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Healing from the Inside Out
Ever since Carolyn came down with COVID-19 she has struggled with her health as she works to maintain her business. Low energy and brain fog have become commonplace. She travels to a wellness center in Honduras to seek treatment.
- 2021
Quo Vadis 2020
A post millennial journey to Italy before the coronavirus outbreak. While encountering various faces of the contemporary Italian decline, the trip turns into an existential experience arising doubts within a group of ambitious filmmakers, moved by the nostalgia of the humble life that they abandoned to follow their dreams.

- 2020
El Torito
A look back at the career and crimes of Tony Ayala Jr. Ayala Jr was considered one of boxing's hottest prospects in the early 1980s before being convicted of a sexual assault and sentenced to prison. He would be released seventeen years later and resume his career. Claiming redemption, Ayala Jr ultimately could not tame his inner demons leading to a tragic end.

- 2022
Guantanamo Diary Revisited
Mohamedou Ould Slahi was captured in the aftermath of 9/11, accused of being part of Al-Queda, tortured then imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay for 14 years, although never proven guilty. His best-selling book, Guantanamo Diary, describes his abuse at the hands of masked and code-named "Special Projects" interrogators. Now released, Slahi sets out with investigative journalist John Goetz to find those interrogators, including the mysterious Mr. X, in order to seek revenge...by inviting them to tea.

- 2022
Passion is the Money
The film follows the story of a community of artists in a changing San Francisco. Countering gentrification with their words and images, they try to makes sense of what it means to live as artists in a modern city.
- 2018
Sarasate: The Spanish Spirit
The great Spanish violinist and composer Pablo Sarasate has been, ever since he appeared on stage as a young boy, a famous name in the world of music. Unfortunately upon this day there has not been written a biography in English or an English documentary film of feature length about this icon.Born in 1844 in Pamplona (Spain), his life took an early flight to Madrid and at the age of eleven to France, which became his home-base upon where he would travel the whole world. His love towards his native country, in combination with the compositional vogue of implementing folklore characters in new compositions, resulted in the fact that he composed nearly sixty pieces which he performed during his trips and which made him, subsequently, world-famous.
- 2020
Storied Streets
These Storied Streets explores the issue of homelessness across the country. The journey starts in LA and ends in New York covering 13 cities across the country. The film will shatter the stereotypes most of us have about the homeless population

- 2014
The Diabetes Solution
A group of families and doctors reveal a corporate cover-up in exposing the truth about Diabetes management, in this seminal documentary about the disease.

- 2021
Paranormal Prairie: Tales from Illinois' Scariest Locations
A look at some of the creepiest haunted locations throughout Illinois including cemeteries, buildings, and road side haunts. Featuring authors, researchers, investigators and paranormal experts Chad Lewis, Troy Taylor, John Winterbauer, and more.

- 2022
Restoring the Light
China's rapid economic development has left behind vast rural areas still fighting for basic survival needs. A local doctor's personal quest to bring transformative healthcare to the remote villages of northwest China reveals an intimate portrait of an unobserved rural community. Restoring the Light explores how the doctor and two disabled families-including an inspired young woman, her brave grandmother and an optimistic young boy-retain hope and resilience in the face of enormous social and economic pressures that threaten to unravel their lives.

- 2011
Speechless: The Polar Realm
Beautifully filmed over a decade in the Arctic, Antarctic and sub-polar regions by nature photographer Richard Sidey, The Polar Realm is a visual meditation of light, life, loss and wonder at the ends of the globe.

- 2015
The Beast of Brushy Creek
Strange events have been occurring near a creek in central Texas. Ancient Native American Burial ground, Bodies recovered from the waters, strange lights and shadows and sightings of a hairy man all center around the Brushy Creek.

- 2021
100 Sydney Birds
More than a hundred species of birds in their natural environments, City Parks, National Parks, urban areas up to 100 Km around. Great memories for Sydney visitors and a world of discovery for those who still have not been there.
- 2022
Inside Antifa
They are faceless. They are nameless. They are feared and hated. And they make no apologies. Antifa is notorious for their radical and often divisive tactics - but what's it really like to be a member of this anti-fascist movement? In the weeks surrounding the 2021 Inauguration, a group of antifa members allowed one film-maker full and unprecedented access. The story is one of clashes with police and militias, as they work to create the society they want to live in. A rare glimpse into what it's really like to be a member of this anti-fascist movement.

- 2021
After the Fire
A gripping documentary detailing tales of incredible courage and cowardice in the aftermath of the 2000 Seton Hall Fire in New Jersey.
- 2011
Jackie OK
She was Americas' First Lady, a fashion icon and role model for the millions who looked up to her. Beloved by all, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was an inspirational soul whose presence would leave those around her in awe, she knew how to control a room. Her soft breathy voice would steal the attention of those willing to listen. Jackie was well-travelled, she studied French during her time in college and spent a year abroad in Paris. She was fluent in several languages and aided her husband John F. Kennedy in his endeavours as the 35th President of the United States. Jackie had a strong knowledge of the arts and international culture. During her time in the White House, she established the White House fine arts committee and began reading books on how the White House looked during its introduction before renovating the interior with historic and tasteful furnishings. Jackie spent her life pleasing those around her. She sought the comfort of a stable family and home. Her tragic life resembled a fable, littered with loss and misery. Jackie stayed radiant and persevered through her hardships.

- 2022
Bigfoot Witness: The Jason Morse Story
While out walking his dog, Jason Morse had a visual sighting of a large bipedal creature in the New Hampshire forest. That day changed his life forever and launched him into a world of Bigfoot investigating. Having seen the brute firsthand, Jason is determined to find more evidence of Bigfoot. His quest has led him from Pawtuckaway State Park to the rugged mountains of eastern Kentucky. Some call it a myth, some call it a legend, but for those who have seen it, it is a reality they can't deny.

- 2022
Generations
The film consists of twelve static single-shot tableaus depicting people doing everyday activities while living in the shadow of massive power-generating stations.

- 2020
Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act
Whoopi Goldberg is an award-winning comedian actress and human rights advocate. She has achieved amazing success in the entertainment industry. From the streets of New York to the stage of Broadway and the Hollywood Walk of Fame, this is her story.

- 2022
He Dreams of Giants
The culmination of a trilogy of documentaries that have followed film director Terry Gilliam over a 25 year period. Charting Gilliam's final, beleaguered quest to adapt Don Quixote, this documentary is a potent study of creative obsession.

- 2019
The Color of Care
Explores how people of color suffer from systemically substandard healthcare in the United States.
- 2022
Castro's Spies
Castro's Spies tells the thrilling story of an elite group of Cuban intelligence agents sent undercover to the US in the 1990s. From their recruitment, training and eventual capture on US soil; this film peers into a secret world of false identities, love affairs and betrayal. Using never seen before footage from the Cuban Film Institute's archive and first-hand testimony from the people at the heart of this story, Castro's Spies gives a rare glimpse into the shadowy world of a spy - where the stakes are life and death.

- Metascore70
- 2020
Siberian Sniper
After months of exhausting trench warfare, most of Major Belyaev's battalion was destroyed. The area is ruled by German aces snipers. Hope for replenishment collapses when the convoy, in which the Soviet snipers were traveling, falls under a German airstrike. A handful of soldiers and a young hunter from Yakutia, Yegor Cheerin, survive.

- 2021
Out of Darkness: Heavy is the Crown Vol. 1
In this second installment in the Out of Darkness series, Heavy is the Crown explores the African origins of the world's major religions by examining the "original mythological stories" that have served not only as the basis for spiritual systems across the planet, but for many of the foundational concepts of "western civilization" itself. In addition to bringing to life the story of the Ausarian Drama, this first volume of Heavy is the Crown details how the original spiritual traditions of Ancient Kemet, most particularly the "Judgement Scene" found in the Book of the Coming Forth by Day, have laid the foundation for modern day western religion. Starring Tony Browder, Kaba Kamene, David Banner, and Prof. James Small.

- 2022