America: Freedom to Fascism

America So Beautiful

American Bullfighter

Realizing he had hit rock-bottom, filmmaker Alex LeMay did what anyone fighting a drug and alcohol addiction would do - learn to be a bullfighter. After he finds an ex-surfer-turned-bullfighting-instructor, Alex heads to San Diego and discovers that he is not the only one on a journey to redemption.
A Korean teenager, a soft-spoken geneticist and a rocker from Los Angeles join him on an adventure that includes amateur bullfights in Mexico and Spain. But it is in Spain where Alex’s road to rehab takes a gut-wrenching turn - his father is diagnosed with terminal cancer. Now he must decide whether to return home or stay the course.

American Chaingang

The history of the American chain gang is profiled in this acclaimed documentary, which covers the recent reinstatement of the female chain gang in prisons today.

Angels in the Dust

The inspiring story of Marion Cloete who, with her family, fearlessly walked away from a life of privilege in Johannesburg to start an orphanage for more than 550 South African children. For a nation overwhelmed by the HIV/AIDS epidemic and recovering from Apartheid’s legacy, Marion’s orphanage
offers a pathway of hope.

The devastating effects of Agent Orange's use in Vietnam is chronicled in this critically-acclaimed documentary. It examines not only the health concerns that the chemical caused, but the environmental damage that continues to this day.

Espionage and intrigue in the globe-trotting tale.

Hugh Grant stars as a British engineer who becomes entangled in a forbidden romance with his Indian employer's eldest daughter. As their passion ignites, the East-meets-West clash of cultures leads to surprising and tragic consequences. Based on a true story, the film beautifully captures the magic and mystery of India. The accomplished cast includes John Hurt and Shabana Azmi, one of India's greatest film stars.

Betty Blowtorch

For two years a filmmaker follows the all girl rock band Betty Blowtorch documenting the bands ferocious sound and dangerously low-tech pyrotechnic show, unaware of the turmoil and tragedy that he will ultimately capture.

Caravan Prague

A bicycle caravan – with the theme “Money or Life” – travels 500 miles across Europe to join protests in Prague against the International Monetary Fund and World Bank. The goal is to create a mobile utopian community which will be a living counter-example to the values of these powerful financial institutions.

Cocaine Angel

COCAINE ANGEL captures a grinding and tragic week in the life of a weary young drug addict who is clinging to the remnants of his once hopeful existence amidst the stink, the sweat, and unforgiving heat of Jacksonville, Florida.

Conventioneers

“Conventioneers” follows Massey, a Republican delegate to the Republican National Convention, who falls into an unlikely affair with a girl he knew in college -- Lea, a Liberal who has returned to the city to protest the Republican agenda.

Darfur Diaries: Message from Home

Desert Bayou

Drowned Out

Shot over three years by director Franny Armstrong (McLibel), Drowned Out tells the true story of an Indian village who decides to stay at home and drown rather than make way for the new massive Narmada Dam.

Embedded: Live

Embedded Live captures Tim Robbins' raucous and wildly successful anti-war satire on 9 cameras, with boisterous performances, kinetic editing, visual effects, and music by The Clash, System of a Down and Bob Dylan. Uncompromising, rebellious, moving and very funny, the film mercilessly skewers the Bush administration's rush to war and the complicity of the media in this enterprise, while remaining sympathetic to the soldiers on the front lines.

Empire In Africa, The

Available: March 6th, 2007

The rebels who started the civil war in Sierra Leone 15 years ago wanted only one thing: to reclaim the richness of the country from foreign corporations in order to end the exploitation of its people. In response, the international community decided to wage a war on this country, with bombs, executions, torture, rigged elections and manipulation of the international media. This created one of the worst humanitarian disasters of the 20th century.

Fall of Fujimori, The

The Fall of Fujimori is a character-driven, political-thriller documentary that explores the volatile events that defined Alberto Fujimori’s decade-long reign of Peru: His meteoric rise from son of poor Japanese immigrants to the presidency; his fateful relationship with the shadowy and Machiavellian Vladimiro Montesinos; his “self-coup” that dissolved overnight both Congress and the Judiciary; and the bloody and dramatic Japanese Embassy hostage crisis.

Since fleeing Peru in disgrace four years ago, Alberto Fujimori has remained virtually silent about the sensational end of his controversial presidency. Until now.

Freedom Fries: And Other Stupidity We’ll Have to Explain to Our Grandchildren

Giuliani Time

As the Election Year heats up, this is one film you've got to see!

"**** RIVETING." - Sixty Second Preview "Blistering." - New York Times "First Rate." - Variety

More than five years in the making, 'Giuliani Time' investigates the stories behind the "new" New York City that Giuliani laid claim to. From "quality of life" policing to welfare reform, and First Amendment related debacles, the feelings about the Giuliani years largely depended on where you stood. Giuliani Time is the story of the effect this former Reagan administration official and high profile federal prosecutor had on what he called the "Capital of the World." It is a wild ride of political ambition and public amnesia, alternate realities, wars of perception and dramatic, even cataclysmic, events.

Healing Cancer: From The Inside Out

Mike Anderson takes a look at the cancer industry with a critical eye given its failure to do what they claim to do – find a cure.

The billion-dollar industry fueled by non-profit organizations, the American Medical Association and the pharmaceutical companies, just to name a few, have made it their mission to dismiss any and all alternative treatments that will risk the financial abundance this disease has produced. Through basic nutrition, which boosts our own natural immune system, anyone with cancer or a chronic illness, can reverse the effects of their disease.

Hole Story, The

Despite arctic temperatures sheathing Minnesota's lakes in three feet of solid ice, an inexplicable stretch of water surfaces on North Long Lake. Determined to unravel this mystery for a television pilot called "Provincial Puzzlers", an aspiring director is slowly engulfed in a maniacal search that leads to his own unraveling.

McLibel

The true story of two activists in England (one a postman, the other a gardener) who took on McDonald's in that country's longest running trial. This brand-new and acclaimed documentary includes interviews with "Fast Food Nation" author Eric Schlosser, and covers the new European court decision of this past March.

Meth

METH explores the rising wave of crystal methamphetamine use within the gay population. Through the stories and reflections of a dozen gay men across the US, who range in age from 21 to 50, we learn of the drug’s allure, its promise, and why its popularity is soaring within their culture.

Mission Accomplished

Seven months after the end of the war, acclaimed BBC journalist and filmmaker Sean Langan (Behind the Lines, Travels of a Gringo), armed with just a camera, takes a brave and eventful trip through Iraq, seeking to shed light on the current situation. Langan meets with US troops (and witnesses insurgent attacks first-hand).

My First Wedding

Operation Last Patrol

Classic 70's Vietnam documentary feature Ron Kovic (Born on the Fourth of July). Includes a brand new 2005 interview with Kovic.

Peace DVD! , The

A tribute to the 21st century peace movement, this comprehensive British doc features the familiar faces of the peace movement as it chronicles its struggles. Including: Susan Sarandon, Danny Glover, Jesse Jackson, Jessica Lange, Danny Schechter, Al Sharpton, Harry Belafonte, Noam Chomsky, Gore Vidal, Desmond Tutu and more.

Plan Colombia

Gripping documentary about the Colombian Drug war and the failed U.S. efforts to make an impact on the trafficking to America.

Raising Flagg

Oscar® winner, Alan Arkin, stars as Flagg Purdy, a lovable, but stubborn father of six who is easily overwhelmed by life’s little annoyances. When a silly argument with his neighbor sends Flagg into believing he is dying, his devoted wife and his estranged children are brought together where sibling conflicts and long-simmering resentments ultimately bring this dysfunctional family closer together.

Red Without Blue

Red Without Blue is the groundbreaking documentary about the indestructible ties of
family. This visually arresting film chronicles the close, yet sometimes strained relationship between identical twins Mark and Alex as Alex undergoes a transformation into a woman named Clair. Captured over a period of three years, RWB documents the twins and their parents, examining the Farleys’ struggle to redefine their family.

Through its portrayal of these articulate and independent twins, each haunted by the painful experiences of their adolescence, the film questions normative standards of gender and identity – as Mark and Clair reassert their indescribable bond as identical twins.

Shape Of The Future

Acclaimed doc focusing on the Israeli/Palestinian struggle in a balanced way. World-wide attention on this doc for its simultaneous telecast in Israel and Arab countries.

Shock TV

Two criminals find they can't escape the watchful eyes of cameras in day-to-day life. "Sliver" was just the beginning.

Soldier Child

Since 1990, the people of Northern Uganda have watched in horror as tens of thousands of children have been kidnapped from their homes, marched to Sudan, and then trained as child soldiers in a rebel army. Acholi rebel-leader and religious fanatic Joseph Kony abducts Acholi children indiscriminately, brainwashes them, and then forces them to commit indescribable atrocities against their own families and friends.

Soldiers Pay

From director David O. Russell, (Three Kings, I Heart Huckabees) comes the controversial documentary chronicling the soldier's struggle with the current war in Iraq. Interviews with soldiers and with Iraqis who played extras in "Three Kings".

Speaking Freely (volume 1): John Perkins

Best-selling author John Perkins spent three decades as an “Economic Hit Man,” business executive, author, and lecturer. He lived and worked in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, and North America. He was responsible for developing economic forecasts for major U.S. engineering firms in order to receive funding from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). His work influenced the destinies of countries. In many cases, it also led to political strife, crippling debt, and social upheaval.

Speaking Freely (volume 2): Susan George

Susan George, author of more than a dozen books, is the Chair of the Planning Board of the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam, a fellowship of scholars living throughout the world whose work is intended to contribute to social justice. Born in the United States and now living near Paris, George became a French citizen in 1994. From 1999 to 2006, she served as Vice-President of ATTAC France (Association for Taxation of Financial Transaction to Aid Citizens). She is currently focusing her attention on the issue of neo-liberal globalization and engaged in a a campaign to democratize the World Trade Organization.<p>
Join this award-winning scholar for an hour as she reveals the truth behind the history of empire building, neo-colonialism, and the causes of poverty in our world today.

Speaking Freely (Volume 3): Ray McGovern

Having Served as a CIA analyst for 27 years, Ray McGovern speaks candidly about the creation of the Agency, the deceit that lead to the invasion of Iraq, the questionable character of George Tenet, and more. In stark frankness, McGovern examines the politicization of the Central Intelligence Agency and how it came to be an entity that serves the White House agenda, instead of one that serves up the unbiased truth.<p>
Disgusted by the lack of integrity exhibited by members of the intelligence community and U.S. government, McGovern retired and eventually co-created VIPS (Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity) - an organization dedicated to exposing the mishandling of important intelligence, particularly with regard to the War on Iraq.<p>
Full of inside information you have never heard before aqbout the way in which our nation's most secretive agency operates.

Speaking Freely (volume 4): Chalmers Johnson

Author of Blowback, The Sorrows of Empire, and Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic, Chalmers Johnson has literally written the book on the concept of American hegemony. A former naval officer and consultant to the C.I.A., he now serves as Professor Emeritus at UC San Diego. As Co-Founder and President of the Japan Policy Research Institute, Mr. Johnson also continues to promote public education about Asia’s role in the international community.

In this exclusive interview, you will find out why the practice of empire building is, by no means, a thing of the past. As the United States continues to expand its military force around the globe, the consequences are being suffered by each and every one of us.

Speaking Freely (volume 5): Hugo Chavez

In this special volume of the series, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez speaks to members of the international press core about the advantages of socialism over capitalism and explains why true democracy cannot exist under the latter. Noting that the American empire’s practice of privatization, foreign intervention, and violence is not conducive to a humanistic society, Chavez instead offers that the healthiest government is one in which all of its citizens play a role in its construction and development - that the ultimate voice is the voice of the people and that Venezuela will always be committed to maintaining that ideal.

Taped on location in Caracas, this briefing is one that will never be shown on American network news and one that should be viewed by anyone who is intrigued by this controversial world leader.

Sweet Misery

Sweet Misery is a close examination into what many in the medical community have voiced over the last few decades on the safety of Aspartame sweetener. Is there a connection with Aspartame and illnesses? Did the government (including Donald Rumsfeld) push the approval of the sweetener and suppress key data? This film delves into the FDA's process and the various reports of health risks associated with the widely used sweetener.

Temptation

Adult-industry satire with Annette O'Toole as an 'actress' about to retire. When rare footage of a now-famous actress is found, O'Toole must decide whether to release it and make a mint, or follow her flower-child values and bury it.

TRE

Tre (Daniel Cariaga) arrives unannounced at a secluded mountain home where his friends Gabe (Erik McDowell) and Kakela (Kimberly-Rose Wolter)
allow him to crash on their couch. At first Kakela tolerates the clutter
Tre brings with him, but she overreacts when Tre seduces her married friend, Nina (Alix Koromzay).

As Kakela watches Nina’s marriage unravel, she begins to question her emotional and sexual compatibility with Gabe. Unsure of her own heart, she accepts a sensual dare devised by Tre
- a simple 10-second experiment that changes her life forever.

Uncovered: The War On Iraq

Robert Greenwald's gripping and controversial documentary, detailing the administration's march to war, as seen through the eyes of countless experts. 2004 National Theatrical Release.

Voices in Wartime

This 2005 theatrical release sharply etches the experience of war through powerful images and the words of poets-unknown and world-famous. Soldiers, journalists, historians and experts on combat are interviewed and add diverse perspectives on war's effects on soldiers, civilians and society.

War & Truth

War & Truth chronicles the history of embedded journalists from WWII to today. When the United States went to war with Iraq, more than two thousand journalists charged across the Iraqi desert to document history and send the story home. Not everything they saw made it into the newspaper or onto the television news. This film details the courage and frustrations of journalists who risk their lives on the front lines. It dares to bring to light the images you won’t see on the news and explores the true story of what it really means when a nation goes to war.

WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception

There were 2 wars going on in Iraq-one was fought with armies of soldiers, bombs and a fearsome military force. The other was fought alongside it with cameras, satellites, armies of journalists and propaganda techniques. One war was rationalized as an effort to find and disarm WMDs - Weapons of Mass Destruction; the other was carried out by even more powerful WMDs, Weapons of Mass Deception.