The Truth About Reading looks at the illiteracy problem in America, highlighting people who learned to read as adults, and sharing proposed solutions for working towards a future where every child learns to read proficiently.
Winner of "Best Educational Film" at the Cannes World Film Festival, "The Truth and the Seeker" is a feature-length documentary from Hemstock Films that follows a young single mother battling anxiety, addiction, and a deep disconnection from her body. Through plant medicine and profound…
John Pilger looks at world-wide propaganda surrounding the nuclear arms race. John Pilger's penetrating documentary which looks at world-wide propaganda surrounding the nuclear arms race. When the two American atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, they were code-named 'Fat…
An investigation into how the U.S. is now riven by radically differing views on what is real, and what is not. The Truth Illusion looks at how those deepening divisions began, and how they have eroded faith in authority – spawning conspiracy theories and creating ‘alternative realities’.
This seminar was given by Toshihiro Oshiro, a 9th dan in Shima-ha Shorin-ryu karate and an 8th dan in Yamane Chinen-ryu boujutsu. This time, Natsuki Shimizu, Ryonosuke Kikuchi, Sakura Alforte, and others participated. The first half of the seminar consisted of an explanation of basic movements, and…
In standard English usage, “try” is a verb that means “to make an attempt.” But in cowboy culture, the word is a noun invested with profound meaning. When a cowboy says, “that cowhand, he’s got Try,” it means that quality of giving something every ounce of effort…
Survivors in the areas hardest hit by Japan's recent tsunami find the courage to revive and rebuild as cherry blossom season begins. A stunning visual poem about the ephemeral nature of life and the healing power of Japan's most beloved flower. Directed by Academy Award Nominated filmmaker Lucy…
72 years have passed as deer herder Vukvukai lives in the depths of Chukotka. He is an old man full of energy and wisdom – The Real Man of Tundra whose life cannot be seen apart from the deer. His people take care of a huge herd – over 14,000 deer. Their life is a non-stop struggle for survival…
The Tutorial is a multi-part solo performance piece and social media installation that explores the enduring solitude, invisibility, and loss experienced by blac female artists in the so-called land of milk and honey. Written and enacted by creator Sola Bamis, the first and second steps were performed…
The 'Two Cultures' debate of the 1960s between C.P. Snow and F.R. Leavis is one of the most misunderstood intellectual disputes of the 20th century. Most people think that the debate only revolved around the notion that our society is characterized by a divide between two cultures – the…
"One of the foremost filmmakers of creative nonfiction working right now.” —The New Yorker. Rosine Mbakam left Cameroon at 27 to live in Europe. Seven years later she returns to her village, and discusses her decision in a series of startlingly intimate conversations. Her mother shares…
A selection of the prestigious American Film Institute Film Festival in 2009, The Two Horses of Genghis Khan is a sweeping cinematographic spectacle from renowned Asian director Byambasuren Davaa whose earlier Story of The Weeping Camel grossed well into seven digit territory. Two Horses presents a stiff…
