The Boys in Red Hats (2021)
The smirk heard round the world.
Gênero : Documentário
Runtime : 1H 27M
Director : Jonathan Schroder
Sinopse
On January 18, 2019, 17-year old Nick Sandmann, a student at the affluent Covington Catholic High School in Kentucky, was internationally villainized on social media and in the 24-hour news cycle as he and his classmates appeared to confront Native American elder Nathan Phillips on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. during a March for Life rally. Video clips of the interaction went viral overnight and Sandmann and his classmates faced worldwide outrage as the entire Covington Catholic community became the center of uncomfortable conversations about racism, privilege and politics.
Nos anos 50, garoto de 14 anos enfrenta problemas pela rebeldia no colégio católico e é inscrito no time de corrida como punição. Quando a mãe entra em coma, ele acredita que se conseguir o milagre de vencer a maratona, sua mãe vai se recuperar.
Janey (Parker), a nova garota da cidade, faz amizade com Lynne (Hunt). A dupla acaba dividindo um mesmo sonho: dançar no programa Dance TV. Ao saberem que o show terá um episódio gravado onde moram, as duas fazem de tudo para dançarem ao vivo.
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Boogie Man is a comprehensive look at political strategist, racist, and former Republican National Convention Committee chairman, Lee Atwater, who reinvigorated the Republican Party’s Southern Strategy to increase political support among white voters in the South by appealing to racism against African Americans. He mentored Karl Rove and George W. Bush and played a key role in the elections of Reagan and George H.W. Bush.
Amigos em uma escola católica desenham histórias em quadrinhos violentas, na qual seus personagens enfrentam uma freira autoritária.
Emil e Oleg são dois estrangeiros vindos da Europa Oriental que chegam aos Estados Unidos para pegar um dinheiro que tinham deixado com um amigo. Quando descobrem que ele gastou tudo, Emil o mata e Oleg filma tudo. Então, eles têm uma ideia: fazer de Emil o astro de um filme dirigido por Oleg no qual terá de assassinar uma importante pessoa da cidade. E o alvo é justamente Eddie Fleming, o policial mais famoso da cidade.
Children are mysteriously falling ill at an orphanage. Candy Boy, the most valiant of the orphans, investigates, but the arrival of a new boarder complicates his inquiries.
A colisão de um ônibus espacial faz com que algo alienígena penetre em seus destroços, sendo que todos que entram em contato mudam de maneira inexplicável. A psiquiatra Carol Bennell (Nicole Kidman) e seu colega Ben Driscoll (Daniel Craig) descobrem que a epidemia alienígena ataca suas vítimas quando elas estão dormindo. A epidemia não altera fisicamente suas vítimas, mas faz com que as pessoas fiquem insensíveis e sem qualquer traço de humanidade. À medida que a epidemia se espalha fica cada vez mais difícil saber quem está infectado. Para sobreviver Carol precisa ficar acordada o maior tempo possível, para que possa encontrar seu filho.
Year after year hundreds of thousands of fans line the route of the Tour de France, cheering on their heroes and willing them to victory, while millions of viewers worldwide tune in on their televisions. Academy Award-winning director Pepe Danquart, fascinated by the spectacle of the three week race, chose to focus on the courage, the pain and the fear of the riders of the Tour. Training his lens on German superstar sprinter Eric Zabel and his loyal domestique Rolf Aldag, Danquart captures the thrill of the race and the teamwork behind the stars of the peleton. He also shines light on the Tour's supporting cast - the director sportifs, masseurs, and, of course, the wildly enthusiastic fans. Reveling in the stunning landscape - from the Alps to the Pyrenees to the Massif Central to Paris - and with a nice dollop of Le Tour's history, HELL ON WHEELS transcends the sport it celebrates to reveal an astonishing human endeavor.
Após o Super-Homem acabar com todas as armas nucleares do mundo atirando-as contra o Sol, Lex Luthor consegue fabricar um vilão com a mesma estrutura molecular do nosso herói, e os mesmos poderes: o Homem Nuclear. A criatura está programada para destruir o Homem de Aço e, quando o duelo tem início, o confronto torna-se numa grande ameaça à paz mundial.
"El Rati Horror Show" is a documentary portraying the dramatic story of Fernando Ariel Carrera, an ordinary man unjustly convicted to 30 years of prison -not by mistake but deliberately- by the manipulation of a Judicial Case. The movie takes as a central point the way in which Fernando Carrera's case was set up: the manipulation and alteration of evidence at the scene; the manipulation by the police of the testimonies of the few witnesses called to declare; the manipulation of national media by Rubén Maugeri, key witness and president of the 34th Precinct Friends Association. On the other hand, we show how Fernando Carrera lives his days in prison, knowing he is another victim of police excesses and of a legal system that unjustly convicted him
História real da treinadora de basquete Cathy Rush, que, em plena década de 70 nos Estados Unidos ,é admitida em uma escola católica. Lá ela vê um grande potencial na equipe de basquete formada só por mulheres e, diante de várias resistências, consegue formar um time dos sonhos.
When Max, a young poet hires a marketing company to turn his suicide-by-jumping into a mass-media spectacle, he finds that his subversive intentions are quickly diluted into a reactionary gesture, and his motivations are revealed as a desperate attempt to seek attention through celebrity.
A surreal portrait of a Catholic Private School and its hierarchy. A new student must submit to the bizarre rituals of his peers and the expectations of the school's administration by selling chocolates.
An alienated and misanthropic teenager gains sudden and unwanted celebrity status after he's taken hostage by terrorists where his indifference to their threats to kill him makes news headlines.
This documentary highlights the historical contexts that gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals have occupied in cinema history, and shows the evolution of the entertainment industry's role in shaping perceptions of LGBT figures. The issues addressed include secrecy – which initially defined homosexuality – as well as the demonization of the homosexual community with the advent of AIDS, and finally the shift toward acceptance and positivity in the modern era.
A powerful drama relating the intimate aspect of teenage boys and their priest/educators behind the walls of a religious institution where rigid discipline backfires natural feelings are deemed unnatural acts and human lives are controlled in the names of good intentions.
A documentary analyzing the furore which so-called "video nasties" caused in Britain during the 1980s.
Baseado em fatos reais, o filme conta a história de um jornalista americano, seu cinegrafista e uma garota da Geórgia que acabam presos atrás das linhas inimigas, quando a Rússia invade o território, em agosto de 2008. Eles conseguem registrar terríveis crimes de guerra e vivem momentos importantes da história daquela região. Entre a verdade e a justiça, a guerra se alastra e transforma a tudo e a todos.