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- DirectorHilla MedaliaShosh ShlamStarsRan TaoThis uniquely telling film takes an entertaining and unsettling look into Chinese rehabilitation centers treating internet addiction, which the Chinese government has classified as a serious clinical disorder.
- DirectorJordan LivingstonStarsSean AllisonRonnie ArnoldStephen Lee ArringtonChronicles the history of the iconic DeLorean automobile from the rise and fall of legendary automaker John Z. DeLorean, to to the international phenomenon of loyal owners and devoted fans who've kept the dream alive for over three decades.
- DirectorBen LewisStarsBrendan PriceNicolas ChapmanMolly MalcolmThe most ambitious project ever conceived on the Internet: Google's master plan to scan every book in the world and the people trying to stop them. Google say they are building a library for mankind, but they also have other intentions.
- DirectorSteve HooverStarsRocky BraatSteve HooverAnithaDocumentarian visits best friend in India to see the mutual unconditional love that keeps his buddy bonded to a village hostel housing AIDS-afflicted children.
- DirectorKalyanee Mam"We've worked so hard on this land," says Sav Samourn. "And now they've come to destroy it all. Sooner or later it will all be gone." In her directorial debut, award-winning filmmaker Kalyanee Mam travels to her native homeland to capture the stories of three young Cambodians struggling to maintain their traditional way of life while the modern world closes in around them. Deep in the jungle, Sav Samourn struggles as large companies encroach and "progress" claims the life-giving forests. She discovers there's little room for wild animals, ghosts - and the home she has always known. In a fishing hamlet, Sari Math must quit school to help support his family. But as the fish catch dwindles, Sari and his family find their livelihood threatened. In a village, Khieu Mok must leave to seek work in a Phnom Penh factory to help pay her family's debts. But city life proves no better, and Khieu struggles between her need to send money home and her duty to be with her loved ones. From Cambodia's forests to its rivers, from its idyllic rice fields to the capital's pulsing heart, forces of radical change are transforming the landscape of the country - and the dreams of its people.
- DirectorRick RowleyStarsJeremy ScahillNasser Al AulaqiSaleha Al AulaqiInvestigative journalist Jeremy Scahill is pulled into an unexpected journey as he chases down the hidden truth behind America's expanding covert wars.
- DirectorDave GrohlStarsTrent ReznorTom PettyMick FleetwoodA documentary on the fabled recording studio that was located in Van Nuys, California.
- DirectorShane SalernoStarsPhilip Seymour HoffmanEdward NortonJudd ApatowAn unprecedented look inside the private world of J.D. Salinger, the reclusive author of The Catcher in the Rye.
- DirectorGabriela CowperthwaiteStarsTilikumDave DuffusSamantha BergA documentary following the controversial captivity of killer whales, and its dangers for both humans and whales.
- DirectorGreg 'Freddy' CamalierStarsRick HallAretha FranklinKeith RichardsA documentary that celebrates Rick Hall, the founder of FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and the signature sound he developed in songs such as "I'll Take You There", "Brown Sugar", and "When a Man Loves a Woman".
- DirectorDavid DouglasStarsPatricia WrightMorgan FreemanHantanirina RasamimananaA documentary that follows Dr. Patricia C. Wright's mission to help lemurs, the highly evolved creatures who arrived on Madagascar millions of years ago as castaways but are now highly endangered.
- DirectorAlastair FothergillKeith ScholeyAdam ChapmanStarsJohn C. ReillyA documentary that follows an Alaskan bear family as its young cubs are taught life's most important lessons.
- DirectorAndrew FitzgeraldStarsThomas Le MinLeanne LinskyMark GarrisonWhat if you were making a documentary about a gang of serial killers and they found out?
- DirectorRob KuhnsStarsGeorge A. RomeroFred RogersH. Rap BrownA documentary that shows how George A. Romero gathered an unlikely team of Pittsburghers to shoot his seminal film: Night of the Living Dead (1968).
- DirectorA.W. GryphonStarsA.W. GryphonJeannie ShenRex HoffmanThis is the film I wanted to see when I was diagnosed with cancer. -Allison W. Gryphon
- DirectorBill MorrisonThe Mississippi River Flood of 1927 was the most destructive river flood in American history. In the spring of 1927, the river broke out of its banks in 145 places and inundated 27,000 square miles to a depth of up to 30 feet. Part of it enduring legacy was the mass exodus of displaced sharecroppers. Musically, the Great Migration of rural southern blacks to Northern cities saw the Delta Blues electrified and reinterpreted as the Chicago Blues, Rhythm and Blues, and Rock and Roll. Using minimal text and no spoken dialog, filmmaker Bill Morrison and composer - guitarist Bill Frisell have created a powerful portrait of a seminal moment in American history through a collection of silent images matched to a searing original soundtrack.
- DirectorAlan ZweigStarsMarc MaronGilbert GottfriedRodney DangerfieldSurveys the history of Jewish comedy.
- DirectorJeff HeltonStarsHaily HeltonBrittany 'McKey' Sullivan
- DirectorNicholas MrossStarsDaniel MrossEliza MrossGabriel SukenikA computer programmer becomes fascinated with the digital currency Bitcoin, and through his involvement in the Bitcoin community, we learn about the impending global impact of this amazing new technology.
- DirectorJohn D. HarkriderStarsJohn D. HarkriderBarron ClaiborneLynn HillJohn betrayed his life-long best friend Barron, an act that almost put Barron in jail for life. Ten years later, John and Barron meet to talk and reach some type of resolution and forgiveness.
- DirectorGreg AmmonStarsGreg AmmonAlexa AmmonGreg SalmeriA murderous love triangle leaves two adopted 10 year old twins without parents. 10 years after the incident, at the age of 20, the twins decides to reach out and reunite with their biological Ukrainian family.
- DirectorMichael DrobStarsSteven BaymeBoris BekkerMarina BelotserkovskayaIn the late 1980's, on the brink of the collapse of the Soviet Union, tens of thousands of Soviet Jews were finally allowed to leave the USSR. What these people did not expect was that their final destination, America, no longer welcomed them with open arms. In 1988, American policy suddenly changed and thousands of Soviet Jews were stranded in Italy. Stateless. This documentary captures that unique slice of history from the point of view of the émigrés as well as expert accounts of the situation from influential Jewish leaders including David Harris of the AJC, Mark Handelman of NYANA and Mark Hetfield of HIAS among others.
- DirectorJordan FreeseAn Honest Living is an independent feature documentary that follows four Chicago based artists as they reveal how they dance the line between artistic passion and the need for commerce.
- DirectorJaime PraterStarsAngel HaroldChris HaroldErik JohnsonNo Place To Call Home chronicles the lives of several people born and raised in Jesus People USA Evangelical Covenant Church, a religious sect on Chicago's north side. The film is essentially a story within the story as the director details how he began exploring his past of growing up in the sect, and his discovery of dozens upon dozens of cases of child sexual abuse, of which many were allegedly unreported by the sects leadership.
- DirectorOmar J. PinedaStarsTom SaviniNorman ReedusJohn A. RussoA real-life zombie epidemic is spreading. Inspired by the increasing popularity of zombie movies and television shows, men, women and children across the globe use gruesome makeup and costumes to become a rotting mass of zombies staggering through city streets.
- DirectorRobert BergerPatrick DanielsKarlyn MichelsonStarsRobert BergerPatrick DanielsNoel DinneenA documentary derived entirely from 'Black Box' transcripts of six real-life major airline emergencies.
- DirectorLotfy NathanStarsCocoPugFunmi SodipoPug, a young boy growing up on a combative West Baltimore block, finds solace in a group of illegal dirt bike riders known as The 12 O'Clock Boys.
- DirectorTalal DerkiStarsAbdul Basset SarootA look behind the barricades of the besieged city of Homs, where for nineteen-year-old Basset and his ragtag group of comrades, the audacious hope of revolution is crumbling like the buildings around them.
- DirectorVicki VasilopoulosAn inspiring documentary portrait of three Italian master tailors who share their pride and devotion to their Old World craft while confronting their challenging role in the twilight of their career. The film unfolds the tapestry of their lives, unravels the mystery of their artistry and reveals how their passionate devotion to their craft is akin to a religion.
- DirectorNickolas Dylan RossiStarsConan O'BrienMadonnaGus Van SantHeaven Adores You is an intimate, meditative inquiry into the life and music of Elliott Smith. By threading the music of Elliott Smith through the dense, yet often isolating landscapes of the three major cities he lived in -- Portland, New York City, Los Angeles -- Heaven Adores You presents a visual journey and an earnest review of the singer's prolific songwriting and the impact it continues to have on fans, friends, and fellow musicians.
- DirectorJeremy AmbersStarsTimothy ChildsAmy CritchettBen Davis'Impossible Light' follows Internationally renowned artist, Leo Villareal and his dedicated team as they set out to install 25,000 LED lights on the side of San Francisco's Bay Bridge for an abstract fine art sculpture known as The Bay Lights. How did it happen? Who was behind this eight-million-dollar installation? And how in the world did the artist, his team, and the city of San Francisco pull it off? Jeremy Ambers' illuminating, riveting documentary, 'Impossible Light' sheds light on these questions, while chronicling the drama and child-like daring behind a project whose 'impossibility made it possible.'
- DirectorDoug HamiltonStarsMichael MayerSteven HoggettTom KittA behind-the-scenes look at Green Day's "American Idiot" album becoming a punk rock Broadway musical.
- DirectorCarolyn JonesStarsLafayette BallardStephen BloeslJason CrossTHE AMERICAN NURSE is a heart-warming film that explores some of the biggest issues facing America - aging, war, poverty, prisons - through the work and lives of nurses. It is an examination of real people that will change how we think about nurses and how we wrestle with the challenges of healing America. THE AMERICAN NURSE is an important contribution to America's ongoing conversation about what it means to care. The film follows the paths of five nurses in various practice specialties including Jason Short as he drives up a rugged creek to reach a home-bound cancer patient in Appalachia. Tonia Faust, who runs a prison hospice program where inmates serving life sentences care for their fellow inmates as they're dying. Naomi Cross, as she coaches an ovarian cancer survivor through the Caesarean delivery of her son. Sister Stephen, a nun who runs a nursing home filled with goats, sheep, llamas and chickens, where the entire nursing staff comes together to sing for a dying resident. And Brian McMillion, an Army veteran and former medic, rehabilitating wounded soldiers returning from war.
- DirectorJon BushStarsMario DiazMx Justin Vivian BondNadya GinsburgClub Kingpin Mario Diaz has been throwing the hottest, sexiest, funnest parties in the LGBT nightlife scene for over 20 years, from New York to LA. Come with us as we dive deep, go behind the scenes and find out what makes him tick and how he does it.
- DirectorLynne CanningJoann SchuchStarsPeter BuckleyIntelligent and engaging, the documentary 'Tricky Bidness' tells the story of how the politically progressive town of Arcata, California has grappled with the ongoing challenge of marijuana grow houses in its neighborhoods. Community members provide surprisingly candid and thoughtful analysis of the situation as the town finds itself as a hub of the marijuana black market. In 1996, Arcatans overwhelmingly supported California's Compassionate Use Act, which 'legalized' medical marijuana law...but abuses of the law, combined with the ongoing seventy-five year old prohibition of cannabis, continue to leave Arcata and other communities like it in a legal gray zone. What people from the little city of Arcata can tell you about living with marijuana might change what you think about pot... and how you vote.
- DirectorSaffron CassadayStarsShura EadiePelletier HenriSchellenberg MaxA film about senior citizens learning about computers from teenage mentors and the connections made both on and offline.
- DirectorDavid SalzbergChristian TureaudStarsFrank AdamskiOfren ArrechagaEd BankstonArmed only with their cameras, Peabody and Emmy Award-winning conflict Journalist Mike Boettcher, and his son, Carlos, provide unprecedented access into the longest war in U.S. history.
- DirectorMarc SilverStarsGael García BernalCharles HardingLorena Ivón Ton QuevedoAn anonymous body in the Arizona desert sparks the beginning of a real-life human drama. The search for identity leads us back across a continent to seek out the people left behind and the meaning of a mysterious tattoo.
- DirectorLily KeberStarsJames BookerJoe BoydDouglas BrinkleyExplores the life, times and music of James Booker, the legendary New Orleans performer who Dr. John proclaimed 'the best black, gay, one-eyed junkie piano genius New Orleans has ever produced.'
- DirectorKatie GreenCarlye RubinStarsHope EdelmanJane FondaLetitia Guimaraes-LyleThree women bound by the shared experience of having lost their mothers during adolescence yet whose paths never cross.
- DirectorRyan WorsleyStarsJimmy BergDavid BessenhofferBeau BinekRazing the Bar documents the development and eventual demolition of a well-loved fringe punk rock Seattle venue through interviews of employees, friends, and a multitude of local musicians.
- DirectorJeremy LongStarsFrank CotoloJeremy LongWolfman JackFrank Cotolo is a writer, legendary broadcaster and entertainer who worked with several comedians and other celebrities throughout his career, including being Wolfman Jack's right hand man for several decades. This documentary is not just a story of Frank Cotolo's life, this is a story of determination, will-power and the message to never give up on your dream. This is Frank's story. This is Tenacity and Gratitude.
- DirectorJennifer Steinman SterninStarsSamantha GashTremaine KentDavid O'BrienA diverse cast of non-professional runners attempt to complete the most difficult ultramarathon race series on Earth. Their dramatic journey takes them across the World's most picturesque yet brutal landscapes, pushing their bodies, hearts and spirits through a myriad of external and internal obstacles. DESERT RUNNERS delves into the mindset of ultra-athletes, and the complex ways in which human beings deal with both heartbreak and triumph.