Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women
Louisa May Alcott, author of “Little Women,” leads a literary double life, writing under the pseudonym A.M. Barnard, an identity that remains until the 1940s.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Nancy Porter
Actors: Daniel Gerroll, Dossy Peabody, Elizabeth Marvel, Ellen Adair, Emily Sarah Stikeman, Jane Alexander, Linda Amendola, Maggie Quigley, Marianna Bassham, Molly Schreiber
Release: 2008
IMDb: 7.7
Calculating Ada: The Countess of Computing
Ada Lovelace was a most unlikely computer pioneer. In this film, Dr Hannah Fry tells the story of Ada’s remarkable life. Born in the early 19th century, Ada was a…
White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Steven Okazaki presents a deeply moving look at the painful legacy of the first — and hopefully last — uses of nuclear weapons in war. Featuring interviews with fourteen atomic…
Speed Is Expensive: The Philip Vincent Story
Philip Vincent built the fastest and most glamorous motorcycles in the world – yet he ended his days in poverty. Some 40 years after he died, one of his machines…
Brothers in Blood: The Lions of Sabi Sand
This is a powerful documentary, filmed over a 16 year span, about the rise of a Coalition of six lions, branded The Mapogo Lions, and their takeover of the largest…
Pentatonix: On My Way Home
Following Pentatonix on their sold out 2015 tour featuring behind-the-scenes footage, live performances and the making of their debut album + over 25 minutes of extras including deleted scenes, On…
Flint
In 2014, the authorities in Flint, Michigan chose to cut costs and change the city’s domestic water supply from the great Lakes to the Flint River. Soon tap water was…
Hail Satan?
A look at the intersection of religion and activism, tracing the rise of The Satanic Temple: only six years old and already one of the most controversial religious movements in…
Resynator
In unearthing a revolutionary synthesizer her late father invented in the 1970s, Alison Tavel not only revives his mission to share it with the world, she unexpectedly forges a deep…
The Way
The Way is an inspirational story of the adversity and challenge professional surfers go through while trying to make it. The film starts with the discovery of an old surfboard…
Beyond the Headlines: Black Girl Missing
Two terrifying stories of young black women who go missing and the families who battle a system stacked against them. With the help of the Black and Missing Foundation, will…
Diana: Life in Fashion
Lady Diana Spencer was one half of the highest-profile courtship the British royal family had seen in decades. The wonder of Diana, and her style, stemmed partially from how noticeable…
Moving Stories
Six dancers from the acclaimed Battery Dance company travel the world, working with young people who’ve experienced war, poverty, prejudice, sexual exploitation, and severe trauma as refugees.