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Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
With humor and heart, award-winning filmmaker Michelle Boyaner shares her complex and devastatingly tender journey, as well as those of several other families, into the challenges and joys of adult children caring for their aging parents.
Publisher
Greenwich Entertainment
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
There are 8,000 miles of roads and paths in New York City and for the past six years Matt Green has been walking them all – every street, park, cemetery, beach, and bridge. It's a five-borough journey that stretches from the barbershops of the Bronx to the forests of Staten Island, from the Statue of Liberty to Times Square, with Matt amassing a surprisingly detailed knowledge of New York's history and people along the way. Something of a modern-day...
Publisher
Level 33 Entertainment
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In 2007, four teenagers from disparate backgrounds are voted “MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED” during their senior year of high school. Filmed over a ten-year period and directed by award-winning photographer Pamela Littky, we watch as they each chart their own version of success and navigate the unpredictability of American life in the 21st Century.
86) End of Life
Publisher
Grasshopper Film
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
A deeply moving and revelatory documentary that captures the last years of five individuals in the process of dying. In preparation for this unique project, the filmmakers trained to be end-of-life doulas and documented hundreds of hours of interactions with their subjects. The Doula works with the dying person, along with those surrounding them, to help design, guide and support their wishes for whatever a “good death” might mean for them. “In...
88) Defining Hope
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
This documentary weaves the stories of patients with life-threatening illness, with the stories of the nurses who guide them as they make choices about how they want to live, how much medical technology they can accept, what they hope for and how that hope evolves. DEFINING HOPE focuses on palliative care, end of life issues, hospice care and what 'quality of life' really means. It offers a hopeful message about bringing power back to the patient...
89) One More Orbit
Publisher
Vision Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A daring team of astronauts and aviators fly a high-speed Gulfstream jet around the earth faster than anyone ever has to set the pole-to-pole circumnavigation record. Beginning their mission from the same spot Apollo 11 launched for the moon 50 years before, this tribute to the past, present, and future of space exploration breaks the boundaries of what was previously thought possible.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Eight hundred years ago, Francis of Assisi and the Sultan of Egypt met on the bloody battlefields of the Crusades. Based on new research and scholarship about that fateful meeting, THE SULTAN AND THE SAINT tells one of the great, lost stories from history as two men of faith fought against a century of war and distrust in a search for mutual respect and common ground.
Publisher
1091 Media
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Over the past 16 years, an extraordinary group of musicians has come together to celebrate the universal power of music. Named for the ancient trade route linking Asia, Africa and Europe, The Silk Road Ensemble, an international collective created by acclaimed cellist Yo-Yo Ma, exemplifies music’s ability to blur geographical boundaries, blend disparate cultures and inspire hope for both artists and audiences. "THE MUSIC OF STRANGERS: YO-YO MA AND...
94) Magic Trip
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Ken Kesey, Neal Cassidy and the Grateful Dead star in this rollicking film about the Merry Pranksters, created from never-before-seen footage of their legendary, acid-fueled cross-country road trip in 1965. Official Selection at the **Sundance Film Festival**.
Publisher
Visit Films
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Since 1977, Sam Klemke has filmed his life, creating a strange and intimate portrait of what it means to be human. Official Selection at the **Sundance Film Festival** and the **Hot Docs Film Festival**. "*Adventuresome, unclassifiable.*" - ***Variety*** "*...a rather interesting tale about a compulsive personality*." - ***Film International***
96) Chinese Portrait
Publisher
Cinema Guild
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
China in all its diversity. Shot over the course of ten years on both film and video, the film consists of a series of carefully composed tableaus of people and environments, each one more extraordinary than the last.
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
“The Godmother” is the head of a $40 million a year cocaine business and is responsible for hundreds of murders in Miami. Charles Cosby tells the story of how he became her lover and trusted head of her empire until he realized that he was in way over his head.
99) Silicone Soul
Publisher
Collective Eye Films
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
This documentary explores the emotional connection some people have to their synthetic companions and what that means for the future of human relationships. Ultimately, this is a film about love, loneliness, secrets and, perhaps, acceptance. The bonds shown are diverse and layered: from romantic relationships, to friendships, to a recreation of the love between mother and child. SILICONE SOUL does not allow for its subjects to be easily labeled or...
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