All In: The Fight for Democracy

2020

English

6.9

♡ 6

100%

Liz Garbus Director

Joe Jonas as Self

Jesse Jackson as Self

Michelle Obama as Self

Trevor Noah as Self

Examines the often overlooked, yet insidious issue of voter suppression in the United States in anticipation of the 2020 presidential election. With the perspective and expertise of Stacey Abrams, the former Minority Leader of the Georgia House of Representatives, the film offers an insider’s look into laws and barriers to voting that most people don’t even know is a threat to their basic rights as citizens of the United States.

Lost Girls

2020

English

6.2

♡ 32

72%

50%

Action

based on a true story

based on novel or book

Liz Garbus Director

Ross Degraw as Construction Boss

Amy Ryan as Mari Gilbert

Reed Birney as Peter Hackett

Thomasin McKenzie as Sherre Gilbert

When Mari Gilbert's daughter disappears, police inaction drives her own investigation into the gated Long Island community where Shannan was last seen. Her search brings attention to over a dozen murdered prostitutes.

Becoming Cousteau

2021

English

7.1

♡ 9

98%

reference to jacques cousteau

Liz Garbus Director

Louis Malle as Self

David L. Wolper as Self

Carol Burnett as Self

Vincent Cassel as Self - Narrator

Adventurer, filmmaker, inventor, author, unlikely celebrity and conservationist: For over four decades, Jacques-Yves Cousteau and his explorations under the ocean became synonymous with a love of science and the natural world. As he learned to protect the environment, he brought the whole world with him, sounding alarms more than 50 years ago about the warming seas and our planet’s vulnerability. In BECOMING COUSTEAU, from National Geographic Documentary Films, two-time Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Liz Garbus takes an inside look at Cousteau and his life, his iconic films and inventions, and the experiences that made him the 20th century’s most unique and renowned environmental voice — and the man who inspired generations to protect the Earth.

Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech

2009

English

7.4

68%

Documentary

first amendment

woman director

Liz Garbus Director

George W. Bush as Self

Bill O'Reilly as Self

Richard Pryor as Self

David Horowitz as Self - author of 'The Professors: The 101 Most Dangerous Academics in America'

A documentary look at the changing interpretations of the first amendment of the U.S. Constitution - laws and court cases that have alternatively broadened and narrowed the amendment's protection of free speech and assembly. The film's thesis is that post-9/11 the government has seized unprecedented license to surveil, intimidate, arrest, and detain citizens and foreigners alike. The film also looks back to the Pentagon Papers' case and compares it to cases since 9/11 dealing with high school students' speech and protesters marching in New York City during the 2004 Republican convention. Comment comes from a range of scholars, pundits, and advocates.

A Dangerous Son

2018

English

6.7

♡ 2

Documentary

Liz Garbus Director

Andrew Solomon as Self

Liza Long as Self

Tony Beliz as Self

Creigh Deeds as Self

Documentary following three families each coping with a child affected by serious emotional or mental illness. The families explore treatment opportunities and grapple with the struggle of living with their child's condition.