Category Archives: Documentary

In the wake of a devastating personal tragedy, struggling would-be filmmaker Parker Smith decides to take a road-trip across America. Intending to make a “lo-fi” documentary about his journey he purchases a decade old camera off of eBay, and is surprised to discover that it holds a long forgotten video tape containing strange home videoContinue reading “Ramblin’ Freak – 2017”

Carne Ross was a government highflyer. A career diplomat who believed Western Democracy could save us all. But working inside the system he came to see its failures, deceits and ulterior motives. He felt at first hand the corruption of power. After the Iraq war Carne became disillusioned, quit his job and started searching forContinue reading “Accidental Anarchist – 2017”

Director : Andréa França|Nicholas Andueza Cast : Genre : Documentary Release Date : 10/17/2017 Country :

Is the city of Zurich suffering from ‘density stress’? What is it like to live in mega cities such as São Paulo, Mexico City and Tiflis? Filmmaker Thomas Haemmerli broaches the topics of city development, architecture, density, housing market, xenophobia and gentrification from an autobiographical perspective. The path of his life has led him fromContinue reading “I Am Gentrification. Confessions of a Scoundrel – 2017”

MOLE MAN follows RON, a 66-year-old autistic man who has spent the last five decades building a 50-room structure in his parents’ backyard. Using no nails or mortar, Ron instead creates perfectly balanced structures from scavenged materials he finds in the woods outside his Western Pennsylvania home. When Ron’s father passes away, leaving him livingContinue reading “Mole Man – 2017”

A very personal and dynamic meditation on the current global refugee crisis through the eyes and voices of campaigners, specially children, where past and present establish a dialogue. A reflection on the importance of human rights. Director : Vanessa Redgrave Cast : Alfred Dubs|Daisy Bevan|Emma Thompson|Juliet Stevenson|Martin Sherman|Ralph Fiennes|Simon Coates|Vanessa Redgrave Genre : Documentary ReleaseContinue reading “Sea Sorrow – 2017”

Give them massive numbers, that’ll impress them. The Secret Life of the Long Haul Flight (Channel 5) is one of those documentaries that does that, right from the off: each year, 300 million passengers fly more than 6bn miles on long-haul flights. Some of them on an Airbus A380, which costs £280m, carries 484 passengers,Continue reading “Secret Life Of The Long Haul Flight – 2017”