmaker Avi Zev Weider explores the nature of technology. Woven together with expert interviews and portraits of people who have intimate relationships with technology, WELCOME TO THE MACHINE takes the conversation away from the business of technology and the latest gadgets and leads the audience to ultimately consider questions of life and death, revealing that all discussions about technology are really about what it means to be human.

TRT: 85 minutes

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Year: 2013

Genre: Documentary

Availability: Worldwide

Website: http://welcometothemachinemovie.com/

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KIDS RIGHTS!

(The Business of Adoption)

In KIDS RIGHTS, filmmakers Michael Dudko and Olga Rudnieva, question whether everyone has the right to become a parent after personally witnessing Sir Elton John’s own failed attempt at adopting.  Their investigation leads them through the Himalayas, the urban slums of Ukraine, China, the United Kingdom, and the United States

Should all future biological parents be subjected to the same education, training, and criteria that prospective adoptive parents are subjected to? 

Year: 2014

Genre: Documentary

Availability: Worldwide

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Official website: www.kids-r.com

RIDE REPORT

Year: 2014

Genre: Documentary

Availability: Worldwide

RIDE REPORT filmmakers Tiernan Turner and Matt Kendall embark on a cross-continental road trip of a lifetime on nothing but their Suzuki motorcycles – 10,000 miles from Las Vegas to Rio de Janeiro. With no riding experience and little mechanical know-how, the two friends must battle themselves, carefully navigate through harsh, foreign environments, and solve engine failures and logistical nightmares in order to arrive in time for the world famous Carnival festival. Through the burgeoning, international social network of adventure riders and couch-surfers, they make life-changing connections with strangers and fellow travelers along the way and prove that despite all our fears, the world is full of kind and generous people.

Website: http://www.ridereportmovie.com/index2.php

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/89731079

AFTER THE END

TRT: 79 minutes
Genre: Documentary

Worldwide Righst Available

Directed by Andrew Morgan

Produced by Michael Ross

'After the End' is a documentary film about the effect of loss in each of our lives. Anyone who has ever lost a loved one will find solace and comfort in Andrew Morgan's delicate approach to life's most challenging experience. Following the stories of people who have each experienced the death of a loved one, the film explores what it means to lose someone without losing ourselves in the process. 

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAzFMXPLerM

AS HIGH AS THE SKY

After being jilted by her fiancé, Margaret manages her loneliness by obsessively and compulsively organizing her already perfect home. But when her older sister, Josephine, and ten-year-old niece, Hannah, arrive unexpectedly for what seems an indefinite visit, Margaret’s carefully structured life is thrown into disarray, forcing her to adapt to the duo’s free-spirited lifestyle and to confront the years of estrangement. But just as Margaret begins to embrace her new family, she discovers the truth behind Josephine’s visit.   

Year: 2014

Genre: Narrative

Availability: Worldwide

Trailer: www.ashighasthesky.com

Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies 

Director: Nicholas Eliopoulos

TRT: 102 minutes

Year: 2012

Genre: Documentary

Website: 

http://www.marypickfordthemuse.com/flash.htm

Availability: Worldwide

'Mary Pickford, The Muse of the Movies' traces the life and work of the legendary silent film star, movie pioneer, and keen business woman who co-created United Artists Studios. Pickford’s life (1892-1979) also parallels an even larger story, the telling of the “birth of the cinema” itself.  Mary, known as “America’s Sweetheart” was the first actress to earn one million dollars during a single year, and the only star to ever receive a 50% profit share of her movies.  Through restored vintage audio recordings, Pickford narrates her own story along with actor Michael York. Cameo interviews with Adolph Zukor, famed aviator Amelia Earhart, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Buddy Rogers, Lillian Gish, and rare home movies give the viewer an in depth look into the early world of American cinema.

LIVING THINGS

Year: 2014

Genre: Drama, Suspense

Availability: Worldwide

A yoga instructor committed to a vegan lifestyle, must entertain her red meat-loving, blue collar father-in-law, as she waits for her husband to join them for dinner.  When he attempts to apologize for a past insult, he instead starts a debate that escalates into a heated argument that scrutinizes her lifestyle, animal cruelty, climate change, health, morality, and spirituality.

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TOO SANE FOR THIS WORLD

Too Sane for This World explores the challenges, gifts, and unique perspectives of 12 adults on the autism spectrum.  Featuring an introduction by bestselling author and autistic activist, Dr. Temple Gradin, and interviews designed by adults on the spectrum, the film discusses many of the problems facing the autism community – from bullying to marginalization.  

Year: 2014

Genre: Documentary

Availability: Worldwide

TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgVDvV5p8hA

ITS BETTER TO JUMP

Directors: Patrick Stewart, Mouna Stewart, Gina Angelone

TRT: 73 Minutes

2014 BRAND NEW RELEASE

The ancient city of Akka, along the northern coast of Israel, is the home to a melting pot of Muslims, Christians, Jews, and Baha’i. For centuries, its surrounding forty-foot sea wall has protected its citizens and repelled invaders.  As the Old City endures harsh economic pressures and vast social changes, Palestinian families who have lived here for generations are being pressured to leave.   

IT’S BETTER TO JUMP captures the spirit of Akka’s Arab residents and the leap of faith they make towards self-determination and a better future.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsLIed94398&list=PLCOaARTycsUJ6sLR3Mq5GdPPPUlm4Pq03

FURIOUS BEAUTY:

A Hip-Hop Family

Director: Calvin Leung

TRT: 88 Minutes

2013

The soulful journey of a professional street dance company, Versa-Style, as they create an inspired theatrical stage show in Los Angeles.  Led by Jackie “Miss Funk” Lopez, a single Latina mother, and her partner Leigh “Breeze-Lee” Foaad, they pull together a dance company with young people from the street scene and the yards of Los Angeles’ public schools, infusing in them a sense of discipline and commitment.

 More than a dance troupe, Versa-Style redefines live dance and serves to upend prejudice about the hip hop lifestyle. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHopNVbTCbw

MAY I BE FRANK

Ex-addict Frank Ferrante is a 54 year old, 290 pound Sicilian-American from Brooklyn with Hepatitis C and an unquenchable appetite for women, on the look-out for a quick fix. But Frank wants to fall in love one more time before he dies. MAY I BE FRANK documents Ferrante’s transformation when he stumbles into the aptly-named vegan Café Gratitude. With Frank we witness the powerful effect of change through the inspirational quest for healthy living.

Director: Cary Mosier, Ryan Engelhart, Conor Gaffney, Gregg Marks

TRT: 97 minutes

Genre: Documentary, Healthy Living

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Availability: Worldwide

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZNKlUmFkG4

FORWARD 13: Waking up the American dream

Director: PAtrick Lovell

TRT: 90 minutes

2014 BRAND NEW RELEASE!

Struggling to survive after the 2008 global financial crisis, Patrick Lovell embarks on a journey to discover how the pursuit of the American Dream could drive millions of people to financial ruin.  FORWARD 13: WAKING UP THE AMERICAN DREAM features conversations with academics, Occupy Wall Street protestors, and real estate agents, which provide a fresh perspective on the economic collapse. 

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IeHz7vpFBk

THIS AMERICAN JOURNEY

TRT: 91 minutes
Genre: Documentary

As children, British actor Paul Blackthorne and Australian photographer Mister Basquali both fell in love with America. Later they each fulfilled their dream to live here, but after two wars, a near economic collapse, and uncertainty about the country's direction, these two expats began to have doubts -- was America still the great place they once dreamed of?

They drive across America to find out, interviewing random people about issues that affect and confront us all. From the ghetto to the gun show, the courthouse to the cattle yard, they are touched by the wisdom and insight of the people they meet.

This American Journey is a cinematic postcard from the people to the people, teaching us that hearts can be healed at the most unexpected times and in the most unexpected places.

trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFamT8lfOO4

Lucky Express:

India's forgotten children

TRT: 86 minutes
Genre: Documentary, Social Consciousness

Directed by Anna Fischer

Produced by Thomas Simon

Executive Producer Anna Fischer

Lucky Express is a full length feature documentary that winds through India’s railways and stations, in the company of destitute children who have made  the vast network of India's Railways the place they call home. Confiding their life stories, fears, hopes and dreams, these disowned and abandoned youngsters  astonishingly entrust their sobering reality to Lucky – former train station vagrant. Through him, we experience a rare and intimate connection, living as a kid in India's underbelly. BRAND NEW 2013 RELEASE

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kkfVaf0nUw

BERNADETTE

TRT: 76 minutes
Genre: Documentary

Bernadette was born with the biggest disease no one has ever heard of... until now. Watch as she rises from living in obscurity to becoming, in the words of her late father, the face of CMT (Charcot Marie Tooth disease). Affecting over 2.6 million worldwide, CMT is a nerve and muscle disorder that causes it's victims to deteriorate over time. There is no cure. It is a family secret. It goes undiagnosed and misdiagnosed way too often. In some cases, it can be fatal. This project is the first full length film on this subject. It uncovers the truths, frustrations, and misconceptions about CMT. Along the way, there is tragedy, spiritual rebirth, a beautiful female partnership, surgery, and yes, even a few laughs. 

Bonus features: Photo Gallery, Trailer

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJppka52-Ag

GENETIC CHILE

TRT: 61 Minutes

Genre: Documentary

An eye-opening look at the world of genetically modified foods through the lens of New Mexico’s iconic chile pepper. The chile pepper defines New Mexican cuisine and is considered a sacred plant by many cultures. Despite overwhelming evidence of gene flow, persistent safety questions, predatory multinational agribusiness corporations and potential economic damage, the State of New Mexico funded research to produce a GMO chile. First time for a US state. Because the funding is public, filmmaker Chris Dudley, was able to force a rare interview with a genetic researcher at NMSU. This film is packed with information about the harmful use of GMO technology and the ignorance shown by the proponents of GMO crops.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cETcYgOIL54

Robert Williams Mr. Bitchin'

TRT: 89 minutes
Genre: Documentary, Biography, Art

Executive Producer: Stephen Nemeth

Featuring: Suzanne Williams, George DiCaprio, Mat Gleason, Don Ed Hardy, Debbie Harry, Anthony Kiedis, Ed “Big Daddy” Roth, Axl Rose, Tony Shafrazi, Slash

Robert Williams was an artist in search of a movement. A prolific oil painter, whose painstakingly detailed work often featured naked women, death, destruction, booze and clowns, he didn’t quite fit the fine art mold.  In the early 1960s he was confronted with trendy abstraction and superficial pop art. Schooled in the Hot Rod Culture of Ed “Big Daddy” Roth and Von Dutch, he emerged as a leader in the Underground Comic revolution along with R. Crumb, contributing regularly to Zap Comix. When he started Juxtapoz Magazine in 1994, his movement found him. By 2010 the art world could ignore him no longer and he was included in the prestigious Whitney Biennial at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. ROBERT WILLIAMS MR. BITCHIN documents this  influential artist as he rises to the top of the art world, always an outsider.

Bonus Features: Art Gallery, Trailer

View Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EhPY3z3MXY

Adventures in Plymptoons

TRT: 85 minutes

Genre: Art, Biography

Adventures in Plymptoons! is a documentary film about Oscar-nominated animator Bill Plympton. This is a portrait piece that includes interviews with family, friends, colleagues, critics, and fans. After graduating from Portland State College with a degree in Art, Plympton took himself and his dreams to New York City. There, he worked as an illustrator and had his art featured in publications such as the New Yorker, Hustler, Penthouse and Playboy. 

Adventures in Plymptoons! features interviews with Tom Kenny (voice of SpongeBob), David Silverman (director for The Simpsons Movie), Academy Award winner Keith Carradine, Martha Plimpton (The Good Wife), Matthew Modine (Full Metal Jacket), Ed Begley, Jr., Peter Jason, Moby and “Weird Al” Yankovic.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fR-cXWqumI

No Subtitles Necessary (with Dennis Hopper Tribute - Independent Lens PBS)                  

With film school equipment, they shoot the Soviet crackdown of the 1956 Hungarian Revolt. As refugees they struggle working in the underbelly of Hollywood, finally breaking into the mainstream with their pivotal contribution to cinema in films like Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces, Paper Moon, McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Scarecrow, Frances, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and The Deer Hunter. Featuring interviews with Karen Black, Peter Bogdanovich, Sandra Bullock, Richard Donner, Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Ellen Kuras, ASC, Tatum O’Neal, Bob Rafelson, Vittorio Storaro, AIC, ASC, Jon Voight, Haskell Wexler, ASC, John Williams and Sharon Stone, their conversations are woven with awe inspiring clips from the memorable films Kovacs and Zsigmond shot. However, their profound friendship forged in adversity is perhaps the greater story. This an intimate portrait of two giants of modern image making and their deep bond of brotherhood that transcended every imaginable boundary. Two heroes. One road.

Director: James Chressanthis

TRT: 86 minutes

Year: 2009

Genre: Documentary

Website: 

Availability: Worldwide

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3PJz_hZyX0

South of the Border - Oliver Stone

There's a revolution underway in South America and Academy Award winning director, Oliver Stone sets out on a road trip across five countries to explore the social and political movements as well as the mainstream media's misperceptions of South America while interviewing seven of its elected presidents. Stone gains unprecedented access and sheds new light upon the exciting transformations in the region.

TRT: 78 minutes

Year: 2010

Genre: Documentary - HD

Availability: Worldwide

trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY75vwg13hk

THE BIG FIX **NEW**

"The Big Fix," the havoc it wreaked is far from over. Filmmakers Josh and Rebecca Harrell Tickell ("Fuel") used their cameras to expose the ugly truth after a visit to Josh's native New Orleans, when it became clear that the problems are ongoing and getting worse. The Big Fix” presents a compelling array of damning testimony from EPA officials, journalists, scientists and politicians as well as emotional scenes of distraught residents, a number, like Rebecca Tickell, experiencing troubling physical symptoms in the wake of the disaster.”

Starring: Peter Fonda, Michelle Rodriguez and Amy Smart        Director: Josh Tickell

TRT: 90 minutes

Year: 2012

Genre: Documentary

Website: 

Availability: Worldwide

Trailer: http://www.thebigfixmovie.com/

Beatles Stories **NEW**

Songwriter Seth Swirsky grew up in the 1960s idolizing the Beatles –their songs, their sound and their style. In 2004, he set out, video camera in hand, to talk to people who had crossed paths with his heroes. From Sir Ben Kingsley to Sir George Martin, and Beach Boy Brian Wilson to astronomer Brian Skiff, Swirsky filmed hundreds of personal recollections from people who knew them well to those who just had an unforgettable encounter.

Others who shared their recollections of the Fabs include: actors Henry Winkler (aka “The Fonz”) and Jon Voight; former Beatles recording engineers Norman “Hurricane” Smith, Ken Scott, and John Kurlander; musicians Smokey Robinson, Jackie DeShannon, Graham Nash, Davy Jones, Susanna Hoffs and Art Garfunkel, among dozens of others.

Swirsky found stories in unexpected places getting Beatles intimates to open up–neighbors, tour mates, business associates, even former girlfriends–all telling stories you’ve never heard before! Longtime Beatles friend and personal assistant Tony Bramwell calls Beatles Stories, “A Magical Mystery Tour de Force!”

Director: Seth Swirsky

TRT: 85 minutes

Year: 2012

Genre: Documentary

Website: 

Availability: Worldwide

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38iOawnmwfU

Touch **NEW**

At V.I.P. Nails, a Vietnamese-American manicurist named Tam has a new customer, Brendan, a shy mechanic who literally has a problem on his hands. He can never get rid of the oil stains around his nails and when he tries to be intimate with his aloof wife, she always rejects him with the same excuse, “Your hands are filthy!”

Desperately seeking to save his marriage, Brendan goes to the nail salon every day where Tam does more than scrub his hands clean. She also offers him advice on how to get his wife to love him again. But soon, Tam and Brendan find themselves drawn to each other, an attraction which becomes harder and harder to resist. This sensual film explores the sense of touch and its emotional impact; how with just a simple touch, we can reveal our deepest longings, give the utmost pleasure to others, and even heal a wounded soul.

Director: Minh Nguyen

TRT: 109 minutes

Year: 2013

Genre: Narrative, Drama

Website: 

Availability: Worldwide

Trailer: http://touchthemovie.com/

The Happy Poet 

THE HAPPY POET is an all-organic, mostly vegetarian comedy about Bill, a struggling poet who pours his heart, soul, and last few dollars into starting a healthy food stand, surprising friends and customers with his dry wit and offbeat passion. Motivated by help from a rag-tag group of supporters and a budding romance with a poetry-loving customer, Bill strives to make a difference in the world, until surprising complications jeopardize his new friendships and threaten Bill’s dreams for a hot dog-free future. THE HAPPY POET cleverly re-works the classic American film story of the underdog struggling against the system, adding a dose of deadpan humor and a fresh take on a young generation’s interest in the intersection of a social conscience and the food we eat.

Director: Paul Gordon

TRT: 85 minutes

Year: 2010

Genre: Narrative, Comedy

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBewWdwEOEU

Availability: Worldwide

Lost Angels: Skid Row Is My Home **NEW**

Narrated by Catherine Keener, LOST ANGELS: SKID ROW IS MY HOME takes an uncompromising yet life-affirming look at the lives of eight remarkable individuals--people who have found a way to make a life for themselves within the community of homelessness. The film shows how their descent into society's basement has been exacerbated by the forces of gentrification and the increasing criminalization of homeless people, while exposing the draconian changes to the mental health care system that have brought us here.

With the support of a vast array of advocates, especially the services of Lamp Community, the mission featured in the Jamie Foxx/ Robert Downey Jr. film, THE SOLOIST, many residents of Skid Row have found a way to stick together and fight back.

Directed by Thomas Napper, LOST ANGELS demonstrates how proactive approaches to homelessness-most specifically that of providing housing-are helping many to recover from mental illness and substance abuse and to find stability. For many, Skid Row is, perhaps improbably, the last place to find refuge and build a life of meaning...proving that sometimes home is where the help is.

Director: Thomas Napper

Producer: Agi Orsi

TRT: 75 minutes

Year: 2013

Genre: Documentary

Website: http://www.skidrowismyhome.com/

Trailer: http://youtu.be/a6xMTtzmT4Q

Availability: Worldwide

Dirty Energy **NEW**

On April 20th, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded off the Gulf of Mexico, killing eleven BP workers and spewing 200 million barrels of oil into the ocean. DIRTY ENERGY brings to light the personal stories of the Louisiana fishermen and local residents directly impacted by the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history. Filmmaker Bryan D. Hopkins gains intimate access to the lives and homes of these people, as they struggle to rebuild their lives and contend with emerging health crises related to the toxic dispersants used to clean up the spill. DIRTY ENERGY paints a poignant portrait of the human cost of the calamity, and the systematic failure by BP and the U.S. Government to effectively and transparently manage the environmental impact.

Director: Bryan D. Hopkins

TRT: 94 minutes

Year: 2012

Genre: Documentary

Website: http://www.dirtyenergymovie.com/

Availability: Worldwide

BURNING IN THE SUN **NEW**

Twenty-six year old charmer Daniel Dembélé is equal parts West African and Italian, and looking to make his mark on the world. Seizing the moment at a crossroads in his life, Daniel returns to his homeland in Mali to start a local business building recycled solar panels from scraps – the first of its kind in this sun-drenched nation near the Sahara Desert. Daniel’s goal is to electrify the households of rural communities, 99% of which live without power. BURNING IN THE SUN is the story of Daniel’s journey of growing his idea into a viable company, and to see his dream of improving the lives of his countrymen realized, beginning with the small village of Banko. With controversial stances on sustainable energy, poverty, and African self-sufficiency, the documentary explores what it means to become your own man and the small steps that can change the destiny of a nation.

TRT: 85 minutes

Year: 2012

Genre: Documentary

Website: http://burninginthesun.wordpress.com/

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LEMON **NEW**

A three-time felon and one-time Tony Award winner, Lemon Andersen’s deeply personal art reflects his rough upbringing on the streets of Brooklyn. After losing both parents to drugs and eventually AIDS, Lemon discovered poetry while serving time. Through raw talent and unstoppable drive, he found himself on Broadway, starring in Russell Simmons’ Def Poetry Jam. But when the show closed, he lost everything and moved his wife and two small daughters back to the projects to live with thirteen family members.

Desperate for a way out, he turns to the only things he has left, his pen and his past. LEMON follows one man’s three-year journey to adapt his life story for the New York stage while battling his darkest demons. It brings to life the anguish of a generation of men clinging to the margins but fighting for something more. A beautifully crafted film that features a surprise turn by Spike Lee and music by hip-hop phenoms Kanye West, Mos Def, Talib Kweli and Aloe Blacc.

Produced by Russell Simmons    Directed by: Beth Levinson & Laura Brownson

TRT: 83 minutes

Year: 2012

Genre: Documentary

Website: http://www.lemonthemovie.com/

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The Sun Came Out: 7 Worlds Collide 

Neil Finn (Crowded House) gathered together musicians from across the globe in New Zealand: Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam), Johnny Marr (The Smiths), Phil Selway and Ed O’Brien from Radiohead, Sebastian Steinberg (Soul Coffin), Lisa Germano, KT Tunstall and Wilco to record an album of new songs in three weeks with proceeds going to Oxfam. The Sun Came out is a behind the scenes look as these amazing artists conceive, write, record, and perform the songs.

Director: Simon Mark-Brown

TRT: 92 minutes

Year: 2012

Genre: Documentary, Music

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqhxFuKSFas

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The Highest Pass 

THE HIGHEST PASS is a motorcycle journey through the Himalayas of India and over the highest motorable road in the world. The film follows a dare devil yogi leading seven Americans to make decisions about life and death while traversing steep, icy cliffs and the chaos of India’s “road killer” traffic. Carrying a prophecy of death in his late twenties, their yogi leader, Anand, inspires us to question what it means to truly live and pushes the riders to the limits of the teachings:

“Only the one who dies, truly lives.”

Director: Jon Fitzgerald

TRT: 89 minutes

Year: 2012 - Worldwide Rights Available

Genre: Documentary

Website: http://www.thehighestpass.com

                                     Save The Farm - PBS

SAVE THE FARM tells the story of the largest urban farm in the United States, a 14-acre organic farm sitting right in the middle of South Central Los Angeles. Over 350 farmers cultivated this farm, which fed their families and community and created an urban oasis for more than 14 years. But when the city sells this public land to a developer in a closed door session, activists and celebrities stage an 11th hour tree sit to try and save the farmers from eviction. Although this film depicts one local story, the mission of filmmaker Michael Kuehnert is to demonstrate that urban farming is a successful and sustainable solution for local and organic food in cities everywhere.

TRT: 30 minutes

Year: 2010

Genre: Documentary

Website: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDDIH55WznU

Availability: Worldwide

Heaven Strewn

Heaven Strewn follows best friends Mickey Feathers and Jasper Fanning. Mickey is looking to recover his losses from a botched counterfeiting transaction and has learned the coordinates of a looming drop by those who burnt him. He must now persuade Jasper to help him under the ruse of meteorite hunting. However, Jasper has imperative issues of his own to deal with. His girlfriend is pregnant and his job as a staff writer for the Los Angeles Chronicle is in peril. Eventually persuaded to hit the road the pair stumbles onto a major find. The discovery thrusts each into immediate danger and threatens to radically transform the fabric of their friendship.

Director: Jeremiah Gurzi

TRT: 78 minutes

Year: 2012 - Worldwide Rights Available

Genre: Thriller, Mystery, Crime, Drama

Website: http://www.heavenstrewn.com/

Norman Mailer: The American 

A provocateur, a rebel, a performer, and a true American, Norman Mailer never stopped giving people something to talk about. This documentary goes beyond the Mailer of the book shelves and NY Times best seller list to Mailer the social critic, family man, filmmaker, and lover. Here's a look into the life of a complex, intellectual, working class hero.            

Director: Joseph Mantegna

TRT: 60 minutes

Year: 2012

Genre: Documentary

Website: http://normanmailertheamerican.com

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The Children's War

Filmmaker, Andrew Krakower, was set to do a film about the successful reversal of AIDS infection rates in Uganda when locals began to tell him of a hidden battle raging in the North. Stories of unspeakable atrocities compelled Krakower to journey north despite warnings by the locals that it was far too dangerous. Along the way, he became aware of the Lord’s Resistance Army and the 24-year long rebellion led by cult rebel leader, Joseph Kony. As he learned more about the war, Krakower and his crew changed their focus and this film.

Hear the stories of the children who live in constant fear of kidnap, forced slavery and decimation of family. Listen to the children who escaped and survived in spite of their capture. Witness the only existing interview of Kony, who claims spirits have aided him throughout this fight. Discover how the Acholi people find a way of life among corrupt government soldiers whose protection from the rebels are accompanied by their own heinous abuses of power.

Director: Andrew Krakower

TRT: 64 minutes

Year: 2010

Genre: Documentary

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vujRUpYNMfQ

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Ethos: A Time for Change

Hosted by twice Oscar nominated actor and activist Woody Harrelson, Ethos lifts the lid on a Pandora's Box of systemic issues that guarantee failure in every aspect of our lives, from the environment to our democracy and our own personal liberty. From conflicts of interest in politics to unregulated corporate power, to a military industrial complex that just about owns our government. We cannot change our system until we know how it works and this film, with interviews from some of today's leading thinkers, will show you how to make meaningful and sustainable change. We can live in peace and justice in a clean environment and Ethos will show you how.

Director: Pete McGrain

TRT: 68 minutes

Year: 2012

Genre: Documentary

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-6HgsJkRYk

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Patriocracy

Patriocracy: a voice of reason in the age of polarization. Patriocracy is a non-partisan examination of Washington dysfunction. Alan Simpson, Bob Schieffer, Eleanor Clift, Pat Buchanan, Senator Mark Warner and Senator Kent Conrad are just a few of the notable Washington personalities who offer their valuable perspectives. Patriocracy drills down and illustrates the forces that drive a wedge into the middle ground of America and the solutions required to move forward.

Director: Brian Malone

TRT: 90 minutes

Year: 2012 - Worldwide Rights Available

Genre: Documentary

Website: http://patriocracymovie.com

The Best Government Money Can Buy 

THE BEST GOVERNMENT MONEY CAN BUY? is the first behind-the-scenes, comprehensive, non-partisan examination of the system of lobbying in Washington, DC.

The cost of election campaigns has spiraled out of control, to the extent that, on average, our representatives spend more than 25% of their time fund-raising.   Even our Presidents regularly interrupt the nation’s work in order to spend time fund-raising!

Veteran documentary film-maker, British-born Francis Megahy, makes a journey of discovery as he tries to answer some questions which puzzle him: who provides the money? What effect does it have? How is it connected to the financing of political campaigns?  And most crucial, is it in the public interest?

THE BEST GOVERNMENT MONEY CAN BUY? explores the issue through interviews with real Washington beltway insiders, key participants in the process – who often speak with surprising candor.

Director: Francis Megahy

TRT: 76 minutes

Year: 2010 - Worldwide Rights Available

Genre: Documentary

Website: http://www.thebestgovernmentmoneycanbuy.com/

FUEL 

FUEL  is an insightful portrait of America’s addiction to oil and an uplifting testament to the immediacy of new energy solutions.

Director, Josh Tickell, a young activist, shuttles us on a whirlwind journey to track the rising domination of the petrochemical industry — from Rockefeller’s strategy to halt Ford’s first ethanol cars to Vice President Cheney's petrochemical company sponsored energy legislation — and reveals a gamut of available solutions to "repower America" — from vertical farms that occupy skyscrapers to algae facilities that turn wastewater into fuel. Tickell and a surprising array of environmentalists, policy makers, and entertainment notables take us through America’s complicated, often ignominious energy past and illuminate a hopeful, achievable future, where decentralized, sustainable living is not only possible, it’s imperative.

Director:     Joshua Tickell

TRT:            112 min

Year:           2008

Featuring:    Joshua Tickell, Woody Harrelson, Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow and Julia Roberts

Genre:         Documentary

Festival:       WINNER - Best Documentary Audience Award at Sundance 2008

Website:      http://www.thefuelfilm.com

IMAGINE IT!

Imagine It! is designed to provide a forum for discussion around the power of big ideas in action and to inpire people to imagine a better world by connecting imagination and creativity with science and engineering in education.

Hear from innovators, scientists and authors, such as Ray Kurtzweil and Sally Ride, who are joining a movement to get creative thinking and the arts back into schools. Imagine It! will help the public to have a better understanding of the importance of science, engineering and technology and hopes to inspire the next generation of innovators.

The film reports on the promise of a new youth culture engaging their curiosity to change the world, empowered by science, technology, education…and desire.

Director: Rudy Poe

TRT: 52 minutes

Year: 2011

Genre: Documentary

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtmQduzafdw

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THE FORGOTTEN BOMB - The Dark History of Nuclear Weapons 

With the unexpected death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and the succession of his untried twenty-eight year old son Kim Jong Un, the threat of nuclear escalation looms once again. Stuart Overbey journeyed for 4 years around the world gathering a comprehensive perspective of the various sides of the nuclear weapons debate, while surveying the nuclear weapons cycle and its continuing effect on the world today. This deeply inspiring documentary explores our pre-conceptions about nuclear weapons and their history, investigates how they inform our sense of identity and discovers what the Bomber can learn from the Bombed.

Director: Stuart Overbey

TRT: 94 minutes

Year: 2011

Genre: Documentary, Current Affairs

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjoIt3aoXHI

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Shadow of Afghanistan

1959-2012 

Filmmakers Jim Burroughs and Suzanne Bauman have a wealth of footage from more than 20 years of following this story, as well as compelling footage from the 1950’s and ‘60’s showing life in Afghanistan before the war. The witnesses recall events and tell the story over time – they grow older through the film.

This is the epic story of Afghanistan seen through the eyes of an Afghan warrior, independent filmmakers and a small group of independent journalists, two who died covering the story. The filmmakers spent more than 20 years capturing the Soviet occupation, the exile of millions of refugees maimed by Soviet mines, a violent civil war, the fatal alliance of the Taliban with al-Qaeda, the invasion by United States forces and people still determined to survive to this day.

Director: Jim Burroughs

TRT: 90 minutes

Year: 2012

Genre: Documentary

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuWq84019nA

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God Went Surfing With The Devil 

In 2006, when Israel sealed off the borders into the region, that ended the free-flow of people and goods. Shortly thereafter, it emerged that a small group of young men were surfing in Gaza, sharing battered surfboards and used gear. From first-time director, Alexander KlOFFICIAL ein, comes an inspirational film that charts the difficulties and dangers encountered by surfers in Gaza and how a non-profit group would attempt to deliver 23 surfboards into the region. Along the way, Israelis, Arab-Israelis and Palestinians who are affected by the violence, speak candidly about their daily struggle to supersede the conflict through the pure joy of surfing.

Director:         Alexander Klein

TRT:                84 minutes

Year:               2010

Genre:            Documentary

Festival:          OFFICIAL SELECTION – Santa Barbara Int’l FF, Hawaii Int’l FF

Website:         www.godwentsurfing.com

Pirate For The Sea 

PIRATE FOR THE SEA is a biographical film of Captain Paul Watson, the youngest founding member of Greenpeace Canada.  He organized early campaigns protesting the killing of seals, whales, and dolphins.  Greenpeace ejected him for being too much of an activist.  Starting his own organization, the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, he went on to sink illegal whaling ships, stopped Canadian seal hunts for ten years, permanently halted sealing in British Isles, killing of dolphins on Iki Island, Japan, etc.  This documentary witnesses his latest campaigns and explores the personal and environmental history of this controversial marine conservationist.

Director:      Ron Colby

TRT:             100 mins

Year:           2009

Featuring:    Paul Watson

Genre:          Documentary

Website:       www.artistsconfederacy.com/pirateforthesea

 Eye Of The Future

Five children of UN ambassadors are called by the Earth to imagine a new sustainable future for our global society. From within the Earth's center (limbo space), they work together to reduce humanity's global carbon footprint by exchanging stories and experiences from their parents' world. Collectively they decide to scale back existing technologies and create sustainable designs that lead to a steady decline in global carbon. However, the Earth's systems have already reached a critical point which could result in an irreversible climate crisis. Can the children respond to the Earth's urgent message in time to prevent this catastrophe?

Director: Catherine Cunningham

TRT: 45 minutes

Year: 2011

Genre: Documentary

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wqq6mEX2rg

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A Second Knock At The Door 

A Second Knock at the Door is an award-winning documentary that offers a rare glimpse into the lives of military families dealing with the loss of loved ones to friendly fire. Through interviews and investigative reports, this film explores key incidents that forced families of the fallen to embark on individual but integrally linked quests for the truth after the Army attempted to bury the truth within the "fog of war."

Unwilling to allow these soldiers to be defined by their death, A Second Knock at the Door explores the men outside of their uniforms through the eyes of the communities that saw them not only as heroes but as sons, husbands, fathers, fiancés, and friends.

Director: Christopher E. Grimes

TRT: 92 minutes

Year: 2012

Genre: Documentary

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMV38UxO524

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THE END OF POVERTY?  

Looking beyond the popular solutions proposed to stop poverty, THE END OF POVERTY? explores whether the true causes of poverty today stem from a deliberate orchestration since colonial times whereby wealthy nations exploit the poor.  Exploitation of natural resources, land grab, national debts, free markets and an ever increasing demand for corporate profits are just some of the issues addressed by leading economists, politicians and people engaged in social movements.

Narrated by Martin Sheen (The Departed, Who Killed the Electric Car?. Bobby, Apocalypse Now), and filmed  on location in Bolivia, Brazil, Kenya, France, Tanzania, USA, the U.K, and Venezuela, this moving documentary warns how the developed nations are plundering the planet at a pace that outstrips its capacity to support life, with the increasing consequence of greater poverty.

Genre:         Documentary

Formats:      HD and 35mm Print

TRT:            104 minutes

Festival:      Official Selection Critics Week 2008

Website:      www.theendofpoverty.com

HEMPSTERS  

HEMPSTERS: PLANT THE SEED follows seven activists as they fight to legalize industrial hemp in the United States, which is used in over 30 countries and is widely known to have numerous environmental benefits such as: less reliance on oil, more efficient use of energy, forest conservation, soil redemption and landfill use reduction, just to name a few.

Featured inthe film is award-winning actor and well-known hemp and environmental activist, Woody Harrelson, who challenged Kentucky State law when he planted four feral hemp seeds in 1996. His subsequent trial and acquittal brought the issue to the forefront of mainstream media more than ten years ago, but the fight continues on. Also featured are: Willie Nelson, Ralph Nader and Merle Haggard.

HEMPSTERS is a thought-provoking and compelling documentary that will not only encourage all of us to take action, but move us one step closer towards a more sustainable planet.

Director:        Michael Henning

TRT:              78 mins

Featuring:      Woody Harrelson, Willie Nelson, Ralph Nader, Merle Haggard

Year:             2009

Genre:           Documentary

Website:        www.hempstersthemovie.com

LIFE AFTER DJANGO 

Django Reinhardt, the Roma genius, born to Gypsy parents in 1910, is considered by many to be the single most important guitarist in the entire history of jazz. To honor the 100th anniversary of Django’s birth, one hundred of his disciples, including his grandson David Reinhardt, have gathered for the “Django 100” Centennial Tour – traveling the world to pay homage to this exceptional trend-setter who marked the 20th Century.

Hear stories of the influence and passion by some of the more notable jazz guitarists including Elios and Boulou Ferré, Angelo Debarre and and Tchavlo Schmitt, as they prepare for the tour. Listen to the familiar songs performed by these renowned musicians -- all of whom have dedicated their lives and their careers to the legend.

Genre:              Documentary/Music

TRT:                 54 Minutes

Year:                2011

Availability:      Worldwide

GENIUS ON HOLD

Inventor Walter L. Shaw had an astonishing list of 39 patents to his credit, including those for the hands-free speaker phone, call forwarding, conference calling, and even the White House “Red Phone” alert system.  His multitude of ground-breaking inventions would have garnered him lasting fame and fortune had it not been for one thing: the iron-fisted grip of Bell Telephone, which became AT&T —the largest, government-granted, telecommunications monopoly in the United States. With no source of income and a family to support, Shaw reluctantly accepted work from the only organization that offered to pay him for his brilliance—the mob, whose bookies used his “black box” to make untraceable calls.

Director:     Gregory Marquette

TRT:            88 minutes

Year:           2011

Featuring:    Narrated by Frank Langella

Genre:         Documentary

Website:      www.AGeniusOnHold.com

Availability:   In English, French sub-titles

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MARK OF LOVE 

Mark is an average guy who has found himself unlucky in love. Looking for a hobby to fill his love-free spare time, he goes to a Karate Class... only to find himself the victim of five speed dating girls who have falsely advertised they're group in a desperate attempt for men to attend. Bribing him to stay, they hope he'll give them the answers to their relationship troubles. The tables are turned when instead of him helping them, they help him. Mark soon discovers that falling in love is one thing but realizing it is another.

Director:     Brent Simmons

TRT:            89 minutes

Year:           2011

Genre:        Narrative

Website:      www.markoflove.com

Featuring:    Bryan Price, Caitlin M. Shultz, Kristen Nedopak 

IN HER BUBBLE

(DANS SA BULLE)

Céline used to be a prostitute.  Now, her life consists of working as a travel agent with her husband and regular visits to her therapist.  It’s a nice, safe and uneventful existence until one day she finds out that her husband is sleeping with her therapist.  Coincidentally, her therapist has a son whom she may just want to seduce herself; however, in an effort maintain the status quo between her husband and her therapist for fear of losing them both, she avoids the reality of her situation and remains content in her bubble.

Director:          Pierre- Loup Rajot

TRT:                 88 minutes

Year:                2011

Featuring:         Céline Rajot, Éric Bonicatto, Marie Caldera, Yoann Denaive

Genre:             Drama

Availability:       Worldwide.  In French with English sub-titles

CANNES MAN

Film producer Sy Lerner makes a bet with a fellow film executive that he can turn any nobody into a star at the Cannes Film Festival. A New York cab driver who is visiting the festival is chosen as the test subject to settle the bet and Sy uses his skills of hype and manipulation to try and turn the cab driver named Frank into the talk of the town. It's not long before celebrities and producers are lining up to meet this hot young star. Dennis Hopper, Treat Williams, Johnny Depp, John Malkovich and more, all want to meet the 'next Quentin Tarantino.

Director:         Richard Martini

Genre:            Comedy

TRT:                88 minutes

Year:               1996

Cast:               Francesco Quinn, Johnny Depp, John Malkovich, Dennis Hopper,                       Seymour  Cassel, Benicio Del Toro, Jim Jarmusch

Language:        English

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NOW & LATER

Love, politics and American culture are mixed into a combustible combination in Now & Later. Angela (Shari Solanis) is an illegal Latina immigrant living in Los Angeles who stumbles across Bill (James Wortham), a disgraced banker on the run. She takes him in. Through passion, soul-searching conversations ranging from politics to philosophy, and other worldly pleasures, Angela introduces Bill to another worldview. As their affair heats up, the course of Bill's life begins to take an abrupt and unexpected turn.

The film was conceived by the director in reaction to American's penchant for violence in our culture and our puritanical censoring of anything involving sexuality. Familiar with philosopher Wilhelm Reich's notion that a repressed society turns into a violent one, Diaz makes an unabashedly sexual yet cerebral film that challenges perceptions.

Director:      Philippe Diaz

TRT:             99 minutes

Genre:         Drama        

Year:            2008

Cast:            Shari Solanis, James Wortham

Language:     In English

Website:       www.nowandlatermovie.com

STEAL BIG, STEAL LITTLE

From the Director of “The Fugitive” and “The Guardian”

-Starring Andy Garcia-

Ruben and Robby are twin brothers, adopted by Mona, one of the wealthiest - and most eccentric - women in Santa Barbara. Ruben is devoted to Mona, but Robby is more devoted to her money. So when Mona leaves her fortune and estate to Ruben it starts a battle between brothers that soon leads to madness, mayhem, and even attempted murder. On Ruben's side is Lou Perilli an ex-Chicago cop and used car dealer who knows the law - and how to get around it. On Robby's side is ruthless businessman Reed Tyler, who is out to turn a swift profit on Mona's property. Walking a shifty line between them is Eddie Agopian, the family lawyer, who doesn't care which side wins as long as he's on the winner's side. But whether they're stealing big or stealing little, they're all stealing in this hilarious comedy about greed, power... and brotherly love.

Director:      Andrew Davis

TRT:             134 minutes

Genre:         Comedy  

Year:            1995

Cast:            Andy Garcia, Alan Arkin, David Ogden Stiers, Rachel Ticotin

Language:     In English

NAMIBIA: THE STRUGGLE FOR LIBERATION

Critically acclaimed director Charles Burnett's latest film follows the legend of Samuel Nujoma (Carl Lumbly), Namibia's first president and a prominent leader in the sixty year struggle for independence from apartheid South Africa.

Director:          Charles Burnett

TRT:                 161 minutes

Year:                2008

Genre:             Drama

Featuring:        Carl Lumbly, Danny Glover

Languages:       English and Swahili with sub-titles

Production:      Namibia, USA

Budget:           $20M

Festivals:  INTERNATIONAL SHOWCASE - LOS ANGELES FILM FESTIVAL 2007, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST AFRICAN FILM - KUALA LUMPUR INTERNATIONAL  FILM FESTIVAL 2007, OPENING FILM - LOS ANGELES PAN AFRICAN FILM & ARTS FESTIVAL

EL SUPERSTAR: THE UNLIKELY RISE OF JUAN  FRANCES  

Born Jonathan French in Beverly Hills, California and orphaned at 3 months old, this young boy was adopted by his Mexican nanny (Lupe Ontiveros) and step-father (Danny Trejo) and raised to be a good, God-fearing Mexican with a love for ranchero music. At age 33, in his “Jesus Year,” and now known as Juan Francés, he is a gardener/janitor-by-day but has been blessed by the Virgin of Guadalupe with the talent to sing like the angels. He take his ranchero act from the small, half empty soccer bars in East LA., to a larger music festival audience where he is discovered and quickly swept into Mexican pop stardom. Caught in the whirlwind of fame, Juan’s everyman appearance and musical style undergo a celebrity make-over. He changes his name to “El Guero” and his songs for the working man are transformed unto heartless Reggaeton. When the dark truth about Juan’s history is revealed to him, he must ask himself: Will he choose the Mexican man in his heart, or the bald pink guy in the mirror?

Director:         Amy French

TRT:               90 minutes

Year:              2009

Cast:              Spencer John French, Lupe Ontiveros, Danny Trejo, Elisa Bocanegra

Genre:            Comedy

Language:       In English with Spanish

Website:         www.elsuperstar.com

MANCORA    

This is the second feature for Peruvian director Ricardo de Montreuil.  His first feature, LA MUJER DE MI HERMANO, holds the record for the largest theatrical release for a Latin film in US history.  By the same writer as VOCES INOCENTES, which was nominated in 2005 for the Best Feature Film at the Berlin Film Festival which was the biggest Mexican box-office hit that same year.

A tender and pulsating road-trip drama that delicately traces the shifting emotional boundaries between three disconnected souls.  Santiago (Jason Day), a 21-year old from Lima who is haunted by his father's recent and unexpected suicide.  Suffocating in the chill of a grey Lima winter, he decides to take refuge in a beach town. There, he receives an unexpected visit from his stepsister Ximena (Elsa Pataky), a vibrant Spanish photographer and her husband (Enrique Murciano), a brash art-collector from New York.

Genre:           Drama

Director:        Ricardo De Montreuil

Cast:              Elsa Pataky, Jason Day, Enrique Murciano, Phellipe Haagensen and Liz Gallardo

TRT:               100 minutes

Language:       Spanish with English sub-titles

Production:    USA, Spain, Peru 2008

Festivals:         Official Selection, Sundance Film Festival (2008), Edinburgh Film Fest 2008,

                     Sao Paolo Film Festival 2008 and Bergen Film Festival 2008

Website:         www.mancorafilm.com

STONY ISLAND

From the Director of “The Fugitive” and “The Guardian”

Directed by Andrew Davis, STONY ISLAND, set during the 1970’s in Chicago’s South Side, is the story of a group of young, aspiring musicians trying to make it in the world of jazz. Richie, Kevin, and Harold team up with Percy Price, a local saxophone legend, who helps them book their first gig at a famous venue known for featuring the likes of BB King. Everything is working out perfectly until Percy unexpectedly drops dead, his life insurance expires, and his nearest relation turns out to be a New Orleans piano man with a penchant for violence and a bone to pick. Scrambling to salvage its chance for success, the band comes up with a risky plan to give Percy the funeral he deserves while delivering the musical performance of a lifetime.

Director:          Andrew Davis

TRT:                 97 minutes

Year:                1978

Cast:                 Rae Dawn Chong, Susanna Hoffs, Dennis Franz

Genre:              Drama (with Blues Music)

Language:          In English

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