The story of the rise and influence of one of the most innovative and influential hip hop bands of all time, the collective known as A Tribe Called Quest.
(Country: US; Year: 2011; Director: Michael Rapaport; Stars: Michael Rapaport, Mos Def, Ludacris, Common, Q-Tip, Pharrell Williams, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Ghostface Killah, Angie Martinez, Ahmir-Khalib Thompson, Phife Dawg, De La Soul, Pete Rock, Jarobi White)
In a story about the power of non-violence, master horse trainer Buck Brannaman uses principles of respect and trust to tame horses and inspire their human counterparts.
Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death And Technology
A stream-of-consciousness ride through the interconnectedness of humankind, nature, progress and morality at the dawn of the 21st century. For centuries we’ve been declaring independence. With insight, curiosity, and humor, the film explores whether it’s time to declare our interdependence.
(Director: Tiffany Shlain; Writer: Tiffany Shlain, Ken Goldberg, Carlton Evans and Sawyer Steele)
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Crime After Crime
Debbie Peagler is a survivor of brutal domestic violence incarcerated for her connection to the murder of her abuser. Two decades later a pair of rookie land-use attorneys cut their teeth on her case, attracting global attention to the troubled intersection of domestic violence and criminal justice.
(Country: US; Year: 2011; Director: Yoav Potash; Stars: Joshua Safran, Deborah Peagler, Nadia Costa)
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Following subjects whose lives have been devastated by an inability to access the courts, this film shows that many long-held beliefs about the US civil justice system have been paid for by corporate America.
(Country: US; Year: 2010; Director: Susan Saladoff; Stars: John Grisham, Al Franken, Joanne Doroshow)
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If A Tree Falls: A Story Of The Earth Liberation Front
The Earth Liberation Front is a radical environmental group that the FBI calls America's 'number one domestic terrorist threat'. Daniel McGowan, an ELF member, faces life in prison for two multi-million dollar arsons against Oregon timber companies. But who is really to blame?
A coal mining corporation and a tiny community vie for the last great mountain in Appalachia in a battle for the future of energy.
(Country: US; Year: 2011; Director: Bill Haney; Writer: Bill Haney, Peter Rhodes)
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Miss Representation
Uncovers how American mainstream media’s limited and disparaging portrayals of women contribute to the under-representation of women in power positions – creating another generation of women defined by youth, beauty and sexuality, and not by their capacity as leaders.
(Country: US; Year: 2011; Director: Jennifer Siebel Newsom; Writer: Jennifer Siebel Newsom; Stars: Margaret Cho, Lisa Ling, Gavin Newsom)
Review preview for Page One: Inside The New York Times
Given that his documentary only runs 90 minutes, Rossi barely has time to do more than scratch the surface of these momentous issues facing the newspaper industry.
A documentary about the famous US newspaper and the crisis facing modern journalism.
(Country: United States; Year: 2010; Director: Andrew Rossi)
A brutal warlord who murdered thousands during Liberia's horrific 14-year civil war renounces his violent past and reinvents himself as an Evangelist, facing those he once terrorised.
(Country: US; Year: 2011; Director: Daniele Anastasion, Eric Strauss)
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Resurrect Dead: The Mystery Of The Toynbee Tiles
An urban mystery unfurls as one man pieces together the surreal meaning of hundreds of cryptic tiled messages that have been appearing in city streets across the US and South America.
Interviewees struggle not to break up as they recall the things they witnessed, even at this distance. But what also emerges here is the warmth of the community that sustained them.
A documentary charting the experiences of people caught up in the first major outbreak of AIDS in San Francisco.
(Country: US; Year: 2011; Director: David Weissman; Stars: Ed Wolf, Daniel Goldstein, Guy Clark, Eileen Glutzer, Bobbi Campbell, Mervyn Silverman, Jerry Falwell, Cleve Jones, Paul Boneberg, Tom Brokaw)
