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Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story
USA, 2011, 84 min.
This moving and gripping documentary places the daring Operation Entebbe hostage-rescue mission by Israeli Defense forces against the fascinating backdrop of the largely untold life story of its commander, Yoni Netanyahu, older brother of the current Israeli Prime Minister.... more
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Michel Petrucciani
France, 2011, 102 min.
Petrucciani was born with a crippling genetic disorder that prevented him from growing more than three feet tall. Yet he become one the greatest jazz pianists. A wonderful documentary portrait of a larger-than-life personality by Michael Radford (Il Postino).... more
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Tatsumi
Singapore, 2011, 96 min.
An animated tribute to Japanese gekiga (adult manga) artist Tatsumi Hoshihiro, Singaporean Khoo’s episodic tale combines aspects of Tasumi’s life with five of the master’s bizarre stories. Sex and violence play a big part in this vivid and unforgettable work.... more
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Vito
USA, 2011, 93 min.
A fascinating documentary about the life of pioneering gay activist, film historian and author Vito Russo, author of the seminal The Celluloid Closet (1981) and a leading player in the early Gay Liberation movement.... more
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