Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media
A film about the noted American linguist/political dissident and his warning about corporate media’s role in modern propaganda.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Mark Achbar, Peter Wintonick
Actors: Bill Moyers, Edward S. Herman, Mark Achbar, Noam Chomsky, Peter Jennings, Tom Wolfe, William F. Buckley Jr.
Thomas Hart Benton
Thomas Hart Benton’s paintings were energetic and uncompromising. Today his works are in museums, but Benton hung them in saloons for ordinary people to appreciate.
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.
Ronnie Coleman: The King
Ronnie Coleman is known as “The King” and for good reason. He is the 8x Mr. Olympia champion in the world of bodybuilding – sharing the world record for most…
Darwin
Nick Brandestini is a filmmaker based in Zurich, Switzerland. His first documentary, Return to Florence (2006), about a small group of young American and British artists studying classical methods at…
The Truth About Killer Robots
Exploring provocative viewpoints from engineers, factory workers, journalists, philosophers and Asimov himself, The Truth About Killer Robots is a cautionary tale about a world automating beyond control.
Future by Design
Future by Design shares the life and far-reaching vision of Jacque Fresco, considered by many to be a modern day Da Vinci. Peer to Einstein and Buckminster Fuller, Jacque is…
Terror at the Mall
A documentary detailing an indiscriminate terrorist attack that left 71 dead in Kenya.
Circus Kid
The Pickle Family Circus was founded by Lorenzo Pisoni’s parents in 1974. The film documents the spirit, the lunacy, the daring, the danger and the dynamics of growing up in…
La Liste: Everything or Nothing
Follows freeskiers Heitz and Anthamatten as they travel to the world’s high-altitude mountain ranges and attempt to make their distinct mark on those giant peaks, exploring the absolute limit of…
Facing Down Under – Die Doku eines Backpackers
A 19-year-old high school graduate travels through Australia as a backpacker and accompanies his adventure with a camera.
For All Humankind
Discover the story of humanity and space exploration as witnessed in the interrelated events of 1968 and 2020.
Hitler’s Riches
How rich was Hitler really, and how did he waste his money, both while living and in his will?