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Man On Wire is the Academy Award-winning feature length documentary for 2008. Directed by British filmmaker James Marsh, the film recreates the moment in which famous French tightrope walker Philippe Petit stepped off the top of one of the World Trade Center twin towers, onto a wire, and walked across space, to the other tower, on August 7, 1974.
Man On Wire
(27 February 2009)
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Judy Irving's The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill documents an uncommon bond between a man and nature. The film follows Mark Bittner, an unemployed aging hippie, who lives off the kindness of strangers in the titular San Francisco neighborhood. His life takes on new meaning when he starts feeding a flock of wild Conures, a breed of parrot noted for its green body and cherry-red head.
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
(6 March 2009)
Into Great Silence is a documentary film directed by Philip Gröning that was first released in 2005. It is an intimate portrayal of the everyday lives of Carthusian monks of the Grande Chartreuse, high in a remote corner of the French Alps. According to the directory, the film was made 16 years after the director first requested permission to make it. He lived at the monastery for six months and filmed all alone; behind the walls no "outsider" had ever before been allowed to enter. archives...
Into Great Silence
(13 March 2009)
Helvetica
(20 March 2009)
Helvetica is a feature-length independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It looks at the proliferation of one typeface (which recently celebrated its 50th birthday in 2007) as part of a larger conversation about the way type affects our lives. Helvetica has been shown at over 200 film festivals, museums, design conferences, and cinemas worldwide.
Our Side of Joy offers a portrait of the family dynamics of a Cuban family through the eyes of identical twins, Michelle and Marlene Tamayo. Their story offers an in depth look into the unique bond between sisters, siblings, parents, kids, and significant others. Produced & Directed by Tressa Sanders
Our Side of Joy
(27 March 2009)
Short Letterpress the day in the life of letterpressing through the eyes of Firefly Press in Somerville Massachusetts. This wonderful little documentary speaks to the craftsmanship and love of traditional design that drew many of us into the world of graphic design years ago. Take a moment to slow down and enjoy.
Short Letterpress
(3 April 2009)
Native Spirit
(10 April 2009)
Native Spiri transports the viewer to the days of Red Cloud when, "Our old men talked with spirits and made good medicine. Our young men herded the horses and made love to the girls. In this way we lived and were happy". The voices of Plenty Coup, Fools Crow, Black Elk and other great leaders of their day, convey the heartbreaking story of their people's oppression and their ultimate triumph of the spirit.
Apollo 13 Documentary
(17 April 2009)
This is a 5 part episode. A violent explosion tears through fragile skin of Apollo 13 destroying life support, guidance and power systems. Three astronauts are stranded in space with oxygen running out. Man space flight worst nightmare comes true. This is the story of mans greatest rescue in history.
7 Stories - About the Girl
(24 April 2009)
Part of an ongoing effort by Kengi Kat. As Kat says, “I dont know why, but many times people say things like wow he was so smart or you went to college when they have spoken with or had an encounter with a homeless person. I am never surprised at just how much homeless people really know and how they are in many ways such nicer people then those who think they are so much better then someone who is homeless.”
Conversation with a Homeless Person
(10 May 2009)
KORKAOR
(15 May 2009)
You can argue whether or not there is man-made global warming, but it would be hard to argue that this film is not one of the better independent productions conceived. The producers believe we are living in exceptional times. They say scientists tell us that we have 10 years to change the way we live, avert the depletion of natural resources and the catastrophic evolution of the Earth's climate.
This film has some of the most stunning imagery produced by an independent. With video taken from all over the planet, it competes directly in quality with National Geographic’s Planet Earth series.
Home
(5 June 2009)
Welcome to North Korea, directed by Peter Tetteroo, Raymond Feddema, is the winner of the 2001 International Emmy award for Best Documentary. This film is a grotesquely surreal look at the all-too-real conditions in modern-day North Korea. Dutch filmmakers spent a week in and around the North Korean capital of Pyongyang -- ample time to produce this outstanding film.
Welcome to North Korea
(4 September 2009)
Poverty In Chicago
(27 September 2009)
Poverty In Chicago, directed and produced by Brian Schodorf, is an exploration of how the drug afflicted homeless population affects society as a whole with exclusive interviews with Chicago's top social and political leaders. Schodorf's relationship with the men allows the viewer to get a true inside look at what life is like as a permanent resident of the streets. Poverty in Chicago, also, investigates the devastating loss of over 150 lives in the winter of 2006 at the hand of a deadly heroin epidemic.
Beautiful Losers celebrates the creative spirit behind one of the most influential cultural movements of a generation.
In the early 1990's a loose-knit group of likeminded outsiders found common ground at a little NYC storefront gallery. Rooted in the DIY (do-it-yourself) subcultures of skateboarding, surf, punk, hip hop & graffiti, they made art that reflected the lifestyles they led. Developing their craft with almost no influence from the "establishment" art world, this group, and the subcultures they sprang from, have now become a movement that has been transforming pop culture.
Starring a selection of artists who are considered leaders within this culture, Beautiful Losers focuses on the telling of personal stories...speaking to themes of what happens when the outside becomes "in" as it explores the creative ethos connecting these artists and today's youth.
Beautiful Losers
(10 October 2009)
Born into Brothels is a story about about Puja Mukherjee - a 10 year old girl who was born in red light district.. She has a strong personality.. and its a story of her life.. how she saves 9 of her friends in escaping prostitution.. but what happens to her in the end is most shocking.
This film is a chronicle of filmmakers Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman's efforts to show that world of Calcutta's red light district. To do that, they inspired a special group of children of the prostitutes of the area to photograph the most reluctant subjects of it. As the kids excel in their new found art, the filmmakers struggle to help them have a chance for a better life away from the miserable poverty that threatens to crush their dreams.
Born Into Brothels
(13 November 2009)
