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7.4

♡ 2

100%

Kirsten Johnson Director

Michael Moore as Self

Abdul Henderson as Self

Roger Phenix as Self

Kirsten Johnson as Self

As a visually radical memoir, CAMERAPERSON draws on the remarkable footage that filmmaker Kirsten Johnson has shot and reframes it in ways that illuminate moments and situations that have personally affected her. What emerges is an elegant meditation on the relationship between truth and the camera frame, as Johnson transforms scenes that have been presented on Festival screens as one kind of truth into another kind of story—one about personal journey, craft, and direct human connection.

Life According to Sam

8.1

♡ 3

100%

Sean Fine Director

Dave Matthews as Self Sammy

Sammy as Self Megan

Megan as Self Niccolo

Niccolo as Self

Progeria is a rare, fatal genetic condition that causes accelerated aging in children; its young victims rarely live past 13. This moving documentary explores the remarkable world of Sam Berns and the relentless pursuit of a treatment and cure by his parents (both doctors) to save their son from the disease.

The Real Anthony Fauci

2022

6.6

♡ 13

documentary filmmaking

pharmaceutical industry

vaccination

Kala Mandrake Director

Bill Gates as Self - Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Russell Brand as Self - Political Commentator

Mark Crispin Miller as Self - Professor of Media Studies at the New York University

Joe Rogan as Self - The Joe Rogan Experience

Different experts make a stand against today's putatively criminal and harmful health system, focusing on Anthony Fauci and his role in the shaping of the AIDS and COVID-19 epidemics.

Catching the Sun

6.6

♡ 28

75%

Shalini Kantayya Director

An unemployed American worker, a Tea Party activist, and a Chinese solar entrepreneur. But who wins and who loses the battle for power in the 21st century? Through interwoven character dramas spanning the U.S. and China, Catching the Sun explores the global economic race to lead the clean energy future.

Blackfish

8.1

♡ 58

98%

psychological thriller

Thriller

trauma

whale

Gabriela Cowperthwaite Director

Whoopi Goldberg as Herself

Meredith Vieira as Herself

Anderson Cooper as Himself

James Earl Jones as Himself

Notorious killer whale Tilikum is responsible for the deaths of three individuals, including a top killer whale trainer. Blackfish shows the sometimes devastating consequences of keeping such intelligent and sentient creatures in captivity.

Storyville India's Daughter

8.2

♡ 6

100%

Leslee Udwin Director

Usha Saxena as Self - Delhi resident

Ram Singh as Self - main suspect of Jyoti Singh's rape and murder

Kavita Krishnan as Self - secretary, All India Progressive Women's Association

Pratibha Sharma as Self - sub-inspector, Delhi Police

The story of the short life, and brutal gang rape and murder in Delhi in December 2012 of an exceptional and inspiring young woman. The rape of the 23 year old medical student by 6 men on a moving bus, and her death, sparked unprecedented protests and riots throughout India and led to the first glimmers of a change of mindset. Interwoven into the story line are the lives, values and mindsets of the rapists whom the film makers have had exclusive and unprecedented access to interview before they hang. The film examines the society and values which spawn such violent acts, and makes an optimistic and impassioned plea for change.

Ivory Tower

2014

7.0

♡ 1

84%

Andrew Rossi Director

Jerry Brown as Self

Sebastian Thrun as Self

Andrew Delbanco as Self

Elizabeth Armstrong as Self

As tuition spirals upward and student debt passes a trillion dollars, students and parents ask, "Is college worth it?" From the halls of Harvard to public and private colleges in financial crisis to education startups in Silicon Valley, an urgent portrait emerges of a great American institution at the breaking point.

Red Obsession

6.6

♡ 1

86%

Warwick Ross Director

Russell Crowe as Narrator

Sara Eisen as Self

Debra Meiburg as Self - Interviewee

France’s Bordeaux region has long commanded respect for its coveted wine, but shifts in the global marketplace mean that a new, voracious consumer base in China is buying up this finite product. Bordeaux both struggles with and courts the spike in demand, sending prices skyrocketing. Narrated by Russell Crowe, Red Obsession is a fascinating look at our changing international economy and how an obsession in Shanghai affects the most illustrious vineyards in France.

Neurons to Nirvana

7.6

♡ 2

Oliver Hockenhull Director

Lesley Ewen as Narrator

Ronald Reagan as Self

Rick Doblin as Self

Julie Holland as Self

Through interviews with leading psychologists and scientists, Neurons to Nirvana explores the history of four powerful psychedelic substances (LSD, Psilocybin, MDMA and Ayahuasca) and their previously established medicinal potential. Strictly focusing on the science and medicinal properties of these drugs, Neurons to Nirvana looks into why our society has created such a social and political bias against even allowing research to continue the exploration of any possible positive effects they can present in treating some of today's most challenging afflictions.

Bitcoin: The End of Money as We Know It

6.9

♡ 2

78%

Torsten Hoffmann Director

Vitalik Buterin as Self

Andreas M. Antonopoulos as Self - Author, Mastering Bitcoin

Roger Ver as Self - Bitcoin Entrepreneur

Trace Mayer as Self - Host, Bitcoin Knowledge Podcast

A documentary exploring how money and the trading of value has evolved, culminating in Bitcoin.

Disneynature: Wings of Life

2011

7.2

♡ 3

Louie Schwartzberg Director

Meryl Streep as Narrator

A beautiful love story in danger. Our future depends on an amazing love story between the flowers and fauna consisting of bees, butterflies, birds and bats, which allow these species to reproduce. Delicate and graceful, the flowers are not content to be the ultimate symbol of beauty. On the contrary, their vibrant colors and their exotic flavors are so many wonders that attract pollinators and drunk with desire. All these animals are involved in a complex dance of seduction on which one third of our crops, a dance without which we could survive ... Pollen presents the unsung heroes of the global food chain. Their fantastic worlds are full of stories, drama and beauty. While a fragile and threatened, essential for the balance of the planet, it should now actively protect ...

Food, Inc. 2

2023

6.8

♡ 5

80%

Robert Kenner Director

Donald Trump as Self - 45th President of the United States

Eric Schlosser as Self - Author, Fast Food Nation

Michael Pollan as Self - Author, The Omnivore's Dilemma

Cory Booker as Self - U.S. Senator

Filmmakers Robert Kenner and Melissa Robledo reunite with investigative authors Michael Pollan and Eric Schlosser to take a fresh look at our efficient yet vulnerable food system.

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

2009

6.9

♡ 169

Action

Adventure

Animation

based on children's book

Phil Lord Director

Danny Mann as

Andy Samberg as 'Baby' Brent

Michael Bell as Man #12

Anna Faris as Sam Sparks

Inventor Flint Lockwood creates a machine that makes clouds rain food, enabling the down-and-out citizens of Chewandswallow to feed themselves. But when the falling food reaches gargantuan proportions, Flint must scramble to avert disaster. Can he regain control of the machine and put an end to the wild weather before the town is destroyed?

Burning Man and the Meaning of Life

4.9

♡ 1

Action

Documentary

News

Julie Pifher Director

BURNING MAN AND THE MEANING OF LIFE - A stunning visual exploration of the Festival of the Burning Man against the backdrop of a question: What is the meaning of life?

Four Horsemen

2012

7.7

♡ 3

71%

Ross Ashcroft Director

Dominic Frisby as Narrator

Noam Chomsky as Self

Gillian Tett as Self

Lawrence Wilkerson as Self

Documentary about the modern apocalypse caused by a rapacious banking system. 23 leading thinkers – frustrated at the failure of their respective disciplines – break their silence to explain how the world really works.

Korengal

2014

afghanistan war (2001-2021)

6.7

♡ 2

87%

64%

afghanistan war (2001- )

Sebastian Junger Director

Mark Patterson as Self

Marc Solowski as Self

Stephen Gillespie as Self

Kevin Rice as Self

Korengal picks up where Restrepo left off; the same men, the same valley, the same commanders, but a very different look at the experience of war.

Cartel Land

7.3

♡ 11

90%

Matthew Heineman Director

Nicolás Sierra as Self Karla

Karla as Self

Alfredo Castillo Cervantes as Self - Mexican political

Janet Fields as Self - Tim Foley's girlfriend

In the Mexican state of Michoacán, Dr. Jose Mireles, a small-town physician known as "El Doctor," shepherds a citizen uprising against the Knights Templar, the violent drug cartel that has wreaked havoc on the region for years. Meanwhile, in Arizona's Altar Valley—a narrow, 52-mile-long desert corridor known as Cocaine Alley—Tim "Nailer" Foley, an American veteran, heads a small paramilitary group called Arizona Border Recon, whose goal is to halt Mexico’s drug wars from seeping across our border.

This Is Not a Movie

2019