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Publisher
Sundance Selects
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Now considered one of the 20th century's greatest street photographers, Vivian Maier was a mysterious nanny who secretly took over 100,000 photographs that went unseen during her lifetime. Vivian's strange and riveting life and art are revealed through never-before-seen photos, films, and interviews with dozens who thought they knew her.
Publisher
Zeitgeist Films
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Documentary on the fashion photographer, Bill Cunningham. For decades, Cunningham "has been chronicling fashion trends and high society charity soirées for the Times Style section in his columnns 'On the Street' and 'Evening Hours."--Container
63) Mapplethorpe
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Robert Mapplethorpe is arguably one of the most importatn artists of the 20th century. Mapplethorpe discovered himself both sexually and artistically in New York City throughout the 70's and 80's. The film explores Mapplethorpe's life from moments before he and Patti Smith moved into the famed Chelsea hotel, home to a world of bohemian chic. Here he begins photographing its inhabitants and his new found circle of friends including artists and musicians,...
64) Life
Publisher
Cinedigm
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Inspired by the true story of photographer Dennis Stock and Hollywood's rebel actor James Dean, brought together for a Life Magazine assignment. Their journey leads to an unbreakable friendship and some of the most iconic images of the age.
65) The dark valley
Series
Film Movement volume 12, film 12
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
Deutsch
Description
When mysterious outsider, Greider, rides into town for the winter, everyone wants him gone. Refusing to leave, Greider sparks into motion a series of deadly events in this thrilling revenge western.
Publisher
Kino Lorber Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Finding unexpected beauty in the discarded and decayed, photographer Rosamond Purcell has developed a body of work that has garnered international acclaim, graced the pages of National Geographic and over twenty published books, and has attracted admirers such as Jonathan Safran Foer, Errol Morris, and Stephen Jay Gould. Here, Purcell's fascination with the natural world is detailed, offering insight into her unique way of re-contextualizing objects...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice: Bob and his wife Carol are a sophisticated California couple who attend a secluded institute for group therapy. Their original intention is to merely observe, but they become so involved that they decide to test the strength of their marital trust and honesty by experimenting with mutually tolerated affairs. Ted and Alice are their closest friends who find themselves continually amused at the latest Bob & Carol sexual adventures...
68) My Congo
Publisher
Distributed by PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2016.
Language
English
Description
Vianet Djenguet has lived half of his life in Europe, yet his heart still lies in his homeland, his Congo. As a successful wildlife cameraman, Vianet is returning to his roots to reveal the beauty and majesty of his country and the people within. His journey will be one of self-discovery as he travels up the Congo River toward his ancestral home, meeting an abundance of weird and wonderful characters along the way, both animal and human.
70) Wojnarowicz
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A fiery and urgent documentary portrait of downtown New York City artist, writer, photographer, and activist David Wojnarowicz. As New York City became the epicenter of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s, Wojnarowicz weaponized his work and waged war against the establishment's indifference to the plague until his death from it in 1992 at the age of 37. Exclusive access to his breathtaking body of work, including paintings, journals, and films, reveals...
Series
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A time capsule of Paris and New York between 1969 and 1973 as viewed through the eyes of Antonio Lopez (1943-1987), the dominant fashion illustrator of the time. Counted among Antonio's discoveries (muses of the period) were iconic beauties such as Grace Jones, Jessica Lange, and Jerry Hall, as well as Warhol's Superstars Donna Jordan, Jane Forth and Patti D'Arbanville. Antonio's inner circle was also comprised of his creative partner, Juan Ramos,...
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
©2013
Language
English
Description
The cozy villages of Midsomer County reveal their most sinister secrets in these contemporary British television mysteries. The sleeper under the hill: Barnaby and Jones investigate a group of Druids in Midsomer Mow. The night of the stag: Local bootleggers come under suspicion after the disappearance of a government inspector. A sacred trust: Vandalism and violence send shock waves through MIdsomer's cloistered nunnery. A rare bird: The detectives...
73) Tracks
Publisher
Starz Media
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
It tells the remarkable true story of Robyn Davidson, a young woman who leaves her life in the city to make a solo trek through almost 2,000 miles of sprawling Australian desert. Accompanied by only her dog and four unpredictable camels, she sets off on a life-changing journey of self-discovery. Along the way, she meets National Geographic photographer Rick Smolan who begins to photograph her voyage.
Series
Criterion collection volume 1210
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Intertwined are the mission of PAIN, an advocacy group focused on the Sackler family's role in the opioid crisis, with Nan Goldin's journey through New York City's underground arts scene, addiction, and activism. Goldin's photographs and reflections on memory and trauma underscore her solidarity with marginalized communities, making for a powerful narrative of art, activism, and survival.
75) Men at lunch
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
In New York City, 1932, a photograph, "Lunch atop a Skyscraper," is taken during the construction of 30 Rockefeller Plaza. In it, eleven workmen are taking their lunch break while casually perched along a steel girder. For 80 years, the identity of the eleven men and the photographer that immortalized them remained a mystery: their stories, lost in time, subsumed by the fame of the image itself. Then, at the start of the 21st century, the photograph...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Kissin' cousins: An Army officer returns to the Smoky Mountains and tries to convince his kinfolk to allow the Army to build a missile site on their land. Once he gets there, he discovers he has a lookalike cousin. Live a little, love a little: Greg Nolan meets Bernice, and loses both his job and his apartment. However, Bernice manages to get him a new apartment, but it is so expensive that he has to get two full-time jobs. Girl happy: A Chicago mobster...
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