Vince Giordano: There’s a Future in the Past
Bandleader Vince Giordano keeps the Jazz Age alive with his 11-member band The Nighthawks, vintage musical instruments, and a collection of more than 60,000 original arrangements from the 1920s and ’30s.
Genre: Documentary, Music
Director: Amber Edwards, Dave Davidson
Actors: David Johansen, Garrison Keillor, Vince Giordano
Trenches
In Donbas Ukraine, while precarious truces and ceasefires are negotiated far away by diplomats, Ukrainian soldiers fight against separatists supported by Russia. At an age when some are experiencing the…
Finding Fela
Fela Anikulapo Kuti created the musical movement Afrobeat and used it as a political forum to oppose the Nigerian dictatorship and advocate for the rights of oppressed people. This is…
Kaepernick & America
A doc on activist and quarterback Colin Kaepernick, tracing his ascent through the NFL and his game-changing protests.
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
With Taiwan remaining in the grip of martial law in 1982, a group of filmmakers from that country set out to establish a cultural identity through cinema and to share…
Take Light
TAKE LIGHT is a look at the tangled wires of Nigeria’s electricity crisis, told through the everyday trials and tribulations of a charismatic electrician.
Jane’s Addiction – Ritual de lo Habitual – Alive at 25
The Legendary Band, Jane’s Addiction performs their 2X Platinum Alt-Rock Masterpiece Album in it’s entirety, along with the bands biggest hits- igniting the stage at the Irvine Meadows Amphitheater, during…
Stage: The Culinary Internship
Stage: The Culinary Internship follows a group of interns during a nine month apprenticeship at one of the best restaurants in the world, Mugaritz. While the restaurant’s notorious avant-garde cuisine…
On the Battlefield
The unsolved rape, mutilation and murder of young G.I. Darlene Krashoc has haunted Joe Kenda in the years since he turned in his gun and badge. Until a crack team…
Love Meetings
Microphone in hand, Pier Paolo Pasolini asks Italians to talk about sex, apparently their least favorite subject: he asks children if they know where do babies come from, asks old…
Lincoln’s Last Day
We all know the main story of Abraham Lincoln’s death, how he was killed, where it took place, and who pulled the trigger. But what exactly happened during the last…
Power
Driven to maintain social order, policing in the United States has exploded in scope and scale over hundreds of years. Now, American policing embodies one word: power.
The American Meme
Paris Hilton, the Fat Jew, and Brittany Furlan have all used social media to achieve massive internet fame. But, American Meme explores, is it worth it?