Straight/Curve: Redefining Body Image
A documentary about body image and the industry leaders challenging society’s unrealistic and dangerous standards of beauty.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Jenny McQuaile
Actors: Danielle Brooks, Iskra Lawrence, Tess Holliday, Tim Gunn
Veda’s Choice
In the Netherlands, people as young as 17 can formally request legal assistance with suicide. Nineteen-year-old Veda knows for sure: this is what she wants. After years and years of…
Untold: Hall of Shame
Examine one of sports’ biggest steroid scandals via interviews with the head of BALCO lab, athletes suspected of using performance-enhancing drugs and more.
As Time Goes By
1997 documentary, part of the Taiwan-produced series “Personal Memoir of Hong Kong”, is both a self-portrait and a depiction of Hong Kong during the 40 years preceding the handover by…
Psychomagic, a Healing Art
Explores the therapeutic work of director Alejandro Jodorowsky, showing by means of real acts, what Psychomagic is, its principle, how it is practiced, and how it is applied in life….
A Tiny Ripple of Hope
A charismatic activist works to build a better Chicago for the teens in his neglected community even if it comes at the cost of his home, his family, and his…
Back on Board: Greg Louganis
Feature-length documentary about the greatest diver of all time. Four-time Olympic champion Greg Louganis has faced more than his share of challenges. In 2011, he is far from the public…
Soros
Billionaire activist George Soros is one of the most influential and controversial figures of our time. He is maligned by ideologues on both the left and the right for daring…
Mean Man: The Story of Chris Holmes
From iconic guitar player to construction worker, Chris Holmes has lived a life of highs and lows. After losing publishing rights of his own songs and dealing with addictions, the…
The Gilligan Manifesto
At the height of the Cold War, Gilligan’s Island depicted seven Americans living in an analogue of a post-apocalyptic world where the survivors have to rebuild civilization. Remarkably, the society…
Joan of Arc: God’s Warrior
Writer and historian Dr Helen Castor explores the life – and death – of Joan of Arc. Joan was an extraordinary figure – a female warrior in an age that…
Mufon and Ufos: The Proof Is Out There
Researchers have been searching for proof of extraterrestrial life for years. Earl Anderson, the head of Investigations of MUFON Los Angeles, and his team search for proof of the existence…
Bending the Arc
About the extraordinary doctors and activists—including Paul Farmer, Jim Yong Kim, and Ophelia Dahl—whose work 30 years ago to save lives in a rural Haitian village grew into a global…