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Publisher
Greenwich Entertainment
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Formats
Description
Featuring extensive interviews with Diana Kennedy and famed chefs José Andrés, Rick Bayless, Gabriela Camara and Alice Waters, DIANA KENNEDY: NOTHING FANCY provides an intimate look at the leading expert on Mexican cuisine. The author of nine acclaimed cookbooks and a two-time James Beard Award winner, Diana is called the “Julia Child of Mexico”, but the feisty cook prefers “The Mick Jagger of Mexican Cuisine”. Official Selection at the...
24) Fracknation
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
During a time of globally heightened debate, Journalist Phelim McAleer travels across the U.S. and Europe to speak with scientists and Americans living in fracking areas, in order to uncover the science behind the process and to determine its true consequences. Hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," refers to the process of drilling down into rock and using pressurized fluids to extract energy sources such as natural gas and petroleum. Supporters of...
25) Party Dream
Author
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
The story of Gil Mantera's Party Dream - the craziest live band you've never seen. Footage from their insane live show provides a vicarious thrill, fueled by electronic rock, ridiculous fashion and no small amount of booze.
26) Generation 9/11
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Generation 9/11 marks the 20th anniversary of the September 11th attacks by telling the stories of seven young people whose fathers were killed that day. The film explores how a man they never met and an event they didn't witness have shaped their world view and the world around them. Their experiences reflect those of an entire generation, whose lives so far have been bracketed by crisis.
Publisher
Journeyman Pictures
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
During the Vietnam War, the US bombed Laos more heavily than any other country had been bombed before. Spanning over three presidential terms, it was the largest covert CIA operation in US history. Today, the Laos people live among, and risk their lives to clear, over 80 million unexploded bombs on their doorsteps. With great beauty and empathy, this doc reveals the unbelievable stories of the men and women at the forefront of this monumental task....
30) Downloaded
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A documentary feature film about the rise and fall of Napster and the birth of the digital revolution. Winter first met Shawn Fanning in 2001 and spent many years with him and the other major players in this story before being able to bring it to the screen. Official Selection at the **SXSW Film Festival**.
31) Winnebago Man
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Type "The Angriest Man in the World" into any search engine, and one name appears -- Jack Rebney, a.k.a. "The Winnebago Man" -- an '80s RV salesman, whose hilarious, profanity-strewn, on-the-job meltdown was captured on video and passed around on VHS tapes, before exploding into an Internet phenomenon seen by millions. When a young filmmaker sets out on the seemingly impossible task of tracking down Rebney, who disappeared 20 years before, he finds...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Jackson Pollock said, “he makes the rest of us look academic,” Mark Rothko acknowledged him as a “myth-maker” and Clement Greenberg called him “a highly influential maverick and an independent genius.” Clyfford Still, one of the strongest, most original contributors to abstract expressionism, walked away from the commercial art world at the height of his career. Extremely disciplined, principled, and prolific, Still left behind a treasure...
33) When I Stutter
Publisher
Keen Eye Productions
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
WHEN I STUTTER reveals the humanity that exists within people who stutter. Over the course of nearly 5 years, this documentary shares the stories of nineteen people who stutter that run the range of human emotion from despair to hopefulness to ultimately, triumph.
34) Against Our Oath
Publisher
Waratah Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Asylum seekers who arrive in Australia by boat are sent to the remote Pacific locations of Manus Island and Nauru. Ethical conflicts erupt for doctors working within this offshore system when the Australian government overrides their clinical decisions made for refugee patients. The government believes following doctors' requests to transfer critically ill patients to specialist care in Australia would weaken Australia's border protection system.
36) Aristocrats
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Comedy veterans and co-creators Penn Jillette and Paul Provenza capitalize on their insider status and invite over 100 of their closest friends--who happen to be some of the biggest names in entertainment, from George Carlin, Whoopi Goldberg and Drew Carey to Gilbert Gottfried, Bob Saget, Paul Reiser and Sarah Silverman--to reminisce, analyze, deconstruct and deliver their own versions of the world's dirtiest joke, an old burlesque too extreme to...
37) Stories We Tell
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A film that excavates layers of myth and memory to find the elusive truth at the core of a family of storytellers. Official Selection at **Venice Film Festival**, **Sundance Film Festival**, and **Toronto International Film Festival**.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Some 25 dead bodies have been found on Long Island since September of 2016. Dozens of immigrant teenagers are missing. Who is behind the wave of killings on Long Island - and is law enforcement's crackdown on suspected MS-13 gang members detaining the real culprits, or innocent teens?
40) The Bowery
Publisher
Films We Like
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
English
Description
A short ten-minute movie about the Bowery, a street in lower Manhattan. A street known for its derelict past.
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