Category Archives: Documentary

Director : Cast : Genre : Documentary Release Date : 10/31/2013 Country :

Stephen Smith explores the extraordinary life and work of the virtuoso jeweller Carl Faberge. He talks to HRH Prince Michael of Kent about Faberge items in the Royal Collection and to Russian billionaire Viktor Vekselberg, who spent $100 million acquiring nine exquisite Faberge eggs. The bejewelled trinkets Faberge made for the last tsars of RussiaContinue reading “The World’s Most Beautiful Eggs: The Genius of Carl Faberge – 2013”

Ten years ago Shaun Smith was an enforcer for one of the biggest crime families in Liverpool, introducing urban terrorism to the British underworld. He sprayed up houses with machine guns, tortured people and used homemade napalm to firebomb his enemies. After spending 5 years in prison for firearm offences, he’s trying to transfer thoseContinue reading “UKs Scariest Debt Collector – 2013”

Sixty-seven-year-old Nissim Kahlon made his home in a cave he dug, in a limestone cliff under the Apollonia National Park, on the North of the Herzliya coast, 15 kilometers north of modern Tel Aviv. For years he lived in this cave, without electricity or running water. Today the “home” that he built out of anythingContinue reading “Apollonian Story – 2013”

Director : Nagy Dénes Cast : Genre : Documentary Release Date : 11/7/2013 Country : Hungary

Best-selling author Sir Terry Pratchett, diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2007, has one last adventure he wants to go on. Eighteen years ago Terry had a life-changing experience in the jungles of Borneo, where he encountered orangutans in the wild for the first time. Now he is going back to find out what the future holdsContinue reading “Terry Pratchett: Facing Extinction – 2013”

Director : Jide Tom Akinleminu Cast : Ade Ogunsakin|Akin Akinleminu|Chief Aroloye|Chief Sashere|Farmteam 2010|Grete Akinleminu|Ile Mexico|Jide Tom Akinleminu|Oba Frederick Aroloye|Vigili del fuoco dello Stato di Ondo Genre : Documentary Release Date : 11/5/2013 Country : Denmark

A documentary that reveals how a forgotten record by the Incredible Bongo Band helped cement the foundation of hip hop when DJ Herc extended its percussion by playing them back to back, creating an anthem on the streets of the Bronx. Director : Dan Forrer Cast : Ahmir-Khalib Thompson|Freda Payne|Gene Simmons|Grandmaster Caz|Jerry Butler|Melle Mel|Rosey GrierContinue reading “SampleThis – 2013”