Battle for Brooklyn (2011)
Género : Documental, Drama
Tiempo de ejecución : 1H 33M
Director : Suki Hawley, Michael Galinsky
Sinopsis
An intimate look at the very public and passionate fight waged by residents and business owners of Brooklyn’s historic Prospect Heights neighborhood facing condemnation of their property to make way for the polarizing Atlantic Yards project, a massive plan to build 16 skyscrapers and a basketball arena for the New Jersey Nets.
Found footage of Allen Anders famed 1987 performance at New York City's Comedy Castle offers a revealing window into the troubled comedian's psyche.
The future of humanity hangs in the balance, as both sides race against time to find the bloodline of Judas Iscariot.
Filmmaker Jan Oxenberg narrates her own home videos, commenting on how her views towards lesbianism and femininity have evolved over time.
An intimate portrayal of what could be a family's last day together, set against the urban backdrop of North London.
A police sketch artist who believes he has stumbled upon the suspect from one of his drawings becomes convinced he knows how to do the right thing.
Kalle accompanies her parents to IKEA and they leave him in the ball pit, despite his protests. Kalle experiences some scary things but also gets to know a nice little girl.
En una ciudad gobernada por un régimen autoritario, la propaganda difunde la extinción de la naturaleza. Sam, una joven de 28 años, trabaja en el Centro Nacional de Comunicación como la productora del noticiero del gobierno. Un día su jefa, Victoria, le asigna un especial sobre el Ministerio de Alimentación. Mientras investiga para el reportaje, su curiosidad le gana y termina descubriendo un almacén con plantas. Ahora Sam se cuestiona las verdaderas intenciones del régimen y sus responsabilidades como comunicadora.
Jill and Joy receive a mission from their neighbors Tingelstein and Tangelstein: the ladies send the girls to look after their absentminded inventor brother Gadgetus. Jill and Joy get to know the wonders of Gadgetus’s farm, but everything is at risk of being destroyed when Samuel Shortcut arrives on his bulldozer, ready to destroy everything so that a new highway can be built in the area. Jill and Joy save the farm with the help of a device invented by Gadgetus, but before that they have to get to know the world of dreams and find help from there. Armstrong, a miniature pig, also takes part in the adventure and helps Jill and Joy, along with the other people living in Rose Alley.
The Lives of Hamilton Fish is a film whose story is told through songs. Two men both named Hamilton Fish were pronounced dead on the front page of a Newspaper in 1936, one was a famous statesman and the other, a notorious cannibal.
This documentary follows four female First Nations artists—Doreen Jensen, Rena Point Bolton, Jane Ash Poitras and Joane Cardinal-Schubert are First Nations artists who seek to find a continuum from traditional to contemporary forms of expression. These exceptional artists reveal their philosophies as artists, their techniques and creative styles, and the exaltation they feel when they create. A moving testimony to the role that Indigenous women artists have played in maintaining the voice of their culture.
A teenage girl is entrusted to return a very special item to her family for her grandmother’s funeral.
Año 2036. La medicina ha sufrido una revolución gracias a la invención de las nanomáquinas el Sistema Shell, que permiten que la muerte sea cosa del pasado. Sin embargo solo los más ricos son capaces de costeársela. Yozo Oba no es rico, y está preocupado por unos extraños sueños, pero decide unirse a la pandilla de moteros de su amigo y realizar una incursión en “The Inside”, el lugar en el que viven los ricachones. Esto cambiará la vida de Yozo para siempre.
For six decades Angela Bowen, classical dancer and teacher, black lesbian feminist activist, and professor has influenced and inspired untold numbers speaking out as strongly for the Arts, Black and Women's Rights as she has for Lesbian and Gay Rights. The film depicts Bowen's life across the decades, from the early fifties, with historic footage, photographs and interviews including her dance mentor, dance partner, former husband, partner, children, activists, scholars, and dance and university students. Bowen's candid and compelling stories allow us to understand how race, class, gender, age, and sexuality played into her decisions and choices, her mission, and strategies for survival. Passionate Pursuits is intended to challenge and inspire diverse audiences to pursue their own dreams with tenacity and courage, but not for themselves alone.
A film about (local) patriotism, tourism and emigration. A girl lives in a gray, isolated country, enclosed by a huge wall. She has never travelled anywhere, but all her life she has dreamt of leaving forever for a perfect world called “Abroad”.
¿Qué sucede con el amor cuando a una mujer en la mitad de su vida le quedan tres meses de vida? Anja (43) vive con Tomas (59) en una gran familia de hijos biológicos e hijastros. Durante años, la pareja se ha independizado una de la otra. Cuando Anja recibe un diagnóstico de cáncer cerebral terminal el día antes de Navidad, su vida se rompe y expone el amor desatendido.
Cry Baby, una niña fuerte y sensible, es enviada a un inquietante internado que esta oculto bajo una fantastica fachada. Por suerte, tiene una amiga dulce y que le ayuda cuando sufre bullying por sus compañeros que están bajo el control mental del Director y su personal. Con la ayuda de sus mágicos amigos que conoce a lo largo del camino, y su Espírtu Guía Angelical, son capaces de obtener la fuerza necesaria para luchar contra el condicionamiento patrialcal de la escuela.
¿Qué pasaría si conservaras un souvenir de cada relación en la que has estado? "The Broken Hearts Gallery" sigue a Lucy, una veinteañera que trabaja en una galería de arte de Nueva York y que es una acumuladora emocional.
Collection of six very personal documentary shorts made by female directors.
Antes de que Alicia se adentrase en el País de las Maravillas y de que Peter se convirtiese en Pan, ambos eran hermanos. Después de que su hermano mayor fallezca en un trágico accidente, intentan salvar a sus padres de la espiral de desesperación, hasta que finalmente se ven obligados a elegir entre su hogar y su imaginación, creando así la antesala de sus icónicos viajes al País de las Maravillas y al de Nunca Jamás.