Filmmaker Glenn Kaino partners with Olympic gold medalist Tommie Smith as he looks back 50 years to the moment that helped define a movement and changed the course of his life forever.
Movie Review: “My Darling Vivian” Is A Beautiful Love Story That Was Almost Forgotten
The story of Vivian Liberto, Johnny Cash’s first wife and the mother of his four daughters.
Movie Review: If You Love Weird Crime Mysteries, “Alabama Snake” Will Definitely Shock You
“Alabama Snake” explores the story of Oct. 4, 1991, when a violent crime was reported in the town of Scottsboro, Alabama. Glenn Summerford, a Pentecostal minister, was accused of attempting to murder his wife with a rattlesnake. The details of the investigation and the trial that followed have “haunted Southern Appalachia for decades.”
New York African Film Festival Review: “Shoot The Messenger” Is A Powerful Film About Race, Self-Hatred, And Forgiveness
“Shoot the Messenger” follows one man’s painful journey towards self-discovery. On the way, he finds both his own attitudes and the expectations of his community challenged.
DOC NYC Movie Review: “Shut Up Sona” Is The Perfect Film To Help You Unleash Your Inner Rebel
“Shut up Sona” is a tongue-in-cheek take at a feisty female singer’s unrelenting fight for equal space in modern-day India, a country deeply uncomfortable with her emancipation.
Movie Review: “The Changin’ Times Of Ike White” Recounts A Music Extraordinaire Who Could Have Been The Biggest In The World
Released in 1974, “Changin’ Times” was a stunning album of songs recorded in extraordinary circumstances – the first-ever commercial album recorded inside an American prison by an inmate. Its creator was a musical prodigy, Ike White, who was jailed for life at the age of 19 for murder. With the never-before-seen archive, the film …
“On The Record” Movie Review: One Of The Music Industry’s Biggest Moguls Is Finally Exposed For Sexual Assault
A former hip-hop executive decides whether to make public her rape by one of the most powerful men in the music industry.
DOC NYC Movie Review: We Need More Films Like “The Walrus And The Whistleblower” That Exposes Horrible Animal Abuse In Theme Parks
An animal trainer becomes an unlikely whistleblower and is sued for $1.5 million for plotting to steal a walrus, falling down the rabbit hole of a personal quest while a larger movement grows to end marine mammal captivity.
DOC NYC Movie Review: “Lift Like A Girl” Is The Ultimate Female Empowerment, Proving Young Women Can Do Anything
From a scrappy, vacant-lot training site in Alexandria, Egypt, to the Olympic Games, 14-year-old Zebiba stands at the precipice between childhood and weightlifting champion – guided only by her dedicated yet relentless coach, Captain Ramadan, and her own competitive edge. Can she make the leap?