Biopic

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This documentary follows eccentric and charismatic mixed media artist and body painter Jacob as he pursues his dream of building an art gallery that doubles as an underground party space in downtown Minneapolis. Experience the many difficulties and meet the collection of characters Jacob encounters while attempting his ultimate creation.

A lush costume drama chronicling the early formative years of Germany’s most famous literary genius.   

For 12 years, Leonard Retel Helmrich has followed an Indonesian family from the slums of Jakarta and continues to show us the underlying patterns of life in Indonesia, both literally and metaphorically, with his revolutionary camera work. 

While the film benefits from a wealth of archival photographs and hard-to-come-by concert footage (both used to great effect), The Yellow Bittern’s most salient feature is Clancy’s own face, shown often in extreme close up. His eyes and weathered face often tell more about the man than his words ever could.  - TinyMixTapes

This unique take on the late ‘80’s British playwright Andrea Dunbar is a haunting, experimental debut combining documentary archival footage and fictional re-enactments. On-location shooting in a rundown Yorkshire housing unit and lip-synching actors create an eerie and compelling work of cutting-edge "verbatim theater" on screen. Heralded by her contemporaries as “a genius straight from the slums,” Dunbar authored three plays before dying tragically of a brain hemorrhage at age 29 brought on by excessive drinking. The film is a compassionate tribute to a brilliant life cut short. Directed by Cleo Barnard, winner of Best New Documentary Filmmaker Award at the Tribeca Film Festival and Best British Newcomer at the London Film Festival.