Freestyle 101: Hip Hop History
Narrated by Chuck D, Freestyle 101: Hip-Hop History explores the genre’s early days through the lens of freestyle rap, featuring legendary artists discussing the history and intricacies of rapping with musical performances throughout.
Genre: Documentary, Music
Director: Frank Meyer
Actors: Chuck D, Ice-T, Open Mike Eagle, RZA, Sean Kingston
Juice: How Electricity Explains The World
Poverty, women’s rights, climate change – indeed, many of the world’s most pressing challenges – can be explained by answering one simple question: Can you turn your lights on in…
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s “Island of Dr. Moreau”
The story of the insane scandals related to the remake of “Island of Dr. Moreau” —originally a novel by H. G. Wells—, which was brought to the big screen in…
Bezness as Usual
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The Price of Peace
Kim Webby’s background in investigative journalism is put to riveting use in this documentary about Tame Iti and the Urewera Four, taking a criminal case of national interest to explore…
Lee Duffy The Whole of the Moon
August 25th 1991 at 3.55am saw the inevitable end to Lee Duffy’s life. Everyone knew Lee’s existence on this planet would be brief, but the news Teesside was waking up…
Into the Ice
In the Greenland ice sheet we can see our future. The film travels with three pioneering glaciologist on their expeditions INTO the inland ice of Greenland. Top-notch science meets breathtaking…
West of the Jordan River
Amos Gitai returns to the occupied territories for the first time since his 1982 documentary FIELD DIARY. WEST OF THE JORDAN RIVER describes the efforts of citizens, Israelis and Palestinians,…
To Be Takei
Over seven decades, actor and activist George Takei journeyed from a World War II internment camp to the helm of the Starship Enterprise, and then to the daily news feeds…
The Departure
An intimate character study of the complex figure Ittetsu Nemoto, an aimless and rebellious former punk rocker-turned-Buddhist priest. He is renowned in Japan for saving the lives of countless suicidal…
Undermined: Tales from the Kimberley
Kimberley Traditional Owners question what meaningful negotiation looks like and offer humanising portraits of those at the centre of this battle in Australia’s spectacular north-west corner, which governments aspire to…
Sierra Quitiquit: How Did I Get Here
From humble beginnings, complex family dynamics and tragic, life-changing events, to her unlikely rise to success in two very different worlds: fashion modeling and professional skiing. “How Did I Get…
The Thief Collector
In 1985, Willem de Kooning’s “Woman-Ochre,” one of the most valuable paintings of the 20th century, vanished into the Arizona desert after being cut from its frame at the University…