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JANE B. FOR AGNÈS V.

1988 Cinelicious Pics 97 min France Agnès Varda Jane Birkin started as an actress during London’s Swinging ’60s, sang duets with Serge Gainsbourg (whom she married), earned plaudits for humanitarian...

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AMERICAN CHEERLEADER

2014 89 min USA David Barba, James Pellerito Every year pep squads from all over the country converge on Orlando, Florida for two days of competition in the Universal Cheerleaders Association’s...

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CREAM'S FAREWELL CONCERT

1969 Kino Lorber 50 min USA/UK Sandy Oliveri, Tony Palmer In November 1968, Cream bade their fans an epic farewell at London’s Royal Albert Hall; this rarely screened TV documentary about the concert...

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BIG TIME

1988 Park Circus/MGM 87 min USA Chris Blum Singer-songwriter Tom Waits takes the stage for this superb concert film, shot in San Francisco and Los Angeles while he was touring behind his Franks Wild...

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FASSBINDER: TO LOVE WITHOUT DEMANDS

FASSBINDER: LIEBEN OHNE ZU FORDERN 2015 109 min Denmark Christian Braad Thomsen Director Christian Braad Thomsen’s documentary about his longtime friend Rainer Werner Fassbinder paints a remarkably...

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GLEN CAMPBELL: I’LL BE ME

2014 Area 23a 116 min USA James Keach This powerful documentary follows country superstar Glen Campbell on his farewell tour after a diagnosis with Alzheimer’s. A moving testament to Campbell’s courage...

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NAKED ISLAND

GOLI 2014 75 min Croatia Tiha Gudac Long curious about her grandfather’s “missing years” in the 1950s - a time that scarred him physically as well as mentally but was never discussed by the family -...

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NO MÁS BEBÉS

2015 ITVS/Latino Public Broadcasting 78 min USA Renee Tajima-Peña In the 1960s and 1970s, Mexican-American women giving birth at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center were sometimes sterilized without...

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GAME FACE

2015 98 min Belgium/USA Michiel Thomas The confines of “the closet” can be even more restrictive in the locker room, but LGBTQ athletes are standing up to homophobia in increasing numbers. This...

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THE DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION PART III

1998 Bleeding Lights Film Group 87 min USA Penelope Spheeris Like her two previous DECLINE films, Part III showcases aggro bands such as Final Conflict and Naked Aggression. But like SUBURBIA, it’s...

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DOOMED: THE UNTOLD STORY OF ROGER CORMAN’S THE FANTASTIC FOUR

2015 USA Marty Langford How many movies did Roger Corman make that never got released? One – a 1994 film featuring Marvel Comics superheroes The Fantastic Four. Through exclusive interviews with cast...

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I BUILD THE TOWER

2006 87 min USA Edward Landler, Brad Byer In the center of Watts sits the enigmatic art project of Italian immigrant Sabato Rodia, whose monumental mosaic-covered spires are now seen as an...

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CALL ME LUCKY

2015 MPI Media Group 106 min USA Bobcat Goldthwait Director Bobcat Goldthwait’s triumphant and wickedly funny documentary profiles Barry Crimmins, whose Boston club fostered the careers of countless...

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ONE DAY SINCE YESTERDAY: PETER BOGDANOVICH AND THE LOST AMERICAN FILM

2014 120 min USA Bill Teck When Peter Bogdanovich’s highly personal THEY ALL LAUGHED got short shrift from its studio, the director bought the film back to distribute himself; while not a box office...

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DOOMED: THE UNTOLD STORY OF ROGER CORMAN’S THE FANTASTIC FOUR

2015 85 min USA Marty Langford How many movies did Roger Corman make that never got released? One – a 1994 film featuring Marvel Comics superheroes the Fantastic Four. Through exclusive interviews with...

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CALLE 54

2000 Park Circus/Miramax 105 min Fernando Trueba Acclaimed Spanish director Fernando Trueba (BELLE EPOQUE) brought Latin jazz greats from all over the world to a recording studio on 54th Street in New...

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CACHAO … COMO SU RITMO NO HAY DOS

1993 CineSon 112 min USA Andy Garcia Bassist and composer Israel López - better known as Cachao – helped introduce jazz improvisation to Cuba, giving birth to the mambo. This vibrant concert film of...

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NAKED ISLAND

GOLI 2014 75 min Croatia Tiha Gudac Long curious about her grandfather’s “missing years” in the 1950s - a time that scarred him physically as well as mentally but was never discussed by the family -...

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THE FLIGHT FANTASTIC

2014 Damiki Productions 97 min USA Tom Moore Noted theatre and TV director Tom Moore’s first documentary feature is this fascinating, loving look at the world of the flying trapeze, starring one of the...

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THE TRIALS OF SPRING

2015 Fork Films 90 min USA/Egypt Gini Reticker This eye-opening documentary profiles three Egyptian women - young Muslim Hend Nafea, young Christian Mariam Kirollos and formerly veiled widow Khadiga...

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