Crownsville Hospital: From Lunacy to Legacy is a feature-length documentary film highlighting the history of the Crownsville State Mental Hospital in Crownsville, MD.
This documentary introduces the audience to crows as our chroniclers, pursuing the thesis that corvids have built up a collective knowledge of human history thanks to their extraordinary cognitive abilities. The image of the ravens Hugin ("thought") and Munin ("memory"), who accompany…
FOR HOME USE ONLY – FOR EDUCATIONAL STREAMING AND DVD SALES VISIT https://store.der.org/cruces-p1091.aspx Carlos Tobón Franco 24 min, 2020 in English and Spanish with English and Spanish subtitles Cruces is an immersive expedition throughout the geographies and stories composing…
This film is part of the CRUDE GOLD series, and is focused on a particular mining company. The story of how Gran Colombia Gold came to be formed is the story of abuses of power against a worker's union as a rightful owner of the mine. The story takes place in Segovia, a town with a long and proud…
The Santurban paramo has become an example of community struggle to protect water sources successfully. Lawyers, community leaders and activists united to mobilized and demanded the protection of natural resources threatened by Vancouver-based Eco Oro projects. A palpable urgency surrounds this story…
First-time director Noah Hutton captures the change in Stanley, North Dakota, after a historic 2006 oil discovery. Crude Independence is a rumination on the future of small town America-- a tale of change at the hands of the global energy market.
An introductory film for those wanting to know why the Cruise Missiles which have been added to the NATO arsenal have aroused such antipathy from the anti-movement. The film includes archive film of the second world war flying bomb and other antecedents of the Cruise. Joan Ruddocks of the Campaign for…
Gives an immediate and compelling history of monitoring and tracking of American Cruise Missile convoys dispersed from Greenham Common and the subsequent protest actions on Salibury Plain and elsewhere. It reveals a massive level of policing and the closure of main roads to accomodate the American Military…
A film by Amy Flannery Cruise with Amy and Kenny aboard their 1984 Morgan 384 sloop as they explore Newfoundland's southwest coast. Sail past grand vistas of rock bound shores into stunning fjords. Visit remote outports frozen in time andlearn the sad story of their slow decline. Meet the locals…
A film by Bob Steadman with Kaye Nottbusch Join Bob and Kaye aboard their 36 foot sloop, "Bettie" as they cruise from Los Angeles to the Bahamas via the Panama Canal. This is a fast-paced documentary with gorgeous photography that will give you a first hand look at the cruising lifestyle. Visit…
Crux follows Harvey, a recovering addict who uses rock climbing to work through his ongoing struggle with mental health. Life can be beautiful. Life can be messy. Add in the struggles of addiction and life can often become overwhelming. As trauma, depression, heartbreak and declining mental health were…
During his extraordinary life, Cruz Reynoso has been one of those rare individuals who are not only shaped by history, they make history. As a child of farm workers, Reynoso felt the sting of injustice, and later as a lawyer, and then the first Latino to sit on the California Supreme Court, he used his…
