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The Pink Floyd & Syd Barrett Story

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The late Syd Barrett was a major cult figure and rock music legend. The charismatic and brilliant lead guitarist of the early Pink Floyd, he created a unique psychedelic sound and wrote wonderfully eccentric songs including the hits “Arnold Layne”, “See Emily Play” and “Bike”. Syd Barrett left Pink Floyd in 1968 when his increasingly erratic behaviour made his continued participation in the band impossible. After two extraordinary solo albums he disappeared from music altogether. “The Pink Floyd & Syd Barrett Story” tells the full bizarre, tragic but also celebratory story of Syd Barrett with contributions from all the members of Pink Floyd plus friends, managers and lovers.

The Seventh Fire

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From executive producers Terrence Malick, Natalie Portman and Chris Eyre comes a fascinating new documentary. When Rob Brown, a Native American gang leader on a remote Minnesota reservation, is sentenced to prison for a fifth time, he must confront his role in bringing violent drug culture into his beloved Ojibwe community. As Rob reckons with his past, his seventeen-year-old protege, Kevin, dreams of the future: becoming the most powerful and feared Native gangster on the reservation.

Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak

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From Lance Bangs and Spike Jonze (director, WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE) comes a loving look at one of the most cherished and controversial figures in children's literature. In this deeply moving tribute to Maurice Sendak, we meet the seminal talent whose lifelong obsession with death inspired his influential works. Through his own words, personal photos, and illustrations, Sendak offers a rare, intimate, and unexpected look at his exceptional life as an author and illustrator.

24x36: A Movie About Movie Posters

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24x36: A Movie About Movie Posters is a documentary that explores the world of illustrated movie poster art; the artists who create it, companies and studios that commission it, galleries that display it, and collectors and fans who hang it.

See How They Run

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In the spirit of such hit films as Primary Colors and The War Room, SEE HOW THEY RUN is the ultimate insider’s look at campaign politics. In 1999, celebrity Mayor Willie Brown ruled San Francisco and appeared to be a shoo-in for re-election to a second term. Twelve candidates wanted his job, but of these pretenders to the throne, the only threat was a write-in candidate--openly gay city supervisor and stand-up comedian Tom Ammiano. What ensued was a David vs. Goliath showdown mired in intense political backstabbing and media fighting that, lucky for us, was all captured on film. A sharp-witted, scandalous expose of an historic, only-in-San Francisco grassroots campaign, SEE HOW THEY RUN features a host of well-known celebrities and political figures including Reverend Jesse Jackson, Sean Penn, Regis and Kathy Lee, Bill Maher and others to ultimately reveal all the behind-the-scenes mud-slinging, back room brawls and daily dramas that together helped shape this one-of-a-kind race.

Tattoo Uprising

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From antiquity to the present, Tattoo Uprising reveals the artistic and historical roots of today’s tattoo explosion. This sweeping overview explores how tattoos were used in early Christian practices, how they were discovered halfway around the world during the voyages of Captain James Cook, and how they exploded in popularity in America beginning with artists like Ed Hardy. Tattoo Uprising features some of the most extraordinary people of the tattoo world including Ed Hardy, Stoney St. Clair, Cynthia Witkin, Anne de Hey! and others, as well as unforgettable appearances by filmmakers Les Blank and Werner Herzog, who allows a rare glimpse at his Ed Hardy tattoo.

Bidder 70

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In 2008, as George W. Bush tried to gift the energy and mining industries thousands of acres of pristine Utah wilderness via a widely disputed federal auction, college student Tim DeChristopher monkey-wrenched the process. Bidding $1.7 million, he won 22,000 acres with no intention to drill. For this astonishing (and successful) act of civil disobedience he was sentenced to two years in federal prison. Bidder 70 tells the story of this peaceful warrior whose willingness to sacrifice has ignited the climate justice movement.

Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') & Over-nite Sensation (Classic Album)

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This addition to Eagle Rocks’s acclaimed Classic Albums series focuses on Frank Zappa’s early seventies albums ‘Over-Nite Sensation’ (1973) and ‘Apostrophe (‘)’ (1974). Together they encapsulate Zappa’s extraordinary musical diversity and were also the two most commercially successful albums that he released in his prolific career. The film uses interviews, musical demonstrations, rare archive and home movie footage plus live performances to tell the story behind the conception and recording of these ground-breaking albums. ‘This is where you go to find every aspect of Frank’s music squeezed into two perfectly formed records’ - Dweezil Zappa

The Trees

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Filmed over the course of five years, The Trees is the untold story of life returning to Ground Zero. The Trees documents the journey of 420 oak trees, first as saplings dug from the states where 9/11 victims lost their lives, then nurtured for seven years at a nursery in New Jersey, and finally transplanted as symbols of hope at the World Trade Center Memorial Plaza in New York City. Our storytellers are the men and women who design, grow, build, and document this living memorial. Through them, the film examines our fundamental need for healing and rebirth after tragedy, and the fundamental role that nature plays in our journey toward solace. Filmed with the cooperation of the National September 11th Memorial & Museum and featuring full access to the construction site, The Trees offers an unparalleled and fresh perspective on the story of the creation of the 9/11 Memorial Plaza.

Frame by Frame

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When the Taliban ruled Afghanistan, taking a photo was a crime. After the regime fell from power in 2001, a fledgling free press emerged and a photography revolution was born. Now, as foreign troops and media withdraw, Afghanistan is left to stand on its own, and so are its journalists. Set in a modern Afghanistan bursting with color and character, FRAME BY FRAME follows four Afghan photojournalists as they navigate an emerging and dangerous media landscape – reframing Afghanistan for the world, and for themselves. Through cinema vérité, intimate interviews, powerful photojournalism, and never-before-seen archival footage shot in secret during the Taliban regime, the film connects audiences with four humans in the pursuit of the truth.

Unsung Heroes: The Story of America’s Female Patriots

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Unsung Heroes: The Story of America’s Female Patriots is an inspirational saga of unrecognized courage and sacrifice that touches every community in the nation. These are women, who despite the hardships of military service are proud of their long-standing commitment to the patriotic ideals of the United States. It is a story of all guts and no glory and it’s theme, the price of liberty, is relevant to all Americans.

Crown in Crisis: Tragedy

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The tale of Princess Diana and Prince Charles began as what most believed to be the perfect fairytale. However, time slowly unmasked the cracks in their relationship a revealed that they were incompatible from the very beginning. Diana’s scandalous BBC interview with Martin Bashir shocked the nation and was shortly followed by the couple’s turbulous divorce. However both of these tragedy’s were trumped by Diana’s sudden death on the 31st of August 1997 in Paris.

Selena Gomez: Devotion

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After returning from her 5 year break from music, Selena Gomez has blown the world away with her 3rd studio album Rare. She has transformed over the years, from Disney pop star to award winning film and tv producer. She is one of the biggest stars in Hollywood and is certain one of the most devoted to her art. This is the life and career of Selena Gomez.

To Err Is Human

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The #3 leading cause of death in the United States is its own healthcare system. Medical mistakes lead to as many as 440, 000 preventable deaths every year and harm millions more. Directed by the son of late patient safety pioneer, Dr. John M. Eisenberg, To Err Is Human is an in-depth documentary about this silent epidemic and those working behind the scenes to create a new age of patient safety. Through interviews with leaders in health care, footage of real-world efforts leading to safer care, and one family's compelling journey from tragedy to empowerment, the film provides a unique and hopeful look at our health care system's ongoing fight against preventable harm.

The Raw Story

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Every story has an origin. A sports documentary delving into the life of 5x Olympia champion Chris Bumstead, charting his rise to becoming a crossover fitness superstar. The film offers an intimate look at the deep bond between Bumstead and his close friends and business partners, Matt Jansen and Dom Iacovone. Together, they transformed their businesses, RAW and Revive, into multi-million dollar ventures, all while navigating the intense world of competitive bodybuilding. Featuring never before seen footage leading up to the Mr. Olympia competition, this documentary captures the truth, honor, and brotherhood that define The Raw Story.

Bigfoot Girl

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After an encounter with Bigfoot as a young child, Kiana immediately felt a connection with the creature she encountered. With the help of fellow experiencers, she sets out to secret locations with recent sightings to find closure to the biggest question of her life.

Elton John: A Life in Song

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Elton John’s career has spanned decades, but his legacy is more than just his music.Reginald Dwight’s early debut was in the band Bluesology - there he would meet lyricist Bernie Taupin whom he would go on to write over 30 albums with. After parting ways with the band and his birth name, the Rocketman was born.

Viewer Direction Advised

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Twenty-one year old Ben is on a journey - to follow his TV-obsessed dad and explore how television consumption has evolved from one generation to the next. As Ben enters his final year of university (studying Media Production), he decides to find out if his love of TV will ever be as deep rooted as his dad’s. While TV of Marshall’s era brought together an entire household, Ben is from a time where he can watch what we wants, when we wants and where we wants. With camera in hand, Ben follows his father from coast to coast as they meet some of TV’s most influential figures, trying to make sense of the rapidly changing world of TV . . . and each other. Where we once had appointment viewing, we now have total independence. At one time, television had the power to bring together an entire nation. Today, it can barely bring together a household. Has the individualization of how we watch television fragmented us as a culture? This is a film about the small screen - made for the big screen.

Burden of Dreams

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For nearly five years, acclaimed German filmmaker Werner Herzog desperately tried to complete one of the most ambitious and difficult films of his career, Fitzcarraldo, the story of one man's attempt to build an opera house deep in the Amazon jungle. Documentary filmmaker Les Blank captured the unfolding of this production, made more perilous by Herzog's determination to shoot the most daunting scenes without models or special effects, including a sequence requiring hundreds of native Indians to pull a full-size, 320-ton steamship over a small mountain. The result is an extraordinary document of the filmmaking process and a unique look into the single-minded mission of one of cinema's most fearless directors.

Living Forever

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For millennia, mankind has sought the mythical substance known as the 'Elixir of Life'. The allure of immortality has toppled kingdoms and changed the course of world power. Shocking new research reveals a clandestine secret hidden for centuries.

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