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Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Simply and eloquently, Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz explains how the world's economy works. Drawing not only from his academic expertise but also from time spent on the ground in countries around the world, Stiglitz offers fresh thinking about the questions and challenges facing all of us - from well-off Americans to those mired in Third World poverty. This five part series will appeal to experts and non-experts alike, as Stiglitz's...
Publisher
MVD Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
English
Description
This program features Lech Kowalski's 2003 documentary feature about the life and times of Ramones bassist and all-star burn out, Dee Dee Ramone (1952-2002). Dee Dee's life is a fascinating character study of a punk rock legend who never grew up. Listen to Dee Dee's account with director Lech Kowalski, to discuss Johnny Thunders for the film 'Born to Lose.' Relive the battlefield history of rock and roll through the memories of this ordinary, yet...
Publisher
Under the Milky Way
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This documentary film explores the revival of manual work through the passion of motorcycle enthusiasts who have found their way to a happy life.. Shot in 16mm in California, Utah, Indonesia, Spain, Scotland and France, mechanics and custom shop founders try to understand the difference between manual work and intellectual work. The unique satisfaction that result from doing something tangible, the sense of time, the relation between the form and...
Publisher
Seventh Art Productions
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Pierre Auguste Renoir is known and loved for his impressionist paintings of Paris which rank among the world’s favourites. Renoir, however, grew tired of this style and changed course. ..This stunning film – based on the remarkable Renoir collection at Philadelphia’s Barnes Foundation – explores the artist’s new approach. These later works still provoke extreme reactions - some people are repulsed by them and others seduced. ..Two 20th century...
Publisher
Seventh Art Releasing Exclusive
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
This documentary profiles the controversial world-renown violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenburg. An enormously funny, fearless and irreverent individual, Nadja has played on every major stage and with every major orchestra in the world. Her unorthodox, passionate delivery, her swagger and unconventional attire earned her the nickname "...the bad girl of the violin..." Described as "possessed," "frightening" and "brilliant," her unique interpretations...
Publisher
ACL Creative Studio
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
An emotionally-driven chronicle of a group of people on the Christian pilgrimage Saint James's Way'/El Camino De Santiago. "The Way of Saint James" is one of the oldest and most popular of all spiritual pilgrimages, undertaken by over 200,000 people every year. Many of these pilgrims undergo a Rebirth Renovatio on the path which is often considered metaphorical for the journey from cradle to grave. It is against this backdrop that the conceptual documentary...
87) Docobanksy
Publisher
All Channel Films
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
From the streets of Bristol to the caverns of London and beyond, BanksyDoc finds the truths and explores the impact that the world’s most famous graffiti artist has had on the art world, on the expression of protest and satire, and on the perception of what you can do with a spray can and a stencil. Furthermore, this documentary explores the highly active art collector's world and how the celebrity factor shockingly influences value..
Publisher
Seventh Art Productions
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
An eagerly anticipated exhibition travelling from the Musee d’Orsay Paris to the National Gallery London and onto the Philadelphia Museum of Art is the focus of the most comprehensive film ever made about the Impressionists. ..The exhibition brings together Impressionist art accumulated by Paul Durand-Ruel, the 19th century Parisian art collector. Degas, Manet Monet, Pissarro, Renoir, Sisley, are among the artists that he helped to establish through...
Publisher
Heritage Film Project
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
John Borden Evans works year-round in his atelier in North Garden, Va. where I approached him for the first time with the idea of a film. The initial concept was to expose his work from the perspective of four seasons and we started production last autumn. However, the following winter I knew that the film was going to be all about cold, snow, isolation and the life on the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.. “White” is about an artist, and...
Publisher
TMW Media
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Experiencing a vast array of traditions and social activities this program explores faith through the eyes of youth, their families and social connections as it takes a light-hearted and honest look at faith, culture and how the youth of today view their spiritual education as an integral part of who they are. Join host Tevya Heller on this cultural journey in his search for God. Spiritual guides from the world’s greatest religions provide insight...
Publisher
3DD Group
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Throughout history, some of the world's most amazing works of art have simply disappeared. Through re-enactment, rare archive, and expert comment we see how these treasures were looted, stolen or vanished into the archives. Some have been recovered but many more are still waiting to be found..
Publisher
Waka Films
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Ken Bugul is a Senegalese writer, who has settled in Africa, where her soul is anchored. Ken Bugul is style. Both in her works and in life. She is pure energy and has a passion for freedom. Novel after novel, she paints the picture of her life as a woman, of her loves, her sorrows and the relationships between her continent and the West.. Encounters, friction, sparks and beauty are everywhere. No matter where we are from, where we live, her laughter...
Publisher
Arthouse Films
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The Cool School is an abject lesson in how to build an art scene from scratch and what to avoid in the process. The film focuses on the seminal Ferus Gallery, which groomed the LA art scene from a loose band of idealistic beatniks into a coterie of competitive, often brilliant artists, including Ed Kienholz, Ed Ruscha, Craig Kauffman, Wallace Berman, Ed Moses and Robert Irwin. The Ferus also served as launching point for New York imports, Andy Warhol...
Publisher
New Deal Films, Inc
Pub. Date
1989.
Language
English
Description
The first biographical film on the famed Mexican artist, "DIEGO RIVERA: I PAINT WHAT I SEE" traces his life from childhood through his Cubist period, his leading role in the Mexican mural renaissance, his fame as a muralist in the USA, and his later years. The film explores Rivera's life and work, including his stormy relationship with Frida Kahlo and the destruction of his famous mural at Rockefeller Center.. Shot on location in Mexico and the United...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
FRONTLINE correspondent Martin Smith goes inside the government’s ongoing, seven-year crackdown on insider trading, drawing on exclusively-obtained video of hedge fund titan Steven A. Cohen, incriminating FBI wiretaps of other traders, and interviews with both Wall Street and Justice Department insiders. This film traces the rise of Cohens firm, SAC Capital, and goes inside the governments ongoing, seven-year crackdown on insider trading in the...
96) Fake It So Real
Publisher
Factory 25
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
This film a ragtag group of wrestlers in North Carolina over the course of a week leading up to a big show. The film explores what happens when the over-the-top theatrics of the wrestling ring collide with the realities of the working-class South. The wrestlers aren’t paid for their passion, but they treat wrestling like any artist treats their work. Fake It So Real shares the triumphs and heartaches of an often under-appreciated American art form....
Publisher
Seventh Art Productions
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Given complete and unprecedented access to the treasures of Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum, this is a major new film about one of the world’s greatest and most popular artists. ..This film provides viewers with the moving and inspiring experience of seeing Vincent’s iconic masterpieces close-up on the screen. New insights and interpretations are offered by specially invited guests including V. Willem van Gogh, great-grandson of Theo van Gogh, and...
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
This film tells the story of the iconic renegade cult band The Residents. From the group’s formation in Shreveport to their success in the burgeoning San Francisco avant-garde music scene of the 60s and 70s, The Residents redefined what a rock band could be. With the advent of music videos in the 1980s, these masked musicians gained global fame as MTV darlings and serious art world figures.
Publisher
New Day Films
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Nine To Ninety is the love story of Phyllis and Joe Sabatini, who at age 89 and 90 live in the home of their daughter and son-in-law, where they relish time with their young granddaughter Jacqueline. But as the family struggles to make ends meet and the grandparents’ health problems escalate, Phyllis becomes determined to free her daughter from the burden of caring for everyone from nine to ninety.. When Phyllis makes a difficult decision to move...
100) Discovering Music
Publisher
3DD Group
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Looking at these major figures, we discover the story of their lives and the impact they made on popular culture. Using interviews, news archive and performance each story will reveal the unique aspect of these iconic stars..
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