A Black Jesus
A documentary
In Siculiana, a small Sicilian town full of flaking facades, religiosity is lived out as a matter of course. And of course the figure of Jesus Christ worshipped here is black, and always has been. However, some people cannot get used to their dark-skinned neighbours in the refugee camp ... (more)
Ask Dr. Ruth (2019)
A documentary starring Ruth Westheimer, Pierre Lehu and Cliff Rubin
A documentary portrait chronicling the incredible life of Dr. Ruth Westheimer, a Holocaust survivor who became America's most famous sex therapist. As her 90th birthday approaches, Dr. Ruth revisits her painful past and her career at the forefront of the sexual revolution.
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ausgrissn!
A documentary
The brothers Julian and Thomas Wittmann want to get out of the daily routine in their Bavarian village - and set off. To seek great freedom, adventure and happiness in faraway places. 12,000 km on two old mopeds that take them from Bavaria to the North Sea, across the pond to New York and on through the land of opportunity ... (more)
Memory: The Origins of Alien
A documentary starring Ronald Shusett, Roger Christian and Ivor Powell
The untold origin story behind Ridley Scott's Alien - rooted in Greek and Egyptian mythologies, underground comics, the art of Francis Bacon, and the dark visions of Dan O'Bannon and H.R. Giger. A contemplation on the symbiotic collaborative process of movie-making, the power of myth, and our collective unconscious.
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Stand Up My Beauty
A documentary starring Nardos Wude Tesfaw
Nardos, an Azmari singer from Addis Ababa, dreams of telling stories about the lives of ordinary people through her music. In her search for the stories behind her songs, she meets Gennet, a poet who lives on the streets with her children. Nardos puts the lives, visions and power of Ethiopian women at the center of her creation as we slowly immerse ourselves in a rapidly changing country.
Summer of Soul (2021)
A documentary starring Tony Lawrence, Stevie Wonder and Jesse Jackson
During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival, celebrating African American music and culture, and promoting Black pride and unity. The footage from the festival sat in a basement, unseen for over 50 years, keeping this incredible event in America’s history lost – until now.