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Shadow Billionaire

DHL Founder and billionaire Larry Hillblom seemed to have vanished into thin air when he failed to return from a routine flight in his vintage Seabee. After his…

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River of Renewal

The American Indian Film Festival has honored River of Renewal by choosing it for the festival's opening night. The World Premiere will occur Friday, Novemb…

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BLAST!

Prepare for an exciting, enlightening ride around the world and across the Universe! Acclaimed filmmaker Paul Devlin's brother, Mark Devlin, PhD, leads an…

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Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer

The film is the first, definitive documentary on the life of the legendary jazz vocalist. In Anita's own words, we hear the tale of a musical genius who bro…

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Ask Not Examines "Don't Ask Don't Tell"

Ask Not is a rare and compelling exploration of the U.S. military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. The film exposes the tangled political battles that led to t…

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The Life Penalty

How did a rebel public defender from Boulder, Colorado, throw a monkey wrench into America’s "death machine"? Slip into a juror’s seat as David Wymore…

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The Powder & The Glory

The Powder & the Glory tells the story of two of the first highly successful women entrepreneurs in America, Elizabeth Arden and Helena Rubinstein. One hund…

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SPLIT: A Divided America

Shocking and informative, SPLIT: A DIVIDED AMERICA takes a behind the scenes look at the partisanship dominating our politics. Balancing candid discussions with…

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Beyond Belief

Susan Retik and Patti Quigley are two ordinary soccer moms living in the affluent suburbs of Boston until tragedy strikes. Rather than turning inwards, grief co…

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Debate Team

Debate Team is a documentary exploring the weird subculture of competitive college debate.  Competitors battle at 360 words per minute, hauling around mountains…

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Land of Confusion

In March of 2004 a Pennsylvania filmmaker was activated with his National Guard unit and deployed to Iraq.  During the next twelve months he would document his…

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Breath Control

Breath Control is a documentary about making music with nothing but the human voice. The human beat box is one of the key elements in the development of Hip Hop…