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Mother and Child

Posted in Current Releases, Drama, International, R (To be edited), September 2010 on January 7th, 2011

Three women's lives share a common core: they have all been profoundly affected by adoption. KAREN (Annette Bening) had a baby at 14, gave her up at birth, and has been haunted ever since by the daughter she never knew. ELIZABETH (Naomi Watts) grew up as an adopted child; she's…

Tags: Annette Bening Naomi Watts R/T: 125 Rodrigo Garcia Samuel L. Jackson

I Am Because We Are

Posted in August 2010, Current Releases, Documentary, PG-13, Worldwide on January 7th, 2011

A look into the lives of Malawi's 1 million plus orphans in the wake of the AIDS pandemic. It offers hope and real solutions to the challenges that people face living in extreme poverty, many of whom live on the streets. “I Am Because We Are” is directed by Nathan…

Tags: Bill Clinton Desmond Tutu Jeffrey Sachs Nathan Rissman Paul Farmer R/T: 90

Every Little Step

Posted in Current Releases, Documentary / Music, May 2010, PG-13, Worldwide on January 7th, 2011

Follows the plight of real-life dancers as they struggle through auditions for the Broadway revival of "A Chorus Line". Also investigates the history of the show and the creative minds behind the original and current incarnations.

Tags: Adam Del Deo Bob Avian James D. Stern Kelly Bishop Michael Bennett R/T: 96

Sand and Sorrow

Posted in Current Releases, Documentary, January 2010, N/A on January 7th, 2011

A documentary about the events that led to the rise of Darfur's Arab-dominated government and the international community's "legacy of failure" to respond to the genocide carried out in the country.

Tags: Abdulrahman Al-Zuma Ahmed Ali George Clooney Paul Freedman R/T: 96

Chops

Posted in Current Releases, Documentary / Music, February 2009, N/A, Worldwide on January 7th, 2011

Each year, Jazz at Lincoln Center and its artistic director Wynton Marsalis host the Essentially Ellington Festival, a competition of high school jazz bands from across the country. Bruce Broder's documentary focuses on one Florida band's experience at the festival.

Tags: Bruce Broder Wynton Marsalis

At the Edge of the World

Posted in Current Releases, Documentary, July 2010, PG, Worldwide on January 7th, 2011

At the Edge of the World chronicles the controversial Sea Shepherd Antarctic Campaign against a Japanese whaling fleet. The international volunteer crew, under-trained and under-equipped, develop a combination of bizarre and brilliant tactics with which to stop the whalers. But first they must find the Japanese ships, a far more…

Tags: Alex Cornelissen Dan Stone Paul Watson R/T: 90

CSNY Deja Vu

Posted in Current Releases, Documentary / Music, July 2009, R, Worldwide on January 7th, 2011

The war in Iraq is the backdrop as the Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young "Freedom of Speech Tour" crisscrosses North America. Echoes of Vietnam-era anti-war sentiment abound as the band connects with today's audiences.

Tags: David Crosby Graham Nash Neil Young R/T: 96 Stephen Stills

Running the Sahara

Posted in Current Releases, Documentary / Sport, N/A, September 2009, Worldwide on January 7th, 2011

Three men attempt to become the first humans to run coast to coast across the Sahara Desert.

Tags: Charlie Engle James Moll Kevin Lin Matt Damon R/T: 102

Food Inc

Posted in Current Releases, Documentary, October 2009, PG, Worldwide on January 7th, 2011

An unflattering look inside America's corporate controlled food industry.

Tags: Eric Schlosser Gary Hirshberg Michael Pollan R/T: 94 Robert Kenner

Annie Leibovitz: Life through a Lens

Posted in Current Releases, Documentary, May 2008, N/A, Worldwide on January 7th, 2011

Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens traces the arc of Annie's photographic life, her aspirations to artistry and the trajectory of her career. The film depicts the various phases that shaped her life including childhood, the tumultuous sixties, her transition from Rolling Stone to Vanity Fair magazine and later her…

Tags: Annie Leibovitz Barbara Leibovitz R/T: 83