Diamond Docs (Firm)
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Ye Haiyan is labeled a trouble maker by the Chinese government. Someone who embarrasses the state, for example, with public protests involving the civil rights of sex workers. She travels to Hainan Province to protest a case in which sexual mistreatment of elementary-age school girls by their principal has gone unprosecuted
4) XY Chelsea
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"Shot over two years and featuring exclusive interviews and behind-the-scenes v́erit́e with Manning, the film picks up on the momentous day in May when she leaves prison and follows her through her journey of discovery, while also examining her place in the conversation on national security and the fight of the transgender community for rights and visibility"--back cover.
5) The summit
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In August of 2008, eighteen mountain climbers reached the top of K2, the second-highest mountain in the world. 48 hours later, eleven people were dead, making it the deadliest day in modern mountain climbing history. While memorials paid tribute to those killed, there were also condemnations about why. Why do these athletes risk everything to reach a place humans are simply not meant to go? Why do they put their lives and the lives of others on the...
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En un masacre olvidada durante la guerra civil de Guatemala, un niño sobrevivió y fue criado por uno de los soldados que mataron a su familia. 30 años despues de la tragedia, le tomará un equipo dedicado -- desde un experto forense a un fiscal de Guatemala -- para descubrir la verdad y traer justicia a los responsables, pero primero tienen que encontrar a Oscar, el niño desaparecido.
In a forgotten massacre during Guatemala's decades-long...
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Reveals the complicated effects the web is having on our society as seen through the eyes of artist, futurist, and visionary Internet pioneer, Josh Harris. Director Ondi Timoner documented more than a decade of Harris' increasingly tumultuous life and experiments, including one that involved living under 24-hour electronic surveillance, which led to his mental collapse.
9) Fed Up
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Narrated by Katie Couric, the film blows the lid off everything that was known about food and exercise, revealing a 30-year campaign by the food industry, aided by the U.S. government, to mislead and confuse the American public. Exposing the hidden truths contributing to one of the largest health epidemics in history, it follows a group of families battling to lead healthier lives and reveals why the conventional wisdom of 'exercise and eat right'...
10) 2040
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Award-winning director Damon Gameau (That Sugar Film) embarks on a journey to explore what the future could look like by the year 2040 if the solutions already available to improve our planet were embraced. Structured as a letter to his daughter, Gameau blends documentary with dramatized sequences and high-end visual effects to create a vision of how these solutions could regenerate the world.
11) Accepted
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T.M. Landry, an unconventional prep school in Louisiana, receives national attention for consistently sending its graduates to elite universities. When an explosive New York Times expos ̌questions the school's legitimacy, students face uncertain futures and must decide for themselves what they are willing to accept.
12) Chasing ice
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Chronicles the efforts of nature photographer James Balog to document the receding of the Solheim glacier in Iceland, a consequence of climate change and global warming, in which strategically placed cameras would take one picture every hour for three years.
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Pat Tillman chose to walk away from a multi million-dollar football contract and join the military for no other reason than he felt it was the right thing to do. Documented are the facts surrounding the way the military manipulated his tragic death in the line of duty into a propaganda tool.
15) 1
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Placed in the golden era of Grand Prix Racing, it's the tale of a generation of drivers who gambled with their lives during Formula 1's deadliest period. These are the men who raced on the edge, changing the sport forever.
17) The cove
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In a sleepy lagoon off the coast of Japan is a highly guarded secret. During the night, Taiji fishermen engage in an unseen hunt for thousands of dolphins. The work is so horrifying, the fishermen will stop at nothing to keep it hidden from the outside world. When a team of elite activists, filmmakers, and free-divers embark on a secret mission to penetrate their cover, the shocking discoveries they find there are just the tip of the iceberg.
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In 1985, Willem de Kooning's oil painting Woman-Ochre vanished from the University of Arizona Museum of Art in Tucson. The $160 million work of art remained missing until 2017, when it was found hanging in the former home of Jerry and Rita Alter, a deceased New Mexico married couple. The film features interviews with the Alters' family members and those involved in the painting's disappearance and recovery. The film also utilizes actors to stage reenactments...
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A look at the history of the American comedy publication and production company, National Lampoon, from its beginning in the 1970s to 2010. The influence the magazine has had on our culture through turbulent times, morphing into Second City, Saturday Night Live, and the movies, and the stars and sorrows it has produced.
20) Before the flood
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"... [This film] presents a riveting account of the dramatic changes ocurring around the world due to climate change, as well as the actions we as individuals and as a society can take to prevent catastrophic disruption of life on our planet." --Container.