Dawn of the Monster Mako
A 14-foot giant mako shark is spotted in the waters of Portugal’s Azores region; underwater cinematographer Joe Romeiro and his wife, search the teeming depths around the ancient islands to capture the beast on film.
Genre: Documentary
Deli Man
Every story needs a brave and trustworthy guide, and Deli Man’s is the effusive and charming Ziggy Gruber, a third-generation delicatessen man – his uncle and great-uncle owned Berger’s in…
The Spider’s Web: Britain’s Second Empire
At the demise of empire, City of London financial interests created a web of offshore secrecy jurisdictions that captured wealth from across the globe and hid it behind obscure financial…
5B
At the heart of the HIV/AIDS crisis and widespread hysteria, a single number and letter designated a ward on the fifth floor of San Francisco General Hospital, the first in…
Re-Enter the New York Ninja
A profile on martial artist John Liu and the making of his “lost” U.S. directorial debut, New York Ninja.
Stem Cell Universe With Stephen Hawking
The use of embryonic stem cells has ignited fierce debate across the spiritual and political spectrum. But what if we could create manmade stem cells – or find super cells…
Every Body
Focuses on three intersex individuals who overcame shame, secrecy and unauthorized surgery throughout their childhoods to enjoy successful adulthoods, choosing to ignore medical advice to conceal their bodies and coming…
While They Watched
Documentary about North Korea, set in the future after the regime has collapsed. Harnessing the power of hindsight the film questions the morality of the current inaction by regional and…
Whale Island
Taiwan is an island country. Although it is surrounded by the sea, its people fear the sea since the politics, the history and the religious beliefs held on this island…
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Verdun: Visions of History
A dramatized re-enactment and documentary of the Battle of Verdun as seen by both French and German soldiers, shot on site of the actual battle.
3 ½ Minutes, 10 Bullets
Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving November 2012, four boys in a red SUV pull into a gas station after spending time at the mall buying sneakers and talking to…
The Sunshine Makers
The story of Nicholas Sand and Tim Scully, the unlikely duo at the heart of 1960s American drug counter-culture. United in a utopian mission to save the planet through the…