Zeitgeist Films
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
Working alone in Iraq over eight months, director/cinematographer Laura Poitras creates an extraordinarily intimate portrait of Iraqis living under U.S. occupation.
"Keenly observed...Better than any Iraq doc thus far...Desperately hopeful and unrepentantly cynical."--Time Out New York.
"The definitive non-fiction film about the occupation of Iraq! Indispensable, heartbreaking, and ferociously wise."--Village Voice.
"Illuminating...fascinating"--Hollywood...
22) Afghan star
Pub. Date
2009
Description
Follows the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan's first televised talent competition since restrictions on music and dancing, which were considered sacrilegious by the Taliban, were lifted in 2004.
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
"The ancient Icelandic word for intuition is 'inns�i,' but in Iceland it has multiple meanings. It can mean 'the sea within' which is the borderless nature of our inner world, a constantly moving world of vision, feelings and imagination beyond words. It can mean 'to see within' which means to know yourself, and to know yourself well enough to be able to put yourself in other people's shoes. And it can mean 'to see from the inside out' which...
Pub. Date
2009.
Description
Incorporats home footage shot by Kimberly Rivers Roberts-an aspiring rap artist trapped with her husband in the 9th ward-directors/producers Tia Lessin and Carl Deal weave this insider's view of Katrina with a devastating protrait of the hurricane's aftermath. Trouble the Water takes audiences on a journey that is by turns heart-stopping, infuriating, inspiring and empowering. It's not only about the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina, but about the underlying...
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
What do the most ravishingly beautiful actress of the 1930s and '40s and the inventor whose concepts were the basis of cell phone and Bluetooth technology have in common? They are both Hedy Lamarr, the glamour icon whose ravishing visage was the inspiration for Snow White and Cat Woman and a technological trailblazer who perfected a radio system to throw Nazi torpedoes off course during WWII.
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