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Scottsboro:
An American Tragedy
1 x 84’ or 1 x 60’, 2001, SD
In 1931, two white women stepped from a train in Alabama to make a shocking accusation: they had been raped by nine black teenagers. So began one of the most significant legal fights of the twentieth century. The trial of the nine falsely accused teens would draw the north and south of the US into their sharpest conflict since the civil war, yield two momentous supreme court decisions and gives birth to the civil rights movement.
Anker Productions
Directors: Daniel Anker & Barack Goodman
Shake Hands With The Devil
1 x 90’ or 1 x 60’, 2007, HD
In 1994, in one of the greatest tragedies of the twentieth century, nearly 800,000 people were murdered amid civil unrest in Rwanda. This documentary tells the story of Roméo Dallaire, a Canadian general in charge of the UN’s unsuccessful peacekeeping mission in the country prior to the killings. Returning for the first time in ten years, Dallaire recalls his painful memories and wonders if he could have stopped the disaster.
White Pine Pictures
Director: Peter Raymont Featuring: Roméo Ddallaire
Sixteen Legs
1 x 90’, 1 x 60’ or 2 x 60’, 2018, 4K
Giant prehistoric spiders seek kinky love in the dark. As the world rapidly descends into the next period of global mass extinction, a message of hope comes from an unlikely hero: a creature, that has survived prior mass extinctions and climatic change hidden beneath the mountains of one of the world’s last great wildernesses. Journey through stunning Tasmania to an underworld that few people have seen and celebrate the wonder of an ecosystem that preceded us and may still outlast us.
Bookend Enterprises Pty. Ltd
Directors: Niall Doran & Justin Smith Starring: Stephen Fry, Neil Gaiman & Mark Gatiss
See No Evil
1 x 72’ or 1 x 60’, 2014, HD
This poetic documentary follows retired apes as we look back at their lives. We meet Cheetah, star of Tarzan films, who eats porridge with a spoon and augments his pension by making abstract art; and Kanzi, who is regarded as the cleverest monkey in the world, and who was filmed in a study about acquiring language. This is an investigation into the intriguing relationship between chimp and man, as ‘remembered’ by the protagonists.
Dieptescherpte BV
Director: Jos de Putter
She Did That.
1 x 71’, 2019, HD
‘She Did That.’ offers an intimate peek inside the lives of four Black women who continuously raise the glass ceiling for future generations. The film features vulnerable conversations with four change agents - Luvvie Ajayi (NYT best-selling author), Lisa Price (founder, Carol’s Daughter), Melissa Butler (founder, The Lip Bar) and Tonya Rapley (founder, My Fab Finance.) Their powerful testimonies as to how grit and perseverance set the stage for success reminds audiences that Black women are indeed bosses in business, embarking on their own ventures at six times the national average.
Renae Bluitt/Gravitas Ventures
Director: Renae Bluitt
Sneakerheadz
1 x 73’, 2015, HD
‘Sneakerheads’ will do almost anything to get their hands on a unique pair of kicks, going to such extreme lengths as hiding in trash cans to score a pair of Retro Jordan 11s to camping for days in sub zero temperatures for the latest Nike Foamposites. How did sneakers become as prized as collectible art? From the shores of Cali to the congested streets of Tokyo, ‘Sneakerheadz’ examines the cultural influence of sneaker collecting and delves into a subculture whose proud members don’t just want to admire art, they want to wear it.
Freemark Financial/ Gravitas Ventures
Director: David T. Friendly
Feature Docs