Richard Hankin

Black and white, young and old, a group of women risk their personal identities to build a second family while creating a documentary-film across the inequities of their Baltimore City neighborhoods.

A portrait of Norma McCorvey, the “Jane Roe” whose unwanted pregnancy led to the 1973 case that legalized abortion nationwide, Roe v. Wade. The documentary unravels the mysteries closely guarded by McCorvey throughout her life.

Navidad, 2014: el cineasta, veterano y carismático político de la derecha alternativa David Crowley y su familia son asesinados en su casa de Minnesota. El impacto de su fallecimiento despierta varias teorías de conspiración. Producido por Werner Herzog, 'A Gray State' analiza las fotografías y las grabaciones de Crowley para investigar lo que ocurre cuando una ideología se vuelve una obsesión.

A documentary chronicling the impact and day to day operations of the journal The Nation.

A powerful exploration of the evangelical campaign to infuse African culture with values imported from America's Christian Right. The film follows American and Ugandan religious leaders fighting sexual immorality and missionaries trying to convince Ugandans to follow biblical law.

A powerful exploration of the evangelical campaign to infuse African culture with values imported from America's Christian Right. The film follows American and Ugandan religious leaders fighting sexual immorality and missionaries trying to convince Ugandans to follow biblical law.

The dramatic inside story of the monumental collision of interests at Ground Zero in the decade after 9/11.

Is access to clean drinking water a basic human right, or a commodity that should be bought and sold like any other article of commerce? Stephanie Soechtig's debut feature is an unflinching examination of the big business of bottled water. From the producers of Who Killed the Electric Car and I.O.U.S.A., this timely documentary is a behind-the-scenes look into the unregulated and unseen world of an industry that aims to privatize and sell back the one resource that ought never to become a commodity: our water. From the plastic production to the ocean in which so many of these bottles end up, this inspiring documentary trails the path of the bottled water industry and the communities which were the unwitting chips on the table. A powerful portrait of the lives affected by the bottled water industry, this revelatory film features those caught at the intersection of big business and the public's right to water.

Chronicles the first-ever, senior citizen hip-hop dance team for the New Jersey Nets Basketball team, 12 women and man - all dance team newbies, from auditions through to center court stardom.

Burning the Future: Coal in America examines the explosive forces that have set in motion a groundswell of conflict between the Coal Industry and residents of West Virginia. Confronted by an emerging coal-based US energy policy, local activists watch the nation praise coal without regard to the devastation caused by its extraction.

ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway is an American documentary film, directed by Dori Berinstein, a Broadway Producer, Writer and Filmmaker. Berinstein filmed each principal musical on Broadway for her project during the 2003-2004 season, for about 600 hours of initial film footage. She focused the film on four musicals, through the difficulties of pre-production, their openings, attendant publicity around the shows, and their reviews, through the 2004 Tony Award competition. The four musicals documented for the film were: Wicked, Taboo, Caroline or Change, Avenue Q.

On November 3, 1979, members of the Communist Workers Party were holding a Death to the Klan rally in Greensboro, North Carolina. Suddenly a caravan rounded the corner, scattering the protesters. Klansmen and Nazis emerged from the cars, unloaded an arsenal of guns and began firing. Five people were killed in what became known as the Greensboro Massacre. Greensboro: Closer to the Truth reconnects 25 years later with the players in this tragedy—widowed and wounded survivors, along with their attackers—and chronicles how their lives have evolved in the long aftermath of the killings. All converge when the first Truth and Reconciliation Commission ever held in the United States is convened in Greensboro from 2004-2006 to investigate the Massacre. As the Commission struggles to uncover what actually happened and why, the participants confront the truth of their past, and struggle with the possibility of hope and redemption.

For a wounded American soldier returning home from Iraq, the conflict has just begun. "Home Front" captures the human story of what happens when Sergeant Jeremy Feldbusch returns to civilian life in his small hometown, as he readjusts to family, community --and most importantly, his new, altered self. On another level, the film is also about Jeremy's family, and how they cope with events that have forever changed them. By turns heartbreaking and inspiring, "Home Front" gets behind the often-sanitized myth of war to reveal its true complications and costs.

For a wounded American soldier returning home from Iraq, the conflict has just begun. "Home Front" captures the human story of what happens when Sergeant Jeremy Feldbusch returns to civilian life in his small hometown, as he readjusts to family, community --and most importantly, his new, altered self. On another level, the film is also about Jeremy's family, and how they cope with events that have forever changed them. By turns heartbreaking and inspiring, "Home Front" gets behind the often-sanitized myth of war to reveal its true complications and costs.

A primera vista, los Friedman (Arnold Friedman, Elaine Friedman, David Friedman, Seth Friedman y Jesse Friedman) parecen una típica familia americana. Judíos de clase media-alta, él es un reconocido profesor, ella es ama de casa, y viven con sus tres hijos en Great Neck (Long Island). Un Día de Acción de Gracias, mientras la familia se prepara para la cena, la Policía irrumpe en su casa, la registra de arriba abajo y detiene a Arnold, el padre, y a su hijo de 18 años, Jesse. Ambos salen de casa esposados entre una nube de periodistas, focos, cámaras y camiones apostados en su jardín. Padre e hijo son acusados de pederastia. La familia proclama su inocencia, pero los Friedman se convierten en blanco de la ira de sus vecinos. Capturing the Friedmans es un documental que analiza la naturaleza escurridiza de la verdad a través del prisma de uno de los casos criminales más extraños de la historia americana. (FILMAFFINITY)

A primera vista, los Friedman (Arnold Friedman, Elaine Friedman, David Friedman, Seth Friedman y Jesse Friedman) parecen una típica familia americana. Judíos de clase media-alta, él es un reconocido profesor, ella es ama de casa, y viven con sus tres hijos en Great Neck (Long Island). Un Día de Acción de Gracias, mientras la familia se prepara para la cena, la Policía irrumpe en su casa, la registra de arriba abajo y detiene a Arnold, el padre, y a su hijo de 18 años, Jesse. Ambos salen de casa esposados entre una nube de periodistas, focos, cámaras y camiones apostados en su jardín. Padre e hijo son acusados de pederastia. La familia proclama su inocencia, pero los Friedman se convierten en blanco de la ira de sus vecinos. Capturing the Friedmans es un documental que analiza la naturaleza escurridiza de la verdad a través del prisma de uno de los casos criminales más extraños de la historia americana. (FILMAFFINITY)