In 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay summited Mt Everest – the first to do so. That same year, back in Hillary’s home land of New Zealand, the jetboat was invented. With this new invention, Hillary, conqueror of the Himalayas' greatest mountain, strove to also become the first…
The Ventures have been thrilling music lovers with songs like “Wipe Out” and “Hawaii 5-0” since 1959. Now, see the story of the world’s most famous instrumental rock and roll band from those who know them the best: movie stars, music legends, and their family. Witness the…
Documentary, LGBT | 2020 | English ArizticalOnDemand.com ArizticalNow.com When the outrageous Donnie “Dirtwoman” Corker passed away, the city of Richmond, Virginia, lost one of its most well-known counterculture personalities. As a cross-dressing drag performer, Donnie embodied the…
Kartemquin Films completes its chronicle of the work and times of the American artist, Leon Golub. Begun in 1985, the film ends with Golub's death in 2004, taking us from searing images of interrogations and torture to the ironies and dark humor of old-age. Jonathan Rosenbaum described an earlier,…
Sweet As documents the three days and three nights of Sweetwaters 1999, a music festival (attended by 25,000) which sought to recreate the legendary Sweetwaters festivals of the 80s The documentary follows two selected groups – one group in their teens (including an early screen appearance by…
Roger Hall is New Zealand’s most popular and successful playwright. He has written 27 stage plays, plus many television series and musical comedies. Writing one or two stage hits is impressive, but continuing to hit the jackpot for three decades is absolutely phenomenal. We have no writer with…
For two years, filmmaker Maria Finitzo followed five strong young women between the ages of 13 and 17. Unlike the myriad reports, books and "specials" that focus on young women as passive and powerless, 5 Girls explores the ways these girls discover the resources necessary to successfully navigate…
“The Eagle’s Children” is about the spread of a Mexican Indian spiritual tradition to Mexican-American seekers in California, Texas, New Mexico, and elsewhere. “La Danza de la Conquista”, also known as “Los Concheros”, “Danza Azteca”, & “Danza…
The 2000 year-old Los Voladores (flyers) ritual is still performed today by the Totonacs of East Central Mexico. The ritual is sacred to Quetzalcoatl, the “Feathered Serpent” culture god, whom Mexican Indians identify with Christ. Hence it is usually performed in conjunction with Christian…
Gang members, Vietnam vets, and young factory workers from Chicago's neighborhoods tell of their personal experience with racism: who gets hurt and who profits. The film was brought to Kartemquin by Peter Kuttner, and credits are shared between Kartemquin, Rising Up Angry, and Columbia College Chicago.
Now We Live on Clifton follows 10 year old Pam Taylor and her 12 year old brother Scott around their multiracial West Lincoln Park neighborhood. The kids worry that they'll be forced out of the neighborhood they grew up in by the gentrification following the expansion of DePaul University. This…
Home for Life depicts the experiences of two elderly people in their first month at a home for the aged. One is a woman whose struggle to remain useful in her son and daughter-in-law's home is no longer appreciated. The other is a widower, without a family, who suddenly realizes he can no longer…
