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Evolution of a Criminal
In 1997, 17-year old Darius Clark Monroe robbed a bank and went to prison for it; then he went to NYU film school and made this movie about his life. The movie presents itself as an act of atonement, and an attempt by Monroe to understand himself and the social forces that drove him to a life of crime. Executive produced by Spike Lee, who was one of Monroe’s professors at NYU.
Other Music
A documentary highlighting the 20 year history of influential indie record store Other Music in Manhattan’s East Village.
‘Til Madness Do Us Part
An insight into the everyday lives of 50 inmates of a mental institution in the Chinese province of Yunnan, who are there for killing someone, committing a crime against a…
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema
With mesmerizing footage and time lapses of animators at work, this behind-the-scenes special captures the artistry of a unique tale years in the making.
Stalking Chernobyl: Exploration After Apocalypse
Stalking Chernobyl: Exploration After Apocalypse examines the underground culture of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Three decades after the world’s most infamous nuclear disaster, wildlife has returned in the absence of…
Pixies: Gouge
Gouge – a documentary tracing The Pixies’ story featuring interviews with Bono, David Bowie, Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead), Graham Coxon and Alex James (Blur), Fran Healy and Andy…
Falciani’s Tax Bomb: The Man Behind the Swiss Leaks
Documentary – In 2008, Hervé Falciani left his job at the Swiss branch of HSBC, taking with him – without authorisation – a hard-drive containing a database of 130,000 named…
Trials To Triumph: The Documentary
Follows the story of Freddie Stevenson from his meteoric rise through high school and college football to a chaotic life afterwards that led him to reinvent himself and rise up…
How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr Foster?
The film traces the rise of one of the world’s premier architects, Norman Foster, and his unending quest to improve the quality of life through design.
Roger Federer: A Champions Journey
Wimbledon Stadium’s Honour Board is full of illustrious names. And in 1998, another emerged. Roger Federer. When he won the Junior Wimbledon title at 17 years old, he never imagined…
Scenic National Parks: Mt. Rushmore & The Black Hills
Mount Rushmore stands unrivaled in the world, a sky-high tribute to the heroes and ideals that shaped America. This stirring program features rare footage that chronicles its monumental construction. This…
Maineland
Chinese teenagers from the wealthy elite, with big American dreams, settle into a boarding school in small-town Maine. As their fuzzy visions of the American dream slowly gain more clarity,…
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
From “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” to “The Big Lebowski” and everything in between, this fascinating deep-dive documentary begins its celebration of the greatest cult movies of all-time discussing the…