Anderson Sa was a drug dealer in one of Rios\' most notorious favelas (slums) until he decided in the early 90\'s to channel his leadership and charisma to a constructive cause and was one of the fathers of the socio-musical Afro-Reggae movement. Ever since Sa and his friends started recruiting...

When in the depression years, the wife of Dutch Prime Minister Colijn recommended eating fish head soup, the question was raised who the hell ate the fish. Darwin\'s Nightmare, zooming in on the current consequences of biological and social Darwinism, eliminates any misunderstanding. A couple of...

Copyright © 2007 Sony Pictures Classics

Jimmy Carter Man From Plains is an intimate, surprising encounter with President Jimmy Carter. Following the path of Mr. Carter\'s recentcontroversial book tour for Palestine Peace Not Apartheid, AcademyAward©-winning director...

Copyright © 2007 Magnolia Pictures

The true-life story of a Harlem\’s notorious Nicky Barnes, a junkie turned multimillionaire drug-lord, MR. UNTOUCHABLE takes its audience deep inside the heroin industry of the 1970s. The most powerful black drug kingpin in New York...

Copyright © 2007 Palisades Pictures

From producer Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me) and director Rob VanAlkemade, “What Would Jesus Buy?” examines the commercialization of Christmas in America while following Reverend Billy and the...

In 2004, Filmmaker Uri Rosenwaks, came to Rahat, a Bedouin town down in Israel\'s Negev Dessert, to teach a group of Black Bedouin women a class in filmmaking.
Rahat is by no means an ordinary place. It is afflicted with pessimism, unemployment, poverty and violence. It is partially...

The incredible survival story of the Uruguayan rugby team that survived a plane crash in 1972 and managed to stay alive for more than ten weeks on a 4000 metre high glacier in the Andes 35 years later, is as spectacular as ever. Not in the least because they were forced to eat human flesh....

Copyright © 2007 Sony Pictures Classics

A feature documentary about bold adventure, exquisite athleticism and the pursuit of a perfect moment on skis. It is the story of big mountain skiing, a sport that barely existed 35 years ago. It started in the 1970s in the...

A documentary on Chicago-native Freddy Cole, the lesser-known, yet equally talented younger brother of Nat "King" Cole. At age 77, Freddy Cole is, at last, being widely recognized for his amazing musical talent.

The film examines the complicated journey of creating a career in the...

Charles Taylor was elected president of Liberia in 1996 and soon proved to be a corrupt dictator. Opposing warlords emerged from the North and raped, murdered, and terrorized the citizens of Liberia while Charles Taylor purportedly supported them in secret. The war killed 250,000 people and...