#HOTDOCS: “TAMING THE GARDEN”
By Justin Waldman
A completely fascinating tale of wealth vs nature and what humans are willing to sacrifice to gain something else. Taming the Garden is so rich in its presentation, and so wild in facts that it almost feels surreal. When former Prime Minister of Georgia wants to buy fully grown trees and remove them to his own private garden, he promised locals infrastructure in exchange, but the question that was never truly asked was at what cost? Give up the gorgeous nature in exchange ...
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#HOTDOCS: “SILENT VOICE”
By George Kozera
SILENT VOICE is powerful Documentary about young people fleeing Chechnya due to its anti-gay policies and continued deadly violence toward the LBGTQ community. A must-see companion piece alongside last year’s searing “Welcome to Chechnya”, this Movie only focuses on one person.
Khavaj is a young Mixed Martial Arts fighter who was tormented ruthlessly by his own brother back home and now lives in Belgium, receiving support from a non-profit group and awaits to see ...
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#HOTDOCS: “FAITH AND BRANKO”
By George Kozera
Faith is in Serbia to learn all about gypsy music known as Roma. While there, she meets Branko, a Roma Violinist, and this British Artist slowly develops romantic feelings towards her effervescent musical collaborator. They make beautiful music together and decide to marry.
FAITH AND BRANKO follows these lovebirds as they journey through their life together. While wonderful at first, Faith needs her travel itch to be scratched and Branko is reluctant to leave his family ...
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#HOTDOCS: “LOVE IT WAS NOT”
By George Kozera
My mother spent the last nine months of World War II in Auschwitz and I grew-up hearing her many first hand accounts of living in a Concentration Camp. Not only had visiting the site left me with images I will never forget, I make a point of watching any films that deal with the Holocaust during daytime hours. That’s how I viewed Filmmaker Maya Sarfaty’s astonishing Documentary LOVE IT WAS NOT, based on a love affair between Helena Zitron (a stunningly beautiful Jewish ...
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#HOTDOCS: “ANY GIVEN DAY”
By Justin Waldman
The United States penal system is broken, Any Given Day proves that. One town in Chicago, specifically Chicago’s Cook County Mental Health Court offers people with any mental illness a rehabilitation program instead of traditional probation but under the same restrictions as probation. While this is a step in the right direction, after the program ends people are left to their own devices, and any relapse or reconviction for anything caused by their mental health would ...
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#GIVEAWAY: ENTER FOR A CHANCE TO WIN A DIGITAL DOWNLOAD OF “NOMADLAND”
Searchlight Pictures x Mr. Will are thrilled to give Readers a chance to win a free Digital Download of Academy Award Best Picture winner, NOMADLAND.
Synopsis:
Following the economic collapse of a town in rural Nevada, Fern (Frances McDormand) packs her van and explores an unconventional life in the vast landscape of the American West. Along the way, she forms unbreakable bonds with other nomads in this powerfully moving story of hope and resilience from director Chloé Zhao, based on ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: NEW TRAILER FOR “BLUE MIRACLE”
Dennis Quaid stars in BLUE MIRACLE, based on an inspiring true story. See the new Trailer!
Synopsis:
The incredible true story of Casa Hogar, the Mexican boys home that entered the world's biggest fishing tournament to save their orphanage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXHCBnT3d4k&ab_channel=Netflix
BLUE MIRACLE arrives on Netflix May 27, 2021.
(Photo/video credit: Netflix)
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#HOTDOCS: “ROCKFIELD: THE STUDIO ON THE FARM”
By Justin Waldman
It is the year of the Music Documentary and Rockfield: The Studio on the Farm packs the Rock and Roll punch it needs. Brothers Kingsley and Charles Ward, they turned in their milk farm and created a recording studio and word spread like wildfire and they became one of the most famous recording studios. The likes of Black Sabbath, Oasis, Robert Plant, Iggy Pop, etc. have recorded at Rockfield.
What makes this Documentary so great, is the history and stories that have ...
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#HOTDOCS: “A.RTIFICIAL I.MMORTALITY”
By Justin Waldman
A.rtificial I.mmortality is incredibly interesting Documentary asking us the difficult questions of what if we could place our mind and moreover conscious in an AI program. While this has been explored throughout countless fictitious films, the Documentary scratches the surface of the science, moral questions, and real possibilities of artificial immortality. The Documentary features several interviews with Nick Bostrom, Douglas Rushkoff, Ben Goertzel, Deepak Chopra and ...
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#HOTDOCS: “THE FACE OF ANONYMOUS”
By Justin Waldman
The Face of Anonymous explores the powers of "Hacktivist" group Anonymous while focuses on Commander X specifically. Anonymous is the group behind cyber-attacks and supporter of Wikileaks while getting justice for the voiceless. However, The Face of Anonymous focuses solely on one member, Commander X - real name Christopher Mark Doyon - who is currently wanted by the FBI. One of the many things that Commander X is responsible for is hacking VISA, Paypal and Mastercard for ...
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