Category Archives: Documentary

Go inside the sound design of Star Wars: The Last Jedi. From the ignition of a lightsaber to the chirp of a porg, Star Wars would not be the same without the brilliant sound design and mixing created by Skywalker Sound. Director : Cast : Ben Burtt|Coya Elliott|Margie O’Malley|Matthew Wood|Rian Johnson|Ronni Brown Genre : DocumentaryContinue reading “Star Wars: The Force of Sound – 2018”

Shot in a creaky, wooden-floored Parisian recording studio at an inaugural three-day “forum of ideas” focusing on the manifold possibilities of “Resistance”, the film initially appears to be a structuralist document of a philosophical discussion in-the-round. Director : Ben Rivers|Ben Russell Cast : Genre : Documentary Release Date : 2/26/2018 Country : Switzerland

Brenner Pass, Alpine border, spring 2016: the Austrian government announces the construction of a border fence, expecting a shift of the refugee routes to Italy after the Balkan route is closed. The residents fear the fence just as much as the supposedly threatening influx of foreigners to their homeland. Two years later, the fence isContinue reading “The Border Fence – 2018”

A championship high school basketball team provides pride, tradition and hope for an African American community struggling to survive in the middle of one of the wealthiest communities in America – The Hamptons. Director : Ben Cummings|Orson Cummings Cast : Carl Johnson|Elijah Jackson|J.P. Harding|Jamari Gant|Joshua Lamison|Kevin Feliciano|Matthew Hostetter|Max Cheng|Nykell Dean|Tylik Furman Genre : Documentary ReleaseContinue reading “Killer Bees – 2018”

‘Cold Lands’ makes a personal journey through the images and cinema, guided by filmmakers and artist like, Theo Angelopoulos, Bego Vicario, Wim Wenders or Rut Hillarp among others. In this non-fictional road-movie their vision of what cinema is, of what is hidden behind the images, intersects with the world of beekeeping, architecture and the humanContinue reading “Cold Lands – 2018”

Thomas Riedelsheimer’s landmark Rivers and Tides inventively documented artist Andy Goldsworthy as he created his wondrously ephemeral site-specific sculptures, spun from nature. Fifteen years later, Goldsworthy is still appealingly engaged in his philosophical and tactical exploration of the natural world. Leaning Into the Wind is a collaborative sequel—a visual and aural sensation that takes viewersContinue reading “Leaning Into the Wind: Andy Goldsworthy – 2018”

In a world struck by climate change and overpopulation, food production control is increasingly becoming a huge business for a handful of giant corporations. Following the industrial production chain of pork, from China to Brazil through the United States and Mozambique, the documentary describes the enormous concentration of power in the hands of these WesternContinue reading “Soyalism – 2018”

How small, idealistic, Finnish company, Nokia, became the global leader in cell phone technology only to become drunk with success, lose its visionary style of leadership and completely fail to predict the rise of its death knell, iPhone. Director : Arto Koskinen Cast : Genre : Documentary Release Date : 7/10/2018 Country : Finland

Since 1999, 18 of the last 22 winners of the Scripps National Spelling Bee have been Indian-American, making the incredible trend one of the longest in sports history. “Breaking the Bee” is a feature-length documentary that explores and celebrates this new dynasty while following four students, ages 7 to 14, as they vie for theContinue reading “Breaking the Bee – 2018”

Astrophysicists show how black holes might hold answers to how the universe evolved, leading to life on Earth and, ultimately, the human race. Director : Rushmore DeNooyer Cast : Janna Levin Genre : Documentary Release Date : 1/10/2018 Country :