A Man Named Pearl (2006)

A look at the often mocked and misunderstood subculture of Juggalos, hardcore Insane Clown Posse fans, who meet once a year for 4 days at The Gathering of the Juggalos.

Phil Spector is a pioneer of American music, a legendary producer to John Lennon and Tina Turner, and, as of April 13th 2009, a convicted murderer. Yet the Spector who appears in Vikram Jayanti's documentary is not the severe, outlandishly coiffed defendant seen in sensationalistic accounts of his trial, but a charming, savvy music executive with a generous, but arguably accurate, estimation of his place in the history of popular music.

In the heart of downtown Seattle, a diverse group of men and women will come together to climb out of homelessness and drug addiction through an unorthodox recovery program that uses mountain climbing as a means of rehabilitation. After one year of intense physical and mental conditioning, the team will attempt to summit one of the most dangerous mountains in the country, Mt. Rainier.

Celesta and Karen Davis grew up in a loving family. They shared many wonderful childhood moments and, at the time, thought it all was normal. But when Karen and Celesta were molested in 1978, little was being done about sexual abuse. Their parents' lack of action was neither questioned nor challenged, including years of continued social contact with the perpetrator, his wife and their two young children. Twenty-five years later, feeling unresolved, they begin their quest to find the man who took advantage of their innocence and to ask him something that has haunted them for almost their entire life: "Why?"

Actor Val Kilmer narrates this powerful film exploring the methamphetamine epidemic that's ravaged blue-collar America. Putting a human face on the problem, filmmaker Justin Hunt reveals the damage being done by this rural drug of choice, as well as the steps being taken by communities across the nation to wipe out the scourge. From Wyoming to New Mexico, Montana and Oregon, American Meth paints a picture of both devastation and hope.

델라웨어 12번가의 길 양쪽은 마치 군사들이 전장에서 대치하고 있는 형국과 같다. 한편에는 낙태시술소가 있다. 그리고 길 건너편에는 사람들이 낙태시술소로 종종 착각하는 낙태시술소 폐지를 주장하는 프로라이프 집단이 있다. 감독은 시네마 베리떼 기법을 활용하여 미국에서 가장 까다로운 논쟁 중 하나를 조명한다. LA타임즈는 이 작품을 “낙태 문제를 다룬 가장 훌륭한 다큐멘터리”로 평했다. (2012년 제6회 여성인권영화제)

Unblinking and unsettling, this documentary lays bare a mysterious process that goes on all around us - what happens to people who die with no next of kin.

Some 200 women defiantly cling to their ancestral homeland in Chernobyl’s radioactive “Exclusion Zone.”

Advanced Style examines the lives of seven unique New Yorkers whose eclectic personal style and vital spirit have guided their approach to aging. Based on Ari Seth Cohen’s famed blog of the same name, this film paints intimate and colorful portraits of independent, stylish women aged 62 to 95 who are challenging conventional ideas about beauty, aging, and Western’s culture’s increasing obsession with youth.

For several decades, gifted and incredibly prolific forger Mark Landis compulsively created impeccable copies of works by a variety of major artists, donating them to institutions across the country and landing pieces on many of their walls. ART AND CRAFT brings us into the cluttered and insular life of an unforgettable character just as he finds his foil in an equally obsessive art registrar.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Ukraine's social and political institutions faced massive change, including an increasingly corrupt government and crippled infrastructure. A number of the nation's youth wound up homeless and addicted to a lethal cocktail of injected cold medicine and alcohol. In the early 2000s a pastor from Mariupol named Gennadiy Mokhnenko took up the fight against child homelessness by forcibly abducting street kids and bringing them to his Pilgrim Republic rehabilitation center—the largest organization of its kind in the former Soviet Union. Gennadiy's ongoing efforts and unabashedly tough love approach to his city's problems has made him a folk hero for some, and a lawless vigilante to others. Despite criticism, Gennadiy is determined to continue his work.

An account of the many tribulations that Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, known for his subversive art and political activism, endured between 2008 and 2011, from his rise to world fame via the Internet to his highly publicized arrest due to his frequent and daring confrontations with the Chinese authorities.

Of all the great ballerinas, Tanaquil Le Clercq may have been the most transcendent. With a body unlike any before hers, she mesmerized viewers and choreographers alike. With her elongated, race-horse physique, she became the new prototype for the great George Balanchine. Because of her extraordinary movement and unique personality on stage, she became a muse to two of the greatest choreographers in dance, George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins. She eventually married Balanchine, and Robbins created his famous version of Afternoon of a Faun for her. She had love, fame, adoration, and was the foremost dancer of her day until it suddenly all stopped. At the age of 27, she was struck down by polio and paralyzed. She never danced again. The ballet world has been haunted by her story ever since.

Richard Kuklinski was a devoted husband, loving father--and ruthless killer of over 100 people. You'll meet him in this powerful documentary that features one of the most vivid and disturbing interviews ever recorded--taped behind the walls of the prison where Kuklinski is serving two consecutive life sentences for multiple homicide.

일정한 스토리텔링을 가진 픽션 드라마가 아닌 마돈나의 무대공연과 그 이면 세계를 그리고 있으므로 뚜렷한 줄거리 없이 다큐멘터리(세미) 형식을 취하고 있다. 우리가 보통 상식으로 생각하고 있는 퇴폐, 외설 시비 선상에서만 인식되어왔던 마돈나에 대해 이 영화는 그녀의 인간적인 고뇌와 사랑, 그녀만이 갖는 독특한 표현 형식 및 예술세계에 대해 보다 진지하게 접근하고 있다. 성장기에 예술적 자극을 주었던 친구, 공포로 다가온 엄마의 죽음, 조금 엉뚱한 오빠, 보수적인 아버지, 그리고 사랑의 진실을 일깨워 준 올리버. 이런 얘기들이 그녀의 일본, 캐나다, 유럽 공연과 병행되며 하나씩풀려 나간다. 특히 여기선 마돈나 자신의 어떤 특정 상황을 강조 하거나 감추어서 미화하지 않는다. 자신이 생각하고 행동하며 말하는 모든 것들이 꾸밈없이 그대로 담겨져 있다. 세계의 일반 대중을 열광케 하는 빅 스타로서, 혹은 금세기 새로운 공영 문화의 주관자로서가 아니라, 가장 보편적인 인간으로서의 한계상황과 자유와 새로움에 도전하는 한 예술가의 집념, 고독, 아픔을 그리고 있다. 결국 이 영화는 마돈나의 ‘용기있는 고백’이다. 그리고 인간 마돈나의 진실한 삶의 추적이다. 카메라는 집요하게 구강 검사를 하는 마돈나의 입 속까지 파고든다. 그래서 조금은 그릇되게 인식되고 있는 허구와 망상, 그녀에 대한 편견을 송두리채 앗아간다. 이 영화에서 보여주는 가수 마돈나의 모습에서 우리는 본능적이고 가식적인 표리성 사고에서 벗어나 보다 진실되고 진취적인 인간적 동질성을 재확인하게 될 것이다.

First responders, journalists, shop owners, those inside the pressure-packed control center of Con Edison on West End Avenue, and other New Yorkers tell about what happened when the lights went out on July 13, 1977.

Danny Trejo, you know the man. He has fierce tattoos, and frequently plays a thug in your favorite movies. Behind the ink and the wicked characters he plays on screen lies the story of a troubled childhood which included drug addiction, armed robbery and extensive prison time. Champion offers an intimate, one of a kind view into the life of Danny Trejo before he turned himself around and after.

On June 26, 1975, during a period of high tensions on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota, two FBI agents were killed in a shootout with a group of Indians. Although several men were charged with killing the agents, only one, Leonard Peltier, was found guilty. This film describes the events surrounding the shootout and suggests that Peltier was unjustly convicted.

A look at the extraordinary world of Penthouse founder, visionary and provocateur Bob Guccione.

'펑크 브라더스(Funk Brothers)'의 음악에 관해 담았다.