Adventure climber Leo Houlding and film maker Alastair Lee are back with another sumptuous production of truly epic proportions. This time Leo (UK) and fellow climbers Sean Leary (USA) and Jason Pickles (Salford) head deep into the Amazon in an attempt to make the first ascent of the east face of the remote tepuy; CerroContinue reading “Autana – 2012”
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Maya Deren, Take Zero – 2012
This documentary interweaves celluloid and voice recordings by Maya Deren, and colleagues who knew her firsthand: Jean Rouch, Jonas Mekas, Alexander Hammid, Cecile Starr etc. Maya Deren (1917-1961) was an experimental filmmaker. In the 1940s and 1950s she made several influential avant-garde films, such as Meshes of the Afternoon (1943). Images from this and herContinue reading “Maya Deren, Take Zero – 2012”
Detropia – 2012
Detroit’s story has encapsulated the iconic narrative of America over the last century – the Great Migration of African Americans escaping Jim Crow; the rise of manufacturing and the middle class; the love affair with automobiles; the flowering of the American dream; and now… the collapse of the economy and the fading American mythos. DirectorContinue reading “Detropia – 2012”
Tall Girls – 2012
TALL GIRLS will give an insight view on what it means to be unusually tall as a woman in the Western World. The film chronicles my journey to find out why we make more money but marry less often and why there’s more treatments to stunt growth than self-help books to grow tall. For meContinue reading “Tall Girls – 2012”
Radioman – 2012
The New York film set mascot who overcame homelessness and alcoholism to become a fixture of the New York film industry, with over 100 small parts to his name. Director : Mary Kerr Cast : Genre : Documentary Release Date : 12/7/2012 Country :
Patagonia 3D – In the Footsteps of Charles Darwin – 2012
Patagonia. A country full of endless expanse of untouched nature. A unique wildlife awaits us here at the end of the world, where only a select few get there. Based on original quotations from his travelogue, the film follows the historic route of one of the most important nature observers and evolutionary scientists of historyContinue reading “Patagonia 3D – In the Footsteps of Charles Darwin – 2012”
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God – 2012
Academy Award®–winning documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side) explores the charged issue of pedophilia in the Catholic Church, following a trail from the first known protest against clerical sexual abuse in the United States and all way to the Vatican. Director : Alex Gibney Cast : Brady Bryson|Chris Cooper|Ethan Hawke|Jamey Sheridan|John SlatteryContinue reading “Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God – 2012”
Six Million and One – 2012
A filmmaker and his siblings research the experiences of their late father, who survived the Holocaust during World War II. Director : David Fisher Cast : Joseph Fischer Genre : Documentary Release Date : 3/22/2012 Country : Israel
National Geographic: Quest for the Lost Maya – 2012
In the past decade, researchers working in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula have made a series of startling discoveries, revealing a gaping hole in our understanding of the Maya… could it be that what we thought we knew has suddenly turned out to be just half the story? Quest for the Lost Maya follows American archaeologists GeorgeContinue reading “National Geographic: Quest for the Lost Maya – 2012”
Breathing Earth – Susumu Shingu’s Dream – 2012
Documentary on the work of a Japanese artist and his hopes of creating a wind powered community. Director : Thomas Riedelsheimer Cast : Susumu Shingu|Yosuke Shingu Genre : Documentary Release Date : 12/27/2012 Country : Germany
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