The rise and fall of O.J. Simpson is told in the five part documentary O.J.: Made in America. Football player Orenthal James Simpson rose to super-stardom in the 1970s, as the star running back for the Buffalo Bills. “The Juice” would later parlay his fame to other aspects of pop culture, such as becoming the…
A lawyer fights for the rights of autonomous animals in Unlocking the Cage. Animal rights lawyer Steven Wise has committed his career to ensuring that animals receive the same level of rights as humans, focusing on intelligent animals, such as apes, elephants, and dolphins. Teaming with the Nonhuman Rights Project, Wise and his team file habeas…
David Byrne presents a performance combining colour guard routines and live music in Contemporary Color. Ten high school teams from across North American have been gathered together to perform their color guard dance routines, which utilize timed rifle tosses and flag spins. The routines are accompanied by live performances my various recording artists, including St. Vincent, Nelly…
The United State’s first mass school shooting is recounted in Tower. On August 1, 1966, a lone sniper climb atop the tower at the University of Texas and began to unleash a violent assault. Through the eyes of many of those present, the events of these terrible day are recreated through rotoscoped reenactments. Tower is a…
A group of women demand to be apologized for being forced into sexual slavery in The Apology. During World War II, over 200,000 women across Asia were forcibly made “comfort women” by the Japanese Imperial Army, many of whom were only in their teens at the time. More than 70 years later, the surviving comfort…
The final months of a missing woman with mental illness are told through her diaries in God Knows Where I Am. In May 2008, the body of a woman was discovered in an abandoned New Hampshire farmhouse. Through diaries discovered on the scene, the woman was identified as Linda Bishop, who had a history of…
Go behind the scenes at a retirement community for circus performers in After Circus. Sarasota, Florida is considered the circus capital of the world and is home to many retired and semi-retired performers, including trapeze artist Dolly Jacobs, horse trailer Caroline Williams, and crown Jackie LeClair. Despite their advancing age, many of these individuals still…
The Tahltan First Nation protests against mining on their land in KONELĪNE: our land beautiful. The Tahltan territory of northwestern British Columbia is known to them as “koneline” or “our land beautiful.” However, the land is an area know as the “Golden Triangle” to miners, due to the area’s rich gold and calcium deposits. With mines moving…
An Afghan refugee dreams of rap career in Sonita. Sonita Alidazeh is an 18 year Afghan living in Iran, who dreams of entering into a music career. However, it is indecent for women to sing in her culture and Sontia’s family have other plans for her; that being returning her to Afghanistan and selling her into…
Two men try to find those responsible for a hate crime in Credit for Murder. In 2007, a video of two immigrant men being murdered by Neo-Nazis surfaces online, becoming Russia’s most infamous unsolved hate crime. Determined to find out who is responsible for this horrible act, Israeli filmmaker Vladi Antonevicz goes undercover and infiltrates Russia’s…
