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  • The Waiting Game
    Movie + 9 extras

    The Waiting Game

    Movie + 9 extras

    The Waiting Game is a powerful documentary that reveals an incredible battle between the NBA and a tiny not for profit working to gain full recognition for the men of the ABA -- a colorful, exciting, rival league that arguably invented the modern game of basketball. It's a fight for benefits the ...

  • Shorts Showcase #1

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  • Love, Charlie
    Movie + 1 extra

    Love, Charlie

    Movie + 1 extra

    Chef Charlie Trotter revolutionized American cuisine and paved the way for today’s celebrity chefs. His eponymous Chicago restaurant was one of the world’s top dining destinations. To his employees, Chef Charlie Trotter was an enigmatic guru. To the media, he was an overbearing perfectionist. But...

  • Copa 71
    Movie + 1 extra

    Copa 71

    Movie + 1 extra

    It is August 1971. T eams from England, Argentina, Mexico, France, Denmark, and Italy gathered in Mexico City for a watershed soccer tournament: lavish sponsorship, extensive TV
    coverage, merchandise on every street corner, and over 100,000 roaring fans turned the historic Azteca stadium into a c...

  • All the Light in the Sky

    Movie + 1 extra

    Jane Adams (HBO’s Hung, The Anniversary Party and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) stars as an actress living in Malibu who faces harsh realities of the industry as her age exempts her from more and more acting opportunities. Amidst this career and life crisis enters the actress’s niece, pl...

  • Bad Press
    Movie + 2 extras

    Bad Press

    Movie + 2 extras

    Imagine you lived in a world where your only reliable news source became government propaganda overnight. That’s exactly what happened to the citizens of the Muscogee Nation, the
    fourth largest Native American tribe, in 2018. Out of 574 federally-recognized tribes, the Muscogee Nation was one of ...

  • Never Look Away
    Movie + 1 extra

    Never Look Away

    Movie + 1 extra

    The unbelievable, yet entirely true, story of an incredible woman comes to vivid light in NEVER LOOK AWAY , the new film about Margaret Moth, a pioneering news camerawoman dedicated to documenting the civilian impact of war, who stared death in the face but refused to look away. Acclaimed actor a...

  • This Is Not Financial Advice

    Movie + 1 extra

    Glauber “Pro” Contessoto—an immigrant working multiple jobs and living in a 220-square-foot apartment—gambles his life savings on a joke cryptocurrency. Two months later, he becomes “The Dogecoin Millionaire” and a hero to his growing YouTube following.

    It’s easy to get rich online. But as Pro ...

  • JessZilla
    Movie + 6 extras

    JessZilla

    Movie + 6 extras

    Jesselyn Silva, a 15-year-old girl from New Jersey, is a 3x national boxing champion. She has her sights set on becoming the best in boxing. Jess's father, Pedro, navigates what it means to support his daughter’s dreams in an extremely dangerous sport. As Jess is on the cusp of making the Olympic...

  • Marcella
    Movie + 1 extra

    Marcella

    Movie + 1 extra

    Marcella lived an improbably eventful life. An immigrant woman trained as a scientist, she never set foot in a kitchen until she married and moved to America in the 1950s. A childhood injury
    had left her with an injured right arm, a challenge for the physical work of food preparation. But before ...

  • Charm Circle
    Movie + 1 extra

    Charm Circle

    Movie + 1 extra

    Catalyzed by the announcement of her sister’s polyamorous wedding, Nira returns to her childhood home now crumbling from the inside out. Weaving together home videos and contemporary footage, this story paints a powerful family portrait that questions the bonds that tie us together.

  • An Honest Liar
    Movie + 4 extras

    An Honest Liar

    Movie + 4 extras

    The incredible story of the world-famous magician, escape artist, and world-renowned enemy of deception, James ‘The Amazing’ Randi. Featuring interviews with Penn Jillette, Bill Nye, Alice Cooper, “Mythbuster” Adam Savage and more, the film brings to life Randi’s intricate investigations that pub...

  • The Reverend
    Movie + 5 extras

    The Reverend

    Movie + 5 extras

    Vince Anderson made his way to New York to enter seminary, but his true calling, music, changed his life forever. With his band, The Love Choir, Vince's now legendary weekly show in a neighborhood bar has become a New York City institution.
    Through powerful revival-style performance and activism...

  • Call Me Dancer
    Movie + 7 extras

    Call Me Dancer

    Movie + 7 extras

    A 21-year-old street dancer from Mumbai is torn between his artistic dreams and his struggling parents' expectations. When he meets a feisty 75-year-old ballet master, a friendship evolves – and an adventure begins.
    From the streets of Mumbai to the stages of New York, CALL ME DANCER is a powerfu...

  • The Addict's Wake
    Movie + 1 extra

    The Addict's Wake

    Movie + 1 extra

    The amazing resilience of a single Indiana community devastated by a rash of overdose deaths. How the forgiveness of a pastor and a school teacher who lost their son inspired a movement of hope to repair and fight back against addiction and despair.

  • Saving Superman
    Movie + 1 extra

    Saving Superman

    Movie + 1 extra

    In a small suburb outside of Chicago lives Jonathan, a 57 year old man with ASD (autism spectrum disorder), also known as ‘Superman’. Known for his heroic actions, Jonathan is a revered member of the Glen Ellyn community and has been a staple in the 4th of July Parade for nearly 30 years. When Jo...

  • ImillaSkate
    Movie + 1 extra

    ImillaSkate

    Movie + 1 extra

  • The Sugarman
    Movie + 1 extra

    The Sugarman

    Movie + 1 extra

    After winning the only Olympic Boxing Gold Medal for the US at the 1972 Munich games, where he witnessed the terror attacks that shook the world, Sugar Ray Seales loses his sight and nearly everything, before an innovative surgeon gives him one last shot at hope and redemption.