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21) Aristocrats
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
Comedy veterans and co-creators Penn Jillette and Paul Provenza capitalize on their insider status and invite over 100 of their closest friends--who happen to be some of the biggest names in entertainment, from George Carlin, Whoopi Goldberg and Drew Carey to Gilbert Gottfried, Bob Saget, Paul Reiser and Sarah Silverman--to reminisce, analyze, deconstruct and deliver their own versions of the world's dirtiest joke, an old burlesque too extreme to...
22) Against Our Oath
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
Asylum seekers who arrive in Australia by boat are sent to the remote Pacific locations of Manus Island and Nauru. Ethical conflicts erupt for doctors working within this offshore system when the Australian government overrides their clinical decisions made for refugee patients. The government believes following doctors' requests to transfer critically ill patients to specialist care in Australia would weaken Australia's border protection system.
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
Some 25 dead bodies have been found on Long Island since September of 2016. Dozens of immigrant teenagers are missing. Who is behind the wave of killings on Long Island - and is law enforcement's crackdown on suspected MS-13 gang members detaining the real culprits, or innocent teens?
25) What Haunts Us
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
After the 7th suicide of a former classmate, one woman turns to the past to uncover the truth of a scandal that haunts Charleston to this day.
26) Spellbound
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
This documentary follows 8 teens and pre-teens as they work their way toward the finals of the Scripps Howard national spelling bee championship in Washington D.C. All work quite hard and practice daily, first having to win their regional championship before they can move on. Interviews include the parents and teachers who are working with them. The competitors not only work hard to get to the finals but face tremendous pressure as the original group...
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
If you think there's no such thing as Santa Claus, there are a few hundred very big men who would like to prove you wrong. This film is a cinematic sleigh ride into the strange but true world of the Fraternal Order of Real Bearded Santas, the most elite collection of Santas in the world. Anyone can don a red suit and fake beard to play Santa. These men ARE Santa – all year, every day, and especially on Christmas.
29) Magnus
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
This unique coming-of-age story follows Magnus Carlsen, a Norwegian chess prodigy who became a grandmaster at age 13 and world champion in 2013.
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
From acclaimed director Julie Sokolow (Woman on Fire, Aspie Seeks Love) and producer Danny Yourd (Blood Brother, Almost Holy), comes an awe-inspiring, riveting film which follows a writer with a fierce passion and love for nature as he embarks on a daring and harrowing journey to walk across the United States completely barefoot. With wit, energy, and a fierce independence, this film takes on an odyssey to a universal place that touches at our deepest...
Pub. Date
1985.
Description
In this groundbreaking cult documentary from 1985, director Kirby Dick (*This Film Is Not Yet Rated, Derrida*) weaves a fascinating study of the curious role of a sex surrogate in the (then) recently established discipline of sexual therapy. Maureen Sullivan and two of her clients agreed to have the entire progression of their therapy taped, and what emerges is a disarming and compassionate look at the struggles people face in connecting with one...
32) Stories We Tell
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
A film that excavates layers of myth and memory to find the elusive truth at the core of a family of storytellers. Official Selection at **Venice Film Festival**, **Sundance Film Festival**, and **Toronto International Film Festival**.
34) The Imposter
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
A documentary centered on a young man in Spain who claims to a grieving Texas family that he is their 16-year-old son who has been missing for 3 years. Official Selection at the **Sundance Film Festival** and **SXSW Film Festival**.
35) Part of Water
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
When most people think of ocean lifeguards, they think of Baywatch; but that couldn't be further from the truth. PART OF WATER tells the tragic story of fallen lifeguard hero, Ben Carlson, who lost his life in the line of duty while on a rescue during a massive swell. Through Ben's story, PART OF WATER sheds light on the countless dangers that ocean lifeguards face and earning the respect they've always deserved.
36) The Bowery
Pub. Date
1994.
Description
A short ten-minute movie about the Bowery, a street in lower Manhattan. A street known for its derelict past.
38) Comedy Warriors
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
Take 4 top comedians (The Coaches), and 5 wounded veterans (Stephen Rice, Darisse Smith, Rob Jones, Bobby Henline, Joe Kashw) and the result the healing power of humor.
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