This documentary follows painter and musician Lyn Foulkes from age 70 to 77 as he labors to complete two astonishing tableaux that demonstrate his outsider’s perspective and eye for evocative imagery. As his reworking of one piece stretches into its second decade, we watch Foulkes’ righteous contempt for the establishment erode, replaced by a yearningContinue reading “Llyn Foulkes One Man Band – 2013”
Category Archives: Documentary
Bones of the Buddha – 2013
Bones of the Buddha is a 2013 television documentary produced by Icon Films and commissioned by WNET/THIRTEEN and ARTE France for the National Geographic Channels. It concerns a controversial Buddhist reliquary from the Piprahwa Stupa in Uttar Pradesh, India. It was released in May, 2013, and was broadcast in July 2013 in the US onContinue reading “Bones of the Buddha – 2013”
The Brotherhood of the Traveling Rants – 2013
When an author decides to turn his book tour into a stand-up comedy tour, he enlists his best friend from high school to come along. They haven’t seen each other in 20 years but quickly fall into their old habits of outrageous behavior. As the tour progresses however our heroes learn they’re not kids anymoreContinue reading “The Brotherhood of the Traveling Rants – 2013”
Stop-Over – 2013
In the course of living long months with a group of Iranian illegals in Athens, the director examines this radical choice of pursuing a better life through the most perilous of possibilities: clandestinity. Director : Kaveh Bakhtiari Cast : Genre : Documentary Release Date : 5/20/2013 Country : Switzerland
Grandma’s Eternal Forest – 2013
A 49 minutes documentary on the footsteps of 87 years old “Grandma” Kuniko Shiiba, perpetuating a 4000 years traditional and sustainable form of agriculture. Shohei SHIBATA followed her a whole year through the forest and its medicinal plants, fire spirits and mountains. Director : Shohei Shibata Cast : Genre : Documentary Release Date : 12/10/2013Continue reading “Grandma’s Eternal Forest – 2013”
Live and let Live – 2013
Live and Let Live is a feature documentary examining our relationship with animals, the history of veganism and the ethical, environmental and health reasons that move people to go vegan. Director : Marc Pierschel Cast : Aaron Adams|Gary Francione|Hendrik Haßel|Jan Gerdes|Jonathan Balcombe|Kati Kosler|Melanie Joy|Robert Goodland|Susanne Gura|T. Colin Campbell Genre : Documentary Release Date : 11/3/2013Continue reading “Live and let Live – 2013”
The Lockerbie Bombing – 2013
On 21 December 1988 a Pan Am 747 jet exploded over the small Scottish town of Lockerbie. On the 25th anniversary of the worst terrorist attack on British soil, this is the story. Director : James Gray Cast : Genre : Documentary Release Date : 12/17/2013 Country : United Kingdom
The Good Son – 2013
The unbelievable story of 22 year old Or, who secretly finances his sex change operation in Thailand by lying to his conservative parents and then returns home as a woman to face her new life, her family and the cost of living her dream Director : Shirly Berkovitz Cast : Genre : Documentary Release DateContinue reading “The Good Son – 2013”
The Chaperone – 2013
The Chaperone tells the true, previously untold story of a lone school teacher who fought off an entire motorcycle gang while chaperoning a middle school dance in a church basement in 1970s Montreal, Canada. Told from the first person unscripted perspective of the school teacher and DJ who were there that night, The Chaperone recreatesContinue reading “The Chaperone – 2013”
September 11: The New Pearl Harbor – 2013
“September 11 – The New Pearl Harbor” is a 5 hour documentary that summarizes 12 years of public debate on 9/11. While aimed primarily at a general, uninformed audience, the film also contains some new findings that may be of interest to advanced researchers. Director : Massimo Mazzucco Cast : Joseph Culp Genre : DocumentaryContinue reading “September 11: The New Pearl Harbor – 2013”
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