Tag Archives: Documentary

A documentary about the 1984 Miner’s Strike which changed Britain forever. Director : Owen Gower Cast : Anne Scargill|Betty Cook|Jim Tierney|Joe Henry|Joyce Sheppard|Mike Jackson|Norman Strike|Paul Symonds|Ron Stoat|Steve Hammill Genre : Documentary Release Date : 10/4/2014 Country :

A portrait of Argentine director Gastón Solnicki’s family over the course of the second half of the 20th century, Papirosen follows four generations still troubled by a war that’s never spoken of. The film juxtaposes different periods with their native image formats, along with landscapes, characters and international political events, as it focuses on aContinue reading “Papirosen – 2014”

Fish are an important part of the ecosystem and the human diet. Unfortunately, overfishing has depleted many fish stocks, and the proposed solution — fish farming — is creating far more problems than it solves. Not only are fish farms polluting the aquatic environment and spreading disease to wild fish, farmed fish are also anContinue reading “Fish: Farming in Troubled Waters – 2014”

The Billion Dollar Car: Is the Electric Car going to change the future of urban mobility? For years companies have been manufacturing and selling electric and hybrid cars. But is there a future for the eco-friendly automobile? This documentary follows the development of electric cars including the BMW i3. Director : Cast : Genre :Continue reading “The Billion Dollar Car – 2014”

Operation Bethlehem follows Palestinian director Leila Sansour’s extraordinary journey to the legendary city of Bethlehem, the place where she grew up. Armed with a camera and a family car that keeps breaking down, she sets out to make an intimate portrait of a historical town in peril. Five years on, with 700 hours of footage,Continue reading “Open Bethlehem – 2014”

The story of how mobster Henry Hill – played by Ray Liotta in Martin Scorsese 1990 classic, Goodfellas – helped orchestrate the fixing of Boston College basketball games in the 1978-79 season. The details of that point-shaving scandal are revealed for the first time on film through the testimony of the players, the federal investigatorsContinue reading “Playing for the Mob – 2014”

Diana Mariscal reached a moment of fame in the sixties, when at just 18 years of age she was the lead actress of the movie Fando and Lis by Alejandro Jodorowsky. The moment seemed to trigger a promising career, but her public image faded little by little until disappearing. Forty years later the traces ofContinue reading “The Silence of the Princess – 2014”

Guy Martin joins the two-year restoration of a Spitfire that was buried in a French beach for decades, and tells the Boy’s Own-style story of its pilot, Squadron Leader Geoffrey Stephenson Director : James Woodroffe Cast : Guy Martin Genre : Documentary Release Date : 10/12/2014 Country :

This movie takes us in the daily battle of 12 cartoonists around the world : France, Mexico, Israël, China, Russia, Ivory Coast… Director : Stéphanie Valloatto Cast : Genre : Documentary Release Date : 5/28/2014 Country : France