Category Archives: Documentary

A group of brave and committed musicians take on an 80 year curse in an attempt to stage one of the longest, largest and most technically difficult symphonies ever composed. Director : Randall Wood Cast : Alison Rogers|Gary Thorpe|John Curro|Kimberley Pitt|Veronica Fury Genre : Documentary Release Date : 6/30/2011 Country : Australia

In At Night I Fly: Images from New Folsom, inmates at one of California’s most maximum security prisons let us see their world. This world is less about dangerous drama and more, as one of them describes, “about isolation. About closure of both the mind and the heart. And the spirit.” The documentary shows prisoners,Continue reading “At Night I Fly – 2011”

A documentary that chronicles Sarah Palin’s pre-political life; her tenure as Governor of Alaska, and her time spent as John McCain’s running mate. Director : Stephen K. Bannon Cast : Andrew Breitbart|Joe Biden|John Binkley|Joy Behar|Mark Ballas|Pamela Anderson|Roseanne Barr|Sandra Bernhard|Sarah Palin|Tammy Bruce Genre : Documentary Release Date : 7/15/2011 Country : United States

Dallas Campbell delves in to the Horizon archive to discover how our ideas about dinosaurs have changed over the past 40 years. From realising that lumbering swamp dwellers were really agile warm blooded killers, astonishing new finds, controversial theories and breakthrough technology have enabled scientists to rethink how they lived and solve the mystery ofContinue reading “Extinct – A Horizon Guide To Dinosaurs – 2011”

Documentary exploring the deep-seated biases and attitudes about skin color—particularly dark skinned women, outside of and within the Black American culture. Director : Bill Duke|D. Channsin Berry Cast : Genre : Documentary Release Date : 11/17/2011 Country : United States

After an accident that leaves him bedridden for two months, the filmmaker retrieves discard images he’s been collecting for eight years on his computer’s hard drive. With them he develops an intimate and poetic film, consisting of portraits of friends, walks through Barcelona and a trip to his native country, Venezuela, where chaos imposes itsContinue reading “Color Runaway Dog – 2011”

The highest mountain range in the world, the Himalayan range is far reaching, spanning thousands of miles, and holds within it an exceptionally diverse ecology. Coniferous and subtropical forests, wetlands, and montane grasslands are as much a part of this world as the inhospitable, frozen mountaintops that tower above. The word Himalaya is Sanskrit forContinue reading “Nature: The Himalayas – 2011”

Handmade utopias – a filmic search for the worldwide phenomenon of the micronation movement. Do-it-yourself states that have distanced themselves from the economic and political mainstreaming of globalization. A road movie covering land, water and the wildest realms of the imagination. Simultaneously creative documentary and pulsating cultural portrait, the film traces a new “unplugged” generationContinue reading “Empire Me: New Worlds Are Happening! – 2011”

The Story of Film: An Odyssey, written and directed by award-winning film-maker Mark Cousins, is the story of international cinema told through the history of cinematic innovation. Five years in the making, The Story of Film: An Odyssey covers six continents and 12 decades, showing how film-makers are influenced both by the historical events ofContinue reading “The Story of Film: An Odyssey – 2011”