Whilst most young women in her home town of Zambia were busy planning weddings, Esther Phiri had other ideas: to stay single, be a professional boxer and complete the high school education that she abandoned when her family fell on hard times. Her quick and meteoric rise to an undefeated world champion took not onlyContinue reading “Woman on Hold – 2014”
Tag Archives: Documentary
Humans Need Not Apply – 2014
Looks at the future of the integration of automation into economics, as well as the impact of this integration to the worldwide workforce. Director : C.G.P. Grey Cast : Genre : Documentary Release Date : 8/13/2014 Country : United Kingdom
Rheingold – Gesichter eines Flusses – 2014
Director : Lena Leonhardt|Peter Bardehle Cast : Anne Moll|Ben Becker Genre : Documentary Release Date : 8/21/2014 Country : Germany
For My Sisters – 2014
FOR MY SISTERS is a movie about black culture or rather: black women, specifially: a movie about black singers. Alberta Hunter, Sarah Vaughan, Carmen McRae, Nina Simone. They are the four “Big Sisters”, singer Carole Alston follows through to the age of jazz. Alston, “a voice as dark and sweet as molasses”, as described byContinue reading “For My Sisters – 2014”
The Day the Series Stopped – 2014
On Oct. 17, 1989, at 5:04 p.m. PT, soon after Al Michaels and Tim McCarver started the ABC telecast for Game 3 of the World Series between the San Francisco Giants and the Oakland Athletics, the ground began to shake beneath Candlestick Park. Even before that moment, this had promised to be a memorable matchup:Continue reading “The Day the Series Stopped – 2014”
The Hidden Tiger – 2014
Juninho, Menor, Neguinho, Adilson and Eldo are young residents of the Bairro Nacional, outskirts of Contagem, in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Divided between work and fun, crime and hope, each will have to find ways of overcoming difficulties and taming the tiger inside their veins. Director : Affonso Uchoa Cast : Adílson Cordeiro|Aristides de Sousa|Eldo Rodrigues|MaurícioContinue reading “The Hidden Tiger – 2014”
American Interior – 2014
Two men. Two quests. Two centuries apart. Four ways to experience the search for a lost tribe. Film. Book. Album. App. Director : Dylan Goch|Gruff Rhys Cast : Gruff Rhys Genre : Documentary Release Date : 3/11/2014 Country : United Kingdom
Inside ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’ – 2014
A 42-minute making-of documentary, “Inside ‘Inside Llewyn Davis,’” produced and directed by David Prior. A number of cast and key crew people are interviewed, but, not surprisingly, the Coens, music supervisor T-Bone Burnett, and lead Oscar Isaac dominate the proceedings. Director : David Prior Cast : Bruno Delbonnel|Carey Mulligan|Ethan Coen|F. Murray Abraham|Garrett Hedlund|Joel Coen|John Goodman|JustinContinue reading “Inside ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’ – 2014”
No Control – 2014
With over 300 million firearms, the U.S. holds the highest rate of gun ownership per capita in the world. Meanwhile, with each gun-related tragedy, the question remains whether to regulate or to arm. Increasing demand, illegal distribution and emerging 3D technologies threaten to upend the traditional debate of gun control. As discussed in interviews fromContinue reading “No Control – 2014”
Poverty, Inc. – 2014
Poverty, Inc. explores the hidden side of doing good. From disaster relief to TOMs Shoes, from adoptions to agricultural subsidies, Poverty, Inc. follows the butterfly effect of our most well-intentioned efforts and pulls back the curtain on the poverty industrial complex – the multi-billion dollar market of NGOs, multilateral agencies, and for-profit aid contractors. AreContinue reading “Poverty, Inc. – 2014”
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