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14 Women
USA, 2007, 77 min.
An intimate documentary portrait of the 14 female senators who currently serve our country. Director Mary Lambert has gained extraordinary access, following the senators cinema verité style from 2004–2006 as they struggle to fight the good fight while balancing family, friends and workload.... more
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Angels in the Dust
South Africa, 2007, 94 min.
A wealthy Johannesburg family abandons their comfortable existence and spends their life savings to establish an orphanage in a village where 50% of the population is HIV-positive. This powerful documentary celebrates how children who are surrounded by death and tragedy can be instilled with strengt... more
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Anita O'Day: The life of a Jazz Singer
USA, 2007, 93 min.
This biographical documentary chronicles one of the most respected female vocalists in jazz, Anita O’Day (1919-2006), who died mere weeks after contributing interviews for the film.... more
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As Seen Through These Eyes
USA, 2007, 70 min.
Hilary Helstein’s revelatory documentary looks at the Holocaust from point of view of those interned who fought back by making art, documenting the horrors that lay before them as well as those dwelling so uneasily in their memories. Narrated by Maya Angelou.... more
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Autism: The Musical
USA, 2007, 94 min.
An emotional, loving, and moving documentary following the six-month rehearsal process of the aptly-named Miracle Project, in which a group of autistic children write and perform a full-length musical.... more
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Ballerina
France, 2007, 77 min.
Fans of Ballets Russes will enjoy this resplendent documentary about the training and unique skills of five dancers from the Mariniinski Theater, formerly known as the Kirov Ballet. Rich with ravishing performances, it focuses on some of Russia’s pre-eminent ballerinas.... more
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Black White + Gray
USA, 2007, 72 min.
Exploring the relationships between legendary curator Sam Wagstaff, famed photographer Robert Mapplethorpe and punk rock’s “poet laureate” Patti Smith, Black White + Gray reveals the fascinating story of the influential figures who helped form the epicenter of New York’s grand collision of ar... more
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Body of War
USA, 2007, 87 min.
Veteran talk-show host Phil Donahue’s Academy Award-nominated documentary is a hardhitting indictment of governmental misuse of power focusing on one of its most courageous victims—a soldier paralyzed by a bullet five days after his arrival in Iraq.... more
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The Bodybuilder and I
Canada, 2007, 86 min.
Bryan Friedman’s account of his distant father’s obsessive training for a “Grandmaster” bodybuilding title is a confessional and amusing documentary about re-establishing bonds.... more
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Body & Soul: Diana & Kathy
USA, 2007, 40 min.
Director Alice Elliot’s Body & Soul: Diana & Kathy is an intimate portrait of two women with disabilities who are determined to live independent, non-institutionalized lives.... more
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The Business of Being Born
USA, 2007, 84 min.
Abby Epstein’s intelligent investigative documentary details the downside of hospital child birthing practices while stumping for innately healthier natural childbirth methods. Actor Ricki Lake (shown having her baby naturally) is our guide through this perfect companion piece to Sicko.... more
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Call Me Troy
USA, 2007, 100 min.
A rousing, riveting paean to a hero of the contemporary fight for GLBT rights, Call Me Troy traces the life and times of the charismatic Reverend Troy Perry, a founder of the Metropolitan Community Church in Los Angeles, self-proclaimed “polar teddy bear” and tireless activist for gay rights ... more
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Cat Dancers
USA, 2007, 75 min.
Before Siegfried and Roy, there was Ron and Joy Holiday. Cat Dancers is the story of the husband and wife team who became the world's first exotic cat entertainers in the 1960's. Their act and their lives changed dramatically when dashing young Chuck Lizza joined the pair in the 1980's. In a ... more
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The Champagne Spy
Israel, 2007, 90 min.
Oded is just 12 years old when his father reveals to him that he's a Mossad spy. While anxiously awaiting his return from a top secret mission in Cairo, Oded journeys into the shadowy corners of his father's real and covert identities.... more
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Chihuly in the Hotshop
USA, 2007, 90 min.
This engaging documentary focuses on Dale Chihuly, whose work in the field of glassblowing has revolutionized the medium. The camera follows Chihuly at a weeklong residency at the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, where it captures the creative chaos of his working style.... more
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Children of the Sun
Israel, 2007, 70 min.
Winner of Best Documentary at the Jerusalem Film Festival, this fascinating collage of archival materials spanning the years 1930–1980, illustrates aspects of the kibbutz movement from its utopian beginnings to ultimate disintegration.... more
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Eight Twenty Eight
Israel, 2007, 60 min.
A personal and poetic look at changes in kibbutz life by a filmmaker trying to decide whether he should remain a member.... more
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Encounters at the End of the World
USA, 2007, 99 min.
Not just another penguin movie—humans share equal time with nature as maverick director Werner Herzog explores his newest frontier, Antarctica, to capture the absurd, the surreal and the sublime of this icy wilderness at the bottom of the world.
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Freeheld
USA, 2007, 38 min.
Laurel Hester, a policewoman with 25 years of service on the Ocean County police force, faces a form of discrimination that confronts too many people in contemporary America. This incredibly moving documentary draws attention to the issue of domestic partnership benefits for same-sex couples in a wa... more
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Garbage Warrior
United Kingdom, 2007, 86 min.
Maverick architect Mike Reynolds has been building sustainable housing for 30 years in New Mexico using beer cans, tires, and plastics; this film tracks his fight against state bureaucrats.... more
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Hats Off
USA, 2007, 81 min.
Mimi Weddell, 92 years young, makes her living in New York City in “theatre, movies, print and little TV things that come along.” As the camera follows her from lessons to auditions and back, we discover one woman—seen in Sex & the City, Law and Order, Hitch and The Purple Rose of Cairomore
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Hollywood Singing & Dancing
USA, 2007, 118 min.
Hollywood Singing and Dancingis a wonderfully entertaining and comprehensive documentary about the Hollywood Musical—a celebration of song and dance that begins with the era of Busby Berkley through the highly acclaimed 2007 box office smash hit Dreamgirls.... more
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Icon
USA, 2007, 60 min.
Filmmaker Teddy Grouya takes a fascinating look at the iconic images of the early Eastern European churches with an inspirational Romanian artist.... more
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La France
France, 2007, 102 min.
Winner of the prestigious Prix Jean Vigo for spirit of independence, Serge Bozon’s La France follows WWI home-front bride Sylvie Tustud who refuses to take her husband’s “Dear John” letter sitting down and heads for the front. Described as “Bresson meets The Beatles,” the film fairly sings wi... more
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Lagerfeld Confidential
France, 2007, 87 min.
Fashionistas and non-fashionistas alike will enjoy this documentary about the prolific and eccentric German-born designer Karl Lagerfeld, reviver of the Chanel brand, stylish to the tips of his fingers—adorned in fingerless gloves and multiple silver rings.... more
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Lake of Fire
USA, 2006, 152 min.
A brave look at the issue of abortion, this 15-years-in-the-making documentary tackles the conflict with shades of grey and offers no easy right or wrong. Utilizing a wide range of interviews with fundamentalists, pro-choicers and politicians, Lake of Fire focuses on the physical and psycholo... more
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A Man Named Pearl
USA, 2006, 78 min.
This charming documentary (akin in tone to The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill) follows a factory worker and self-taught topiary artist who transformed his South Carolina yard into an inspirational garden—and a major tourist destination.... more
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My Enemy's Enemy
France, 2007, 87 min.
This hard-hitting documentary on the Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie looks at how society has trouble dealing with ‘human monsters’, and how the hypocrisy of Western governments allowed Barbie to operate as a U.S. counter-intelligence agent against budding democracies in Latin America.... more
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Nanking
USA, 2007, 91 min.
A chilling chronicle of the Japanese army’s 1937 invasion and obliteration of Nanking, China, told through the letters and diaries of a handful of Western expatriates who stayed to establish a makeshift safety zone in the ravaged city, as well as testimonies of both Nanking survivors and Japanese so... more
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No End In Sight
USA, 2007, 102 min.
An excoriating survey of the U.S. policy that led to the Iraq conflict and the subsequent descent into guerilla warfare, criminality and anarchy after the fall of Baghdad because of decisions by officials with scant military experience or knowledge of the Arab world.... more
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Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
USA, 2007, 81 min.
A deeply moving documentary drawn from the letters, memoirs and fiction of U.S. personnel serving in Afghanistan and Iraq, providing a human window into America’s current conflicts, with historical perspective from established writers including Tobias Wolff.... more
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The Orchestra of Piazza Vittorio
Italy, 2006, 90 min.
A breath of fresh air, this real-life fairy tale tells the story of the making of a multi-cultural orchestra in the heart of a depressed Roman neighborhood.... more
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Passion and Power: The Technology of Orgasm
USA, 2007, 74 min.
This humorous, revealing, and informative documentary traces the history of the vibrator, which evolved along with the women’s movement, from medical to mechanical to recreational device.... more
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The Pixar Story
88 min.
Oscar nominated director Leslie Iwerks takes us on a twenty-year journey through the world of Pixar Animation Studios, where creativity, science, and daily drama have fueled their pioneering pursuits of an ever inspired art form.... more
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Please Vote For Me
China, 2007, 58 min.
A delightful documentary about an experiment in democracy in a Chinese classroom. Three eight-year-olds vie for the position of class monitor—canvass, debate and take strategy tips from their over-eager parents—in this microcosm of contemporary Chinese culture.... more
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The Price of Sugar
USA, 2007, 90 min.
Most Americans know the Dominican Republic only as a tourist destination, but we use their chief export everyday. The Price of Sugar reveals the ugly truth behind the island nation’s biggest industry and chronicles the efforts of a caring and charismatic Spanish priest to change an unjust sys... more
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A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman
Canada, 2007, 92 min.
Peter Raymont’s documentary follows author Ariel Dorfman—the pre-eminent English-language chronicler of Chilean injustice in the wake of Pinochet’s 1973 coup—as he returns to Santiago after years in exile. A trenchant and long-overdue look at the artist as a man of principle.... more
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The Quest for the Missing Piece
Israel, 2007, 52 min.
A young gay man living in Tel Aviv with his non-Jewish German partner, director Oded Lotan offers a gently humorous fairy tale about the history of circumcision while reflecting on his sexuality and Israeli identity.... more
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Salim Baba
India, 2007, 14 min.
Salim Muhammad has made a living since he was ten by screening discarded film scraps for the kids in his surrounding neighborhoods using a hand-cranked projector.... more
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Santa Fe Street
Chile, 2007, 163 min.
Calle Santa Fé in the suburbs of Santiago de Chile on 5th October 1974. Carmen Castillo survives her partner, Miguel Enríquez, leader of the Revolutionary Left-Wing Movement (MIR) and of the Resistance against the Pinochet dictatorship, killed in combat. Calle Santa Fe is the story of this wo... more
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Sari's Mother
USA, 2006, 21 min.
James Longley (director of the Academy Award nominated Iraq in Fragments) follows an Iraqi mother struggling under U.S. occupation to care for her son, who is dying of AIDS.... more
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She's a Boy I Knew
Canada, 2007, 70 min.
When Gwen Haworth decided to be true to her identity, her loved ones lost someone—their son, brother and husband—Steven. This sensitive documentary examines the emotional impact of her successful gender transformation on her nearest and dearest... more
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Surfwise
USA, 2007, 93 min.
This lively documentary follows 85-year-old surfer and health guru Dorian “Doc” Paskowitz, whose strict, bohemian life with his wife and nine children resulted in various arrested developments.... more
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Taxi to the Dark Side
USA, 2007, 106 min.
Alex Gibney (Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room) investigates the 2002 murder of an imprisoned taxi driver at a US military base, as well as the deliberately ambiguous torture policies of the Bush Administration.... more
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To the Limit
Germany, 2007, 95 min.
German filmmaker Pepe Danquart documents the Huber brothers, famed speed rock-climbers, as they scale alpine cliffs and test their physical and emotional limits, roped together for life.... more
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War/Dance
USA, 2007, 105 min.
Outside a refugee camp in remote northern Uganda, the violence and grief of a 20-year civil war rage. Meanwhile, within the camp’s fences, children sing and dance. This moving documentary about preparations for a nationwide music festival finds hope in horror, revealing the pride and exuberance of t... more
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White Light/Black Rain
USA, 2007, 86 min.
An expansion of the Oscar-nominated short The Mushroom Club (2005), this powerful portrait draws much of its considerable power through interviews with Japanese survivors of the US bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II. The director also speaks with some of the scientists and ... more
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