The lead journalist for Bellingcat goes on the run after being targeted for assassination by Russia in Antidote. Christo Grozev is the lead journalist of the open-source news organization Bellingcat, who is assisting a whistleblower of Russia’s poison program to flee the country. However, Grozev himself begins to fear for his life, forcing him to…
The career of trailblazing deaf actor Marlee Matlin is revisited in Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore. In 1985, a 19-year-old Marlee Matlin was cast in Randa Haines’s film adaptation of Mark Medoff’s play Children of a Lesser God. This role made Marlee Matlin the youngest Oscar winner for Best Actress and an icon for the…
The Chinese artist and activist is asked to direct a new production of Puccini’s opera in Ai Weiwei‘s Turandot. In 2018, the Rome Opera asked Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei to direct a new contemporary production of Giacomo Puccini’s China-set opera Turandot. This is a full circle moment for Ai Weiwei, who once appeared…
Three couples share their love of BASE jumping in Fly. Beginning as an outlaw act, BASE jumping has become known as one of the most extreme sports. Jimmy and Marta of Moab, Utah are two of the pioneers of this death-defying hobby and they lead a group that also includes couple Scotty and Julia. Meanwhile…
A couple develops an A.I. robot in the hope that their love transcends their lives in Love Machina. Martine and Bina Rothblatt are the founders of the Teresim Movement Foundation. Inspired by Octavia Butler’s book series Earthseed, the couple hired Bruce Duncan to create a mindfile in 2006. This provided to basis for Bina48, a…
Generative AI is used to construct a documentary about electronic music artist Brian Eno in real-time with Eno. Brian Eno is best known as a founding member of Roxy Music, a creator of ambient music, and a producer of Talking Heads, U2, and Peter Gabriel. Director Gary Hustwit incorporates over 500 hours of new and…
Lucy Lawless directs this biography of New Zealand-born CNN camerawoman Margaret Moth in Never Look Away. Margaret Moth was the first female camera operator from television in New Zealand, who began working for CNN in 1990. Beginning with coverage of Desert Storm in Kuwait, Moth approached covering war with fearlessness. Even after getting shot by…
A woman born with a rare physical disability tries to find other people like her while combating ableism in society in Is There Anybody Out There? Ella Glendining was born without hip joints, and very small femurs, and Ella’s disability is so rare that there aren’t even proper statistics. Ella joins various online groups to…
The COVID-19 pandemic exposes the broken food system in the United States in Food and Country. Mass agriculture in the United States is based on how cheap food can be produced. As the COVID-19 pandemic takes hold, farmers are expected to continue planting as if everything is returning to normal. New York Times food critic…
Ron Howard directs a look into José Andrés‘ World Central Kitchen organization in We Feed People. First becoming known as a celebrity chef, Spanish chef José Andrés put his culinary skills to humanitarian use by founding his organization World Central Kitchen. The organization’s goal is to provide disaster relief by making meals for at least…
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