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.

The abortion battle continues to rage in unexpected ways on one corner in an American city.

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.

Лента рассказывает невероятную историю примерно ста женщин, проживающих в радиоактивной чернобыльской зоне отчуждения.

Документальный фильм о нестареющих стильных дамах Нью-Йорка — звездах блога Advanced Style. Эти героини вдохновляют целые поколения и доказывают, что красота неподвластна времени. Где как не в столице моды Нью-Йорке можно было снять кино о леди, для которых стиль — это способ отразить в своем облике то, что ты чувствуешь. Модницы, которым от 62 до 95 лет, не боятся выглядеть стильно, ярко, оказываясь в центре внимания. Историю о необычных жительницах «Большого яблока» в фильме рассказывает известный американский блогер Ари Сет Коэн, который не первый год ведет популярный дневник под названием Advanced Style, где публикует фото и пишет о стильных и элегантных женщинах в возрасте.

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.

Геннадий Мохненко, пастор и общественный деятель из Мариуполя, стал знаменитым, патрулируя улицы и насильственно забирая бездомных детей-наркоманов в основанный им центр для бывших беспризорников. Его Республика Пилигрим стала крупнейшей реабилитационной организацией на территории бывшего СССР, а жесткие методы Геннадия сделали его народным героем для одних и спасителем-самозванцем для других. Но, несмотря на критику, Геннадий полон решимости продолжать работу. Вместе с тем, из-за напряженной политической обстановки судьба учреждения висит на волоске.

Ай Вэйвэй — самый известный китайский современный художник, «пекинский Энди Уорхол» и хулиган, создавший себе имя и репутацию не только выставками в Tate Modern, но и открытым противодействием китайским властям. Действующий в условиях строгой цензуры и бесчеловечного законодательства, Ай продолжает творить и сплачивать людей с помощью своего искусства и социальных сетей. В ответ на это китайские власти закрыли его блог, избили, снесли бульдозером его недавно построенную студию и тайно заключили художника под стражу.

Биографический фильм о талантливой балерине Танакиль Ле Клерк.

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.

Значительную часть творчества поп-звезда и актриса посвятила эксклюзивному эротическому учению. Серия стабильных скандалов, сопровождавшая выход видеофильма «порочная Мадонна», фотоальбома «Секс», компакт-диска «Эротика», добралась до респектабельного каннского кинофестиваля, где гвоздем сезона стал фильм «В постели с Мадонной». Саркастический розыгрыш пикантно-интимных ситуаций затянул даже кинозвезд Шона Пэнна и Уоррена Битти - бывших мужа и любовника Мадонны. Это документальный фильм, описывающий закулисную жизнь Мадонны во время её тура 1990 года Blond Ambition. На 2006 год находился на 6-ом месте по сборам среди документальных фильмов.

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.

In 1959, Berry Gordy Jr. gathered the best musicians from Detroit's thriving jazz and blues scene to begin cutting songs for his new record company. Over a fourteen year period they were the heartbeat on every hit from Motown's Detroit era. By the end of their phenomenal run, this unheralded group of musicians had played on more number ones hits than the Beach Boys, the Rolling Stones, Elvis and the Beatles combined - which makes them the greatest hit machine in the history of popular music. They called themselves the Funk Brothers. Forty-one years after they played their first note on a Motown record and three decades since they were all together, the Funk Brothers reunited back in Detroit to play their music and tell their unforgettable story, with the help of archival footage, still photos, narration, interviews, re-creation scenes, 20 Motown master tracks, and twelve new live performances of Motown classics with the Brothers backing up contemporary performers.