Long a dream, the quest for immortality has shifted from the metaphysical to the technical and the scientific. With cryonics technology improving, human cloning, mind uploading and digital brain simulation, and reversing the aging of cells feasible, immortality may seem right around the corner. Director : Cast : Genre : Documentary Release Date : 8/1/2016Continue reading “Waiting for Immortality – 2016”
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Ebola: The Doctors’ Story – 2016
Join Dr. Javid Abdelmoneim, a British emergency response doctor, inside a Doctors Without Borders Ebola treatment center in Kalilahun, Sierra Leone as the epidemic escalated dramatically in fall 2014. Attached to the doctors’ goggles, cameras designed to enter the “hot zone” of the facility reveal for the first time the realities of battling an unprecedentedContinue reading “Ebola: The Doctors’ Story – 2016”
Sacred – 2016
Sacred explores cultural and religious ritual as it relates to life’s cycles: birth, adolescence, marriage, aging and other key passages of life. Director : Thomas Lennon Cast : Genre : Documentary Release Date : 11/1/2016 Country : United States
Forever Pure – 2016
Beitar Jerusalem FC is the most popular team in Israel and the only club in the Premier League never to sign an Arab player. Midway through a season the club’s owner, Russian-Israeli oligarch Arcadi Gaydamak, brought in two Muslim players from Chechnya in a secretive transfer deal that triggered the most racist campaign in IsraeliContinue reading “Forever Pure – 2016”
Tell Me Love Is Real – 2016
In the winter of 2012, two famous American performance artists sat in anonymous hotel rooms on the West Coast, waiting to take the stage, and in a bizarre coincidence, over-dosed on the anxiety drug Xanax. One survived, one did not. The two individuals are Whitney Houston, who tragically died, and the author of this piece,Continue reading “Tell Me Love Is Real – 2016”
Rich Hall’s Presidential Grudge Match – 2016
An examination of the sordid machinations involved in becoming president of the United States. Rich Hall looks back at some of the dirtiest and nastiest presidential campaigns of the past, proving that the 2016 race to the White House is not the first time the contest has got personal. Director : Chris Cottam Cast :Continue reading “Rich Hall’s Presidential Grudge Match – 2016”
The Search for Life in Space – 2016
Journey from the depths of the Pacific Ocean into the far reaches of space on a quest to find something that changes everything…signs of life, somewhere else in the universe. With cutting-edge imagery from the world’s most powerful telescopes, The Search for Life in Space takes audiences from the surface of Mars and the icyContinue reading “The Search for Life in Space – 2016”
Erich Kästner – Das andere Ich – 2016
Director : Annette Baumeister|Florian Schwombeck Cast : Clelia Sarto|Daniel Nerlich|Henriette Schmidt|Lisa Wagner|Matthias Bundschuh|Tomas Spencer Genre : Documentary|Drama Release Date : 12/31/2016 Country :
Images of the Estado Novo 1937-45 – 2016
Resorting on a vast archive material of newsreels, photographs, letters, family videos, fiction movies, diary and popular songs excerpts, the documentary reassesses the legacy of the dictatorial period of Getúlio Vargas (1937-1945). Through the comparison and analysis of these heterogeneous records, produced for different purposes, from political propaganda to family celebration, the film explores theContinue reading “Images of the Estado Novo 1937-45 – 2016”
My Millennial Life – 2016
My Millennial Life is an intimate and entertaining observational documentary, featuring five dynamic 20-somethings. Set against the backdrop of underemployment, high unemployment, and uncertainty, the film presents the subjects’ longings, challenges and dreams to make a mark in the world. Director : Maureen Judge Cast : Genre : Documentary Release Date : 5/26/2016 Country :Continue reading “My Millennial Life – 2016”
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