Tag Archives: Documentary

A decade after An Inconvenient Truth brought climate change into the heart of popular culture comes the riveting and rousing follow-up that shows just how close we are to a real energy revolution. Vice President Al Gore continues his tireless fight, traveling around the world training an army of climate champions and influencing international climateContinue reading “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power – 2017”

Would you fall in love with a homeless person? Six years after Occupy Wall Street, Jehan is 42 years old and homeless on the streets of New York City. As she works to save money, get an apartment and return to a “normal” life, she decides that she would also like to get married. WouldContinue reading “ORCA: A True Story – 2017”

Inside Qatar’s labor camps, African and Asian migrant workers building the facilities of the 2022 World Cup compete in a football tournament of their own. Director : Adam Sobel Cast : Genre : Documentary Release Date : 1/19/2017 Country :

How does one live with the unbearable? When the worst has happened and the one to blame is yourself? Death of a Child is an exploration of the lives of parents who have caused their own children’s deaths. Director : Frida Barkfors|Lasse Barkfors Cast : Genre : Documentary Release Date : 3/19/2017 Country : Denmark

Documentary looking at the black market website known as the Silk Road, which emerged on the darknet in 2011. This ‘Amazon of illegal drugs’ was the brainchild of a mysterious, libertarian intellectual operating under the avatar The Dread Pirate Roberts. Promising its users complete anonymity and total freedom from government regulation or scrutiny, Silk RoadContinue reading “Silk Road: Drugs, Death and the Dark Web – 2017”

In the history of “The Simpsons,” few characters outside the title family have had as much cultural impact as Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, the Springfield convenience store owner. Comedian Hari Kondabolu is out to show why that might be a problem. Director : Michael Melamedoff Cast : Aasif Mandvi|Aziz Ansari|Dana Gould|Hari Kondabolu|Hasan Minhaj|Kal Penn|Noureen DeWulf|Utkarsh Ambudkar|W. KamauContinue reading “The Problem with Apu – 2017”

In Portland Oregon, eight artists come together to participate in Scott McCloud’s 24 Hour Comic Challenge, attempting to write, draw, and complete a 24 page comic, in 24 hours. With the smell of coffee and doughnuts lingering over a table filled with pencil shavings, director Milan Erceg delves into the personal lives of each ofContinue reading “24 Hour Comic – 2017”

Tell me the Story Of all These Things is an accumulation of several narrative threads drawing together intimate conversations between the artist and her two sisters, ominous animated visions of a metamorphosing body, e-learning training on Prevent, and staged, performed gestures. Director : Rehana Zaman Cast : Genre : Documentary Release Date : 11/30/2017 CountryContinue reading “Tell Me the Story of All These Things – 2017”