Rare interviews with the most influential advertising creative minds of our age illustrate the wide-reaching effect advertising and creativity have on modern culture.
(Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: Doug Pray; Writer: Timothy J Sexton)
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Boy Interrupted
An intimate look at the life, mental illness and death of a young man told from the point of view of the filmmaker - his mother.
(Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: Dana Heinz Perry)
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In airing the opposing viewpoint, through the use of the petroleum giant's videos and spokesmen, he gives Chevron just enough rope to hang itself with.
The inside story of the “Amazon Chernobyl” case in the rainforest of Ecuador, the largest oil-related environmental lawsuit in the world.
(Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: Joe Berlinger)
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The story of the relationship between humans and dirt, humorously detailing how humans are rapidly destroying the last natural resource on earth.
(Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: Bill Benenson, Eleonore Dailly, Gene Rosow; Stars: Janine Benyus, Jeremy Narby, Sebastião Salgado, Marisha Farnsworth, Kevin Rowell, Lottie Manuel, Edward Pagan, Pabo Rolan)
World Premiere
El General
Natalia Almada, the great-granddaughter of Mexican President Plutarco Elias Calles - one of Mexico’s most controversial revolutionary figures - paints an intimate portrait of Mexico.
(Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: Natalia Almada)
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Good Hair
Comedian Chris Rock sets out to examine the culture of African-American hair and hairstyles.
(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Jeff Stilson; Stars: Chris Rock)
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Over The Hills And Far Away
The journey of the Isaacson family as they travel through Mongolia in search of a mysterious shaman they believe can heal their autistic son.
(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Michel Orion Scott)
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Review preview for The Reckoning: The Battle For The International Criminal Court
This is no talking heads documentary. Cameras take us into the displacement camps of Uganda, where local survivors talk of their babies beaten to death.
A battle of monumental proportions unfolds as International Criminal Court Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo faces down warlords, genocidal dictators and world superpowers in bringing perpetrators of crimes against humanity to justice.
(Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: Pamela Yates; Writer: Peter Kinoy, Paco de Onís, Pamela Yates)
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Set in Africa, this documentary chronicles, in verité fashion, the haunting, physically grueling and shocking voyage of Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist, Nicholas D Kristof.
(Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: Eric Daniel Metzgar; Stars: Nicholas D Kristof)
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Sergio
Documentary examining the role of the United Nations and the international community through the life and experiences of Sergio Vieira de Mello, the UN's High Commissioner for Human Rights, including interviews with those who knew and worked with him over the course of his extraordinary career.
(Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: Greg Barker)
World Premiere
Shouting Fire: Stories From The Edge Of Free Speech
An exploration of the history and current state of free speech in America narrated by the filmmaker's father, First Amendment attorney Martin Garbus.
The story of the internet’s revolutionary impact on human interaction as told through the eyes of maverick web pioneer, Josh Harris and his transgressive art project that shocked New York.
(Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: Ondi Timoner; Stars: Josh Harris)
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William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe
With clients including Martin Luther King Jr, Malcolm X, and the Chicago 10, the late civil rights attorney William Kunstler was one of the most famous lawyers of the 20th century. Filmmakers Emily and Sarah Kunstler explore their father’s life from movement hero to “the most hated lawyer in America”.
(Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: Emily Kunstler, Sarah Kunstler)
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Seamlessly balances the scenes that made the band infamous, with the intimate moments and the atmosphere of an era.
Documentary tracking the rise of The Doors, featuring rare footage of the band and Jim Morrison.
(Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: Tom DiCillo; Writer: Tom DiCillo; Stars: Johnny Depp, John Densmore, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek, Jim Morrison, The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Ladd, Adolf Hitler, Janis Joplin, John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Richard Nixon, Elvis Presley)
