Can you imagine waking up one day to a banging at your door and being escorted by armed men to a prison because you were suspected of being a terrorist? Andreg Holm was taken from his home in Berlin because systematic government monitoring of his academic research tagged him as a likely leader of a militant group. After 30 days in solitary confinement he was released with no charges. Across Western Europe and North America, civilians are losing their privacy [...]
Broke is a cinéma vérité masterpiece about an inner city pawnshop. In the documentary, we meet David Woolfson, a Jewish South African who has immigrated to Edmonton, Canada and owns a pawnshop in the city’s roughest neighborhood. He’s been running the shop for over 15 years and has become familiar with the regular characters that come in to the shop to sell whatever odds and ends they find in exchange for a few bucks. His shop, A1 Trading, is the [...]
Journeyman Pictures presents, “A Shining Light,” a short film of only 11 minutes following Illac Diaz who began a project called “Liter of Light.” The film takes place in the slums of Manila, Philippines in August of 2012. Illac Diaz takes us on a tour of the slums of Manila. We follow him into homes, churches, and even a jail. Illac’s project is recycling plastic bottles which will outlive all future generations to come sitting in a landfill or end [...]
Directed by Simon Klose TPB AFK (The Pirate Bay Away From Keyboard) begins the day prior to the trial of the co-founders of the world’s largest file sharing site, The Pirate Bay. Fredrik, Gottfrid, and Peter face a $13 million damage claim in copyright infringement brought on by Hollywood.
The National Inflation Association (NIA) presents this powerful, intelligent, and fact packed documentary primarily focused on an illusion that U.S. children and adults are being fed daily. They call it the “College Conspiracy”. However, by its well researched and fact based comparisons this amazing, must watch film manages to give anyone a crash course in economics.
In this documentary created by VICE, we take a trip down to a small town in Mexico where a revolution is taking place. Fed up with ceaseless crime waves of murders, extortion, and kidnappings a series of societal movements has arisen in the state of Guerrero (Warrior), Mexico. Hundreds of civilians have taken up arms to confront organized crime gangs. Their arms are hunting weapons such as machetes, rifles, and shotguns owned by farmers. The absence of authorities and the [...]
Sheryl Sandberg is Facebook’s Chief Operating Officer. She is responsible for helping Mark Zucherberg make Facebook profitable. Yet, with women like Sheryl Sandberg and Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer leading the way, there are still far too few women in positions of power. Why is this? Sandberg delivers a reflective TED talk on why we have too few women leaders.
Filmmakers Marc Levin and Daphne Pinkerson return to Little Rock, Arkansas ten years after filming Gang War: Bangin’ in Little Rock, to revisit gang war survivor Leifel Jackson, onetime leader of The Original Gangster Crips, as he is released from prison. Jackson, now trying to lead a straight life, starts speaking out to neighborhood kids, alongside former enemy and West Side Bloods leader Marvin Weathersby, about the perils of life on the streets. Released 2004. Director: Marc Levin. Documentary film.
According to a 2008 survey, the models in the New York Fashion Week were: 6% Black 6% Asian 1% Latina 87% White The Colour of Beauty is a shocking short documentary that examines blatant racism in the fashion industry. Apparently, from the industry’s perspective, the black girls who are featured need to look exactly like white girls only that they are painted black. Renee Thompson is a 24 year old model trying to make it as a top fashion model [...]
We’ve all heard about the Haitian zombies. What most of us didn’t know is that zombification can be an induced state. In this documentary Hamilton takes you on a journey to downtown Port Au Prince where he bravely investigates the Haitian zombie.
Join DocumentaryStorm, Tony Harris and Al Jazeera as we go into Baltimore, into the inner city, into the classrooms, and into the head of black boys of America. The education system is failing black Americans. Why? You’ll be fascinated by what you see.
What does it mean to be queer? Is queer our future? “I’m straight and I identify as genderqueer!” Here we discuss politics, linguistic meanings, and international interpretations of what it means to be queer.
From the filmmaker to DocumentaryStorm: “Hello, My name is Lloyd Williams. I am a documentary filmmaker. I have just filmed my second documentary film which is about the local council elections in region of Neath Port Talbot (Wales, UK)”
Drones have been making the headlines lately with their military use, especially in the Middle East. When we think about drones, we picture spy planes and overseas espionage. However, as the US war efforts have been decreasing, these drones are being repurposed for non-military applications.
Owning a home has always been the centerpiece to the American Dream. That dream has turned sour.
The Earth has its share of problems: too many humans live on its crust. There are earthquakes, hurricanes, and tidal waves. Humans are looking for alternatives. Space is often mentioned, but the far more realistic new world is under the sea.
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