Americonned (2023)
Time to Rise
Genre : Documentary
Runtime : 1H 37M
Director : Sean Claffey
Synopsis
The super-rich determines virtually every aspect of the lives of the other 90% of Americans. This film examines the hidden struggles of American families, the calculated political maneuvers of the elite, and the long overdue uprising of American workers. With affection for the middle-class and the outrageous attempt to color them as lazy, the film explores the question: How do we make sure workers are paid what they are worth, instead of believing they are only worth what they are paid?
Plagued by injuries, former world champion powerlifter Kirill Sakharov re-examines his origins and mentality as he seeks to overcome self-doubt and return stronger.
This documentary asks, what is happening to our homes? This is what’s going on all around this country while they’re trying to get everyone to focus on everything else that isn’t this.
An ophthalmologist's mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife, while a married documentary filmmaker is infatuated by another woman.
With the help of Steve Bannon and Cambridge Analytica, Trump was groomed to appeal to those who have lost faith in media and politics. Bannon has admitted that he modeled his campaign on the one crafted for Hitler, who was a puppet of dark forces. Through meticulous investigation, John Hankey explores this, and how the media circus following Trump is a strategy for dividing a "United" States.
On the first day of school, a boy forgets his pencil at home. The pencil must then try to reach him before he leaves the house.
Family Affairs is an Israeli documentary film directed by Gil Golan, which was released in 2013. The film tells the story of Gil, a treacherous man who came from a family where infidelity has always been an integral part of the relationship. Gil embarks on a documentary journey into the depths of family history on the question of whether it is possible to break the pattern that is passed down from generation to generation.
A 60-minute salute to American International Pictures. Entertainment lawyer Samuel Z. Arkoff founded AIP (then called American Releasing Corporation) on a $3000 loan in 1954 with his partner, James H. Nicholson, a former West Coast exhibitor and distributor. The company made its mark by targeting teenagers with quickly produced films that exploited subjects mainstream films were reluctant to tackle.
Short documentary about true bugs and humans. Short film is also a compassion practice and small journey from human perspective to other playful ways to see.
In 1990 Barry J. Gillis began shooting WICKED WORLD on 16mm film. Co-Producer Eddie Platt, took his video camera along to many of the locations, capturing footage of the insane Movie Shoot.
A devout Mormon living in L.A. becomes a pornographic actor after his martial arts moves impress a big-time director.
A New York University professor returns from a rescue mission to the Amazon rainforest with the footage shot by a lost team of documentarians who were making a film about the area's local cannibal tribes.
Harley Russell, 73, lives only on the tips he receives at his wacky store at Erick (Oklahoma) with his Mediocre Music Maker show. Ángel Delgadillo, 91, the last barber of Seligman (Arizona), continues shaving drivers who go out of the interstate highway to visit his town. Lowell Davis, more than 80, is the first inhabitant of Red Oak II (Missouri), a ghost town which he rebuilt through the restoration of its old houses. Three stories of perseverance and overcoming in what was once the road that connected the United States from East to West. Three survivors that managed to save the most well-known route in America.
A college student waits at a bus stop, anxious for a night out. When a young woman breaks up with her boyfriend in front of him, the two wait together.
After a catastrophic global war, a young filmmaker awakens in the carnage and seeks refuge in the only other survivor: an eccentric, ideologically opposed figure of the United States military. Together, they brave the toxic landscape in search of safety... and answers.
Samuel Fuller discusses his career as a filmmaker, illustrated by plenty of clips.
Moving away from home, a young man finds photographs of himself as a teen, which causes him to reminisce about the ups and downs of his childhood.
All Screwed Up | Visual Tribute is a passion project directed by Isaac "Chill" Yowman and produced by IYO Visuals in association with DJ Screw’s family to celebrate the life & legacy of a legend.
Mario and Jaime don't know how to love each other. The last night of passion and violence will end in broken glass and broken hearts. Neither of them has ever loved before, or at least, not so strongly. Without noticing it, they suffocate each other. But they will always be their first love.
The dramatic stories of Fritz Wiessner’s 1939 K2 expedition and Charlie Houston’s return in 1953. K2 is one of the hardest mountains in the world to climb. This film focuses on the expeditions of Fritz Wiessner and Charlie Houston in 1953. An award winner at the Banff, Telluride, Trento and Prague film festivals.
