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Memoirs

We live with stories. And it's hard for us to give up on these stories, which provide us our identity, a way of understanding ourselves. Reflections from three successive generations are dusted off and presented as remaining fragments. An attempt to archive thoughts on familial history, narrative traditions, human perception and "the story" from known and unknown sources. "There is history behind it and the history becomes the story and the story becomes the pattern and the pattern becomes rigidity."

Memoirs

NR 2019
Cooped

A spooky mansion, a plucky young heroine and a handsome English aristocrat. Add a German butler and a Spanish soap star and you're... COOPED with Spymonkey! Beautiful, fawn-like Laura du Lay arrives in the heart of darkest Northumberlandshirehampton to take up a post as secretary to the reclusive (but devastatingly handsome) Forbes Murdston. She has ignored for as long as she can the unsettling rumours that surround her new employer and his ominous manservant Klaus. If only Roger Parchment, the family lawyer, were not so obviously in love with her! Then she could confide in him her darkest fears: Is Forbes really the killer who lurks in the darkness? Who is the prey he seeks? And will Inspector Detective Judadench solve the mystery before it is too late?!

Cooped

NR 2019
A Tale of Two Kitchens

Two countries, two restaurants, one vision. At Gabriela Cámara's acclaimed Contramar in Mexico City, the welcoming, uniformed waiters are as beloved by diners as the menu featuring fresh, local seafood caught within 24 hours. The entire staff sees themselves as part of an extended family. Meanwhile at Cala in San Francisco, Cámara hires staff from different backgrounds and cultures, including ex-felons and ex-addicts, who view the work as an important opportunity to grow as individuals. A Tale of Two Kitchens explores the ways in which a restaurant can serve as a place of both dignity and community.

A Tale of Two Kitchens

5.9 2019
Raze

A celebration of personal expression told through the dance style of Vogueing, with attention to ownership, regality, and identity as expressed through the abundant family that is LGBTQ community. Featuring artists from The Martha Graham Dance Company, Ryan Murphy's POSE FX, Phantom of the Opera National Tour, FOSSE VERSON FX, An American in Paris, and the best underground battles of New York. I find the most sensual and sexy moments to be those that are tied to unapologetic expression of the self. Vogue choreography by the dancers.

Raze

NR 2019
Beirut on the Bayou

Lebanese author, Raif Shwayri, travels to Louisiana to trace the life of his grandfather who once worked as a peddler serving the Cajuns on Bayou Lafourche. Alfred “Sweet Papa” Nicola spent nearly two decades, in the early 20th century, selling his wares to the French-speaking melting pot that was developing on the edge of civilization. His years of traveling to these isolated villages would eventually, and surprisingly, lead to substantial aid for tens of thousands of disabled and impoverished children in Lebanon. This film celebrates the rarely told story of early Arab-American immigrants and includes never-before-seen 16mm footage of South Louisiana and Beirut from the 1950s. It also includes rare photos of early Cajun life as well as an original Arabic score and a cover of a Cajun classic using Arabic instruments.

Beirut on the Bayou

NR 2019
Antônio Carlos Gomes: Lo Schiavo

Lo schiavo was conceived as a politically engaged work. However, the issue was rather volatile and the composer had to change the contemporary time setting to a more distant one. In Brazil the opera was a triumph, but elsewhere it failed to gain popularity and soon fell into oblivion. This recording of the Teatro Lirico di Cagliari’s production documents the opera’s first performance in modern times and reveals Gomes’ flamboyant richness of melodic creativity, his sound grasp of construction, and a technical mastery of the theatrical mechanisms that are always of the highest level.

Antônio Carlos Gomes: Lo Schiavo

NR 2019
All Hail the Popcorn King!

Made in cooperation with Joe Lansdale, we explore his life growing up in 1950's east Texas and how he has used his experiences to create what can only be described as his own genre. Our interviews with Joe, his family, friends, fans and colleagues gives us a glimpse into the man behind Bubba Ho-tep, Hap and Leonard, and incident on and off a mountain road among dozens of other books, films, comics and stories. We discover his dedication to martial arts and his decades of generosity offering advice to aspiring writers and creators.

All Hail the Popcorn King!

1.0 2019