A vast, timely, and often chilling investigation into the idea and practice of democracy, ranging from Ancient Greece and Renaissance Europe to civil rights, fears of voter fraud, and the spectre of authoritarianism. Director : Astra Taylor Cast : Genre : Documentary Release Date : 6/9/2018 Country : Canada
Tag Archives: Documentary
Strong Waters – 2018
A sensory, immersive composition takes us on a journey to a place that seems to have stopped in time but remains timeless. A female voice reads a mythological text on the origin of the world and sets the tone for a documentary-meditation on the presence of primeval elements – like water and flora – andContinue reading “Strong Waters – 2018”
Unforeseen Consequences: Uncovering the Legacy of Half-Life – 2018
A road trip around the development of Valve’s “Half-Life,” one of the most influential video game sagas ever created, a debate about what really is its legacy now, twenty years after its release in 1998, and a speculation about the future of the huge global community born around it, whose members work hard to keepContinue reading “Unforeseen Consequences: Uncovering the Legacy of Half-Life – 2018”
After Leto – 2018
The film tells about the time in which the characters of the movie “Leto” lived. Performer of the role of “Skeptic” Alexandr Kuznetsov interviews Natalya Naumenko, Artemy Troitsky, Igor Petrovsky, Seva Novgorodtsev and Andrey Tropillo about Russian rock, the 80s, Soviet youth, the Leningrad way of life and the spirit of that time. The conversationsContinue reading “After Leto – 2018”
Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook – 2018
“Rigged” shows viewers just what Republicans did – and continue to do – from creating new barriers to voter registration, to purging American citizens from the voting rolls without notice, to new and deliberate impediments to casting a vote. In addition, the film shows how GOP activists developed an elaborate but false narrative of widespreadContinue reading “Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook – 2018”
The Image You Missed – 2018
An Irish filmmaker grapples with the legacy of his estranged father, the late documentarian Arthur MacCaig, through MacCaig’s decades-spanning archive of the conflict in Northern Ireland. Drawing on over 30 years of unique and never-seen-before footage, ‘The Image You Missed’ is an experimental essay film that weaves together a history of the Northern Irish ‘Troubles’Continue reading “The Image You Missed – 2018”
King of Beasts – 2018
The story of lion trophy hunters in Africa. KING OF BEASTS offers a close-up on the world of the controversial ‘sport” of lion hunting. Director : Nadav Harel|Tomer Almagor Cast : Genre : Documentary Release Date : 9/15/2018 Country : United States
Chaco – 2018
Director : Danièle Incalcaterra|Fausta Quattrini Cast : Genre : Documentary Release Date : 4/16/2018 Country : Argentina
A Letter to a Friend in Gaza – 2018
Gitai pays homage to Albert Camus and explores the return to Palestinian villages while interjecting texts by Izhar Smilansky, Emile Habibi, Mahmoud Darwish, and Amira Hass. Director : Amos Gitai Cast : Amos Gitai|Clara Khoury|Hilla Vidor|Makram J. Khoury Genre : Documentary Release Date : 9/3/2018 Country : Israel
Jonestown: The Women Behind the Massacre – 2018
The story of four women in Jim Jones’ inner circle who helped plan the 1978 Jonestown Massacre, one of the largest murder-suicide events in modern history which left 918 men, women and children dead. Director : Cast : Genre : Documentary Release Date : 2/26/2018 Country : United States