Death, history, port cities. End of summer, city on fire.
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Death, history, port cities. End of summer, city on fire.
The comedian returns for his second Showtime special. While tackling subjects like white guilt, the national anthem and the righteously religious, he simultaneously skewers his own sense of male entitlement. Recorded in Portland, OR, Erik holds a mirror up to his audience's hypocrisies and nudges them into laughter while doing some corrective rejiggering on recently accepted societal norms.
Barren tells the story of a young mother named Charley, who experiences trauma and loss. Instead of pushing through her grief and facing the realities of her new world, she decides instead to pack a single bag and abandon everything. This movie follows our lead character as she numbly picks a direction - and simply walks.
After sustaining serious injuries, MOSES (28) - a former premier league player from Nigeria - is forced to accept that his football career has come to an end. In order to stay in the game, he transforms himself into a talent scout and embarks on a mission to bring young and aspiring African players to Europe. Tempting them with big promises that seem impossible to keep, Moses soon finds himself entangled in football's infamous player trade, a system he once loathed himself. Because Moses once too was one of the thousands of African football players that come to Europe to follow in the footsteps of their heroes Sadio Mané, Yaya Touré, Drogba and many others. But only a happy few will succeed in building a professional career on a European football pitch. For every successful African football player, thousands remain in the shadows, not making it professionally, and not able to return to Africa, out of shame and fear of disappointing their families back home.
A woman steals a man's identity and forces him to confront a secret that he's hidden for over thirty years.
A retrospective look at the influx of foreign footballers into the English leagues during the 1970s and 1980s and their lasting influence on the game.
The film (runtime 70 mins) collages documentary footage of small town USA (Kentucky and West Tennessee), with a narrative structure, karaoke, poetry and slapstick puppetry. The plot loosely follows Tyler and Nola Jane, a brother and sister struggling to conform to their small town environment. Their world begins to unravel when confronted by twin-like strangers, Phocian and Faith, who have lackadaisical aspirations of forming a queer love cult and distorting Confederate symbology. Phocian and Faith traverse the landscape like childish clowns. They speak in riddle and ultimately cause the other characters to join their antics. Confederitis explores disturbing aspects of Southern culture and the impotence of escapism in our current political climate. Confederitis melds film genre and was shot on multiple formats and film stocks such as: Super 8mm, 16mm, Hi-8, Betamax, VHS, HD, cellphone, and more.
He was captured. He was accused of insurgency. Here, he narrates his unfortunate journey.
When an Uber driver picks up a passenger, they soon discover they share a disturbing link.
A nervous woman tries to summon something.
Sally Steele is on mission to reunite the battling Burnette family while discovering one of the greatest untold tales of rock history with an amazing adventure.
Award-winning feature length documentary about the most controversial island in the world.
A vengeful bride-to-be loses her husband moments before their wedding. A series of random killings ending lovers' future plans for happiness follows.
A vicious drifter stalks a hapless couple only to get exactly what he desires.
Tody is a lonely bird slaving his life away in a packaging factory. He dreams of a better life in the sunshine with someone there who actually cares if he’s tired or overworked. When a box arrives at his station, destined for sunnier lands, Tody decides to make a break for it in order to find his paradise. The factory, however, has other plans.
Dispatches goes undercover in the secretive world of the people who decide what can and can't be posted on Facebook, exploring how their decisions are made and the impact they have on users.
A scientist summons hidden powers after she is attacked by her boss.
Larry A. and Carmelita B. Lowe tell their family history over images of a Hogan, a traditional Navajo dwelling, being built.
After two days alone in the woods, a young girl's reality begins to blend with her favorite comic book.
The Hollywood Christmas Parade takes place annually on the Sunday after Thanksgiving in Los Angeles, California.
Elephants On The Move goes behind the scenes at Twycross Zoo as the herd of elephants which has been attracting crowds for 50 years, are set for a big change - a new home. Elephant Creek in Twycross Zoo has been a public favourite for generations, but it's time for its inhabitants to move house - nearly 150 miles away to the seaside - to Blackpool Zoo. Mike Dilger follows Minbu, Tara, Noorjahan and Esha, a family of four female Asian elephants, as they embark on their epic journey to relocate to Blackpool as part of a European breeding programme. However, persuading a family of elephants to get into a giant transportation crate for a three-hour drive north is not that simple. It’s one of the biggest challenges the team of zoo keepers has ever had to face. As part of their daily routines the elephants are being trained to get into the crates with treats and rewards after every milestone reached. It’s going to be a long process!
When a vulnerable young man returns home, he's confronted by a history of violence with his father, and the searing memory of a lost friend; he takes dramatic action.
Colophon (for the Arboretum Cycle) has three sections. It is in the spirit of the early Chinese landscape colophons, a text added to the horizontal scroll at a later date from when the landscape itself was enacted. Colophon was not made to be shown along with the Arboretum Cycle, but a new thing, a spring later, a different maker, so to speak. N.D.
A Manny Velazquez underground independent horror film about a teenager who visits a burial ground and finds a Egyptian cross that awakens an evil curse that takes on the form of demented looking puppets that kill.
Part work of ethereal realism, part dance film, this contemporary-set short follows a young man facing the probability of an HIV+ diagnosis.
Propaganda film for peace. Feature length documentary about radical political protest in the 60s and its relevance to today.
The Killers live performance at Rock in Rio in Lisbon, Portugal on July 18, 2002. Songs include Somebody Told Me, Run for Cover, Smile Like You Mean It, and When You Were Young.
A broken hearted man is sentenced to death for the murder of a storekeeper.
Husband and wife music producers Ray Chew and Vivian Scott Chew embark on an ambitious two week journey to Cuba to create a collaboration of sounds which originated from Afro-Caribbean roots that has evolved into what we now consider modern day Salsa music. Bringing together multiple artists from the U.S. and Cuba, the film shines a light on Cuban culture and takes the viewer through the creative process and challenges of producing an album while providing an auditory sensation that touches the soul. Featuring Eric Benét, Louie Vega and Sergio George-who has produced albums for Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony and more. Audiences will walk away feeling the passion, positive energy, triumph and love that keeps this musical marriage strong.
Hoffin gets trained to rescue his parents and take on Nian. He has to go on a quest to find the 12 sacred animals.
The trials, tribulations and perpetual disappointments which have beset the managers of the England men's national football team since the country's solitary World Cup win in 1966.
What if your sketchbook drawings came to life? The possibilities of an open page are exciting, but being erasable has its drawbacks.
Most kids have a dog, some a cat; fun lovin’ siblings Bro-Bro and Siswa however, are the proud owners of Monster! With his rusty and unpredictable magic, the trio set off on a fun adventure.
An innocent family's youngest brother is accused of local mass murders. Someone must step in to solve this mystery and stop this lunatic. Who will it be? Watch and find out!
What it feels like to be left behind.
A motley group of addicts attend a rehabilitation program at an isolated farm to get sun, relax and consume the drugs and alcohol they smuggled in. Unfortunately and unbeknownst to them, the farm is infested with zombies and these aren't your usual slow moving, lumbering zombies. These blood suckers run fast!
A teenager struggles with the death of his father, and the looming influence of his troubled older brother.
Two frendoids try to outrun a po po who is after them after they broke into an asylum. During their daring escape, they will cross a rickety rackety ol' britch and wonder off down yonder into the forest. Be shook!
Portraits of attendees taken at the Chimera Film Society Day of Horror
An experimental short film about a man looking back on the life of his little sister after the world has fallen apart.
Filmmaker, Michael Leoni heads to the streets of LA to shine a light on the epidemic of homeless youth in America. Once inside their world he realizes he can no longer be an observer; every day is a matter of life or death and he'll do anything to get them off the streets.
The king of underground comedy takes the stage in Jacksonville with unflinching riffs on American politics and the raunchy perils of getting old.
2018 Olympic Bronze Medalist skier racer, Victor Muffat-Jeandet, faces off against 2x World Drone Racing Champion, Jordan Temkin, in a dual GS race to see who is the fastest down the mountain.
Lea, a disturbed teenager, copes with depression and bullying as best as she can. Constantly butting heads with her single, struggling mother, she is driven into a bad group of so called friends. When she witness a murder, she finds herself cornered and fiercly fighting for her own life that she had tried to take so many times.
A group of eccentric old people invite guests around for a game of Bingo that invariably ends in murder.
A romantic dinner for two goes awry when the host's long-lost brother crashes the party.
We all remember the time we first fell in love. Adolescence is an important time in our lives, especially when it comes to our first love. Bruce challenges the local villain in order to win over the heart of Louisiana, but ends up discovering, sometimes winning is losing. It's a story about love, ninjas and the beauty of children's imagination.
With special access to the Library of Congress, rediscover the history and culture of America through rarely seen treasures unearthed from its extensive holdings - the largest in the world.
A Bible is bound in the testes of the Washington Monument; An underground obelisk awaits nearby; the entrance to the secret crypt where Osiris-Apollo will re-enter the world is prepared; and the modern Egyptian magicians have prepared the incantations for... THE BELLY OF THE BEAST.
An introverted young girl copes with her parents' divorce by playing late night Zelda sessions with her father.
Let's kill all the power!
When Sophie is mugged on the street, she asks old friend and hypnotherapist, ANN, to help her recall the identity of the person who stole her bag. But for Sophie, undergoing hypnosis isn't just about getting back her belongings, it's an opportunity to go back and re-examine her relationship with her long-term partner, Vanessa, which is falling apart. As Sophie goes deeper into a trance, the session gets out of control. The mugger starts rampaging through her memories with chilling consequences.
Amidst the frantic flurry of moving day, a film. Shirking our responsibilities until the bitter end, this bittersweet and fond farewell to an apartment well-lived and a job well-done. Caretakers of the Year. Shot in a single take on Super 8.
Lonely pensioner Eve is given a humanoid robot to play bridge with.
With the ongoing debates regarding its legalization in the United States, cannabis remains a relevant topic of interest in our modern times. This relevance is by no means a new phenomenon. As illustrated in the enlightening documentary "Cannabis: The Lost History", the plant has played a key role in many aspects of society for thousands of years.
The manufacture of carpets and handicrafts from sheep's wool, and the importance of breeding.
A drunken cemetery gardener unintentionally brings the dead prostitute murderer Jack back to life and thus the disaster in the Viennese red-light district begins to take its course. Jack goes on the hunt with his muscle car again for young, naive prostitutes and causes one bloodbath after the other. The insecure and helpless young prostitutes seek advice from a vodoo priestess who helps them to immediate protection by conjuring the legendary Josephine from the realm of the dead...
Carl Paladino is a Trump-supporting real estate magnate with a history of making racist remarks. In 2016, he faced opposition for re-election to the Buffalo School Board in the form of 18-year-old Austin Harig.
Two people bound to together by the red string of fate meet at a library.
As the 1950's dawned the Central Intelligence Agency had secretly launched a new and powerful drug out into the population. Sometimes people knew they were taking it and sometimes they didn't. Acid Dreams is the story of how a Government mind control program turned into a drug epidemic that included everyone from Messianic college students to the murderous Hell's Angels biker gang.