Battle for Brooklyn (2011)
Gênero : Documentário, Drama
Runtime : 1H 33M
Director : Suki Hawley, Michael Galinsky
Sinopse
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.
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.
Na Tóquio do ano de 2036, uma revolução na medicina eliminou todas as doenças, garantindo um tempo de vida de 120 anos para cada cidadão. Porém, a disparidade econômica cresceu de maneira astronômica e aqueles que não estão conectados à nanotecnologia que concede saúde a todos criam mutações e malformações. Considerado um desses humanos malformados, Youzou Oba é um motoqueiro que descobre habilidades super humanas em sua condição.
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”.
Um casal com uma grande família se distanciou. Quando a esposa é diagnosticada com câncer cerebral terminal, sua vida se desfaz e expõe o amor negligenciado.
Neste filme musical misteriosamente encantador de Melanie Martinez, Cry Baby, uma garota forte e sensível, é enviada para uma escola perturbadora do sono que se opõe severamente à individualidade. Com a ajuda de seus amigos mágicos e um Guia Angélico Espiritual, eles ganham a força que precisam para lutar contra a equipe maligna da escola e derrubar o sistema escolar opressivo do K-12.
Depois de uma decepção amorosa, a jovem Lucy decide criar um projeto para reunir objetos que o amor deixou para trás e a notícia se espalha, garantindo um novo começo para os românticos da cidade.
Collection of six very personal documentary shorts made by female directors.
Antes do País das Maravilhas e da Terra do Nunca, Peter e Alice eram irmãos. Quando uma tragédia toma conta da família, eles embarcam em uma aventura fantástica e descobrirão que as jornadas mais incríveis começam em casa.