The Modern Jungle
A story of globalization filtered through the fever dream of a Mexican shaman, The Modern Jungle is also an intimate portrait of Zoque culture, commodity fetish, and the predicament of documentary.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Charles Fairbanks, Saul Kak
Actors: Carmen Echavarría Gomez, Carmen Echevarría Lopez, Juan Juarez Rodriguez
Saudade do Futuro
Records the sights and sounds of the many extraordinary street musicians from the Northeast of Brazil whose music and lyrics tell the stories of their lives with improvised humor, drama…
Toxic Hot Seat
Chemical flame retardants are everywhere: on our furniture, our homes, even our bodies. Yet, they don’t seem to stop fires…but they do make us sick. This film reveals how three…
Teenage Paparazzo
A documentary that examines the relationship between celebrity and society.
Eddie Murphy : Hollywood’s Black King
A popular icon in the 1980s and 1990s and a genius comedian, Eddie Murphy has never stopped challenging America on its identity issues. Coming back after a 25-year hiatus, the…
Kemper on Kemper: Inside the Mind of a Serial Killer
Ed Kemper, also known as the Co-Ed Killer, murdered and dismembered 10 people, including his own mother. Former FBI agent John Douglas takes us through his extensive interviews with Kemper,…
6 Weeks to Mother’s Day
150 underprivileged and orphaned students in the remote jungle of Thailand attending the country’s first democratic school prepare a special celebration to honor their remarkable adoptive mother on Mother’s Day.
The Last Sermon
Filmmakers travel across Europe to uncover the truth about Islam and terrorism. Visiting refugee camps and mosques, they encounter dynamic characters, healing music, and an unpredictable tragedy that changes and…
Chely Wright: Wish Me Away
After a lifetime of hiding, Chely Wright becomes the first commercial country music singer to come out as gay, shattering cultural stereotypes within Nashville, per conservative heartland family and, most…
aka Mr. Chow
With his signature circular glasses and mustache, Michael Chow is an exuberant force at the crossroads between eccentricity and sophistication. The famed restaurateur defined “The Moment” with the openings of…
The Pedal Movie
For the first time ever, the story of guitar pedals and effects will be told by the people who make them and the artists that use them. Coming in 2021,…
Caught in the Act: Lion Brawl
Eyewitnesses share amazing wildlife encounters caught on tape. In New Zealand, two filmmakers witness an act of Octopus cannibalism. Tourists in California are shocked to see Killer Whales viciously attack…
Vitamania: The Sense and Nonsense of Vitamins
Dr Derek Muller takes us on an epic adventure, a world-spanning investigation of vitamin science and history, asking how do we decide whether to take vitamin supplements, or not?