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  • Wide Boyz II - Slender Gentlemen

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    After their success climbing the world’s hardest offwidth, the Wide Boyz, Pete Whittaker and Tom Randall, embark on their next crack climbing mission. This time their sights are set on the thinner end of the crack climbing spectrum. Their goal is the mighty Cobra Crack in Squamish BC, considered ...

  • Why Not Now John Henry

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    A docubiopic of young Harlem entrepreneur John Henry, who asked "Why not now?" and went from doorman to dry cleaner to dealmaker.

  • Whose War?

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    With a body count of nearly three thousand U.S. soldiers, the U.S. invasion of Iraq has been seen by many as the ultimate folly of the Bush Administration. Now in the documentary "Whose War?" three leading American anti-war activists gather to dissect the motives and fatal consequences of this, A...

  • Who Will Stand

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    Unlike other films about the war in Iraq, but “Who Will Stand” addresses the issues soldiers deal with after they return home.

    The documentary covers the plights of more than a dozen soldiers who have returned either physically or psychologically wounded. It addresses a soldier’s unwillingness ...

  • Who We Are

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    A young Iñupiaq artist connects to ancestral lands through her work. As she paints, she reflects on climate change and its effects on Alaska Native villages. She narrates the motivation behind the portrait while exploring her role in the preservation of land and culture. The film aims to honor th...

  • Who Wants to Live Forever, The Wisdom of Aging

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    Who Wants to Live Forever, the Wisdom of Aging is a one hour documentary film about the myths, facts and contradictions in the never-ending battle for both longevity and healthy aging. The filmmakers behind this movie offer no conclusions but suggest each viewer examine the information and decide...

  • Which Way to the War?

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    Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, was also becoming the world's 3rd largest democracy with its free elections in 1998. While most of the country remained remarkably peaceful during this transitional moment, a remote area on the island of Sulawesi - Poso - fell victim to brutal c...

  • Where Have All the Mermaids Gone?

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    Two commercial fishermen struggle to make ends meet.

  • When a Town Runs Dry

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    When A Town Runs Dry documents life in Stratford, a small town in California's Central Valley. A farming community for over a hundred years, Stratford is suffering from a drought that is severely impacting the community, land, and residents' daily lives.

    Currently in its sixth year of drought, t...

  • When We Were Knights

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    Understanding that his life was threaded with risk, climber and BASE jumper Matt Blank embarked on a project: writing letters to his closest friends and family to let them know how much they meant to him. That way, he figured, if his life were cut short he’d leave something behind to express his ...

  • When We Talk About KGB

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    A young freedom fighter and a KGB operative both grew up during the Soviet era. Today they describe what made them choose their different directions. After many years of waiting for her husband to return from a psychiatric hospital-prison, a dissident's wife tries to fill the enormous vacuum in h...

  • What Remains After We're Gone

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    A group of jilted souls have found refuge inside a forsaken neighbourhood scorched by brutal violence, fire and destruction. They try to build themselves a home but the memories of the place still walk among them. A sensorial reflexion about what we leave of us in the place we’ve been.

  • What Comes After Religion

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    The debate between believers and atheists usually goes nowhere. The real issue is: what should fill the gaps created by the end of widespread belief? What should fill the God-shaped hole?

  • Welcome to Unity

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    In a sleepy mountain town nestled in rural America, seven foreign exchange students set out to tackle the 'American Dream'.

  • Weightless

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    Fat girls rule the water in Weightless, a short documentary film about a scuba diving camp for plus-size women. Called Big Adventures, the camp was created by Liz Nickels, a psychologist and certified scuba diver & instructor. Nickels created Big Adventures after her own experience learning how t...

  • We Hunt

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    A visual portrait centered on the topic of hunting that depicts the authentic story of hunters.

  • We Gotta Get Out of Here

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    Five African American youth struggle to beat the odds as they navigate their way out of the foster care system in Los Angeles.

  • Way of the Puck

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    A documentary film about professional air hockey. Really.

  • Warrior

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    Sitting around a campfire, three infantry veterans candidly talk about their experiences in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Integrating real helmet camera footage from their tour the film delivers an unforgettable insight into the warrior psyche by contrasting the here and there.
    Nearly 5 years since thei...

  • Warm Beer Lousy Food

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    Warm Beer Lousy Food is the untold story of America's first comedy club, the Crazy Country Club in Brooklyn, and its founder and self-proclaimed nut, Lou Burdo. The film includes rare footage of the club throughout its nearly 50 year history and testimonials from the founder, staff, and patrons, ...

  • War Passenger

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    Life. Death. Comic Books.

  • War Matters

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    War Matters chronicles 10 years of anti-war protest in the city of London through the story of Brian Haw, a veteran peace campaigner who camped in Parliament Square for over 10 years against the war in Iraq, and examines the British arms trade and the repercussions of the Iraq and Afghanistan war...

  • Wagah

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    Each night the only border crossing between India and Pakistan on a 1000km stretch becomes the sight of an extraordinary event. Thousands of people gather to witness the ritual closing of the border, after which the masses get as close as possible to the gate to greet their former neighbors. This...

  • W. Kamau Bell Doesn't Want to Fit In

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    Comedian W. Kamau Bell struggled with his identity growing up. As a self-described “nerd,” he favored martial arts over basketball and rock over hip-hop. This struggle carried over into adulthood and his early efforts at standup comedy. At one point, he even considered giving up comedy entirely. ...