Documentary
Filmmaker Nadine Natour turns her lens on her parents and her hometown, Appomattox, VA, to capture the story of her parents' emigration from Palestine to the United States. An uplifting, layered and often funny portrait of Palestinian Muslim immigrants Gehad and Sabah Natour, as the success of their popular grocery store defies xenophobia in the conservative rural town where the Civil War ended.
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All Cats Are Grey in the Dark
Fruits of Labor
On the Divide
Graven Image
Motel
Corpus: A Home Movie About Selena
Landfall
Tungrus
The Song of the Butterflies
Delikado
The Infiltrators
Well-Founded Fear
The End of the Nightstick
Stuttgart Shanghai
Janine F.
Palabek: Refuge of Hope
Kevin Nash: Too Sweet
Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
Tracks on Snow
La noche submarina
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All Cats Are Grey in the Dark
IMDB 6.6 | Aug , 2019
He calls himself Catman. Christian lives with his two cats Marmelade and Katjuscha. They are inseparable. As he yearns to become a father, he has his beloved Marmelade fertilized by an exclusive tomcat abroad.Fruits of Labor
IMDB 0 | Mar , 2021
A Mexican-American teenage farmworker dreams of graduating high school, when ICE raids in her community threaten to separate her family and force her to become her family’s breadwinner.On the Divide
IMDB 0 | Jun , 2021
Brings us into the lives of three Latinx people in McAllen Texas, whose different beliefs end up coming to a head at the last abortion clinic in the US/Mexico border.Graven Image
IMDB 0 | Dec , 2017
Using over 100 years of archival footage, director Sierra Pettengill explores the history of the largest Confederate monument, Georgia’s Stone Mountain.Motel
IMDB 6.5 | Jan , 1989
Documentary looking at the culture of three motels and their owners who remain untouched by homogenization and corporatism, located in Santa Fe, New Mexico; Florence, Arizona; and the semi-ghost town of Death Valley Junction, California. Everyone has an unusual story to tell.Corpus: A Home Movie About Selena
IMDB 0 | Jul , 1999
CORPUS explores the mass adulation and explosive posthumous recognition of Selena Quintanilla, the Tejano rock singer murdered by the president of her fan club in 1995. Pushing beyond the mainstream media's fascination with her violent death, Portillo interviews Selena's family and friends as well as the devoted fans that pilgrimage to Selena's grave in Corpus Christi, Texas, to pay homage to the slain star. Moving and provocative, this humble investigative portrait explores Selena's cultural significance as a pop icon and shines a light on the hopes, fantasies, fears, and realities of young Latinas today.Landfall
IMDB 0 | Apr , 2020
Hurricane María abated, the news crews packed up and left Puerto Rico, and the interest of the international community turned elsewhere. What happened next?Tungrus
IMDB 6.3 | Nov , 2018
A tragi-comical drama, whose protagonist is no other than a young cock, unfolds in a Mumbai apartment just like thousands of others. Grabbed by an eccentric patriarch to serve as a distraction for the family cat, the chick survived, grew up and now imposes his troublesome presence on everyone, tyrannising the entire householdThe Song of the Butterflies
IMDB 0 | May , 2020
Rember Yahuarcani is an indigenous artist from the Uitoto Nation who lives in Lima, Peru. From his clan, the White Heron, only two families remain in Peru. Rember's paintings are inspired by the stories his grandmother Martha told him before she died. However, he has never dived into the darkest part of his nation’s history: the indigenous massacre during the rubber boom. Martha is a survivor of the horror and she speaks to Rember in dreams guiding him in a spiritual journey back to the jungle. He first visits his parents, who are also artists, in the Peruvian jungle. And finally, he sails to La Chorrera, in Colombia, where he confronts the past and meets other members of his clan.Delikado
IMDB 7.2 | Apr , 2022
In the majestic tropical island of Palawan, three environmental crusaders confront murder, betrayal and political corruption in this thrilling documentary about land defenders battling to save and preserve paradise in the Philippines.The Infiltrators
IMDB 8 | Jan , 2019
A rag-tag group of undocumented youth – Dreamers – deliberately get detained by Border Patrol in order to infiltrate a shadowy, for-profit detention center.Well-Founded Fear
IMDB 0 | Jan , 2000
Examines how the Immigration and Naturalization Service decides who will be granted asylum in the United States. The applicant must have a "well-founded fear" of persecution in his or her home country. Despite true and terrifying stories of torture and mistreatment, it's often up to how well the translator presents the case and how sensitive are the ears of the asylum officer to decide a person's fate.The End of the Nightstick
IMDB 0 | Nov , 1994
An exposé unravels a history of abuse of suspects by the Chicago police.Stuttgart Shanghai
IMDB 5 | Feb , 2007
A young pair from Stuttgart fly to Shanghai to hop aboard the textile business of his father while she prepares for the birth of their son. A story about the ever more common movement of Germans into the East for professional gain.Janine F.
IMDB 5 | Feb , 2005
The humorous portrait of a female artist. The film follows the career of 24-year-old Janine F. who in 2002 caused a commotion from the rooftop of a Berlin building.Palabek: Refuge of Hope
IMDB 0 | Oct , 2019
A documentary about the refugee camp located on the South Sudan/Uganda border.Kevin Nash: Too Sweet
IMDB 7 | Jul , 2015
Celebrating the career of "Big Daddy Cool" as the cameras follow Kevin Nash during his 2015 WWE Hall of Fame induction; Nash reflects on his career in both WWE and WCW, his relationship with Shawn Michaels and the origins of The Kliq.Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
IMDB 0 | Oct , 2021
Conducted from interviews with personalities who lived with Leila Diniz (1945-1972), the documentary is a record of an era and, above all, it rescues the participation in Brazilian culture of the actress who opened the way for the sexual revolution during the dark years of the dictatorship.Tracks on Snow
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1978
Ants Jõgi (1892-1983) is a dignified gentleman whose main profession in life has been acting. He also has a spirit of an artist and an artisan. The 85-year-old man is lonely and has to go to a retirement home. Director Leida Laius' documentary tells a story about the life and work of the old actor as well as contemplates on the true values of life, old man's connections to the present and the past. The thoughts of the wise old man are enchanting with their simplicity and warmth.La noche submarina
IMDB 7 | Dec , 2020
In 2000 Alejo Moguillansky, Diego H. Flores and Fermín Villanueva filmed for three days aboard the ARA San Juan submarine. Twenty years later, Alejo Moguillansky edited that old material in this travel chronicle called The Submarine Night, narrated by Luciana Acuña and himself, written together with Mariano Llinás.