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  • Meat Hooked!

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    "Meat Hooked!" is a documentary about meat and the rise and fall and rise again of butchers and butchering. As cities become more alike, there is a yearning to go back to a seemingly more authentic time, to a time when a sense of place was concrete, not virtual. Butchers and butcher shops fit int...

  • Masters of the Congo Jungle

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    You Are There Too...

  • Master and Tatyana

    Movie

    Some called him a madman, others - a genius. Because he kept a live lion in his apartment. Because he was the first to go beyond Lithuanian surroundings and document the spontaneous reality of Soviet Republics. He worked a lot and drank a lot. He lived in Vilnius with his beautiful wife Tatyana. ...

  • Masizakhe: Building Each Other

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    1994 saw political liberation for South Africa, but now there is a need for cultural liberation. The role of today's cultural activists is to liberate the minds of a people who have been oppressed for centuries under colonialism and its most recent form of apartheid. Author and poet Sindiwe Magon...

  • Marie's Dictionary

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    This short documentary tells the story of Marie Wilcox, the last fluent speaker of the Wukchumni language and the dictionary she created in an effort to keep her language alive.

  • March of the Gods: Botswana Metalheads

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    A journey into the heavy metal subculture of Botswana.

  • Manlife

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    For over 80 years, Merle Hayden has crusaded to recruit members to the utopian movement Lawsonomy. Founded by aircraft pioneer Alfred Lawson, Lawsonomy advocates for economic reform and clean, communal living that transforms followers into a "New Species" that will benefit the human race either i...

  • MUXES

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    The latest film by Ivan Olita is a piece documenting the far reaches of the southern state of Oaxaca where, in the indigenous communities around the town of Juchitán, the world is not divided simply into males and females. The local Zapotec people have made room for a third category, which they c...

  • Lumiére

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    From Hawaii to Tahiti, Lumiére takes us behind the lens of North Shore photographer Amber Mozo, to find what the ocean gives to her inspite of what it took away. Lumiére is an emotional distillation of the story of Amber Mozo, daughter of iconic North Shore photographer Jon Mozo, who passed away ...

  • Lucky Devils

    Movie

    A magical circus spectacle performed by former street kids from St.

  • LoveTalk

    Movie

    To Succeed in Love is to Succeed in Life. LoveTalk is aimed at all those who want to take responsibility for making their relationships work. Everything you'll ever need to know is here, explained in a straight forward manner. For the first time ever, the world's top 17 relationship experts and a...

  • Love, Scott

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    While walking on the street one night in a small town in Canada, Scott Jones, a gay musician, is attacked and paralyzed from the waist down; what follows is a brave and fragile journey of healing and the transformation of a young man’s life. From the first raw moments in the hospital to a disquie...

  • Liyana

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    Legendary South African storyteller, Gcina Mhlophe, guides five orphaned children from Eswatini as they collaborate to craft an original fairytale drawn from their darkest memories and brightest dreams. Their fictional character, Liyana, is brought to life in innovative animated artwork as she em...

  • Living on One Dollar

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    Armed with only a video camera and a desire to understand, four friends spend just 56 dollars each for 56 days in rural Pena Blanca, Guatemala. They battle E.Coli, financial stress, and the realization that there are no easy answers. Yet, the generosity and strength of their neighbors, Rosa, Anth...

  • Live Fashionably or Die

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    Documentary with an uplifting message about elderly society featuring a fashion show with senior citizens walking the runway. Director Tanaka Yukio has dealt with numerous minority issues in films including ITECHO and Mapping the Future, Nishinari.
    Kobe City was profoundly traumatized by the Grea...

  • Live Adventurously

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    In 2016 outdoor Adventure company, DNK Presents, hosted the inaugural women's adventure contest in Indiana. In a short time, an overwhelming amount of nominations came in, with unbelievable compelling stories. Four lucky women were chosen to win an exclusive four day backcountry adventure guided ...

  • Little Big Girls

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    The documentary Little Big Girls by director Hélène Choquette sheds light on the phenomenon of early-onset puberty. Today, it isn’t unusual to see the earliest signs of puberty in girls younger than the age of 9, though this was not the case a few decades ago. The result, inevitably, is a disconn...

  • Lift Like a Girl

    Movie

    Jenny, a 40 year-old mom living in Franklin, TN, has struggled with her weight and body image since giving birth to her son, Wyatt. After endless diets and efforts to get into shape, she found something that clicked for her - CrossFit. She's now an Olympic weightlifting coach, working with young ...

  • Life on the Fells

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    A film following the life of Adam Briggs, a passionate fell runner with a unique story to tell. Driven by the events of the past and the constant pull of the mountains, Adam seeks to make the most of the gift he has been given. His life on the fells will take you on a journey through the elements...

  • Life in Occupied Palestine

    Movie

    A Jewish American woman's account of the reality on the ground in Occupied Palestine.

  • Life Under The Horseshoe

    Movie

    Life Under the Horseshoe is a fun, entertaining and historical look at Spring City, Utah’s only live FM stage radio show. The film teaches us a little about history while taking us back to the golden age of radio. The documentary interviews Mark and Vicki Allen, the show hosts while learning more...

  • Letter to My Mother

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    A film that addresses and a film that shows a processing through media: a fearless and strong autobiographical examination. LETTER TO MY MOTHER chooses a radically intimate perspective. It is an examination that touches upon the centre of the pain and that dares to look precisely. It finds exact ...

  • Le Voyage D'aliou

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    Modou leads a theater group in Dakar. An stolen camera in the right moment gives him home to film his first film with actors from the company. The script he proposes is Aliou’s Journey, the story of a neighbour that ran away from Senegal due to his sexual orientation. The theater group refuses to...

  • Late Blossom Blues

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    When 82-year-old Leo "Bud" Welch skyrocketed from the Mississippi backwoods to global Blues stardom in 2014 with his debut record, it took the music world by surprise. Where has this guy been the last 60 years? Why has nobody ever heard of him?