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Forgetting Dad
1 x 83’, 2008, HD
A week after an apparently minor car accident, Richard Minnich wakes up with total amnesia. He no longer recognises his wife and children, re-christens himself ‘New Richard’ and begins a completely new life. A psychological detective story in the best sense, this award-winning film searches for Richard’s lost memory through interviews with family members and co- workers, eventually uncovering startling facts about the amnesia itself.
Rick Films
Directors: Rick Minnich & Matt Sweetwoof
Freeway:
Crack In The System 1 x 103’, 2017, HD
‘Freeway: Crack In The System’ tells the story of broken dreams, drug dealers, dirty cops, and government complicity, more compelling than fiction, it’s the real story behind America’s longest war. This documentary by award-winning filmmaker Marc Levin (SLAM, Mr. Untouchable, Brick City) exposes how the infiltration of crack cocaine destroyed inner-city neighborhoods across the United States.
Blowback Productions, Inc./ Gravitas Ventures
Director: Marc Levin
The Game
1 x 66’ or 1 x 106’, 2017, 4K
This is a story of Hip Hop culture conquering the world and today being a lifestyle and global business. Artists like 50 Cent, Ice T, Chuck D, Young Thug, Grandmaster Caz, Melle Mel... and the leading engineers of this success explain the mechanics of this accomplishment and project themselves into the digital future. See the story of the artists that have become global brands and changed the rules of “The Game”, entering a forbidden frontier for black artists: Wall Street. The 66’ version is cut down of ‘The Game’ titled ‘The Payback’.
@ Brainworks 2017
Director: Alex Jordanov
Freaks & Errors: A Rare Collection
1 x 95’, 2018, HD
Obsession, love, money & postage. ‘Freaks & Errors: A Rare Collection’, reveals the rarely seen, expectedly eccentric and the surprisingly large world of stamp collecting. Interviews with columnist and author Neil Steinberg, footwear guru Stuart Weitzman and bond king William H. Gross, in addition to an enthusiastic collection of life-long, stamp collectors, this film is a commentary on how we’re all searching for ways to express ourselves, make order out of chaos and to connect with one another through our hobbies.
Captain LLC/Gravitas Ventures
Director: Mark Cwiakala
From Core To Sun
1 x 90’, 2019, HD
Ecuadorian athlete Millán Ludeña, embarks on an adventure to be the first athlete to register a new Guinness World RecordTM for his beloved country. He plans to run a half marathon inside the deepest part of the World, the Mponeng Mine, South Africa and to then run a half marathon on Mt. Chimborazo, Ecuador, the closest point to the sun on earth. He plans to do it all in less than 65 hours. ‘From Core To Sun’ is an inspirational story that shows us that when we defy our own limits and breakthrough them, we achieve the most extraordinary things while chasing our dreams and never giving up.
Levector, S.A./Gravitas Ventures
Director: Oliver Lee Garland
Genius Of Nature
1 x 90’ or 3 x 60’, 2014, HD
Life has been evolving on Planet Earth for over three billion years. The process of natural selection has been like an arms race, shaping creatures’ ability to survive in virtually every corner of the planet. Each episode begins by identifying a selection of human problems, explores how nature has solved them, and reveals the way that modern science has adapted nature’s solutions to our own ends.
Terra Mater Factual Studios/ Oxford Scientific Films/BBC
Directors: Steve Nicholls & Graham Booth
Feature Docs