Directed by Darius Clark Monroe
USA. 83 min. Not rated
We all make assumptions about what a movie based on the title. In this case, I assumed this documentary would be about how a person becomes a criminal after starting out as innocent. And while the film touches a bit on that, it also suggests something I […]
Directed by Yoruba Riche
Written by Ms. Richen and Erin Casper
Produced by Richen and Yvonne Welbon
USA. 75 min. Not rated
The New Black film poses the question, are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) issues the new black? Is the struggle for marriage equality the forefront of civil rights in America today?
The documentary explores the African-American communities’ […]
Directed by Michael Wenzer
Sweden. 88 min. Not rated
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At Night I Fly: Images from New Folsom takes a special and remarkable journey into one of California’s maximum security prisons. The film is ostensibly about Arts in Corrections (AIC), a California prison program that began in 1977. It was discontinued in 2010 due to the state’s […]
Directed by Shaul Schwarz
Produced by Jay Van Hoy, Lars Knudsen & Todd Hagopian
Released by Cinedigm
English & Spanish, with English subtitles.
USA. 102 min. Rated R
Welcome to the surreal, macho, and denial filled world of narcocorridos. This popular and controversial musical style is inspired by the drama of narco-traffickers and their violent fueled pathway out of poverty.
Narco […]
Directed by Jung Henin & Laurent Boileau
Written by Henin
Released by GKids
Belgium/France. 75 min. Not rated
Currently there is a great deal of debate about the exportation of children from war-torn and other traumatized countries. A large number of adult international adoptees agree that the best option is always for a child to be parented by his […]
Directed by Roger Ross Williams
Written by Williams, Richard Hankin & Benjamin Gray
Produced by Julie Goldman & Williams
USA. 90 min. Not rated
For viewers who know about the Christian Right’s proselytizing in Africa, this film may be too basic. But for those who are unaware, it’s a real eye-opener. The idea that American missionaries are naive, harmless, misguided […]
Written & Directed by Cullen Hoback
Produced by Hoback, John Ramos & Nitin Khanna
Released by Variance Films
USA. 79 min. Not rated
You know those things you click on all the time when you download a new app, establish an online banking, open a new social media account—“I Agree,” “Create an Account,” “Submit Information”—the things you never […]
Written & Directed by Angad Bhalla
Produced by Lisa Valencia-Svensson & Bhalla
Released by First Run Features
USA/Canada/UK. 81 min. Not rated
The feature documentary Herman’s House brings together two disparate worlds: that of 35-year-old New York City artist Jackie Sumell and 69-year-old Herman Wallace, serving a life sentence in the Louisiana State Penitentiary—40 of which have been in […]
