Tag Archives: Documentary

The year is 1970 and the disastrous Vietnam War keeps escalating. Protests are erupting all over U.S. campuses. But in Minneapolis, word that the national Red Barn Restaurant chain wants to erect a new fast-food franchise in old, venerable Dinkytown, the “war at home” takes a different turn. This stunning documentary chronicles the unprecedented 40-day,Continue reading “The Dinkytown Uprising – 2015”

The story of artist Edith Lake Wilkinson, a painter who was committed to an asylum in 1924 and never heard from again. All her worldly possessions were packed into trunks and shipped to a relative in West Virginia where they sat in an attic for 40 years. Edith’s great-niece, Emmy Award winning writer and directorContinue reading “Packed In A Trunk: The Lost Art of Edith Lake Wilkinson – 2015”

Selections include Kelley’s Plasticon Pictures, the earliest extant 3-D demonstration film from 1922 with incredible footage of Washington and New York City; New Dimensions, the first domestic full color 3-D film originally shown at the World’s Fair in 1940; Thrills for You, a promotional film for the Pennsylvania Railroad; Stardust in Your Eyes, a hilariousContinue reading “3-D Rarities – 2015”

Delves into the shooting death of Mark Duggan, a young black British man, by London Metropolitan Police in 2011. Director : George Amponsah Cast : Kurtis Henville|Marcus Knox Hooke Genre : Documentary Release Date : 10/17/2015 Country : United Kingdom

One of America’s foremost practitioners of the essay film presents a major new work inspired by the writings of Gilles Deleuze on cinema. Andersen’s The Thoughts That Once We Had is a richly layered journey through cinematic history, masterfully edited as it playfully moves across decades and genres, and suffused at every turn by theContinue reading “The Thoughts That Once We Had – 2015”

Filmed over 5 years, A Syrian Love Story charts an incredible odyssey to political freedom. For Raghda and Amer, it is a journey of hope, dreams and despair: for the revolution, their homeland and each other. Director : Sean McAllister Cast : Genre : Documentary Release Date : 6/9/2015 Country : United Kingdom

Established in 1960, Tower Records was once a retail powerhouse with two hundred stores, in thirty countries, on five continents. From humble beginnings in a small-town drugstore, Tower Records eventually became the heart and soul of the music world, and a powerful force in the music industry. In 1999, Tower Records made $1 billion. InContinue reading “All Things Must Pass – 2015”

Dan Vernon journeys into the heart of America’s most notorious supremacist group, with access to a modern day Missouri chapter: The Traditionalist American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. Director : Daniel Vernon Cast : Frank Ancona Genre : Documentary Release Date : 6/13/2015 Country : United Kingdom

The story of four adults with autism spectrum disorders as they search for and manage romantic relationships. Director : Matthew Fuller Cast : Genre : Documentary Release Date : 4/15/2015 Country : United States

The film follows intrepid reporters Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn and actor/advocates Malin Akerman, Mia Farrow, Ronan Farrow, Jennifer Garner, Regina Hall, Ashley Judd, Blake Lively, Eva Longoria, and Alfre Woodard to Colombia, Haiti, Kenya, and throughout the United States as they uncover the harshest forms of gender-based oppression and human rights violations, as wellContinue reading “A Path Appears – 2015”