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Gulu Stories - Download An intimate portrait of life on the ground in Northern Uganda. Through camp fire stories, aid worker accounts and performances by local musicians, the film stitches together anecdotes that collectively relay the pain and suffering, but also the endurance, that epitomizes the story of the people of northern Uganda through this twenty-two…    more      Sentenced Home - Download NOMINATED FOR AN EMMY AWARD FOR "OUTSTANDING INFORMATIONAL PROGRAMMING - LONG FORM" Sentenced Home is a gripping documentary exploration that humanizes the United States' tragically flawed immigration policy. It follows the story of 3 Cambodian-American immigrants living in Seattle (who came as children in the…    more      Jashn-e-Azadi (How We celebrate Freedom) - Download For Institutions and Libraries: Click here to buy an institutional copy. Amidst the everyday violence and ever-present fear in Kashmir, there are no easy answers to such questions. Where truth has been an early victim, all language, speech, poetry, even cinema, becomes inadequate…    more      Los Trivinos de Huasco - Download Los Trivinos de Huasco provides an impressionistic view of a family of artists living in a small fishing town near the Atacama Desert, on the northern coast of Chile. Structured around a poetry recitation by patriarch Luis, the film becomes a window onto the lives of the family, how they view their environment, and perceive their role…    more      Skid Row - Download Skid Row is a 50-square block area in downtown Los Angeles where an average of 90,000 homeless and transient people live on any given night. More than just a place -- it's a way of life, a mind set, the last resort for those who have given up on society and, in many cases, themselves.     Red Without Blue - Download "Although the Farleys' trials have the makings of a soap opera envisioned by David Cronenberg, there's a quiet emotional hush to "Red Without Blue" that keeps tabloid prurience at bay and finds mystery and painful beauty in the unshakeable bonds of family."--Robert Abele, LA Times     Bolerium - Download "Bolerium" captures a day-in-the-life at one of America's most important independent bookstores - Bolerium Books - run from a hidden location in the heart of San Francisco's immigrant/radical Mission District.     Lift - Download Jordan (Drago Sumonja) is the best pickpocket in Los Angeles. He recently took on a young apprentice or "staller" (Kelly Cohen) to teach her the ropes and to use her as a distraction for his "lifts." When his latest victim, an attractive young woman names Sarah (Jennifer Morrison) walks into a twenty-four hour diner, he simply has to…    more      Twilight's Grace - Download "Expertly conceived...all adding up to a poignant and tender vignette." - Stewart Gordon "A fairy tale and a real gem of a film." - Ralph Pape Awarded Panavision's New Filmmaker Grant for production, J.G. Weaver and an exceptional crew set out to create a poetic, fairy-tale like visual canvas of poignant psychosis. Norman (Wayne…    more      Deployment Strategy - Download In 2055, artificial intelligence is possible. The government tries desperately to control the use and abuse of cybernetic beings while society struggles to accept them. Software hackers are both highly coveted resources and enemies of the state. Lt. James Lee, computer psychologist, embarks on his first assignment. His wits and training…    more      On the Couch - Download Faith Weinstein endures the worst day of her young life in the discomfort of her living room, on the couch. Parent's divorce imminent, job is lost, girlfriend cheated and is dumping her, sister is a druggie, her mind begins to slip away. Building blocks of a dark place. No escape. The couch. The over drama of it all is enough to make…    more      Perils in Nude Modeling - Download A student on the verge of expulsion must choose between life-long ambition or love when an audacious nude model makes a dangerous demand in the middle of class. PERILS IN NUDE MODELING was financed by filmmaker Scott Rice after being awarded the Warren Skaaren Fellowship (screenwriter for TOP GUN, BATMAN) and has won numerous awards such…    more      City Unplugged - Download A heist film tinged with black comedy, the story begins in 1991, with Estonia having just declared its independence from the Soviet Union. A band of gangsters hatch a plan to hijack the small Baltic nation's $1 billion worth of bullion, about to return to the capital after years of hiding in Paris. Toivo, a naive electrician, is commissioned…    more      20 Cans of Chunky Beef Soup - Download 20 CANS OF CHUNKY BEEF SOUP is the story of Maxim Vakhmin, a veritable alleycat of a man. Revered as both an angel and a devil, Maxim (once known as a successful artist in his native Russia) is losing friends and finding new ones as a homeless person in the USA.     The Vanishing Black Male - Download Are African American males becoming extinct? Will future generations of African American women not be able to find husbands? These are but a few of the questions explored in this 1 hour 16 minute documentary.     A Void - Download An endless field of white stretches in all directions, as a lone figure steps forward. With this first step he spawns a city. All around him his metropolis erupts, surrounding and engulfing him. Panicked, he loses control of the very existence he has created. With breathtaking visuals and an animation style that is edgy and memorable…    more      Henry Miller Asleep & Awake - Download Filmed when the author was 81, HENRY MILLER ASLEEP & AWAKE is a voyage of ideas about life, writing, sex, spirituality, nightmares, and New York that captures the warmth, vigor and high animal spirits of a singular American artist. The man is Henry Miller and the room is his bathroom. It's a miraculous shrine covered with photos and drawings…    more