Category Archives: Documentary

Director : Jesús Armesto Cast : Antonio Manuel|Boaventura de Sousa Santos|Jesús Armesto|Mar García|Sebastian De la Obra Genre : Documentary Release Date : 10/11/2016 Country : Spain

Born to atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima, Mamoru Samuragochi, a self-taught classical composer with a degenerative condition causing deafness, was celebrated as a “Japanese Beethoven” for the digital age. However, just prior to the 2014 Winter Olympics, where Samuragochi’s “Sonatina for Violin” was to accompany figure skater Daisuke Takahashi, part-time university lecturer Takashi Niigaki revealedContinue reading “FAKE – 2016”

Director : Youssef Berrouard Cast : Genre : Documentary Release Date : 5/8/2016 Country :

There are 100,000 US citizens in solitary confinement across the country, a staggering number prompting comment from both President Obama and the Pope. Situated in rural Virginia, 300 miles from any urban center, Red Onion State Prison is one of over 40 supermax prisons across the US built to hold prisoners in eight-by-ten-foot cells forContinue reading “Solitary – 2016”

Director : Mélanie Dalsace Cast : Pierre Tissot Genre : Documentary Release Date : 4/29/2016 Country :

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is a country with a very strong social cohesion and the unprecedented admiration of the people for their leader, which is absolutely unique and incomprehensible especially from a Western point of view. The native Korean director Sung-Hyung Cho tries to understand this by accompanying several Koreans from different backgroundsContinue reading “My Brothers and Sisters in the North – 2016”

A documentary about Victoria, queen of Sweden, and her relationship with her doctor, Axel Munthe. Director : Anders Wahlgren Cast : Marie Richardson|Peter Andersson Genre : Documentary Release Date : 8/26/2016 Country : Sweden

In a high stakes world where a single broken feather can mean a shattered dream, CHICKEN PEOPLE follows the trials and tribulations of those who breed exotic birds in the world of competitive poultry. In the tradition of SPELLBOUND-with a little of GATES OF HEAVEN thrown in for good measure-comes a feature documentary about threeContinue reading “Chicken People – 2016”