Cinema Guild.
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
The American dream of owning a house with a white picket fence goes head to head with environmental sustainability in this urgent, beautifully crafted documentary. When an ambitious real estate developer sets out to transform thousands of acres of pristine hill country around Austin, Texas into a suburban development, threatening a nearby natural spring, the community fights back. In the conflict that ensues, we see a microcosm of the struggle between...
2) Sweetgrass
Pub. Date
2010
Description
Documents modern-day cowboys as they lead their herd of sheep up into Montana's Absaroka-Beartooth mountains for summer pasture.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
Composed of intimate and unencumbered moments of people in a community, HALE COUNTY THIS MORNING, THIS EVENING allows the viewer an emotive impression of the Historic South - trumpeting the beauty of life and consequences of the social construction of race, while simultaneously a testament to dreaming - despite the odds.
Pub. Date
2013
Description
"With arresting insight, vulnerability, and a delightful sense of humor, An oversimplification of her beauty utilizes a mix of live action and animation to capture the relationship between Terence and a lovely young woman as it teeters on the divide between platonic and romantic"--Container.
Pub. Date
2014.,c2014
Description
"Thom Andersen's landmark documentary explores the tangled relationship between the movies and their fabled hometown, as seen entirely through the films themselves. From its distinctive neighborhoods to its architectural homes, Los Angeles has been the backdrop to countless movies. Andersen takes viewers on a whirlwind tour through the metropolis' real and cinematic history, investigating the myriad stories and legends that have come to define it,...
Pub. Date
[2017?]
Description
"Responding to the increase of noise pollution, a 'major environmental and public health burden' according to the World Health Organization, In Pursuit of Silence is a meditative exploration of our relationship with silence, sound and the impact of noise on our lives. This critical acclaimed documentary takes us on an immersive cinematic journey around the globe - from Denali National Park in Alaska to a forest outside of Tokyo, where a researcher...