Virgil Films and Entertainment (Firm)
Publisher
Virgil Films and Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Jennifer, an American journalist, befriends Mohamed, a young Iraqi refugee living in Syria. She crosses the line from reporter to advocate, and what follows is a journey that proves to be more than either bargained for – as illusions are shattered, a friendship is tested, and one man struggles to attain the 'American Dream.’
Publisher
Virgil Films and Entertainment
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
An Afro-Chinese-Jamaican Harlem family seeks their Chinese grandfather who was forever separated from their mother - his 3-year-old half-Chinese, half-Jamaican daughter - in 1920. Samuel Lowe returned to China in 1933 with a Chinese wife and 6 children. After a 91-year separation, his Black Chinese grandchildren journey to China where they find Samuel Lowe's 300 Chinese descendants and the entire clan in reunited. The film takes viewers to Harlem,...
Publisher
Virgil Films and Entertainment
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Breaking Free introduces the subject of hydraulic fracturing in an easy-to-understand way, enhanced by stories of the people living in the towns, sharing the good and the bad, with the goal of informing and educating in a nonpartisan way the benefits of becoming energy independent in our lifetimes. The focus of the film is on the Shale Rock Revolution, and how hydraulic fracturing has affected the local, state and national communities at large. Its...
Publisher
Virgil Films and Entertainment
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Chris Farley lived his life full speed and committed to make everyone around him laugh out loud, and I Am Chris Farley will tell his hilarious, touching and wildly entertaining story for the first time ever - from his early days in Madison, Wisconsin, and at Marquette University, through his work at the legendary Second City to his rapid rise to the top of the comedy world on "Saturday Night Live"and in hit films like Tommy Boy and Black Sheep. I...
Publisher
Virgil Films and Entertainment
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
There can be no doubt that we live in one of the most tumultuous political climates of the nation’s history, a climate where politicians can be toppled on a whim, election results disputed in the country’s highest courts, and governors unceremoniously recalled. It’s enough to leave even the most cynical voter asking, how did this happen? Harry Thomason and Nickolas Perry’s incendiary documentary, based on the best-selling book by Gene Lyons...
6) Hellbound?
Publisher
Virgil Films and Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Does hell exist? If so, who ends up there, and why? Featuring an eclectic group of authors, theologians, pastors, social commentators and musicians, Hellbound? is a provocative, feature-length documentary that will ensure you never look at hell the same way again.
7) Chaplains
Publisher
Virgil Films and Entertainment
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Chaplains is a new documentary film from award-winning filmmaker Martin Doblmeier that goes inside the dynamic and inspiring world of chaplains, men and women who represent their own particular faith tradition but are trained to be of comfort and support to people of all – religious or not. With a tradition dating back centuries, chaplains today are on the front lines, often in the midst of life and death situations, where the questions are the...
8) Bible Idiots
Publisher
Virgil Films and Entertainment
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
A family of stand-up comedians tours the country while talking to people about their thoughts on the Bible. From the educated elite to the man on the street, they ask the question, "Are we idiots for believing the Bible? Or would we be idiots not to?"
Publisher
Virgil Films and Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Some say that to embrace one's greatest talent is to make the world a better place. Others see a grown man spinning a twelve-foot hula hoop and snicker about trivial obsessions. Breaking world records is a mysteriously seductive tradition, alternately inspiring, reckless, and bizarre. Follow a joggler, a grape catcher, and a man who cycles nowhere as they battle the odds and their respective nemeses in pursuit of global dominance. Since when is it...
Publisher
Virgil Films and Entertainment
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
August 1963. Sears Crossing, Buckinghamshire, England. Fifteen men pull off "The Great Train Robbery,"netting today’s equivalent of almost 70 million dollars. THAT WE ALL KNOW. We’ve read the books, seen the TV specials. We’ve heard Ronnie Biggs and Bruce Reynolds reel off their usual spiel. We think we know the full story by now. But the truth is, we’ve never heard the actual INSIDE STORY because no one’s ever learned the identity of the...
Publisher
Virgil Films and Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
TWO: The Story of Roman & Nyro documents the 12-year journey of legendary songwriter Desmond Child and his lifelong partner Curtis Shaw, and the extraordinary way they met and connected with Angela Whittaker, the woman who would carry their twin sons, Roman and Nyro, into the world. From pre-conception through the boys' first 10 years, TWO is the personal and powerful story of these unique individuals whose lives become inextricably woven together...
12) Death by China
Publisher
Virgil Films and Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
From best-selling author and filmmaker Peter Navarro comes Death by China, a documentary feature confronting the most urgent problem facing America - its increasingly destructive trade relationship with a rapidly rising China. Since the United States fully opened its markets to China in 2001, over 50,000 American factories have disappeared, more than 25 million Americans can’t find a decent job, and America now owes over 3 trillion dollars to the...
Publisher
Virgil Films and Entertainment
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
With the birth of his first child, Independent filmmaker Darren Doane picked up his camera and began documenting the process of becoming a family. Ten years in the making, They Grow Up Fast is a profound and entertaining documentary for the entire family. From mud puddles and family road trips to backyard parties and the birth of their third child in the front seat of their truck, Doane captures all the amazing adventures one has becoming a family....
Publisher
Virgil Films and Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
A documentary film that follows three children from Russia and the family that adopted them. The reality of bonding with adopted children who have grown up in institutions turns out to be more difficult than the Diaz family had ever imagined. They hire two of the world's best developmental psychologists to help them rebuild their family - through science.
Publisher
Virgil Films and Entertainment
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
In 2009, 1,176 Atlanta teachers were investigated for test cheating; 35 were indicted, 12 went to trial and 11 were found guilty on RICO charges, which are typically reserved for the mafia and drug lords. The guilty, serving 30-year sentences, finally break their silence in this tell-all, controversial film that takes a closer look at the legislation called No Child Left Behind, the politics behind it, and a race and power struggle that spawned one...
16) Refugee
Publisher
Virgil Films and Entertainment
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Kurdish
Description
In 2015, at the height of the Syrian war, Raf’aa a Syrian mother was forced to make the ultimate sacrifice. With her husband Nazem in hospital, and the bombs getting closer to Qamilshi, she fled Syria to find asylum for her family. Leaving Nazem, and their two children Ahmed and Hamoudi behind. They had hoped to reunite in Europe within a few weeks, at least that was the plan. But by the time Nazem and the children left…it was too late. The political...
17) A Brony Tale
Publisher
Virgil Films and Entertainment
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Canadian voice-over artist, Ashleigh Ball, has been the voice of numerous cartoon characters. However, when she was hired as the voice of Apple Jack and Rainbow Dash on the 4th generation installment of Hasbro’s ‘*My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic*’ series, she had no idea she was about to become an internet phenomenon and voice celebrity among a very unique type of fan, the Bronies. Official Selection at the **Tribeca Film Festival**. Nominated...
18) A Classy Broad
Publisher
Virgil Films and Entertainment
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
At a time when gender inequality seems to be at the forefront in Hollywood, Marcia Nasatir’s story is one fueled by reservoirs of feminism and movie palace intrigue. Director Anne Goursaud, known for her editing work in Francis Ford Coppola’s *The Outsiders* and Bram Stoker’s *Dracula*, walks viewers through how Marcia’s passion for storytelling led her to work in publishing and ultimately out West in film, eventually becoming VP of Production...
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