The Heart Dances – the journey of The Piano: the ballet
This elegant new film from the director of Crossing Rachmaninoff takes us backstage at the Royal New Zealand Ballet as a brilliantly theatrical European interpretation of a New Zealand classic re-enters the culture that inspired it.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Rebecca Tansley
Surviving Progress
Humanity’s ascent is often measured by the speed of progress. But what if progress is actually spiraling us downwards, towards collapse? Ronald Wright, whose best-seller, “A Short History Of Progress”…
63 Up
Director Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born adults after a 7 year wait. The subjects are interviewed as to the changes that have occurred in their lives during…
The Cape
In the vast, little-understood wilderness of Australia’s Cape York, fortune-hunters hide amongst the mangroves and the crocs, seeking to bend the ancient laws of nature to their will. When a…
Life to AfterLife: Tragedy by Design
Join Craig McMahon in this episode where he discusses the controversial idea of a pre-birth plan with spiritual experts. Is it possible that we intentionally choose to have hardship and…
The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales
Abigail Disney looks at America’s dysfunctional and unequal economy and asks why the American Dream has worked for the wealthy, yet is a nightmare for people born with less. As…
The Piketon Family Murders
A look into the events leading up to a horrific massacre that stunned the small town of Piketon, Ohio in 2016.
The Tiger Leaps and Kills, but It Will Die… It Will Die…
An obituary for Victor Jara, the Chilean folksinger who was murdered in a football stadium by the military junta during the days of the September 1973 coup.
Roger Federer: A Champions Journey
Wimbledon Stadium’s Honour Board is full of illustrious names. And in 1998, another emerged. Roger Federer. When he won the Junior Wimbledon title at 17 years old, he never imagined…
Penelope My Love
The story of a young woman who will never fit in but whom the cinema, because it is able to appreciate her extraordinary existence, helps her to find her own…
When I Rise
A documentary about Barbara Smith Conrad, a gifted University of Texas music student who finds herself at the epicenter of racial controversy, struggling against the odds and ultimately ascending to…
Becoming King
An emotional portrait of David Oyelowo’s journey to play legendary civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Featuring behind-the-scenes footage and intimate home videos, Becoming King is a story…