Guns, Gays and God in East Texas. A documentary thriller. The film explores the tragic murder of Nicholas West, shot dead in Tyler, East Texas by a teenage gang … because he was gay. Gripping interviews on Death Row capture the twilight world in which the three killers lived as the film…
Long Lonesome Highway is the story of the greatest performer that you've likely never heard of. Once called "the world's greatest living actor" by Quentin Tarantino, Michael spent the majority of his life being blacklisted by the Hollywood system. This documentary is designed to show…
”Long Distance Love has the precision and unity of fiction, using a character-driven narrative to paint on a larger cultural canvas a picture of the fathers and mothers, sons and daughters who exile themselves to foreign lands to support their families back home.” Ronnie Scheib, Variety.…
"Some years ago Spanish paddlers, Carlos Rodriguez and Carlos Ares, tackled a style of kayaking that was completely new to them. Drawn by the vast British Columbia wilderness, they sought out rivers to hone their ability to paddle long distances down whitewater rivers, carrying everything on board…
LONG FOR THE CITY (Super 8 film, 10 min., 2008) Directed, Shot, Edited by Jem Cohen A portrait of Patti Smith in the city where she lives. Patti recites the very first poem-song she ever wrote, and then a later poem, “Prayer,” from the early 70’s. We take a walk in her changing…
Despite key concessions by SeaWorld, its orcas are still performing every day, and in eastern Russia the magnificent killer whale is under siege – hunted for sale into the exploding marine theme park industry in China. Witness an in-depth look at the case against captivity, the Whale…
Meet the stars of science fiction, fantasy and horror!
Meet the stars of science fiction, fantasy and horror!
King David, the famed sovereign, united all tribes of Israel into one kingdom. However, a growing number of scholars now believe that the biblical story about this kingdom is no more than a fable. Typical of the Holy Land, this argument has come to involve politics, religion, and many emotions... The…
Livingston Skateboard Park – known as “Livi” – is legendary among skaters throughout the world. In the 1980s and ‘90s, Livi was thriving; but forty years on, the surfaces have deteriorated and become dangerous to skate on. A local group of three ambitious skater girls –…
A documentary of South Africa's quest for restorative justice following four cases that come before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC).
In 1955, when racial segregation defined America, two groups of 12-year-old boys stepped onto a baseball field in an act of cultural defiance that would change the course of history. Eight years after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball, the all-Black Pensacola Jaycees…
