Nancy Baker

Filmmaker Martin Bell reconnects with Rat, one of the subjects of his 1984 documentary STREETWISE.

From inside Bolivia's craziest prison a cocaine worker, a drug mule and his little sister reveal the countries relationship with cocaine.

La pelicula cuenta la historia de dos vehículos robóticos increíblemente complejo ( La tecnología total de las mismas en los vehículos excede la capacidad del cerebro de cualquier persona) llamado Spirit y Opportunity y los envió a la superficie de Marte , donde aterrizó con éxito en el verano de 2003. Hay una extensa cantidad de superficie de Marte, donde tanto cuidado CGI precisa y real imágenes de Rover , se utiliza para dar al espectador una agradable visita a otro mundo. Sorprendentemente , la misión prevista de 90 días ya se extiende por más de cuatro años y continúa hasta nuestros días.

Dos chicas adolescentes de clase acomodada abandonan la seguridad de sus hogares en las afueras de la ciudad para explorar el peligroso ambiente de Los Ángeles Este, un barrio conflictivo donde aprenden que hasta las acciones más inocentes pueden tener consecuencias...

A documentarian decides to follow the career of New York actress Lisa Picard, believing she is on the brink of fame. Instead, he bears witness to Lisa's continued, humorous, struggles as an actress, as well as the conflict that arises when Lisa's best friend Tate hits it big with an off-Broadway one-man show.

Tom es expulsado del ejército. La única salida que ve es integrarse en una especie de hermandad que defiende la supremacía de la raza aria.

The story of three young boxers and their coach who is determined to guide them in a positive direction in and out of the ring.

Story of a man whose pride in being the head of his family won't let him accept help from his sick daughters doctor. He has to prove to his kids that even with the death of his wife and the loss of his job that they can and will survive. After hitting brick wall after brick wall comes a glimmer of hope.

Between 1989 and 1990, photographer Mary Ellen Mark went to India to document the lives of circus performers—a journey that resulted in her book “Indian Circus,” published in 1993. In 1992, Mark and director Martin Bell returned to India to film many of the same performers. The resulting short, THE AMAZING PLASTIC LADY (1995), focuses on Pinky, a ten-year-old acrobat who, like the children in STREETWISE, lives on society’s margins. The film also continued Bell’s work with editor Nancy Baker.

El grupo de teatro de André Gregory se dispone a interpretar El Tio Vania, la famosa obra de Anton Chejov, en una adaptación del dramaturgo David Mamet. El teatro está abandonado y la compañía ha prescindido de la ambientación y del vestuario. Mientras, Louis Malle registra todo con la cámara. Es un planteamiento sencillo que introduce en la magia del teatro, donde los atores pasan de un momento a otro de ser personas a ser personajes, y donde cada línea de diálogo se vive con una intensidad imposible de encontrar en cualquier otro sitio

Jack Keely (Jeff Bridges), un hombre que acaba de salir de la cárcel en libertad condicional, vuelve a ver a su hijo Nick (Edward Furlong) después de muchos años de no saber nada el uno del otro. Jack es un hombre rudo y distante al que parece importarle muy poco la vida de su hijo, de modo que hace todo lo posible por deshacerse de él. Por el contrario, Nick, un adolescente conflictivo, no está dispuesto a renunciar a su padre.

Cuando un fanático granjero blanco de Luisiana resulta asesinado, las sospechas recaen sobre un negro. Temiendo un linchamiento, el capataz de la plantación reúne a sus amigos para evitarlo. Cuando el sheriff del pueblo llega para arrestarlo, todos los negros se declaran culpables. Ni siquiera los violentos intentos de represalia disuadirán a estos hombres de mostrar su orgullo de raza.

Elizabeth defies her wealthy parents by running off and marrying a young man of humble prospects, and her parents have not spoken to her since - even though the couple lives in a rooming house nearby, they are struggling financially, and she is pregnant. The story of unselfish love between a man and a woman and the abiding love within a family, this American classic explores the enduring themes of human existence.

In 1986, Louis Malle (himself a transplant to the United States) set out to investigate the ever-widening range of immigrant experience in America. Interviewing a variety of newcomers — from teachers to astronauts to doctors — in communities from coast to coast, Malle paints a humane portrait of their individual struggles in an increasingly polyglot nation.

This documentary about teenagers living on the streets in Seattle began as a magazine article. The film follows nine teenagers who discuss how they live by panhandling, prostitution, and petty theft.

The film tells the story of a young farmgirl moving to Reykjavík after the second world war, and her attempts to adapt to the city life.

This film documents the coal miners' strike against the Brookside Mine of the Eastover Mining Company in Harlan County, Kentucky in June, 1973. Eastovers refusal to sign a contract (when the miners joined with the United Mine Workers of America) led to the strike, which lasted more than a year and included violent battles between gun-toting company thugs/scabs and the picketing miners and their supportive women-folk. Director Barbara Kopple puts the strike into perspective by giving us some background on the historical plight of the miners and some history of the UMWA.

First Edition is a 1977 American short documentary film about the Baltimore Sun directed by Helen Whitney. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.

For three days in 1971, former US soldiers who were in Vietnam testify in Detroit about their war experiences. Nearly 30 speak, describing atrocities personally committed or witnessed, telling of inaccurate body counts, and recounting the process of destroying a village.

For three days in 1971, former US soldiers who were in Vietnam testify in Detroit about their war experiences. Nearly 30 speak, describing atrocities personally committed or witnessed, telling of inaccurate body counts, and recounting the process of destroying a village.