Before Lance Armstrong, there was Greg LeMond, who is now the first and only American to win the Tour de France. In this engrossing documentary, LeMond looks back at the pivotal 1986 Tour, and his increasingly vicious rivalry with friend, teammate, and mentor Bernard Hinault. The reigning Tour champion and brutal competitor known as “TheContinue reading “Slaying the Badger – 2014”
Category Archives: Documentary
Memory of the Camps – 2014
On the 29th September 1945, the incomplete rough cut of a brilliant documentary about concentration camps was viewed at the MOI in London. For five months, Sidney Bernstein had led a small team – which included Stewart McAllister, Richard Crossman and Alfred Hitchcock – to complete the film from hours of shocking footage. Unfortunately, thisContinue reading “Memory of the Camps – 2014”
Softwaring Hard – 2014
A documentary about the world of software and the software makers. How do people from outside the industry see it and what do people from inside the industry think about regular computer users? Director : Alex Pop Cast : Antonia Iulia Pop|Sebastian Deery|Vanda Ciuban Serban Genre : Documentary Release Date : 10/31/2014 Country : Canada
Night is Coming – A Threnody For The Victims of Marikana – 2014
“A film about musicologists who can’t dance, nonetheless dancing in, and (not) talking about, a landscape they cannot see, not because they are blind, but because they; like Neville Chamberlain – whose grimly baffling lack of insight they bring to mind: are entirely out of touch with both the ontology and epistemology of the harshContinue reading “Night is Coming – A Threnody For The Victims of Marikana – 2014”
One Direction: Where We Are – The Concert – 2014
From X Factor to the San Siro Stadium in Milano, One Direction hit the world with success. See them perform live in the San Siro Stadium and watch 15 minutes of exclusive footage never seen before. The boys are back. Director : Paul Dugdale Cast : Harry Styles|Liam Payne|Louis Tomlinson|Niall Horan|Zayn Malik Genre : Documentary|MusicContinue reading “One Direction: Where We Are – The Concert – 2014”
3 Still Standing – 2014
Three stand-up comedians seek fame and fortune in the hottest comedy scene in the world: San Francisco in the 1980s. Director : Donna LoCicero|Robert Campos Cast : Allison Hatcher|Dana Carvey|Debi Durst|Geoff Bolt|Larry Brown|Marc Hershon|Mari Magaloni|Paula Poundstone|Rob Schneider|Will Durst Genre : Comedy|Documentary Release Date : 10/4/2014 Country : United States
Martin Clunes & a Lion Called Mugie – 2014
Clunes joins a mission to make wildlife history by returning endangered lions to Kora National Park, the Kenyan nature reserve of “Born Free” fame. The effort begins with Mugie, a lion cub orphaned at just three weeks old, but Clunes soon finds out why for lions there is now no “free” left. Director : CastContinue reading “Martin Clunes & a Lion Called Mugie – 2014”
The Second Game – 2014
A deceptively simple set-up: the director and his father watch a 1988 football match which the father refereed, their commentary accompanying the original television images in real time. A Bucharest derby between the country’s leading teams, Dinamo and Steaua, taking place in heavy snow, one year before the revolution that toppled Ceaușescu. Director : CorneliuContinue reading “The Second Game – 2014”
Face of Unity – 2014
Face Of Unity is the definitive Nelson Mandela documentary feature and first retrospective to be released since the president’s death in late 2013. It includes a never before seen speech where Mandela outlines the groundwork for peace and reconciliation to future generations. The piece also includes tributes to Nelson Mandela from President Barack Obama, SamContinue reading “Face of Unity – 2014”
Half the Road: The Passion, Pitfalls & Power of Women’s Professional Cycling – 2014
HALF THE ROAD is a documentary film that explores the world of women’s professional cycling, focusing on both the love of sport and the pressing issues of inequity that modern-day female riders face in a male-dominated sport. With footage from some of the world’s best races to interviews with Olympians, world champs, rookies, coaches, managers,Continue reading “Half the Road: The Passion, Pitfalls & Power of Women’s Professional Cycling – 2014”