Naked States is a humorous and provocative examination of one artist's dynamic work and its relevance within the cultural biography of America, documenting one man's journey as he traveled each of the 50 states to ask Americans of all races, shapes and body sizes to take off their clothes and pose in public, all for the sake of art. Artist Spencer Tunick's subjects are not paid models, but ordinar ...
For nearly a century, people have turned to this prophetic dessert for advice, inspiration and eve winning lottery combinations. While the fortune cookie has been a source of fascination and a Chinese cuisine stable in North America, it remains nearly non-existent in China. THE KILLING OF A CHINESE COOKIE examines the heated debate over the true origin of the fortune cookie, the mixing of easter a ...
Who is KK Downey? follows the story of two wannabes who decided they were sick and tired of trying to make a name for themselves the old-fashioned way. Terrance is trying to make it as a rock star, while Theo dreams of getting his first book published: ...
THING WITH NO NAME provides an unprecedented, intimate glimpse into the traditional life of a rapidly changing culture. Set in Okhahlamba, South Africa, a stunning, mountainous Zulu area and UNESCO World Heritage Site, the story follows Danisile and Ntombeleni, two women with AIDS as they attempt to access recently introduced antiretroviral (ARV) treatment through the public sector. Illustrating t ...
American-born Ray Rehman comes home one night to find his Pakistani father on his doorstep. Ray's Caucasian mother threw him out. It's an awkward time for his father to move in as Ray just proposed to his Caucasian girlfriend - who hasn't given him an answer. While trying to get his parents back together, Ray meets a South Asian girl of mixed descent, just like him, and must decide where his ident ...
Macheads is an exploration of the fanaticism that surrounds the Apple brand. Featuring interviews with Mac evangelists and members of the Mac community, the film takes an in-depth examination of just what makes the Mac, the iPod, the iPhone and Apple's other products seem like cultural phenomena rather than just consumer electronics. ...
The Auteur follows formerly renowned porn director Arturo Domingo (Five Easy Nieces, Requiem for a Wet Dream) through a bizarre weekend as he receives a lifetime achievement award at a film festival in Portland, Oregon. Encountering crazed fans, former collaborators, bitter enemies and free-loving hippies, Arturo attempts to put the pieces of his broken career and personal life back together. ...
Harris Malden is the neighborhood darling, but he has an idiosyncrasy: he tries to pass off his facial hair as real to his friends and family. The mustache is a big bold lie affixed right above his lip and it isn't fooling anyone but himself. The small community that shelters Harris supports his curious habit. Despite the big ol' fake mustache, everything is fine and dandy - until his twenty-fifth ...
When Bob's (Adrian Martinez) new girlfriend, Mona (Kristen Lewis), meets his old friend and new roommate, thirty-something Eric (Alexander Lyras), sparks fly. Now Bob and Eric have a big problem, and they have to decide if their friendship is worth more than love with a twenty-something blonde beauty. Alan Kirschen directs this award-winning romantic comedy that also stars Neal Jones. ...
ABLE DANGER is the story of Thomas Flynn, a Brooklyn 9/11 truther (Adam Nee), who falls into a noir pastiche when a mysterious Eastern European beauty (Elina Lowensohn) arrives at his bookstore cafe with the irrefutable proof of American secret intelligence involvement in the planning and execution of 9/11. When Thomas is implicated in the murder of his friend and employee, he's forced to unravel ...
When tragedy strikes, 16 year old, América Campos is sent to Argentina to live with her anti-American grandmother Lucía América. América struggles to find her place with a grandmother she has never known and to hold onto a friendship with Sergio, a neighbor twice her age. ...
The tale of a New York hipster who sets out on a quest to create the most sincere T-shirt ever and in the process, jumpstart the lackluster generation to which he belongs. THE CULT OF SINCERITY is a witty exploration of changing friendships, permanent regrets, and hope in the age of irony. ...
A filmmaker named Angela Shelton starts tracking down other women named "Angela Shelton" in the United States, using this as a structure for studying the traumatic lives of women in this country. Of the 40 Angela Sheltons she is able to contact, 25 of them have been either raped, beaten, or molested. She travels to these different Angela Sheltons all over the United States, interviewing them about ...
Greg Palast has been following the Bush family around for years as an investigative reporter for the BBC. BUSH FAMILY FORTUNES showcases some of his controversial findings, as recorded in his book "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy." ...
An aspiring actor (Michael Gilio) on his way to Hollywood makes one last stop near his hometown at a Kwik Stop, where teenage local Didi (Lara Phillips) catches him shoplifting and blackmails him into letting her come along to California. ...
A married couple decides to test the boundaries of their relationship with a seductive Spanish woman. When an unlikely relationship ensues, all three are forced to rethink their definition of love. ...
HAMILTON focuses on two atmospheric summer days in the life of a young family: Lena, 17, and Joe, 20, two recent and accidental parents residing in a diverse suburban neighborhood in northeast Baltimore. ...
Documentarian Kirby Dick (Twist of Fate, Sick) gave video cameras to students at John Marshall High School in Los Angeles and asked them to record their lives for a week, after which the cameras were passed on to other students who recorded their lives for a week, and so on for the extent of the school year. The resulting 700 hours of footage was whittled down to a fascinating and frustrating 84-m ...
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