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- "The Karma Killings," is a modern-day crime thriller mixed in with Indian mythology and class warfare. The documentary delves into India's most infamous serial killings and its impact on a nation. Told through the people directly involved, the film unravels the complexities of the case and goes beyond the sensational headlines to present a suspenseful and scary mystery. And has a huge twist - one of the killers maybe innocent?
- "The Hydra" is a fast-paced suspense thriller and feature documentary about the sudden rise of ecstasy in Europe to epidemic levels after the disintegration of the Soviet Union.
- A gripping, award-winning documentary about an irradiated Ukrainian artist's search for the truth about Chernobyl and his prescient and powerful warnings about Putin's plans for a coming Russian invasion.
- The film takes place away from the glittering strip of mega casinos, but the greed of Sin City is just as pervasive on the desert outskirts. This is where a happy family learns of a forgotten fortune that may be buried beneath their home. Their lives are turned upside down. A sophisticated study of just how far people are able and willing to go if faced with the tempting prospect of easily acquired wealth.
- A rich middle aged American woman unexpectedly discovers her true origin after her parents have died. Deeply moved, in the midst of an identity crisis, she decides to travel, hoping to find the natural mother she has never known. She therefore goes to a small and remote place in the south of Italy, Montedoro. She finds an apocalyptic scene when she gets there: the village, resting on a majestic hill, is completely abandoned and nobody seems to live there anymore.
- Three Brazilian actresses decide to go to Índia to break into the Bollywood film industry. However, once they are inside the heart of Indian Culture and Mythology, their dreams and wills start to change on the contrast between the East and the West, the ancient and the contemporary values, between the individual the the collective yearnings.
- PRIYA - India's first female superhero, embarks on a mission to stop the spread of Covid-19. She befriends a little girl named Meena to show her the sacrifices made by frontline healthcare workers and instill the power of courage and compassion during this difficult time. Along with her tiger Sahas, Priya helps to end the pandemic around the world.
- A portrait of rural melancholia, SALT IN THE AIR exhumes the spirit of salt from a 3,500-year-old salt mine in a foggy and hardscrabble Carpathian Mountain village. With rhythmic pacing and intimacy, SALT IN THE AIR connects actual salt with the landscapes and the lives that salt touches. Innovative asthma clinics where patients inhale salt crystals. The enduring legacy of salt pork. And the salt-miners' struggle to sustain a solemn covenant with what was once the most valuable material on Earth.
- Sina Washington and her fabulous friends are competing in the biggest hair show competition in Philly - Hair Idol. Decide her fate in this interactive film series.
- A Kiss for Gabriela tells the story of Gabriela Leite, the first sex worker to run for Brazilian Congress, who in 2010 faced down 822 opponents and a male-dominated political system and became a cultural icon in the process.
- When a young poet discovers a lost manuscript, he is drawn into the New York City literary world with the only key to an unsolved, 30-year-old murder.
- On 11-11-11, Steve and Eliseo had a same-sex marriage ceremony in New York City. They met on November 11 and Steve first popped the question 11 years ago knowing that it could never be a formal marriage. When New York State legalized same-sex marriages in June, they knew they had to get married on 11-11-11! Both Steve and Eliseo started a boutique clothing line for small dogs and with the help of their pet Chihuahua, Martina, they recount their love and prepare for one of the first ceremonial gay marriages in New York City!
- In spring 2011, poets and writers Joshua Ferris, Eliza Griswold, Bob Holman, Nathalie Handal and Christopher Merrill traveled to Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal and UAE as part of a literary tour sponsored by the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa and the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State. POSTCARDS is a series of short pieces about their trip including their experiences in Pakistan when Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. Special Forces.
- India is going through extraordinary changes and entering the global market. This documentary focuses on how India's largest film industry "Bollywood" is transforming itself to appeal to a world audience and an emerging Indian middle class. The documentary follows two brothers, Sanjay and Kumar, as they try to make their big movie. We get a glimpse into the many dimensions of Bollywood and the people who make a living entertaining over 3 billion people a year.
- PRIYA, India's first female superhero has to protect her enchanted forest from greedy industrialists threatening to cut down all the trees. With the help of a little girl named Somya and the local villagers, they defend their home and reminiscent of India's Chipko movement. Priya shows Somya, who is suffering from asthma due to the toxic haze and the beauty of her forest and its power to heal Mother Earth and her.
- The poet Hal Sirowitz has been living with Parkinson's disease for almost twenty-years, but he continues to be vibrant and creative. He was one of the most popular poets in the United States in the 1990s and a regular on MTV and one of the original performers at the Nuyorican Poets' Cafe. Hal and his partner -- the writer Minter Krotzer -- have become advocates for people and families struggling with Parkinson's disease. HAL and MINTER is a funny and uplifting story about being a creative couple and finding your voice.
- Look up from the busy hectic streets of New York City life, and you will see a flock of purebred pigeons flying in circles around an abandoned tenement building in Bushwick. Their aerial acrobatics are guided by their keeper, a street-wise Puerto Rico man nicknamed 2Tone. On the other end of Brooklyn, Goodwin and his pal, Super 13, tend their pigeon coop and flock of 300 birds. Each one trying to lure each other's pigeons away in order to get bragging rights. A beautifully shot documentary designed for online news and cultural publications. The film is told through the voices and perspectives of the pigeon keepers and brings the audience into this obscure and dying culture in New York City.
- "Ginsberg's Karma" is an insightful and entertaining look at a transformative phase in the poet Allen Ginsberg's life -- his first trip to India and how it changed him and the people around him. His adventures and what he experienced in India is the bridge between the Beat generation of the 1950s to the hippie counterculture of the 1960s in America. Ginsberg calls it "The Change" in his book, Indian Journals. While in India, he would experiment with mind-altering drugs, transcendental meditation, and become an activist. The documentary follows poet Bob Holman as he travels to India to piece together Ginsberg's life in India and interviews many of the writers who knew him during his trip.
- Three countries. One passion to make a tower of hundreds of people, of their trust in each other, to get close enough and balance long enough, to go ten levels of humans high into the sky.
- The infamous hoarder and poet Lamont B. Steptoe gives you a tour of his cluttered filled Philadelphia apartment and mind.
- A short documentary about African-American poet Lamont B. Steptoe, who is a long time resident of Philadelphia and Vietnam War Veteran.
- Jon, a spoken-word poet and New York City bike messenger stumbles up a lost manuscript from 1974 by Claire Wilks, a forgotten poet who was murdered. Initially intrigued by the possibilities of bringing attention to this important literary work, Jon quickly becomes obsessed to unravel Claire's unsolved murder. Drawn into New York City literary world, he encounters many poetry characters and landmarks, as well as sparks a romance with beautiful young poet, Angel.
- Jon and Angel plunge into the mystery of Claire's death while being stalked by a crazy radical poet, Lamont who sees the manuscript as a threat to him and his past. While another mysterious poet, Mark, appears in New York City after a self-exile in Berlin. He is on the brink of major literary success, but will the ghost of Claire and the manuscript destroy him?
- While in Berlin, Angel's professor Bob Holman discovers a cryptic poem written by Claire that sheds light on a dark figure. Jon meets Mary Alice Fulton, an old friend of Claire's who warns him of the trouble he's unleashed with the manuscript. Aroused by memories and regret, she reveals more about Claire and her covert past.
- As their relationship blossoms, Jon and Angel dig deeper into Claire's manuscript. When they seek out the infamous Taylor Mead, a hoarder poet and former Andy Warhol movie star, he drops them an enticing clue.
- Jon's obsession with finding the truth about Claire leads to an unexpected phone call from John Giorno who invites him to legendary writer and junkie William S. Burroughs' dungeon layer -- THE BUNKER. While learning about Claire's secret connection with Burroughs, Jon discovers her typewriter and a suicide note written by her. Was it murder or a suicide?
- The infamous pack-rat poet Lamont makes a bold move to steal the manuscript, prompting Jon and Angel to track down the White Rabbit, an underground press from the 1980s. Meanwhile, Mark locks horns with Lamont in the dead of winter over the future of Claire's writings. Co-starring Bob Holman, Eileen Myles, Kurt Boone, and others.
- In the final chapter, Jon and Angel discover Claire's secret lover and possible killer. Now, its up to them to get the case re-opened and bring Claire's manuscript the light of day.