A Daytona DreamDocumentary
Director: Matthew Barksdale
1 Hour 30 minutes
USA 2010
Team owner and driver Scott Tucker assembles a dream team of elite race car drivers in an effort to win one of endurance racing’s most prestigious events, the Rolex 24 at Daytona. Collisions, confrontations and high-speed racing action take center stage as both the human body and powerful, purpose-built machines are pushed to their absolute limits.
AbsentDocumentary
Director: Justin Hunt
1 hour 31 minutes
USA 2010
From the award-winning director of AMERICAN METH comes Justin Hunt’s newest documentary that will undoubtedly lift the veil of how and why a father’s absence can be so devastating to not only a child; but a family, community, and,
eventually, society itself.Because one man makes a world of difference.
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American Colonies: Collapse Of The BeeDocumentary
Director: Jason Kushner
1 Hour 10 minutes
USA 2009
American Colonies: Collapse of the Bee is a completely independent film project that breaks down the role of bees/pollinators in our environment and economy. It explains the mysterious problem of Colony Collapse Disorder and then proposes a possible solution for the sake of our food supply and global economy.
Astronaut Pam: Countdown To CommanderDocumentary
Directors: Mary Jo Godges and Renee Sotile
39 minutes
USA 2009
The sky is NOT the limit! Ride along with Commander Pam Melroy and her crew aboard Space Shuttle Discovery on an exciting journey to the International Space Station. Float in ZERO GRAVITY and strap in for MACH 25, on the space trip of a lifetime.
“Being an astronaut is totally cool. It’s the coolest job in or out of the world.” Pam Melroy.
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Breaking News Breaking DownDocumentary
Director: Mike Walter
35 minutes
USA 2009
Journalists who have covered everything from Columbine, to 9-11, from Katrina to the War in Iraq and the Oklahoma City Bombing. They’ve told us the most important stories of our time, but they’ve never told us their personal stories, how getting the big story can
get to the journalists, in many cases affecting their emotional well being.Visit the Website
Bullfrogs On My Mind . . . A Kentucky LegendDocumentary
Director: Diane Mason
57 minutes
USA 2009
A woman searches for the truth of a family legend – Did their ancestor bring the bullfrog to Kentucky?
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Cangleska WakanDocumentary
Director: Aitken Pearson
53 minutes
United Kingdom 2009
The sacred hoop of life of the Lakota Sioux is explained by tribe members.
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China: The Rebirth Of An EmpireDocumentary
Director: Jesse Veverka
1 Hour 26 minutes
USA 2010
Peaceful rise or potential threat? China’s 21st century emergence as a global superpower affects every single one of us.
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Healing NeenDocumentary
Director: Laura Cain
Co-Director: Diana Gross
54 minutes
USA 2010
‘Healing Neen’ takes viewers on a journey to places and subjects that many find difficult or uncomfortable to even fathom. Beginning with a nightmarish childhood beatings at the hands of her alcoholic mother and sexual assaults by neighborhood men, Tonier ‘Neen’ Cain’s life sprawled down into crack addiction, homelessness and 83 arrests. At her lowest point, pregnant and incarcerated, she was offered her first break – the chance to enter a revolutionary trauma, mental health, and addictions program. Safe at last, Tonier began to heal and embarked on a boundless ‘upward spiral’. Today she travels the country, speaking to professionals and those still living on the margins of society, spreading her message ‘where there’s breath there’s hope’.
House QuakeDocumentary
Director: Karen Elizabeth Price
1 Hour 33 minutes
USA 2009
The behind the scenes story of how Rahm Emanuel and the Democrats took back Congress and transformed the way campaigns are run in the U.S.
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Houston We Have A ProblemDocumentary
Director: Nicole Torre
1 Hour 23 minutes
USA 2009
Step inside the energy capital of the world to hear the truth about oil, straight from the hearts of the Texas oilmen themselves. See decades of American presidents who have warned against the dependence on foreign oil, and how the U.S. Energy policy has always been a strategy of defense, not offense.
I Am SeminoleDocumentary
Director: Sabrina Cooper
7 minutes
USA 2010
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Join Everett Osceola of the Seminole Tribe of Florida on a journey through the history of the tribe and how they are preparing for the future.
Mission Appalachia – The Story Of Red BirdDocumentary
Director: Todd Scoggins
1 Hour 10 minutes
USA 2009
The mountain people of these hollers refer to it simply, and affectionately, as Red Bird. The mission has been in operation for nearly one-hundred years. Red Bird has worked exclusively in this area since the 1920′s. The Red Bird Mission has been described as the most comprehensive mission site in the world. Nearly 3,000 people journey annually from across the United States to bring support to fellow Americans in this breathtaking landscape.
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Oro Verde (Sea of Green)
Documentary
Director: Ignacio Busquier
13 minutes
Argentina 2009
The tea farmers of Argentina harvest their crop.
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Documentary
Director: Ignacio Busquier
13 minutes
Argentina 2009
The tea farmers of Argentina harvest their crop.
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Piano GrandDocumentary
Director: Steven Gotler
55 minutes
USA 2010
The story of a magnificent grand piano built in the 1890’s by legendary Boston piano maker Chickering & Sons. What began
as a project to document the piano’s restoration evolved into a fascinating story about the people and historic events surrounding this beautiful instrument.
Strawberry Fields: Keeping the Spirit Of John Lennon AliveDocumentary
Director: Mark Elsis
1 Hour 21 minutes
USA 2009
In his first in-depth interview in over thirty years Phil Spector tells stories about ‘his brother’ John Lennon, their love for each other and the wonderful music they produced. This and other stories bring over a million people from every corner of Earth to visit Strawberry Fields and the Imagine mosaic each year.
The Day The World Turned DaygloDocumentary
Director: Tim Kutler
1 Hour 38 minutes
United Kingdom 2009
Three days after 9/11 and the beginning of a five year odyssey by a young English teacher traveling through ten Muslim countries at the height of the century’s new conflict. “When you drive into a sandstorm there is no telling where or when you will finally exit.” Arab proverb.
The Shark Con
Documentary
Director: Rusty Armstrong
1 Hour 26 minutes
USA 2010
The Shark Con takes viewers on a roller coaster ride into the big business of sharks, revealing the controversial truth about the industry, all the while trying to answer the central question…Are sharks really over-fished? Or is this just an elaborate con?
Documentary
Director: Rusty Armstrong
1 Hour 26 minutes
USA 2010
The Shark Con takes viewers on a roller coaster ride into the big business of sharks, revealing the controversial truth about the industry, all the while trying to answer the central question…Are sharks really over-fished? Or is this just an elaborate con?
The Silent RealmDocumentary
Director: Phillip Arnold
20 minutes
USA 2009
Young men and seasoned athletes still journey to isolated valleys and remote villages to lift Scotland’s famous stones of strength, partaking of a centuries-old tradition that marked the passage from adolescence into manhood. This ancient custom is explained by Peter Martin, who has devoted his life to the research and lifting of Scotland’s Manhood Stones.
The Story Of Human Rights
Documentary
Director: Taron Lexton
9 minutes
USA 2009
A striking short film defining one of the worlds most misunderstood subjects: human rights.
Documentary
Director: Taron Lexton
9 minutes
USA 2009
A striking short film defining one of the worlds most misunderstood subjects: human rights.
Through The TunnelDocumentary
Director: Durand Adams, Charles Williams, Charles Clappsaddle
42 minutes
USA 2010
A retrospective of the desegregation of an historic all black high school through the eyes of the head football coach and a player who became an All-Pro in the NFL.
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Walking With Life: The Birth Of A Human Rights Movement In AfricaDocumentary
Director: Kenny Mann
38 minutes
USA 2010
Human rights education in Senegal triggers a re-examination of Koranic law and traditions like forced early marriage and female circumcision, causing a historic movement towards positive social change.
Who Is Dancing?
Documentary
Director: Lu Gan
2 Hours 31 minutes
China 2010
A close look at the grueling audition process of the world’s top ballet director, Mr. Roland Petit, a guest to the National Ballet of China as he chooses the starring roles for Bizet’s “Carmen”. Cutthroat competition ensues in a battlefield without smoke from the start until the opening night curtain when we find out Who Is Dancing?
Documentary
Director: Lu Gan
2 Hours 31 minutes
China 2010
A close look at the grueling audition process of the world’s top ballet director, Mr. Roland Petit, a guest to the National Ballet of China as he chooses the starring roles for Bizet’s “Carmen”. Cutthroat competition ensues in a battlefield without smoke from the start until the opening night curtain when we find out Who Is Dancing?
