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Fuel

Record high oil prices, global warming, and an insatiable demand for energy: these issues define our generation. The film exposes shocking connections between the auto industry, the oil industry, and the government, while exploring alternative energies such as solar, wind, electricity, and non-food-based biofuels.

Run time: 90m Release: 2008-11-14

Stars: Barbara Boxer George W. Bush Joshua Tickell Larry David Richard Branson Sheryl Crow

Last Train Home

A family embarks on an annual tormenting journey along with 200 other million peasant workers to reunite with their distant family, and to revive their love and dignity as China soars as the world's next super power.

Run time: 85m Release: 2009-06-06

Stars: Changhua Zhang Qin Zhang Suqin Chen Tingsui Tang Yang Zhang

180° South: Conquerors of the Useless

The film follows adventurer Jeff Johnson as he retraces the epic 1968 journey of his heroes Yvon Chouinard and Doug Tompkins to Patagonia.

Run time: 86m Tagline: Conquerors of the Useless Release: 2010-02-10

Stars: Doug Tompkins Keith Malloy Makohe Timmy O'Neill Yvon Chouinard

Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals

Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals is a 2010 television documentary film broadcast on HBO. The film chronicles the rivalry between Magic Johnson and Larry Bird that begin with the 1979 NCAA Basketball Championship Game and lasted throughout their lengthy, Hall of Fame careers in the NBA. The film makes an argument that without the massive media attention that was placed on the rivalry that Magic and Bird had, the NBA might not have made through the 1980s following the merger with the ABA, among other things.

Run time: 88m Release: 2010-03-10

Stars: Arsenio Hall Bryant Gumbel Larry Bird Liev Schreiber Magic Johnson

Bobby Fischer Against the World

The first documentary feature to explore the tragic and bizarre life of the late chess master Bobby Fischer.

Run time: 93m Release: 2011-06-06

Stars: Bobby Fischer Henry Kissinger

The Invisible War

An investigative and powerfully emotional documentary about the epidemic of rape of soldiers within the US military, the institutions that perpetuate and cover up its existence, and its profound personal and social consequences.

Run time: 93m Tagline: The Battleground Is Your Barracks Release: 2012-01-20

Stars: Ariana Klay Elle Helmer Hannah Sewell Jerry Sewell Jessica Hinves Kirby Dick Kori Cioca Rob McDonald Robin Lynne Lafayette Trina McDonald

Waiting for Lightning

Documentary about the life of skateboarder Danny Way and his attempt at jumping over the Great Wall of China on a skateboard.

Run time: 96m Release: 2012-12-07

Stars: Bob Burnquist Bod Boyle Crystal Ackley Grant Brittain Ken Block Laird Hamilton Mike Blabc Rob Dyrdek Tony Hawk Travis Pastrana

Dirty Wars

Investigative journalist, Jeremy Scahill is pulled into an unexpected journey as he chases down the hidden truth behind America's expanding covert wars, and examines how the US government has responded to international terrorist threats in ways that seem to go against the established laws of the land.

Run time: 87m Tagline: A secret army. A war without end. A journalist determined to uncover the truth. Release: 2013-01-18

Stars: Abdul Rahman Barman Muqbal Al Kazemi Nasser Al Aulaqi Saleh Bin Fareed Saleha Al Aulaqi

Living on One Dollar

How do 1.1 billion people around the world live on less than one dollar a day? Four young friends set out to research and live this reality. Armed with only a video camera and a desire to understand, they spend just 56 dollars each for 56 days in rural Pena Blanca, Guatemala. They battle E.Coli, financial stress, and the realization that there are no easy answers. Yet, the generosity and strength of their neighbors, Rosa, Anthony and Chino gives them resilient hope. They return home transformed and embark on a mission to share their new found understanding with other students, inspiring and challenging their generation to make a difference.

Run time: 56m Tagline: 56 DAYS | 56 DOLLARS | HOW DO YOU SURVIVE? Release: 2013-04-22

Stars: Chris Temple Ryan Christoffersen Sean Leonard Zach Ingrasci

The Square

The Square, a new film by Jehane Noujaim (Control Room; Rafea: Solar Mama), looks at the hard realities faced day-to-day by people working to build Egypt’s new democracy. Catapulting us into the action spread across 2011 and 2012, the film provides a kaleidoscopic, visceral experience of the struggle. Cairo’s Tahrir Square is the heart and soul of the film, which follows several young activists. Armed with values, determination, music, humor, an abundance of social media, and sheer obstinacy, they know that the thorny path to democracy only began with Hosni Mubarek’s fall. The life-and-death struggle between the people and the power of the state is still playing out.

Run time: 88m Tagline: What does it mean to risk your life for your ideals? How far will five revolutionaries go in defending their beliefs in the fight for their nation? Release: 2013-06-07

Stars: Ahmed Hassan Aida Elkashef Dina Abdullah Dina Amer Khalid Abdalla Magdy Ashour Ramy Essam

Jodorowsky’s Dune

Shot in France, England, Switzerland and the United States, this documentary covers director Alejandro Jodorowsky (El Topo, Holy Mountain, Santa Sangre) and his 1974 Quixotic attempt to adapt the seminal sci-fi novel Dune into a feature film. After spending 2 years and millions of dollars, the massive undertaking eventually fell apart, but the artists Jodorowsky assembled for the legendary project continued to work together. This group of artists, or his “warriors” as Jodorowsky named them, went on to define modern sci-fi cinema with such films as Alien, Blade Runner, Star Wars and Total Recall.

Run time: 90m Tagline: The greatest science fiction movie never made Release: 2013-08-30

Stars: Alejandro Jodorowsky Brontis Jodorowsky Chris Foss Devin Faraci Drew McWeeny Gary Kurtz H.R. Giger Michel Seydoux Nicolas Winding Refn Richard Stanley

After Tiller

Since the assassination of Dr. George Tiller in Kansas in 2009, only four doctors in the United States continue to perform third-trimester abortions. These physicians, all colleagues of Dr. Tiller, sacrifice their safety and personal lives in the name of their fierce, unwavering conviction to help women.

Run time: 85m Release: 2013-09-20

Stars: George Tiller

Life According to Sam

Progeria is an extremely rare and fatal disease, exemplified by accelerated aging in the children who are afflicted by it. There is no treatment. There is no cure. Enter Doctors Leslie Gordon and Scott Berns. When their son, Sam, was diagnosed with progeria at age two, the prognosis was grim—the couple were simply told to enjoy the few years they had left with their only son—but they weren’t willing to give up that easily. They spearheaded a campaign to save Sam and the other children in the world who share this devastating illness. In a little more than a decade, their extraordinary advances have led not only to identifying the gene that causes progeria and testing the first experimental drug to treat it but also to the amazing discovery that it is linked to the aging process in all of us.

Run time: 90m Release: 2013-10-21

Stars: Sam Berns

Beyond The Edge

A 3D feature film about Sir Edmund Hillary's monumental and historical ascent of Mt. Everest in 1953 - an event that stunned the world and defined a nation.

Run time: 93m Release: 2013-10-24

Stars: Chad Moffitt Daniel Musgrove Erroll Shand Jimmy Kunsang John Wraight Joshua Rutter Phurenje Tshering Sonam Sherpa

The Overnighters

Desperate, broken men chase their dreams and run from their demons in the North Dakota oil fields. A local Pastor's decision to help them has extraordinary and unexpected consequences.

Run time: 102m Release: 2014-10-10

Stars: Jay Reinke Keegan Edwards

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