Get on Up
A chronicle of James Brown’s rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.
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Director: Cate Hardman, Tate Taylor
Actors: Brandon Mychal Smith, Chadwick Boseman, Craig Robinson, Dan Aykroyd, Fred Melamed, Jill Scott, Josh Hopkins, Lennie James, Nelsan Ellis, Octavia Spencer, Viola Davis
This Boy’s Life
In 1957, a son and mother flee the East and an abusive boyfriend to find a new life, and end up in Seattle, where the mother meets a polite garage…
Newman
Legendary American asocial backwoods inventor Joseph Newman hap’s onto a brilliant discovery that ends the need for oil gas and nuclear dependency as we know it, but spends most of…
The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
Programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz achieved groundbreaking work in social justice and political organizing. His passion for open access ensnared him in a legal nightmare that ended with…
Kung Fu Elliot
The bizarre story of Elliot “White Lightning” Scott, who plans on becoming Canada’s first action hero with his low-budget karate epic, Blood Fight. This surreal documentary captures two years in…
12 O’Clock Boys
Pug, a wisecracking 13 year old living on a dangerous Westside block, has one goal in mind: to join The Twelve O’Clock Boys; the notorious urban dirt-bike gang of Baltimore….
Requiem for the American Dream
Through interviews filmed over four years, Noam Chomsky unpacks the principles that have brought us to the crossroads of historically unprecedented inequality – tracing a half-century of policies designed to…
Back on Board: Greg Louganis
Feature-length documentary about the greatest diver of all time. Four-time Olympic champion Greg Louganis has faced more than his share of challenges. In 2011, he is far from the public…