An Unreasonable Man is a 2006 documentary film that traces the life and career of political activist Ralph Nader, the founder of modern consumer protection. The film examines Nader's advocacy for auto safety features, such as federally mandated seat belts and air bags, as well as his rise to national prominence following an invasion of privacy lawsuit against General Motors.
Utilizing heat sensing imaging technology, scenes of everyday incidents of the city are transformed into glimpses of our world through an alien lens. Two insertions of on-screen text betray Ahwesh's ominous implications. The first is a meditation on Rudyard Kipling's oft-quoted "Truth is the first casualty of war," while the second takes the form of a hastily crafted e-mail, suggesting that its author has become withdrawn and pessimistic out of fear of some pending disaster. Originally made in response to the political climate of the Iraq War, Warm Objects remains a relevant portrait of the world in uncertain and paranoid times.
Return to 1943 with this volume of the "Battlefield" series that deals with the conflicts in the Balkans. Vintage combat footage is paired with historical insight into the battles' context and the military and political leaders involved. The program covers events from August 1943 through the end of World War II, as the Romanian shift from Axis to Allied allegiance created a domino effect throughout southeastern Europe.
A trip to the Marin headlands at the Golden Gate of San Francisco Bay headlines this video diary. The viewer gets to eves and eye drop on various verbal and real time activities that are of a wet nature now and then. There’re boats and bodies and some spoken unspeakables amid the splendor of natural and unnatural expressions befitting the rim of a pacific paradise at low tide.
Two outcasts fight for survival in a sinister fantasy world. Their lives are constantly in jeopardy after they're caught in the middle of a deadly battle between bizarre monsters on their way to the ice cream shop.
Two Hurricane Katrina evacuees from the Desire Projects in New Orleans who both end up in Houston after the storm. The storm twists the fates of these two men. The first, Jay Dee, was a feared and powerful crime boss who is humbled when he loses everything and winds up as a lowly clerk at a retail chain store. The second, Shawn, an underachieving poor kid from the neighborhood gets a fresh start and becomes a writer/novelist.
On February 14, 2007, Valentine's Day, eight people who support gay relationships and marriage went to SOHO Modern City and various bus stops to give roses and cards to passersby, wish them a happy Valentine’s Day, and ask their support for gay rights. Upon seeing the words in the cards, everybody reacted differently. When they were asked their opinion of homosexuality, or what they would think if a family member were gay, their answers were all different and interesting, and even blackly humorous.
"Mayi, the protagonist in this strikingly stylised debut ... works as a removals man for a company belonging to a relative. In his spare time, he drinks and plays cards with his colleagues. At a certain point he sees an opportunity to find his way into the immediate vicinity of the beautiful Hudie and his obsession won't stop when it becomes clear that she receives a lot of male visitors. His desires and ambitions put him on the path of minor white lies, with dramatic consequences." - IFFR
Horror - Marty Flaherty is an ex high school football star who had his career cut short due to an accident during a family sponsored weenie roast. Since then he has been put on the medication Zaxxol but it hasn't really helped, it makes it hard for him to focus. He lost his scholarship to the state university as a result of his new learning disability and ended up staying at home with his parents. - David Prouty, Jeff Priskorn, Jacquie Floyd
"In the grey full of illusions and alarms, in the confusion, they scatter. Anna is called and undoubtedly those who say this palindromic name out loud conjure up a face, a shoulder. They are singing lullabies of days gone by." (Gaelle Obiégly)