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1) McQueen
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A personal look at the extraordinary life, career and artistry of Alexander McQueen. Through exclusive interviews with his closest friends and family, recovered archives, exquisite visuals and music, “McQueen” is an authentic celebration and thrilling portrait of an inspired yet tortured fashion visionary. Nominated for Outstanding British Film of the Year and Best Documentary at the **BAFTA Awards.** Nominated for Best Documentary at the **Hot...
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From Academy Award®-nominated director Joe Berlinger comes a revelatory documentary that follows the trial of infamous gangster James “Whitey” Bulger, using it as a springboard to examine accusations of corruption within our nation’s justice system. Official Selection at the Sundance Film Festival.
3) The drop box
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Examines the work of Pastor Jong-rak Lee, who accepts into his family infants placed anonymously in the "baby box" at the front of his church in Seoul, South Korea.
4) City of Gold
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Jonathan Gold pulls back the curtain on the perceived superficiality of Los Angeles to show viewers a genuine and vibrant world where ethnic cooking is a kaleidoscopic doorway to the mysteries of an unwieldy city and the soul of America.
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Revealing, occasionally awkward, and often hilarious look at how Americans have learned about sex from the early 1900s to the present. Using clips from an astounding array of sex ed films, this captures what it was like for the kids - confusion, shock, embarrassment - and as well for those doing the educating.
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Alexander 'Sasha' Shulgin is the scientist behind more than 200 psychedelic compounds, including MDMA, more commonly known as Ecstasy. Considered to be one of the greatest chemists of the 20th century, Shulgin's vast array of discoveries have had a profound impact in the field of psychedelic research, making him a subject of fascination and controversy among fellow scientists and a folk hero to recreational users of psychedelics.
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Examines the case of Dr. William Hurwitz, a pain specialist sentenced to twenty-five years in prison for drug trafficking as a result of prescribing highly addicting opioid painkillers, such as oxycontin. Raises questions into setting limits on the prescribing of opioids and whether or not "overprescription" should be treated as a criminal offense.
8) Dinosaur 13
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The incredible true story of the largest, most complete Tyrannosaurus Rex ever found, and the battle with the U.S. government after federal agents seized it.
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In a Paris suburb nicknamed Little Jerusalem, a family of Sephardic Orthodox immigrants shares a low-income apartment. Beautiful, teenaged Laura distances herself from her family's religion and her own burgeoning desire by devoting every waking moment to intellectual discipline and secular philosophy. Mathilde, Laura's married older sister, worries that strict observance of the Torah's marital codes has driven her husband Ariel into the bed of another....
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"The film follows the rehearsals and performances of seven ballets: Genus by Wayne McGregor, Medea by Angelin Preljocaj, The House of Bernarda Alba by Mats Ek, Paquita by Pierre Lacotte, The Nutcracker by Rudolph Nureyev, Orpheus and Eurydice by Pina Bausch, and Romeo and Juliet by Sasha Waltz. The film shows the work involved in administering the company and the coordinated and collaborative work of choreographers, ballet masters, dancers, musicians,...
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American food is in a state of crisis. Obesity and diabetes are on the rise, food costs are skyrocketing, family farms are in decline, and our agricultural environment is in jeopardy. Explore a thriving local food movement as our world becomes a more flavorless, disconnected, and dangerous place to eat.
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The story of Chuck Holmes, a San Francisco pornographer turned philanthropist. Holmes helped shaped and create gay identity in the years after Stonewall, and later became a major contributor to gay advocacy groups like the Human Rights Campaign and the LGBT Victory Fund, only to find later in life that while his money was welcome in philanthropic circles, he sometimes wasn't.
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Nicholas Vreeland walked away from a worldly life of privilege to become a Tibetan Buddhist monk. Grandson of legendary Vogue editor, Diana Vreeland, and trained by Irving Penn to become a photographer, Nicholas' life changed drastically upon meeting a Tibetan master, one of the teachers of the Dalai Lama.
14) Stray dogs
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"A single father makes his meager living holding up an advertising placard on a traffic island in the middle of a busy highway. His children wait out their days in supermarkets before they eat with their father and go to sleep in an abandoned building. As the father starts to come apart, a woman in the supermarket takes the children under her wing. There are real stray dogs to be fed in Tsai's everyday apocalypse, but the title also refers to its...
15) If you build it
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Follows designer-activist Emily Pilloton and Matthew Miller to rural Bertie County, the poorest in North Carolina, where they work with local high school students to help transform both their community and their lives. Living on credit and grant money and fighting a change-resistant school board, Pilloton and Miller lead their students through a year-long, full-scale design and build project that does much more than just teach basic construction skills....
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Two raging grannies on their mobility scooters travel from Seattle to Wall Street on a quest to find out whether perpetual economic growth is possible. Shirley (90) and Hinda (84) grew up during the great depression. This is a film searching for new answers, but also a film about friendship, coming of age, illness and fear of death.
17) The Dog
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Drafthouse Films volume no. 23
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In 1972, John Wojtowicz attempted to rob a Brooklyn bank to pay for his male lover's sex change operation. Three years later Al Pacino portrayed his crime in Dog day afternoon. We gain a historic perspective on New York's gay liberation movement, in which Wojtowicz played an active role. In later footage, he remains a subversive force, backed by the unconditional love of his mother Terry, whose wit and charm infuse the film. How and why the bank robbery...
18) Growing up Coy
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"'Growing Up Coy' follows a landmark transgender rights case in Colorado where a six-year-old transgender girl named Coy has been banned from the girl's bathroom at her school. Coy's parents hire a lawyer to pursue a civil rights case of discrimination, and the family is thrust into the international media spotlight, causing their lives to change forever. A timely topic as states across the US battle with this civil rights issue. The film also asks...
19) Mr. Angel
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Documentary shot over six years that chronicles the extraordinary life of transgender advocate, educator, and porn pioneer Buck Angel. Buck has survived addiction, homelessness, suicide, and relentless opposition to his gender expression. It explores his moving story to understand the complexities of someone who has overcome incredible obstacles, then shamelessly sought the spotlight and its backlash to share his message of empowerment.
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Through the compelling stories of eight performers in the thriving drag scene in the unlikely location of Columbus, Ohio, the film dives into the often misunderstood topic of 'gender' itself. Giving rare insight into an underground scene, KQIB captures how an unlikely midwestern city full of vibrant performers tackles complexities of gender expression, personal identity, and human rights, all with humor, great music, big hair, and duct tape.
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