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Publisher
Docurama
Pub. Date
c2001.
Language
English
Description
Returns to West Memphis, Arkansas. to re-examine the controversial story of the child murders at Robin Hood Hills, the most notorious murder case in the state's history, revealing startling new evidence and exploring the ironies and ambiguities of a mystery that refuses to go away.
2) Methadonia
Series
Publisher
First Run Features
Language
English
Formats
Description
Methadonia is the borderland between high and straight, where recovering heroin addicts on methadone "maintenance" exist. Passing the time on benzos and other prescription drugs that enhance the methadone, addicts find themselves in Methadonia for years, or decades. Selected for the prestigious New York Film Festival and featured on HBO, this unflinching, intimate film reveals the culture of addiction through the eyes and lives of men and women stuck...
Publisher
Docurama
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Damien Echols is a teen who dresses in all black and listens to heavy metal. He and his two friends are accused of the murder of three little boys, and are instantly condemned by a retribution-hungry public. Now they try to defend themselves against a dubious lack of proof.
Series
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
c2007.
Language
English
Description
Interviews with perpetrators, witnesses, and victims examining the abuses that occurred in the fall of 2003 at the notorious Iraqi prison. Probes the psychology of how typical American men and women came to commit these atrocious acts.
Series
Publisher
Lorber Films
Pub. Date
c2010.
Language
English
Description
Starting with an original attempt in 1979, this film documents the ambitions, planning, and ultimate achievement of Christo's project to install a series of cloth-hung gates in Central Park. The film follows the artists Christo and Jeanne Claude and they navigate through various meetings, arguments, facing an opposing host of city officials, private representatives, artists, and citizens. Over 20 years later the artists fulfill their hope of creating...
8) Sergio
Series
Publisher
Home Box Office
Pub. Date
c2010.
Language
English
Description
Charismatic, charming, and complex, Sergio Vieira de Mello was the United Nations' go-to-guy, a man who could descend into the most dangerous places, charm the worst war criminals, and somehow protect the lives of the ordinary people to whom he devoted his life. Yet his virtues could not save him when he was killed by a terrorist bomb in Baghdad in August 2003.
Series
Publisher
Home Box Office
Pub. Date
c2010.
Language
English
Description
An exploration of the tenuous relationship between celebrities and the people who make a living selling their images. After a chance encounter with a 13-year-old paparazzo, Austin Visschedyk, Grenier takes a step back to think about the celebrity- obsessed culture that has produced the boy. Adrian starts hanging out with the young photographer, learning the tricks of the trade, as well as what made the precocious teen want to spend his free time running...
Series
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Examines current social conditions in New Orleans post-Hurricane Katrina, addressing efforts to restore housing, healthcare, education, economic growth, and law and order, and featuring personal accounts from a variety of affected persons.
12) Which way home
Publisher
Docurama
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
Español
Description
As the United States continues to build a wall between itself and Mexico, Which Way Home shows the personal side of immigration through the eyes of children who face harrowing dangers with enormous courage and resourcefulness as they endeavor to make it to the U.S. The film follows several unaccompanied child migrants as they journey through Mexico en route to the U.S. on a freight train they call "The Beast". Director/producer Rebecca Cammisa tracks...
Series
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
c2012.
Language
English
Description
Seductive, fearless, and outrageous, Serbian performance artist Marina Abramović has been redefining art for nearly forty years. Using her body as a vehicle, she creates performances that challenge, shock, and move us. This is a mesmerizing journey into the world of radical performance and an intimate portrait of an astonishingly magnetic, endlessly intriguing woman who draws no distinction between life and art.
17) Saving face
Series
Publisher
HBO Documentary Films
Pub. Date
c2013.
Language
English
Description
"Saving face is a harshly realistic view of some incredibly strong and impressive women. Every year in Pakistan, many women are known to be victimized by brutal acid attacks, with numerous cases going unreported. With little or no access to reconstructive surgery, survivors are physically and emotionally scarred. Many reported assailants, typically a husband or someone else close to the victim, receive minimal punishment from the state. Plastic surgeon...
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