Tag Archives: Documentary

On 11th January 2008, hired by the City of Cleveland, lawyer Josh Cohen and his team filed a lawsuit against 21 banks, which they held accountable for the wave of foreclosures that had left their city in ruins. Since then, the bankers on Wall Street have been fighting by with all available means to avoidContinue reading “Cleveland Versus Wall Street – 2010”

In Fernando Nation, Mexican-born and Los Angeles-raised director Cruz Angeles traces the history of a community that was torn apart when Dodger Stadium was built in Chavez Ravine and then revitalized by one of the most captivating pitching phenoms baseball has ever seen. Nicknamed “El Toro” by his fans, Fernando Valenzuela ignited a fire thatContinue reading “Fernando Nation – 2010”

Combining nostalgia, dazzling architecture, pop culture, economics and politics, MALLS R US examines North America’s most popular and profitable suburban destination-the enclosed shopping center-and how for consumers they function as a communal, even ceremonial experience and, for retailers, sites where their idealism, passion and greed merge. The film blends archival footage tracing the history ofContinue reading “Malls R Us – 2010”

This is dry fly fishing at its best. Terrestrials are land insects – grasshoppers, beetles, crane flies etc. Many of these insect imitations must simply have in his fly box, and Morten Oeland shows why. We are there when he fishes his terrestrial imitation of a variety of great fishing trips in Denmark, Greenland, Germany,Continue reading “The Fish & The Fly 3: Terrestrials – 2010”

In WikiRebels, we learn about the early hacker life of Julian Assange, and his later decision to form an organization where whistleblowers can anonymously pass information that documents crime and immorality. His stated goal is to expose injustice, and nothing exemplifies this more than the leaked film entitled “Collateral Murder.” WikiRebels shows other films releasedContinue reading “WikiRebels: The Documentary – 2010”

The myths of the Suruí-Aikewara indigenous people, from Brazil, about the sky constellations. Director : Ivânia Neves|Maurício Neves Cast : Genre : Documentary Release Date : 12/6/2010 Country :

After graduating from university, Sean Aiken struggled with the question ‘What should I do with my life?’ His father said to find his passion. Taking the advice to heart, Sean created The One-Week Job Project, with the goal of working 52 jobs in 52 weeks. Director : Ian MacKenzie Cast : Genre : Documentary ReleaseContinue reading “One Week Job – 2010”

Lazlo Pearlman is a conceptual artist, an activist capable of dinamiting our prejudices about sex and identity. What it seems to be a reflexion about lies in our sexual lives suddenly turns out to be a sharp discourse about gender theory and the continuous evolution of our identitiy. Fake Orgasm, first part of an ambitiousContinue reading “Fake Orgasm – 2010”

The documentary focuses on images of women in advertising, in particular on gender stereotypes, the effects of advertising on women’s self-image and the objectification of women’s bodies. Director : Sut Jhally Cast : Genre : Documentary Release Date : 1/1/2010 Country : United States