"Tadmor" Amidst the popular uprising in Syria that began in 2011, a group of former Lebanese detainees of the Assad regime decides to break their long-held silence about the horrific years they spent imprisoned in Tadmor, Palmyra, one of the Syrian government's most dreaded prisons. They…
American Indian Movement leaders on Alcatraz Island, Dennis Banks, Lehman Brightman, Vernon Bellecourt, Clyde Bellecourt perform a pipe ceremony at the start of the February 11, 1978 Longest Walk - a spiritual walk across the United States opposing anti-Indian legislation that was before congress - while…
Exploring the world of the pipe organ, through a bio pic of the organ builder, Lynn A Dobson, and performance of virtuoso organist, Haig Mardirosian. While watching the construction of his Opus 89 (a team project), organ builder Lynn A Dobson takes us through a journey not only his career and early…
1804: The Hidden History of Haiti is a documentary film about the untold history of the Haitian Revolution. Produced by the creator of the best-selling Hidden Colors film series, 1804 goes in-depth about the four principal players who were instrumental in Haiti s independence: *Makandal *Dutty Bookman *Toussaint…
Doing Nothing All Day follows a fictitious mother’s search for the ideal school for her son in Israel, Germany and the UK. She discovers the concept of democratic schools. Children are allowed to learn what, when and how they want to. Pupils set and monitor the rules and their learning progress…
Brutally forced out of Madagascar by a military coup‘d état, now exiled in South Africa, Madagascar’s democratically elected and president, Marc Ravalomanana, gathers a team of advisors to help solve the political crisis in his country. The exiled president is determined, peacefully,…
"The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire" is a 78 minute feature documentary about how Britain transformed from a colonial power to a global financial power. At the demise of empire, City of London financial interests created a web of offshore secrecy jurisdictions that captured…
BATTLE FOR BROOKLYN follows the story of reluctant activist Daniel Goldstein as he struggles to save his home and community from being demolished to make way for a professional basketball arena and the densest real estate development in U.S. history. Along the way, he falls in love, gets married and…
Magenta Baribeau Canada, 2015, français avec sous-titre anglais // French with English subtitles Ce documentaire d'auteur examine la réalité des femmes qui ont choisi de ne pas se reproduire. La cinéaste a rencontré des femmes qui ont fait ce choix afin de…
This portrait of Maurice Jarre is part of "In the Tracks Of", a documentary series about the greatest film composers. 60 years of successful career, 200 film scores, 70 years of theater ... From the most beautiful hours of TNP with the Oscars of Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago, Maurice…
This portrait of Gabriel Yared is the first documentary of "In the Tracks Of", a documentary series about the greatest film composers. Gabriel Yared composed the original score of numerous films like: Betty Blue by Jean-Jacques Beineix (1986) Camille Claudel by Bruno Nuytten (1988) The…
"The Making of Lissa" offers a different angle and a deeper understanding of the process of the cross disciplinary collaboration between Brown University and RISD in creating the graphic novel "Lissa: A Story about Medical Promise, Friendship, and Revolution". Lissa is set in Cairo…
