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Blood & Flesh: The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson
'Horror Film Director Found Slain, Buried Under Floor,' screamed the August 1995 headline in the Los Angeles Times. But the whole truth behind Al Adamson's strange life and gruesome death reveals perhaps the most bizarre career in Hollywood history. From his early years as the son of a silent screen cowboy, through the production of some 30 lurid low budget pictures including SATAN'S SADISTS, DRACULA VS. FRANKENSTEIN and THE NAUGHTY STEWARDESSES, to his grisly demise, the Al Adamson story remains wild beyond belief. Told through over 40 first-person recollections from friends, family, colleagues and historians, plus rare clips and archival interviews with Adamson himself, BLOOD and FLESH: THE REEL LIFE and GHASTLY DEATH OF AL ADAMSON is the delightful, dirty and deadly documentary of bikers, go-go dancers, aging Hollywood actors, porn stars, freak-out girls, Charles Manson, Colonel Sanders, alien conspiracies, bad contractors and "scenes so SICK the Movies could never show them before!"

- 2019
27 Alien Encounters
Strange and bizarre UFO encounters abound, but recent Alien encounters by highly credible eyewitnesses are so unusual and perplexing that they challenge our understanding of physics and the Universe as we know it. Many who encounter UFO's are amazed at their ability to hover noiselessly only to speed off at incredible speeds not possible with even the most advanced military craft. Many sightings report the UFOs changing shape and size; emitting beams of light over nuclear bases; illuminating roadways and entire towns with a powerful white light; and having the ability to be in one place only to reappear in another in an instant. Even more shocking is the reason behind the abductions and why the Aliens are here on Earth. World governments and military forces know the aliens are here. Explore this phenomenon that is destined to impact our society, our world structure, and our very being. WE ARE NOT ALONE. "Riveting eyewitness and insider testimony." - The UFO Vault. "Everything we've been told about Alien visitations is a Lie." - Sean Morton, UFO Chronicles. "The shocking truth about the Alien Agenda is something that the people of Earth are not prepared for." - OH Krill, author of Montauk Babies. "Humans are under the control of a strange force bending them in absurd ways, forcing their role in a bizarre game of deception." - Dr. Jacques Vallee.
- 2016
The Glamorous Lie
A documentary on the life of YaVaughnie Wilkins, including her early life and eight and a half year relationship--and subsequent breakup--with high profile executive Charles E. Phillips, Jr. The documentary explores the couple's love story from bliss to bitter end. The film shows her triumph over adversity and the challenges she's faced even after the original completion of the documentary. A brand new cut, shown for the first time in 2013, features additional footage.
- 2011
Until They're Gone
Until They're Gone follows Bill and Jill Morse of Landmine Relief Fund, LMRF. The Morses left behind a comfortable retirement in California, relocated to Siem Reap, Cambodia to raise funds to keep 2010 CNN Hero Aki Ra and his time of deminers in the field.

- 2018
The Locksmith
Mike is a locksmith. He's also a prisoner on work release, but you wouldn't know it. He's just trying to focus on his house calls and reconcile with his ex-girlfriend-until Margo hijacks his day.

- 2010
We Stand Corrected: Dannemora
We Stand Corrected: Dannemora takes an in depth look at the notorious 2015 escape from Clinton Correctional Facility, New York State's largest maximum security prison. The film gives a voice to current Corrections Officers whose lives have been impacted by the fallout and cannot speak to media, per state law. Including interviews with retired officers, state officials, and local law enforcement, the film explores circumstances that led to the escape and the consequences from it. We Stand Corrected: Dannemora offers an alternative narrative to Ben Stiller's current Showtime limited series, Escape at Dannemora.
- 2018
#NoJoke
A musician's journey to create a song with some of the biggest stars in the industry. Along the way, he faces up to his painful past, while giving viewers a deep personal insight into the issue of bullying.

- 2019

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- 2006
Wild National Parks
From grizzly bears of Katmai National Park in Alaska to rattlesnakes of Montezuma's Castle in Arizona, answer the call of America's wildest national parks. By land, sea, and sky, crisscross park lands and get up close to creatures of all shapes and sizes. Dedicated national park workers also reveal what it takes to nurture generation after generation of these magnificent creatures.

- 2020
Bazaar Encounters
Bumps, Bangs and the sounds of people working are just some of the claims at a former funeral home turned resale shop. Just who or what is responsible for the whispering voices and the moving of objects? Join The Crypto Crew as they investigate a local business that is home to this unusual activity. As the team digs into the history of the building they uncover some shocking information and capture some amazing evidence during the investigation.

- 2019
Beards: The Rise of Facial Hair
Beards are everywhere, what is happening with this resurgence of facial hair across the globe? Since prehistoric times, the beard has been a sign of wisdom and regarded as a symbol of wealth and power. Coveted for its warmth, protection and often intimidating visage until the turn of the century when suddenly men elected to strip away the animalistic protections built into their DNA to conform with societal norms. Now, beards are back in a big way, so lets visit real men with real beards, the gals who love them, the barbers who tame them and see what impact the beard has on their daily lives.
- 2020
Wisdom of Changes - Richard Wilhelm and the I Ching
The Chinese I Ching, the Book of Changes, is one of the oldest and most influential documents of mankind. It was the missionary Richard Wilhelm, who brought it to the West. The film tells his story and provides insight into ancient Chinese thought.

- 2011
The Brandon Teena Story
Documentary about Brandon Teena (aka Teena Brandon), a transgender man, who was murdered along with two others in 1993 in rural Nebraska. The story is told through interviews with people who knew Brandon, recorded interrogation and trial transcripts, and photographs and file film footage.

- 1998
Pippin: His Life and Times
At the goading of the ominous and omnipresent Leading Player, Pippin, the eldest son of King Charlemagne, samples life's pleasures to discover his place in the world and the meaning of his life.

- 1982
Upside Down: The Creation Records Story
The definitive film about Creation Records, one of the world's most successful and colorful independent labels.

- 2010
Bidder 70
The story of Tim DeChristopher, a young man who disrupted a controversial BLM Oil and Gas leasing auction in 2008. He posed as a bidder (#70) and bid $1.7 million to win 22,000 acres of land he had no intention of paying for (or drilling on). Tim was federally indicted, convicted and sentenced to two years in prison for his courageous act of civil disobedience. Bidder 70 is a personal story surrounded by a wider context of citizen action, our history of peaceful civil disobedience, and grass roots movements demanding government and industry accountability.

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- 2012
London: The Modern Babylon
Julien Temple's decades-spanning personal look at the history of his hometown, London.

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- 2012
HouseQuake
The Democratic party's takeover of the House of Representatives in 2006 was more than just a good year. As HOUSEQUAKE illustrates, it was the result of an unprecedented, high-risk strategy and a relentless effort led by the colorful, iconoclastic congressman Rahm Emanuel. This historic campaign for change paved the way for Barack Obama's presidential victory and transformed the way political races are run in America.

- 2009
Lads & Jockeys
A documentary that follows three 14-year-old boys training to become jockeys in a village near Paris.

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- 2008
Man in Camo
Man in Camo takes a close look at the life of visual artist, writer and filmmaker Ethan Minsker and his drive to create and crusade the making of art. Through the lens of old photographs and films, Minsker leads viewers on a journey through the hurdles that once held him back, from dyslexia to the violence of 1980s Washington D.C. It was these hurdles that forged his love of film and art, and his work now spans across three decades. Man In Camo brings forth not just the love of art, but the reasons for making it in the first place.

- 2018
The Fighting Lady
The film follows the WWII exploits of the Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10) (unidentified in the film), in its first major operations following its commissioning in 1943. The life of the crew is documented from July 1943 to June 1944, from its passage through the Panama Canal through assaults on Marcus, Kwajalein, Truk and Tinian Islands, and culminating with the Battle of the Philippine Sea. Spectacular 16mm Kodachrome footage of combat operations and naval aviation is prominent throughout.

- 1944
Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present
This feature-length documentary film follows the artist as she prepares for what may be the most important moment of her life: a major retrospective of her work at The Museum of Modern Art in New York. To be given a retrospective at one of the world's premiere museums is, for any living artist, the most exhilarating sort of milestone. For Marina, it is far more - it is the chance to finally silence the question she has been hearing over and over again for four decades: 'But why is this art?'

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- 2012
50 Cent: The New Breed
- 2003
Quest for the Real Jesus
The story of Jesus and His early followers is shrouded in mystery. This intriguing program exposes the misconceptions and myths surrounding Jesus' life and teachings.
- 2010