"Part Scrappy, Part Sweet and Wholly Enjoyable." -The New York Times "Raw and Intimate." -The New Yorker "A Gem of a Film." -The Guardian "Scrappy, Ebullient, Energizing." -Variety One day, a Lord of the Rings-obsessed Chinese real estate investor…
“I’m asking myself, ‘Am I really a rock star, or am I just pretending?’ I’d like to have a Top 40 hit, but my career seems to be going in a different direction.” — Butch Willis 1984, Washington Post “Butch Willis’ quavering bleat evokes a herd…
Writer, Director, Co-Producer, Narrator: Ella Dreyfus Co-Director and Co-Producer: Janis Westphal, Sevenpeaks Films Executive Producers: Ella Dreyfus and Sonja Griegoschewski Project Partners: Goethe-Institut, 1700 Years of Jewish Life in Germany, German Federal Government Commission for Culture and…
Fifty years ago, Delaware's landmark Coastal Zone Act preserved the state's shoreline, making it off-limits to heavy industrial development. The battle to pass this visionary legislation transformed local environmental awareness into sweeping statewide action, challenging other states and the…
Sprache: Deutsch Auflösung: HD 2 Jahre lang filmte Matto Barfuss die berühmte Rugendo-Gorillafamilie im Ostkongo, bis sie am 22 Juli 2007 getötet wurde. Die Bilder sind unwiederbringlich und die Geschichte äußerst berührend. Wird es gelingen, die Berggorillas zu schützen?
From master director Jia Zhang-Ke (Ash Is Purest White, A Touch of Sin) comes a vital document of Chinese society since 1949. Jia interviews three prominent authors—Jia Pingwa, Yu Hua, and Liang Hong—born in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, respectively. In their stories, we hear of the dire circumstances…
Over the course of a meteoric music career that spanned two turbulent decades, Phil Ochs sought the bright lights of fame and social justice in equal measure – a contradiction that eventually tore him apart. Here is a timely and relevant tribute to this unlikely American hero. From youthful…
An in-depth analysis on the 40th Anniversary of the life and untimely death of Arthur Lee McDuffie at the hands of Miami Dade police officers as well as the infrastructural development of the Miami area during the Jim Crow era.
Now the largest sector of Delaware's economy, the poultry industry owes its success not to captains of industry, but to the hard work and shared values of relatively anonymous Sussex County subsistence farmers, immigrant businessmen, and African Americans. A mistakenly filled "biddie"…
Residents living along the Atlantic coast in March, 1962 will never forget the great "Ash Wednesday" storm. This powerful winter nor'easter pounded Delaware's shoreline for 3 days and 5 successive high tides, destroying homes and businesses, flooding communities, and taking lives.…
100 years ago, Leipsic, Little Creek and Bowers Beach were among Delaware's richest maritime communities, relying on huge harvests of Delaware Bay oysters, commonly called "white gold." Stately wooden schooners plied Delaware bay, harvesting as many as 900,000 bushels annually. Stories…
A documentary by MikeyKay Films and Heart and Soul Films, telling the story of Mikey Kay’s autistic 47-year-old brother Spencer, who finds his peace in epic walks across the majestic, rugged Welsh terrain. For Spencer, everyday tasks can be a huge challenge, and he is unable to wash, dress or feed…
