Refugee
A harrowing account of Europe’s migrant crisis. A family of Syrian refugees separated by the borders of Europe, fight to be reunited as they migrant from Syria to Germany.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Alexander J Farrell
Actors: Ahmed Alali, Hamoudi Alali, Kabanas Stratis, Moustapha Ahmad, Nazem Alali, Raf'aa Alali, Rasha Abousalem, Rezan Rasheed, Sophia Glazunova
In the Footsteps of Marco Polo
In the Footsteps of Marco Polo is a 2008 PBS documentary film detailing Denis Belliveau and Francis O’Donnell’s 1993 retracing of Marco Polo’s journey from Venice to Anatolia, Persia, India…
Livingston: The Man and the Method
Successful architect ignored by the status quo, indefatigable polemist, old-school bon vivant and holy heretic in the Castro Cuba. Many lives fit in Rodolfo Livingston’s, as this portrait of who…
Garrincha: Joy of the People
Documentary about the most famous dribbler in Brazilian Soccer (some say in Soccer’s history!) at the zenith of his career, showing classic scenes of 1958 and 1962 World Cup. Garrincha…
Acts of Love
When his older boyfriend loses interest in him, the filmmaker relocates to Chicago and uses dating apps to cast new lovers in an amorphous project that his mother hates.
Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple
Stevie Van Zandt, known as New Jersey’s most famous consigliere to Bruce Springsteen and Tony Soprano, takes center stage. Featuring a wealth of never-before-seen footage, this documentary traces Van Zandt’s…
The Image Book
Jean-Luc Godard returns with a bracing, beautiful and confrontational essay film. Splicing together classic film clips and newsreel footage, often stretched, saturated and distorted almost beyond recognition, The Image Book…
The Art of Un-War
Renowned artist Krzysztof Wodiczko creates powerful responses to the inequities and horrors of war. This in-depth investigation into the artist focuses on the recurring themes of war, trauma, and displacement…
Stephen King: A Necessary Evil
The US writer Stephen King (Portland, Maine, 1947) has been one of the world’s best-selling authors for decades. How can the overwhelming success of his numerous works be explained? Perhaps…
Atlantis
A documentary portrait of Utopia, loosely framed by Plato’s invocation of the lost continent of Atlantis in 360 BC and its re-resurrection via a 1970s science fiction pulp novel.
The New York Hardcore Chronicles Film
Director Drew Stone’s The New York Hardcore Chronicles Film is an incredible journey through the community and culture of the iconic New York hardcore scene. Not the typical history of…
The Ponds
Twelve months spent following the year-round swimmers who frequent the Men’s, Ladies’ and Mixed Ponds on Hampstead Heath, London – unique bathing spots in which people have taken the waters…
Machine Gun Kelly’s Life In Pink
An in-depth look at the dramatic highs and lows of an artist chasing music’s top spot while tackling noise from the outside world, stardom, fatherhood and more. From creating his…