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61) Public Figure
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
A documentary that investigates the psychological effects of everyday social media use while exploring how our influencers deal with the fame, money, hate, and obsession that comes with it.
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
Ethically charged, controversial, and confusing, JT’s life and death sprang open a Pandora’s box of powerful questions about literature and culture, identity and celebrity, and the reality of the society we live in. Fraud? Art? Sociopathy? Complicity? THE CULT OF JT LEROY is a testament to this bizarre and elaborate story that has captured the attention and fascination of the world’s media, and perplexes to this day. JT LeRoy was a teen prostitute,...
64) Dries
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
For the first time, fashion designer Dries Van Noten allows a filmmaker to accompany him in his creative process and rich home life. For an entire year Reiner Holzemer documented the precise steps that Dries takes to conceive of four collections: the rich fabrics, embroidery and prints exclusive to his designs, as well as the emblematic fashion shows that bring his collections to the world and have become cult “must sees’ at the Parisian Fashion...
65) Geek Girls
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
Nerdy women - the "hidden half" of fan culture - open up about their lives in the world of conventions, video games, and other rife-with-misogyny pop culture touchstones. While geek communities have recently risen to prominence, very little attention is paid to nerdy women. Filmmaker Gina Hara, struggling with her own geek identity, explores the issue with a cast of women who live geek life up to the hilt: A feminist geek blogger, a convention-trotting...
66) Elstree 1976
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
In this fascinating documentary, go behind the scenes of one of the most iconic film series of all time: *Star Wars*. The actors and extras who played aliens, storm troopers, rebels and even Darth Vader in George Lucas' *Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope* reminisce about their time on set and how making the Sci-Fi classic affected their lives and careers, for better or for worse. *"A sweet, quietly funny, fascinating and contemplative study of 10 character...
67) Gods and Kings
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
In the muddy market square of Momostenango, Guatemala, where shamans burn offerings in the shadow of the Catholic church, prehispanic gods dance beside horror movie monsters and dictators from the dark days of the Cold War. Unlike the folkloric performances long studied by anthropologists, this new dance won't show up on any postcard. In some villages, it's even been banned for frightening tourists. So how did these fiberglass masks of Xena: Warrior...
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
For years, there has been widespread speculation, but very little consensus, about the relationship between violent video games and violence in the real world. Joystick Warriors provides the clearest account yet of the latest research on this issue. Drawing on the insights of media scholars, military analysts, combat veterans, and gamers themselves, the film trains its sights on the wildly popular genre of first-person shooter games, exploring how...
69) The Last Laugh
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
Are we allowed to make jokes about the Holocaust? In this outrageously funny and thought-provoking film, filmmaker Ferne Pearlstein puts the question about comedy's ultimate taboo to legends including Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, Sarah Silverman, Gilbert Gottfried, Harry Shearer, Jeff Ross, Judy Gold, Susie Essman, Larry Charles, and many other critical thinkers, as well as Holocaust survivors themselves. Through these interviews and clips from our...
70) GoldenEra
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
GoldenEye 007 made a cultural impact on a generation of gamers due to its innovative stealth, action shooter mechanics and multiplayer feature. Relive the legacy of the game as told by journalists, celebrities and the game’s designers.
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
Five individuals who have Hollywood aspirations share their personal stories of what it means to them to pursue the American dream. Nominated for the Adam Yauch Hörnblowér Award at the **SXSW Film Festival.** Winner of Best Film at the **Sarasota Film Festival.** *"Ott has artfully constructed a slippery hall of human mirrors, testing and subverting the rules of empathy in documentary and narrative cinema alike." - Guy Lodge, **Variety***
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
When it comes to intimacy and sex, young people today are apparently doing away with the old rules of romance and cutting straight to the chase. If recent reports are to be believed, the rise of hookup culture on college campuses is in the process of killing off dating and courtship, radically altering some of our most basic assumptions about heterosexual sex and gender. But for all the speculation, there's been little beyond anecdotal evidence to...
73) Norman Lear
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
The first documentary about legendary showrunner Norman Lear, who dominated and reshaped television for decades. Largely responsible for the explosion of bold American television in the 1970s, Lear’s name is synonymous with the sitcom, yet he brought provocative subjects like war, poverty and prejudice to 120 million viewers every week, Lear proved that social change was possible through an unlikely prism – laughter. With unprecedented access...
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
A documentary about veteran character actor Dick Miller, whose career in and outside of Hollywood has spanned almost 200 films across six decades, featuring a diverse range of interviews with directors, co-stars, and contemporaries including Roger Corman, Joe Dante and Leonard Maltin. Nominated for an Audience Award for Best Documentary at **SXSW Film Festival**. *"Miller is such a character that Drenner takes the advice offered him by many of the...
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
Follow the story behind one of America's most legendary humor publications in this hilarious documentary. From the 1970s thru the 1990s, the hippest and most outrageous comedy in print was *The National Lampoon*. The groundbreaking humor magazine pushed the limits of taste and acceptability, parodying everything from politics, religion, entertainment and the whole of American lifestyle. The print publication even branched out into successful radio...
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
"Viewing Disney without rose-colored glasses," as the Boston Globe put it, Mickey Mouse Monopoly takes a close and critical look at the world of Disney's animated films, and the stories they tell about race, gender, and class. The video reaches disturbing conclusions about the values being propagated under the veneer of childhood innocence and fun. Featuring interviews with media experts, cultural critics, child psychologists, kindergarten teachers,...
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
This compelling new documentary focuses on the sexual dilemmas and difficult life choices young girls face as they come of age in contemporary American culture. Challenging long-held myths about girlhood, the film draws on the insights of girls themselves to explore and shed light on their actual lived experience as they navigate our increasingly hyper-sexualized society. The voices of a diverse range of girls are supplemented with accessible analysis...
79) Being Evel
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
Millions know the man; few know his story. Academy Award-winning director Daniel Junge and producer Johnny Knoxville take a candid look at daredevil Evel Knievel, while reflecting on our voracious public appetite for heroes and spectacle. Nominated for the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary at the **Sundance Film Festival**. *"A savvy documentary that gives the granddaddy of extreme sports his due while gauging the national climate that welcomed...
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
Young readers edition.
Description
From the acclaimed Ojibwe author and professor Anton Treuer comes an essential book of questions and answers for Native and non-Native young readers alike. Ranging from "Why is there such a fuss about nonnative people wearing Indian costumes for Halloween?" to "Why is it called a 'traditional Indian fry bread taco'?" to "What's it like for natives who don't look native?" to "Why are Indians so often imagined rather than understood?", and beyond, EVERYTHING...
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