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  • Last Shop Standing: The Rise, Fall and Rebirth of the Independent Record Shop

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    More than a piece of nostalgia, Last Shop Standing takes a tantalizing look into the future: the stores that are opening, who is succeeding and the individual and unique passion that drives those who remain, and intend to be here long after the supermarkets have given up and the last chain store ...

  • Larry and Janet Move Out

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    Larry and Janet Colfer are forced out of their council home on the Heygate Estate in Elephant and Castle, London, leaving behind the community they have become a part of, as the local authority sells the land to a developer.

  • LaPorte, Indiana

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    Tucked away in the back room of B&J's American Cafe lies a secret history waiting to be discovered: over 18,000 dog-eared studio portraits taken in the 1950s and 60s.

    Some forty years later, the subjects of these portraits share their own life stories: deeply personal tales of love and family, d...

  • Kurdî

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    A man in search of himself, his people and a country which doesn't exist.

  • Kroger's Canteen

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    In 2014, Kilian Jornet won the Hard Rock 100 mile run through the San Juan’s of Colorado. Along the way he stopped at Kroger’s Canteen – an aid station perched on a tiny ledge, 13,100ft above sea level.

    This is a story about that aid station, about the people that make it happen, and about the...

  • Kiss: Satanik Kreatores

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    Interviews with the band Kiss.

  • Kipuka: An Anti-Bullying Project

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    An anti-bullying project that addresses bullying, cyberbullying, and teen suicide prevention - written and performed by the students (aged 13-18) at T-Shirt Theatre, a performing company based in Farrington High School in Oahu, Hawaii.

  • Kickabouters

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    John (32), an amateur soccer player, is competing with his teammates for a very important tournament, in which they haven't reach decisive instances from a long time ago. With him we will make a tour to his personal life, the passionate inner world of "pichangas de barrio" (neighborhood kickabout...

  • Kick Out Your Boss

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    The film takes part in the current debate about work, economy and the crisis, showing on the basis of three examples in Serbia, Brazil and Austria how to do it different.

  • Karelian Cowgirls

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    Three Finnish-Karelian women remember a winter flight in 1939.

  • Ka Pua

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    Inspired by the saying: Aia no ka pua i luna (The flower is still on the tree). The proverb means that no matter a person's age, he or she still retains their beauty. "Ka Pua" takes a glance into the life of 93-year-old Elizabeth Lau, as her beauty is reflected through her values and sense of aloha.

  • Just Like Yesterday: Tony Christie

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    It is January 2014, Tony Christie has just turned 70, an age when most people would be enjoying a well earned retirement. But here he is in Nashville recording a new album and about to embark on an extensive world tour. So what makes him keep going? And why Nashville?

  • Jumbo Wild

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    For decades, First Nations, conservationists, backcountry skiers and snowboarders have fought a proposed large-scale ski resort deep in the Purcell Mountains of British Columbia. After 25 years of opposition, what more will it take to keep Jumbo wild for good?

  • Joy! Portrait of a Nun

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    A shamanistic world of sexuality, spiritualism and political activism. A bearded nun. Through an intimate lens, this feature documentary takes us on a journey with Sister Missionary P. Delight, one of the founders of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. In 1979, Mish, as he is affectionately know...

  • Jongue, A Nomad's Journey

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    A film about Serge Emmanuel Jongué, photographer-writer.
    Emigrated to Quebec to escape the family’s shadows, wounds and silences he spent his brief life exploring his multiple origins.
    Jongué’s life is told with his own texts, images and talismans from his birth in Aix-en-Provence until his unt...

  • Jivin' in Be-Bop with Dizzy Gillespie and his Orchestra

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    A music documentary about Dizzy Gillespie

  • Jim Breuer: And Laughter for All

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    No longer a metal head, a stoner or a Goat Boy, SNL's Jim Breuer deals with being a middle aged suburban dad in his first comedy special for Epix. In HD.

  • Jessica Clark Racing - Clio-nominated Documentary

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    Jessica Clark, a 21-year-old race car driver from Ventura, California dreams of racing in NASCAR one day. As a confident and driven woman in a male-dominated career field, she is an empowering example of a woman defying the odds.

  • Jeanne d'Trans

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    The candid adventures of a straight filmmaker in world of transvestites, trans-genders and other gender minorities. Documentary explores our traditional gender roles through the experiences of people who challenge them all. Interviews include various Burlesque - artists, female pastor and Europe'...

  • Jack Be Nimble

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    A portrait of a subculture held together by the passion of the participants.

  • It Was Better Tomorrow

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    Through the hubbub of a revolution, “It was better tomorrow” follows Aida, a Tunisian woman who has to rebuild her entire life and who does not wish to look backwards. She spends her time moving from one poor neighborhood to another. Driven by the will to find a roof over her head and for her chi...

  • Irene

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    Irene is a short film about the filmmakers grandmother.

  • Invisible City

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    Invisible City is a moving story of two boys from Regent Park crossing into adulthood – their mothers and mentors rooting for them to succeed; their environment and social pressures tempting them to make poor choices. Turning his camera on the often ignored inner city, Academy-award nominated dir...

  • Interrogate This: Psychologists Take On Terror

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    What are psychologists doing in U.S.