Restrepo

Release Date: June 25th, 2010

Director: Tim Hetherington, Sebastian Junger

Studio: National Geographic Entertainment

Genre: Documentary, War

Runtime: 1 hour 34 minutes

Restrepo is one of the most dangerous outposts, which is situated in Korengal Valley, Afganistan. It is named so in honor of a platoon medic, killed there during the fights of the US military forces against the Taliban. This struggle, happened in this remote location, was considered to be one of the most difficult and exhausting for the US soldiers.

The documentary “Restrepo” is a deep and independent sight into the lives and duties of the outpost men. Taken by two prominent award-winning journalists - Tim Hetherington (known by his reportage about the uncivil war in Liberia) and Sebastian Junger (who wrote  “The Upcoming War” and “The Perfect Storm”), the documentary follows Second Platoon, whose target is to fight, build and maintain the position of this 15-man outpost.

The journalists present the war through soldiers’ eyes, avoiding commentary or any political views. The documentary is a true story, describing an outpost men labor, the boring duties, interrupted by sudden fire fights, about death and fighting for life, which are the necessary attributes of any war. And surely it is also about their mutual assistance, understanding and strong friendship, which help the brave solders of Restrepo to withstand difficulties of any kind.

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Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work

Release Date: June 11th, 2010

Starring: Kathy Griffin, Emily Kosloski, Mark Phillips, Don Rickles, Joan Rivers

Director: Ricki Stern, Anne Sundberg

Studio: IFC Films

Genre: Biography, Documentary

Runtime: 1 hour 24 minutes

The documentary film, based on biographical events of a pop and comedian star Joan Rivers, describes her life story and the secret of her tremendous success. The documentary is perfectly filmed by director Ricki Stern in cooperation with Anne Sundberg.

Known as the first queen of comedy, Joan Rivers in her 76 years old is still full of charm and charisma. She is considered to be an innovative female comedian, popular in US and in the world.

The filmmakers provide us with a deep look into a comedian and pop celebrity happenings, promising a breathtaking journey through all of Joan’s life on her way to the popularity. The detailed information about Joan Rivers particularly and unprejudiced look on the entertainment industry in whole are given in the film.

By her successful career a legendary comedian and pop icon provides us a good example of how one’s big dream come true. Struggling life for her place under the sun, Joan Rivers has found her own destination – to make people laugh. And she succeeded in it beyond all doubt.

Starring in the documentary are Kathy Griffin, Mark Phillips, Joan Rivers, Emily Kosloski and Don Rickles.

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Cropsey

Release Date: June 4th, 2010

Starring: Trina Rose

Director: Barbara Brancaccio, Joshua Zeman

Writer: Joshua Zeman

Studio: Cinema Purgatorio

Genre: Documentary, Horror

Runtime: 1 hour 24 minutes

“Cropsey” is an urban legend, which has been thrilling the citizens of Staten Island, New York for a rather long period of time. The filmmakers of the documentary, based on this spine-tingling story, make an attempt to investigate the thrilling crime, connected with the mysterious disappearances of children on the island.

The legend of “Cropsey” they explore is based on real events. Five children have suddenly escaped, including Jennifer Schweiger - the girl of thirteen with a Down syndrome. The last one was found buried on the territory of Willowbrook in five weeks. All of them were living in the neighbourhood, but the investigation of their disappearances failed.

According to the legend there is a real-life boogeyman, connected with missing kids. Days he spends in the Willowbrook tunnels, and nights he comes out of there to snatch children of Staten Island.

The filmmakers Joshua Zeman and Barbara Brancaccio grown up on Staten Island and were very well familiar to the peculiarities of the case. In the documentary they undertake their own investigation following the facts and mysteries and try to reveal the true of “Cropsey”, whatever it could be.

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8: The Mormon Proposition

Release Date: June 18th, 2010

Starring: Rocky Mayor Anderson, Dustin Lance Black, Matt Aune, Tyler Barrick, Melissa Bird

Director: Reed Cowan, Steven Greenstreet

Writer: Reed Cowan

Studio: David v. Goliath Films

Genre: Documentary

Runtime: 1 hour 20 minutes

The documentary, created by writer and director Reed Cowan, is a close look at the actions, performed by the religion representatives in order to prevent LGBT marriages, including the campaign against the human rights of sexual minorities.

The story of the film is based on real and shocking events, happened within the Mormon Church in California and Utah States. Having spent more than 2 years at the Mormon Church and having been well acquainted with the facts and documents, concerning Mormons activities, the documentary filmmaker himself faced their unfair relation to him.

According to the information of Reed Cowan, the Mormon Church was involved in promotion and passage of California's Proposition 8, and it used secretly its power to put obstacles on the way of advancing marriage equality for quite a long period of time.

The documentary “8: The Mormon Proposition” offers to the audience a detailed research on the subject in question. The shocking facts of actions against LGBT people are collected in the film, showing the true face of Mormons and their politics of that time.

Starring in the film are Rocky Mayor Anderson, Matt Aune, Dustin Lance Black, Melissa Bird and Tyler Barrick.

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The Oath

Release Date: May 7th, 2010

Starring: Salim Hamdan, Abu Jandal

Director: Laura Poitras

Studio: Zeitgeist Films

Genre: Documentary

Runtime:1 hour 30 minutes

A breathtaking documentary “The Oath”, directed by Laura Poitras, touches upon the topics of terrorism. Among them are such actual questions like the main reasons, which make people become terrorists.

This is a true story of two men, whose ways are inevitably crossed in this life and caused lots of events, coming next to their meeting. The first man is called Abu Jandal, who works as a taxi-driver in Yemen. The second one is Salim Hamdan, who is a brother-in-law of Jandal. Hamdan stays at the prison of Guantanamo, waiting for the military sentence.

The events of the documentary are developing alongside with the personal evolution of these two men and their views, which strongly influenced their entire life. The real story about how Jandal becomes bin Laden’s personal driver and Hamdan – his bodyguard is described in the film. The documentary provides the audience with the chronicles from Guantanamo, Al-Qaeda courses, Osama bin Laden, the events of the 9th of September and the Supreme Court of the United States of America.

“The Oath” is a spectacular political thriller, which has won the price at Sundance Film Festival in 2010, in nomination of Best Documentary Cinematography.

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Racing Dreams

Release Date: May 21st, 2010

Director: Marshall Curry

Studio: Hannover House

Genre: Documentary, Sport

Runtime: 1 hour 36 minutes

“Racing Dreams” is an exclusive documentary, describing to the audience three racers on their way to elite sport. Three talented kids around 11-13 years old take part in the national karting championship. The would-be superstars Brandon, Joshua and Annabeth show their best results in racing, competing for the opportunity to join the NASCAR in the coming future.

This film, perfectly directed by the Academy Award nominee Marshall Curry, is not only the touching story of high speeds up to 70 mph and the dreams of young drivers to become professional sportsmen, but also a story of growing up – the  so-called racing from childhood to adulthood. Well provided by good sense of humor and curious moments from the lives of three young racers, some situations of the documentary remind us someway the well-known novel by Salinger “The Catcher in the Rye”. The film touches emotionally on the family relations of the young heroes, the problems they face and the decisions they take to withstand the difficulties of a sport life.

Being a really outstanding documentary, "Racing Dreams" has already won several awards as The Best Documentary and two Audience Awards on various American Film Festivals.

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Casino Jack and the United States of Money

Release Date: May 7th, 2010

Starring: Jack Abramoff, William Branner, Tom DeLay, Donn Dunlop, Kevin Henderson

Director: Alex Gibney

Writer: Alex Gibney

Studio: Magnolia Pictures

Genre: Documentary

Runtime: 1 hour 58 minutes

“Casino Jack” is a documentary, created by Oscar winner Alex Gibney, who is a writer and a director of the film, laughing at the modern portrait of up-to-date Washington. The main theme, discussed in the film is corruption in all its manifestations. Following the hero of the documentary Jack Abramoff, the audience gets the chance to know more of the ways of how business, illegality and politics coexist in this world.

“Casino Jack” is a story based on real events, taken from the places, where money and corruption rule everything. Indian casinos, Chinese sweetshops, Russian spies and killings in Miami are connected between each other, coming to a political intrigue of international importance.

The need of some politicians to become elected by any means is highlighted in the film. Lots of millions, spent for their election campaigns, including waiving the fundamental principles of the so-called American democracy becomes a tradition. And all this seems to be the right thing to do for the sake of being elected.

The documentary touches upon the power of the purse and its role in the political processes as the main factor, determining the status of a man in modern politics.

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Best Worst Movie

Release Date: May 14th, 2010

Starring: George Hardy, Michael Stephenson, Darren Ewing, Jason Steadman, Jason Wright

Director: Michael Stephenson

Writer: Michael Stephenson

Studio: Magic Stone Productions

Genre: Documentary

Runtime:1 hour 33 minutes

“Best Worst Movie” directed by Michael Paul Stephenson is a documentary, describing the history of the film “Troll 2”, released in 1989. Rated as the worst movie ever existed on the big screen, “Troll 2” has occasionally found its audience 20 years later.

The director of “Troll 2” was an Italian filmmaker Claudio Fragrasso. Having visited a dentist Dr. George Hardy from a small town in Alabama, he decided to shot a horror film. Being very low budget and starring non-popular and practically unknown Utah artists, whose abilities to play was under question, the film created by Claudio Fragrasso was considered to be the worst.

There was nothing to do for the failed actor but returned to his practice as a dentist. Neither he, nor the rest of the cast and the filmmaker himself could ever imagine that the film, which was a great failure once, would become so popular and beloved one day. Dr. George Hardy signing lots of autographs for his fans is a really fantastic picture, just unbelievable! Moreover, the plot of the film became so popular, that was adapted for the Playstation Game, admired by many teenagers till today.

“Best Worst Movie” is a documentary, telling the viewer about the peculiarities of the worst movie and its unexpectedly great success many years later.

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Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo

Release Date: May 12th, 2010

Starring: Jessica Oreck, 3 more cast & crew »

Director: Jessica Oreck

Writer: Jessica Oreck

Studio: Myriapod Productions

Genre: Documentary

Runtime: 1 hour 29 minutes

“Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo” is a documentary, describing one of the passions of Japanese – for various kinds of bugs. What is it – a tradition, which is deeply rooted, a part of ancient culture, philosophy or something else hidden in Japanese mentality?

Whatever it is, the reflection of this hobby can be seen all over in Japan. Textiles, decorated with beetles; poetry, inspired by the grace of insects; architecture, graphics and paintings and of course gardens – all of them represent the deep respect and even worship to little buzzing creatures.

Look at that little boy in a pet shop, who is admired by his would-be pet – a rainbow beetle! No matter, that it costs more than sixty dollars, the price is worth buying a new friend like that.

Or look at the couples, who have a trip outdoors in order to enjoy the unforgettable bugs show in the countryside. Thousands of little crickets with that chorus sound make any Japanese excited to the bottom of his heart. And nothing can be more romantic than the myriads of insects at night – the green lights of fireflies gleaming in the grass and all around you.

The insect admirers take every chance to spend their time in the company of their beloved beetles – real, painted or filmed. This film is the story about insects and the passion for them.

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Babies

Release Date: May 7th, 2010

Starring: Hattie, Mari, Bayar, Ponijao, 5 more cast & crew »

Director: Thomas Balmes

Studio: Focus Features

Genre: Documentary

Runtime: 1 hour 19 minutes

An outstanding documentary, presented by Focus Features, “Babies” describes first steps in life of babies, covering a life period from the very birth up to one year old. Four babies from distant parts of the world are ready to show and tell us about their first experience in the world they come into.

Ponijao was born in Namibia, in the place not far from Opuwo. Mari is a cute Japanese, residing with her family in Tokyo. Bayarjargal originates from a Mongolian family, who lives on the outskirts of Bayanchandmani. Hattie was born in the United States, and lives with the family in San Francisco.

The idea to create a film, depicting a simultaneous lifetime adventure, belongs to Alain Chabat, who produced the documentary “Babies”. Thomas Balmès, an award-winning filmmaker, directed the film.

The documentary not only describes four kids in their early ages, but captures their cute and funny attempts to know the world around them better. Each of the children, presented in the documentary, tries to get acquainted with the numerous things around them, close people and their first feelings, all of which are unique and universal at the same time.

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180° South

Release Date: May 21st, 2010

Starring: Yvon Chouinard, Jeff Johnson, Makohe, Keith Malloy, Timmy O'Neill

Director: Chris Malloy

Writer: Chris Malloy

Studio: Woodshed Films Inc.

Genre: Documentary

Runtime: 1 hour 25 minutes

The documentary “180° South” describes the breathtaking journey into the heart of Patagonia.  The director of the film Chris Malloy with the assistance of Woodshed Films created a really fascinating story, which can be characterized as epic for the 1968 year, where it took place.

Jeff Johnson is an adventurer, who follows the steps of two travelers – Doug Tompkins and Yvon Chouinard on this full of danger but very beautiful way. 1968 the ship he travels by experiences a shipwreck. Having reached the shore of the Easter Island after surfing the longest wave, Jeff is going to climb Cerro Corcovado. Preparations for the ascent take some time for Johnson, but soon he is on his way up to the mountains. The meeting with two heroes in Patagonia, on the rainy hut of Cerro Corcovado becomes a significant point for his journey as well as for his life.

The mission of Yvon and Doug to Patagonia has its own reasons. Being the great admirers of wild nature of the country, keen climbers and surfers, the heroes have come here in order to enjoy and protect the primeval beauty of Patagonia.

The documentary is well provided by the picturesque scenes of flora and fauna of Patagonia, including the beautiful shots of mountainous slopes and peaks of Cerro Corcovado.Начало формы

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When You're Strange

Release Date: April 9th, 2010

Director: Tom DiCillo

Writer: Tom DiCillo

Starring: John Densmore, Johnny Depp, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek,Jim Morrison

Studio: Abramorama

Genre: Documentary, Musical

Runtime: 1 hour 30 minutes

“When You're Strange” is a musical documentary, describing the story of the legendary rock band “The Doors”. The film is directed by Tom DiCillo and narrated by Johnny Depp.

The filmmakers uncover the history of the famous American band and highlight its main events, including its formation in 1965, the debut on the American rock stage and further creative working from the very beginning up to our days.

“The Doors” was originally a good mixture of four brilliant musicians, each of whom had played a great role in creating a new and perspective era of rock music.

The singer Jim Morrison and keyboardist Ray Manzarek first met each other at UCLA's film school, and this meeting became the event of great importance and the starting point of the band. Later drummer John Densmore and guitarist Robby Krieger joined the musicians to play the music, which made a revolution in the world of rock. The creative work of “The Doors” became very popular and influential within the United States and abroad soon.

“When You're Strange” is the first documentary in the cinema world, touching upon this band and its history. Going into details on the band members and their activities, the film is good provided by original tracks and live performance of “The Doors”. The documentary will be a real godsend for rock music fans.

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Kenny Chesney: Summer in 3D

Release Date: April 21st, 2010

Starring: Kenny Chesney

Director: Joe Thomas

Writer: Holly Gleason

Studio: Sony Pictures Releasing

Genre: Documentary, Musical

Runtime: 1 hour 39 minutes

Directed by talented Joe Thomas, the documentary film “Kenny Chesney: Summer in 3D” has become the most popular film that gathered together a lot of viewers and has become the most sold film recently.

The unsurpassed show of Chesney will not leave its fans unsatisfied. The film is like a fresh gulp of water, giving an opportunity to immerse completely in the atmosphere of music, provided by superb performance. “Kenny Chesney: Summer in 3D” is like a real visit to the performance, that will take the audience’s breath away.

Kenny describes the filming as a brilliant and somehow scary action, fully equipped with cameras. The documentary shows the concert tour alive in all its beauty and transfers the viewer to the place of concert events.

Chesney is said to be the most popular event with all tickets sold in such towns as San Francisco, Chicago, Seattle, Detroit and Boston. Over 35 million records with the well-known songs, such as “Living in Fast Forward”, “Beer in Mexico”, “Summertime” have been already sold.

The documentary includes fascinating music events of six nights in five different places. It was shot with special equipment and using of 3D footage.

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The White Stripes under Great White Northern Lights

Release Date: March 12th, 2010

Starring: Jack White, Meg White

Director: Emmett Malloy

Studio: IFC Films

Genre: Documentary, Musical

Runtime: 1 hour 32 minutes

THE WHITE STRIPES UNDER GREAT WHITE NORTHERN LIGHTS directed by Emmet Malloy is a highly expressive feature film based on the concert work of the White Stripes. The film reveals their breakthrough Canadian tour of 2007 crowned with a grand show dedicated to the 10th anniversary. It took place in famous Savoy Theatre in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia.

The film unveils the inner life of an enigmatic band. Emmet Malloy managed to capture the most extraordinary versions of their songs. We get involved in a great number of shows taking place at improvised stages in city buses, cafés and local bowling alleys.

 The film also gives us a close-up of Jack and Meg White’s private life. We see one of music's most mysterious duos chatting, arguing and playing a 'one note show.' The film is remarkable for impressive use of the band's concert colors: red, white and black.

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Skiing Everest

Release Date: March 18th, 2010

Starring: Steve Marolt, John Callahan, Jim Gile, Mike Marolt, Chris Davenport

Director: Les Guthman, Mike Marolt

Writer: Les Guthman

Studio: Montezuma Basin Productions

Genre: Documentary

Runtime: 1 hour 22 minutes

“Skiing Everest” is an incredible adventure, taken by a group of close friends, united by their passion for mountain skiing. Led by twin brothers Mike and Steve Marolt, originated from Aspen, Colorado, the group has skiing from above 8 kilometers of Everest as its object. The brothers have become keen skiers since childhood thanks to their father, Max Marolt, who became Olympic skier in 1960.

The expedition to Everest wasn’t the easy one, proceeding from the fact that the skiers preferred to have neither hiring guides, familiar to the mountain relief, nor supplemental oxygen balloons with them. The group led by Marolt, climbed also without any assistance of Sherpas, whom people often hire to carry their equipment.

“Skiing Everest” is not only a story, describing a new era in skiing, but also a tale of two brothers from Aspen and their childhood. Alongside the full of danger high altitude skiing from the highest mountain in the world, the film touches upon the history of conquering the peaks of Everest. The story of skiing Everest includes the interviews about previous successful attempts, taken in different times by Hans Kammerlander, Laura Bakos and Chris Davenport. The film shows us a really breathtaking adventure to the top of the world.

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Severe Clear

Release Date: March 12th, 2010

Starring: Mike Scotti

Director: Kristian Fraga

Writer: Kristian Fraga

Studio: Sirk Productions

Genre: Documentary, War

Runtime: 1 hour 33 minutes

The documentary “Severe Clear” directed by Kristian Fraga presents to the viewer a story of battle front in Iraqi. The film is based on the operation called Operation Iraqi Freedom. It is an ambitious story of Mike Scotti and the Marines, described in its true colors.

The film “Severe Clear” shows chaos, cruelty and sternness of war. It makes the audience be aware of all the real things that took place in Iraqi. Constant battles, trainings and battles again and again, what we can observe here. Blood, dead bodies… In other words these are the real and terrible pictures of war presented by this documentary, and the paradox is that this war is for freedom and for justice…

In the film the attacks of World Trade Center and Pentagon, and then the attacks of Kuwait are shown. The Operation Iraqi Freedom begins with the resolution of President Bush. The main hero of a film Mike Scotti is a lieutenant and a fighter for truth. He takes part in all the events and struggles with savageness and patriotism. He is ready to sacrifice his life and die for freedom and peace.

“Severe Clear” is the documentary, depicting not only the courage of soldiers, but also the tragedy of war, that has taken the lives of many innocent people.

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See What I'm Saying: The Deaf Entertainers Documentary

Release Date: March 18th, 2010

Starring: C.J. Jones, Robert DeMayo, T.L. Forsberg, Bob Hiltermann, Bernard Bragg

Director: Hilari Scarl

Writer: Lisa Leeman, Dalan Musson

Studio: Worldplay

Genre: Documentary

Runtime: 1 hour 31 minutes

The documentary “See What I'm Saying: The Deaf Entertainers Documentary” is an extraordinary story of four deaf but talented people: Bob, CJ, Robert and TL. All of them have a great desire to perform their talents. It is very complicated for them to reach their desired objectives because of their inferiority. But in contravention of every rule of normal people they work hard to blaze a trail between the world of normal and deaf people.

Their talents are unsurpassed: Bob is a drummer, CJ is a comic, Robert is an actor and TL is a singer.

The film is directed perfectly by Hilari Scarl and is an embodiment of the full understanding of deaf people’s world and their hopes in the future. Four strong personalities, who are ready to win the heats and get comprehension they need, are shown in the film “See What I'm Saying: The Deaf Entertainers Documentary”.

The culture of people, who were deprived of normal life and abilities from the childhood, is highlighted in the film.

This documentary describes to the audience real facts, people and their feelings. It is a breathtaken story, giving us a good example of how people should behave in difficult situations and go further and never give up despite of all. 

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Neil Young Trunk Show

Release Date: March 19th, 2010

Starring: Anthony Crawford, Ben Keith, Ralph Molina, Rick Rosas, Neil Young

Director: Jonathan Demme

Studio: Clinica Estetico

Genre: Documentary, Musical

Runtime: 1 hour 22 minutes

“Neil Young Trunk Show” directed by Jonathan Demme (famous by films “Philadelphia” and “Silence of the Lambs”) is a deep sight into the world of mesmerizing music, played by Neil Young.

The film covers a wide range of musical compositions, performed by Neil and his band during the shows at the Tower Theater, situated in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. A spiritual nature of the musician can be seen perfectly well on stage, where he does his best, surrounded by his favourite instruments. The stage decoration is worth special attention. Besides the music instruments, it is decorated by a tiny guitar shop model, a red-coloured phone and other things of great interest.

His old good friends and supporters: Ben Keith, Rick Rosas, Anthony Crawford, Ralph Molina and Pegi Young accompany Neil Young during the Chrome Dreams II tour.

Among the compositions, played by Neil and his company, are acoustic pieces "Mexico" and "Sad Movies", deeply psycological "No Hidden Path", chaotic numbers like "Cinnamon Girl" and "Like a Hurricane", as well as rarely performed tracks like "Ambulance Blues" and "Kansas".

As addition to really fantastic sounds of his guitar, Young plays also an old piano, full of melancoly and sings his heart out.

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