Over five years, acclaimed filmmaker Andrea Dorfman follows the heartbreaking yet uplifting story of the girls of Meru and their brave steps toward meaningful equality for girls worldwide. In Kenya, one in three girls will experience sexual violence before age 18, yet police investigations are the exception. In The Girls of Meru, a multinational teamContinue reading “The Girls of Meru – 2018”
Category Archives: Documentary
Summer of Love – 2018
American Experience presents Summer of Love, a striking picture of San Francisco’s Haight Ashbury district during the summer of 1967 — from the utopian beginnings, when peace and love prevailed, to the chaos, unsanitary conditions, and widespread drug use that ultimately signaled the end. Academy Award-nominated filmmakers Gail Dolgin and Vicente Franco (Daughter from Danang)Continue reading “Summer of Love – 2018”
Sylvia Plath: Inside the Bell Jar – 2018
The story of Sylvia Plath’s seminal novel The Bell Jar as well as the parallels between her life and the book. The film includes an exclusive testimony from Sylvia Plath’s daughter Frieda Hughes about her mother. Director : Teresa Griffiths Cast : Maggie Gyllenhaal Genre : Documentary Release Date : 8/11/2018 Country : United Kingdom
Chris the Swiss – 2018
Croatia, 7th of January 1992: In the middle of the war, a young journalist’s body is discovered dressed in the uniform of an international mercenary group. Twenty years later, his cousin Anja Kofmel investigates his story. Director : Anja Kofmel Cast : Joel Basman|Megan Gay Genre : Animation|Documentary Release Date : 10/3/2018 Country : Switzerland
Team Darryl – 2018
Fresh off being unseated as the ruler of Sakaar, the Grandmaster makes his way to Earth to start a new life. It’s been over a year since Thor left Australia and Darryl has been struggling to pay his rent. Now Darryl needs a new roommate to help make the monthly payments. Unfortunately for Darryl, theContinue reading “Team Darryl – 2018”
1938 Diverse – 2018
Director : Giorgio Treves Cast : Genre : Animation|Documentary Release Date : 10/1/2018 Country : Italy
Eldorado – 2018
Drawing inspiration from his personal encounter with the Italian refugee child Giovanna during World War II, Markus Imhoof tells how refugees and migrants are treated today: on the Mediterranean Sea, in Lebanon, in Italy, in Germany and in Switzerland. Director : Markus Imhoof Cast : Genre : Documentary Release Date : 5/9/2018 Country : Switzerland
The Secret Versailles of Marie-Antoinette – 2018
The Queen’s Hamlet is a palace disguised as a peasant’s cottage hidden in the Versailles gardens. A romantic hide-away, Marie Antoinette conceived it as a reminder of her carefree youth in Vienna. The Revolution left it for a ruin. 230 after its construction, it reopens to the public, restored to its original glory, as anContinue reading “The Secret Versailles of Marie-Antoinette – 2018”
DJ Punk – 2018
Nobody captured the atmosphere of 1990s Berlin better than German photographer Daniel Josefsohn, who died in 2016 at the age of 54, leaving his mark in advertising with his irreverent aesthetic and punk sensibility. It was his spontaneous, imperfect images shot for an MTV campaign in 1994 that first made him famous. Director : LilliContinue reading “DJ Punk – 2018”
Wasted Talent – 2018
Wasted Talent is a gritty documentary where director Steve Stanulis and producer Noel Ashman together examine the temptations and struggles many young celebrities go threw on their rise to stardom. It focuses on the story of actor LIllo Brancato who was once considered to be the next Robert De Niro, after his huge success starringContinue reading “Wasted Talent – 2018”