Dark Star Pictures (Firm)
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Follow 90-year-old Janey as she writes and directs her latest original, socially relevant community theater production for the small town in which she lives. Battling through the current recession, the colorful troupe of faithful townspeople cope with their own struggles by telling their story on stage. Nominated for Best Documentary at the **Atlanta Film Festival** and **Newport Beach Film Festival**. "*Funny and heartwarming*” – ***San Diego...
3) Mom and Me
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Oklahoma was recently voted the manliest state in the USA. Radio talk show host Joe Cristiano wants to investigate if the manliest men are willing to call in and discuss their mothers on air. These men come from all walks of life, and their mothers are just as complicated.Together they ride horses, shoot guns, and discuss their deepest feelings, proving the only people stronger than these men are the women who raised them.
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This film documents Canada’s journey into the furthest ethical frontier – a place where doctors are allowed to take a life and society must decide on the circumstances under which they can. Through the stories of patients who seek medically assisted death and the committed physicians who agree to help them, the film chronicles Canada’s first legal doctor-assisted deaths and peers into the extreme boundaries of this practice. “*Powerful, provocative,...
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Documentary about the practice of exorcism and people's issues of everyday life: the contrasts between ancient traditions and modern habits. Winner of the Venice Horizons Award for Best Film at the **Venice Film Festival**. "*Di Giacomo listens patiently to people who earnestly believe that they're plagued by a supernatural evil. In a way, their calm certitude is as scary as any actual demon.*" - Noel Murray, ***The Los Angeles Times***
6) Sacred Cow
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A film about the current debate on eating and raising cattle for food, showing that animal-sourced foods are nutritious for humans and can be raised in a way that is beneficial for the environment.
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This documentary explores the ongoing debate about the authorship of the works attributed to Shakespeare. Writers and critics, actors and scholars, including Mark Twain, Sigmund Freud, Charlie Chaplin, and many others have struggled to reconcile England's "Star of Poets" with the grain dealer from Stratford. Why?
10) Stu's Show
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After a chance meeting with Lucille Ball, Stu's life is dramatically changed as he's asked to work for her personally. Stu's passion for show business and several close friendships to Hollywood legends help save the love of Stu's life.
11) Dream With Me
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Saba is one of the more than 800,000 "Dreamers" who took advantage of the DACA program in 2012. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, an Obama era program, provided some temporary protections to undocumented immigrants who entered the country as children. In 2017, the Trump administration made the decision to rescind DACA. With her immigration status once again in limbo, Saba must now face a new set of challenges.
12) Screened Out
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Filmmaker John Hyatt talks to kids, parents and experts about the impact and chilling consequences of constant smartphone screen time in today's world.
13) Discreet
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After years in hiding and struggling to control his demons, an eccentric drifter returns home and discovers that his childhood abuser, the center of his pain, is still alive. Armed with this knowledge, the drifter plots his revenge, all the while navigating the perilous land of masculine fragility in modern-day America. Nominated for Best Film at the **Berlin International Film Festival**. Official Selection at the **San Francisco International Film...
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Subversive satirist Mads Brugger's latest is an odd-couple comedy about the pitfalls of striking out into the economic frontier; it charts two hapless Danes' scheme to sell Saint Bernards to China's middle class. Winner of Best Screenplay and Best Actor in the International Narrative Competition at **Tribeca Film Festival**. *"A wily left turn into narrative filmmaking for celebrated docmaker Mads Brügger, "St. Bernard Syndicate" deftly extends the...
15) Alanis
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A young Buenos Aires mother finds employment as a sex worker and struggles to live under the same laws that are supposed to protect her. Winner of Best Film at the **Havana Film Festival**. Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festiva**l. "*Whatever preconceived notions about sex industry workers that accompany you into the theatre are bound to be shattered, thanks in large part to Ms. Gala's frank and tender performance.*" - Scott...
16) Acute Misfortune
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The film adaptation of Erik Jensen's award-winning biography of Adam Cullen is the story of the biographer and his subject, as it descends into a dependent and abusive relationship.
18) Ghostbox Cowboy
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Jimmy is a Texas huckster...with a few bitcoins and huge ambitions he reinvents himself as a cowboy in China's tech wild west, but finds himself at the mercy of corrupt American expats looking to reinvent him once more. Nominated for Best Narrative Feature at the **Tribeca Film Festival**. Winner of Best Feature Film at the **Denver International Film Festival**. *"Fascinating, atmospheric, and utterly strange..." - Joe Blessing, **The Playlist***...
19) Southern Pride
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This inspiring documentary profiles two lesbian bar owners in Mississippi battling to host local Pride events in the wake of fresh ignorance and hatred stirred up by the election of Donald Trump.
20) Gutland
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A surrealist rural noir about a German thief who flees to a small Luxembourg village only to discover that the locals have secrets of their own. Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival**. Nominated for Best Feature Film - Avant-Garde and Genre at the **Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema**. *"It fascinatingly blurs the line between fantasy and reality, from the eerie intro all the way through to a surprise...
