Activism

Why hasn't Tibet been freed? Who is keeping the movement from going forward? From director Dirk Simon, When The Dragon Swallowed The Sunis a groundbreaking documentary that examines these questions in a quest to understand why the world is still dealing with unsettled issues like the Tibetan cause and what can really be done to eradicate them.

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With all eyes on Egypt in the months following its recent democratic revolution, one of Egypt’s most prominent screenwriters, Mohamed Diab, presents a darker side of Egypt rarely seen by the outside world in his fifth and latest written feature, and directorial debut, completed just before the sweeping January protests.

Author of 48 books and recipient of 24 honorary degrees from academic institutions worldwide, Canadian environmentalist David Suzuki is a man on a mission.

Two young First Nations men growing up together on the reservation have decidedly different views on the current struggle their community finds itself locked in.  Adam, a serious college kid who likes to cite Nietzsche or Rousseau, looks for strength in his intellectual pursuits, while his cousin Nathan, from “the school of hard knocks”, is a rebellious high school dropout who looks toward protest for answers.  Their differences lead to a confrontation in an empty community center, the night before a major

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

The story told by Mr. Bowser’s film is complicated and tragic. Once the songs stopped coming, Ochs’s bipolar illness, worsened by alcoholism, led to acute paranoia and eventually to suicide. - NyTimes

In this latest addition to his impressive filmography, award-winning documentary, television, and feature film director Kenneth Bowser turns a biography of the prolific political musician Phil Ochs into a powerful political depiction of 1960s America.