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Publisher
Sender Films
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
In the campgrounds of Yosemite valley, climbers carved out a counterculture lifestyle that clashed with the values of the National Park Service. But up on the walls, generation after generation has pushed the limits of climbing, vying amongst each other for supremacy on Yosemite's cliffs. This film recounts the history of Yosemite's climbing tradition: half a century of struggle against the laws of gravity-- and the laws of the land.
2) The Universe
Publisher
The History® Channel
Language
English
Description
It's time for a new look at a very old universe. In its mysteries, we are finding the secrets of our past and the key to our future. This is a history of how we know what we do about space. Fifty years have flown by since man first ventured into space.
4) Downloaded
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A documentary feature film about the rise and fall of Napster and the birth of the digital revolution. Winter first met Shawn Fanning in 2001 and spent many years with him and the other major players in this story before being able to bring it to the screen. Official Selection at the **SXSW Film Festival**.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Type "The Angriest Man in the World" into any search engine, and one name appears -- Jack Rebney, a.k.a. "The Winnebago Man" -- an '80s RV salesman, whose hilarious, profanity-strewn, on-the-job meltdown was captured on video and passed around on VHS tapes, before exploding into an Internet phenomenon seen by millions. When a young filmmaker sets out on the seemingly impossible task of tracking down Rebney, who disappeared 20 years before, he finds...
Publisher
Video Project
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
עברית
Description
OF LAND AND BREAD is a series of vignettes about the daily life of Palestinians in the West Bank. It is a story of constant vulnerability where one's life is lived under the specter of state violence and the whims of settlers, and a camera is one's only defense.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Jackson Pollock said, "he makes the rest of us look academic," Mark Rothko acknowledged him as a "myth-maker" and Clement Greenberg called him "a highly influential maverick and an independent genius." Clyfford Still, one of the strongest, most original contributors to abstract expressionism, walked away from the commercial art world at the height of his career. Extremely disciplined, principled, and prolific, Still left behind a treasure trove of...
10) When I Stutter
Publisher
Keen Eye Productions
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
WHEN I STUTTER reveals the humanity that exists within people who stutter. Over the course of nearly 5 years, this documentary shares the stories of nineteen people who stutter that run the range of human emotion from despair to hopefulness to ultimately, triumph.
11) Spellbound
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
This documentary follows 8 teens and pre-teens as they work their way toward the finals of the Scripps Howard national spelling bee championship in Washington D.C. All work quite hard and practice daily, first having to win their regional championship before they can move on. Interviews include the parents and teachers who are working with them. The competitors not only work hard to get to the finals but face tremendous pressure as the original group...
12) The Kids Table
Publisher
Giant Interactive
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Four young friends discover the highs and lows of card-play, competition, and community as they explore the vanishing world of competitive Bridge where the average age of their opponents is 73 years old.
Publisher
Janson Media
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
If you think there's no such thing as Santa Claus, there are a few hundred very big men who would like to prove you wrong. This film is a cinematic sleigh ride into the strange but true world of the Fraternal Order of Real Bearded Santas, the most elite collection of Santas in the world. Anyone can don a red suit and fake beard to play Santa. These men ARE Santa - all year, every day, and especially on Christmas.
15) Against Our Oath
Publisher
Waratah Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Asylum seekers who arrive in Australia by boat are sent to the remote Pacific locations of Manus Island and Nauru. Ethical conflicts erupt for doctors working within this offshore system when the Australian government overrides their clinical decisions made for refugee patients. The government believes following doctors' requests to transfer critically ill patients to specialist care in Australia would weaken Australia's border protection system.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Some 25 dead bodies have been found on Long Island since September of 2016. Dozens of immigrant teenagers are missing. Who is behind the wave of killings on Long Island - and is law enforcement's crackdown on suspected MS-13 gang members detaining the real culprits, or innocent teens?
17) Aristocrats
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Comedy veterans and co-creators Penn Jillette and Paul Provenza capitalize on their insider status and invite over 100 of their closest friends--who happen to be some of the biggest names in entertainment, from George Carlin, Whoopi Goldberg and Drew Carey to Gilbert Gottfried, Bob Saget, Paul Reiser and Sarah Silverman--to reminisce, analyze, deconstruct and deliver their own versions of the world's dirtiest joke, an old burlesque too extreme to...
19) The Bowery
Publisher
Films We Like
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
English
Description
A short ten-minute movie about the Bowery, a street in lower Manhattan. A street known for its derelict past.
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