Page 7 - Gravitas Brochure April 2021

Catwalk: Tales From The Cat Show Circuit
1 x 75’, 2018, HD
‘Catwalk: Tales From The Cat Show Circuit’ follows a group of contrasting personalities (judges and competitors) through the climax and conclusion of a season on Canada’s competitive cat show circuit. What are their hopes, their dreams, and their motivations? We’ll be with them through the preparation, the build up to the excitement of the show and the final triumph or ‘cat-astrophe’. And of course we’ll meet their cats.
Markham Street Films/ Gravitas Ventures
Directors: Aaron Hancox & Michael McNamara
Hoops Africa
1 x 60’, 2018, HD
‘Hoops Africa’ is a collection of stories that celebrates the past, present and future of basketball in Africa, spotlighting the sport’s impact on society and its development on the continent. Centering on basketball nonprofit Hoops 4 Hope this documentary uncovers the role the African philosophy of Ubuntu played in the Boston Celtics’ 2008 NBA Championship season and also documents the historic 2015 NBA Africa Game. Featuring Hakeem Olajuwon, Dikembe Mutombo, Adam Silver, Luol Deng, Luc Mbah a Moute, Chris Paul, Doc Rivers, Paul Pierce, and many more NBA greats.
Hoops Africa/Gravitas Ventures
Directors: Dan Hedges and Taylor Sharp
TransMilitary
1 x 93’, 2018, HD
‘TransMilitary’ chronicles the lives of four individuals serving in the US Military (Senior Airman Logan Ireland, Corporal Laila Villanueva, Captain Jennifer Peace and First Lieutenant El Cook) who are defending their country’s freedom while fighting for their own. They put their careers and their families’ livelihoods on the line by coming out as transgender to top brass officials in the Pentagon in hopes of attaining the equal right to serve. The ban was lifted in 2016, but with President Trump now trying to reinstate it, their futures hang in the balance again.
TransMilitary/Gravitas Ventures
Directors: Gabriel Silverman and Fiona Dawson
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
Spitfire
1 x 99’, 2018, HD
They say she was beautiful. A dream. But for all her good looks, she was also a killer. ‘Spitfire’ is an epic, sweeping tale of determination, vision and courage. It is the story of an airplane that was forged in competition, shaped as the war clouds gathered and refined in the white heat of combat - going on to become the most famous fighter plane ever made. Credited with changing the course of world history, this is the story of the ‘Spitfire’ - told in the words of the last-surviving combat veterans. With stunning aerial footage from the world’s top aviation photographer and rare, digitally re-mastered footage.
Elliptical Wing/Gravitas Ventures
Director: David Fairhead Narrated by: Charles Dance
Chris Brown:
Welcome to My Life
1 x 81’, 2017, HD
Moving beyond the spotlight and past the attention-grabbing headlines we give pop superstar Chris Brown a chance to tell his own story. Interviews with the star reveal long-awaited answers about his passion for making music, his tumultuous and much publicized relationships and the pitfalls of coming of age in the public eye. Also featured is new concert footage, behind- the-scenes access and special interviews from Usher, Jennifer Lopez, DJ Khaled, Mary J. Blige, Mike Tyson, Rita Ora, Jamie Foxx, Terrence Jenkins, Tyga, and others.
WTML Doc/Gravitas Ventures
Director: Andrew Sandler
Gravitas Ventures