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Baby Arabia
Feature Documentaries , Desi Spotlight , Music in Film Focus
Documentary Feature, 2010, 73 min
Directed by: Panu Aree
Interests: Documentary

The story of artists and their humble, homegrown art that puts a human face on the troubled image of Islam. Read More

Beatles Stories
Feature Documentaries , Local Talent , Music in Film Focus
Documentary Feature, 2010, 80 min
Directed by: Seth Swirsky
Interests: Documentary

Singer-songwriter, Seth Swirsky grew up in Great Neck, N.Y., in the 1960s, a huge fan of The Beatles. Wanting to get closer to them than their music could take him, he set out, in 2005, to film people who had a story about themselves and the Fab Four. 110 interviews later (cut down to 50 for the movie), the result is Beatles Stories. Read More

Bob and the Monster
Feature Documentaries , Local Talent , Music in Film Focus
Documentary Feature, 2011, 86 min
Directed by: Keirda Bahruth
Interests: Documentary

A compelling portrait of outspoken indie-rock hero Bob Forrest, from his life-threatening struggle with addiction to his transformation into one of the most influential and controversial drug counselors in the US today. Read More

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Chasing Madoff
Economy Focus , Feature Documentaries , Local Talent
Documentary Feature, 2010, 91 min
Directed by: Jeff Prosserman
Interests: Documentary

CHASING MADOFF is the compelling story of Harry Markopolos and his team of investigators ten-year struggle to expose the harrowing truth behind the infamous Bernard Madoff scandal. Read More

Chess Kids
Feature Documentaries
Documentary Feature, 2011, 80 min
Directed by: Lynn Hamrick
Interests: Documentary

Chess prodigies compete in a World Youth Tournament. Featuring Josh Waitzkin (the real-life subject of the film, Searching for Bobby Fischer) pitted against Judit Polgar(the best female player of all time), Chess Kids gives audiences a gender bender look at the sport. A companion follow-up piece revisits these former prodigies two decades later. Read More

Crime After Crime
Feature Documentaries , Social Awareness
Documentary Feature, 2011, 93 min
Directed by: Yoav Potash
Interests: Documentary

CRIME AFTER CRIME is the exclusive documentary film on the legal battle to free Debbie Peagler from prison after over two decades behind bars for her role in the murder of the man who abused her. The Washington Post says it's Harrowing, moving and inspiring, while the LA Times simply calls it "a must-see film". Read More

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Fambul Tok
Feature Documentaries , Social Awareness
Documentary Feature, 2011, 82 min
Directed by: Sara Terry
Interests: Documentary

Victims and perpetrators of Sierra Leones brutal war come together for the first time in tradition-based truth-telling and forgiveness ceremonies. Reviving their ancient practice of "fambul tok", Sierra Leoneans are building sustainable peace at the grass-roots level--succeeding where the international community's post-conflict efforts failed. Read More

The Flaw
Economy Focus , Feature Documentaries , Social Awareness
Documentary Feature, 2010, 82 min
Directed by: David Sington
Interests: Documentary

People all over the world are still struggling with the aftermath of the greatest financial crisis since the Wall Street Crash of 1929. We all know what the effects have been, but what exactly was the cause? "The Flaw" argues that the roots of the crisis lie in the changing relationship between the rich and the rest in American society. Read More

Food Stamped
Feature Documentaries , Social Awareness
Documentary Feature, 2010, 62 min
Directed by: Shira Potash
Interests: Documentary

Food Stamped is an informative and humorous documentary film following a couple as they attempt to eat a healthy, well-balanced diet on a food stamp budget. Winner, Jury Feature Prize at the 2011 San Francisco Independent Film Festival. Read More

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Holy Land Hardball
Family , Feature Documentaries , Gold Rush , Israeli Focus
Documentary Feature, 2010, 84 min
Directed by: Brett Rapkin
Interests: Documentary

Holy Land Hardball follows an unlikely group of players and executives as they attempt to create Israel's first professional baseball league in the summer of 2007. Read More

Homecoming
Family , Feature Documentaries , Israeli Focus
Documentary Feature, 2011, 60 min
Directed by: Noa Maiman
Interests: Documentary

The quest for identity in modern Israel. Three children of foreign workers who were born in Israel travel to their parents' homelands as they seek out their roots and their own place in the world. Read More

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In Camera
Desi Spotlight , Feature Documentaries
Documentary Feature, 2009, 83 min
Directed by: Ranjan Palit
Interests: Documentary

In this meditative and strident overview of the career of Ranjan Palit, award-winning documentary cameraman, the filmmaker himself shows us the images and questions that have haunted him throughout his 25-year career. Celebrated for films that document the struggles of powerless people to save their homes and ancestral traditions, Palit still questions the good he has done for them and wonders if he’s merely turned their lives into images and then memories that are destined to be forgotten. Read More

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Limelight
Feature Documentaries
Documentary Feature, 2010, 104 min
Directed by: Billy Corben
Interests: Documentary

As the owner of legendary hotspots like Limelight, Tunnel, Palladium, and Club USA, Peter Gatien was the king of the New York club scene. This exuberant documentary charts Gatien's rise and fall against the transformation of New York City, offering a wild ride through a now-closed chapter in the history of NYC nightlife. Read More

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A Matter of Taste
Feature Documentaries
Documentary Feature, 2010, 68 min
Directed by: Sally Rowe
Interests: Documentary

A MATTER OF TASTE takes an intimate look inside the world of an immensely talented and driven young chef, Paul Liebrandt. At 24, he was awarded three stars by the New York Times for unforgettable and hyper modern dishes such as "eel, violets and chocolate," "espuma of calf brains and foie gras," and "beer and truffle soup." Read More

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Outside Industry
Music in Film Focus , Feature Documentaries
Documentary Feature, 2011, 82 min
Directed by: Alan Berg
Interests: Documentary

Chronicling the 25 year span of South by Southwest, the film tells the story of how four guys living on next to nothing created a music event in the hopes of giving bands a way to connect with music insiders. The result was the biggest music industry event in the world. Read More

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