Freestyle Digital Media (Firm)
1) Samsara
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Prepare yourself for an unparalleled sensory experience. SAMSARA reunites director Ron Fricke and producer Mark Magidson, whose award winning films Baraka and Chronos were acclaimed for their combining visual and musical artistry. SAMSARA is a Sanskrit word that means "the ever turning wheel of life" and is the point of departure for the filmmakers as they search for the elusive current of interconnection that runs through our lives. Filmed over a...
2) Zero Weeks
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In one of the richest nations in the world, having a baby, a medical emergency or an aging parent can be a trigger into poverty. ZERO WEEKS explores America’s paid leave crisis, the cost of doing nothing, and what we can do about it.
4) The Cove
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A team of activists, filmmakers, and freedivers expose a deadly secret hidden in a remote cove in Taiji, Japan, uncovering a tradition of shocking cruelty. This unforgettable and courageous story will inspire outrage and action.
5) The Syndrome
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An explosive documentary following the crusade of a group of doctors, scientists, and legal scholars who have uncovered that “Shaken Baby Syndrome,” a child abuse theory used in hundreds of US prosecutions each year, doesn’t exist.
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MY LAST NERVE documents the life of a young research scientist, Max Glanz, as he undertakes the fight of a lifetime to cure his father from a rare disease that has torn his family apart. The film reveals Max’s 12 year journey to find answers before the clock runs out for his dad. Standing in his way are the institutions, hospitals and bureaucracies that he must navigate. This thought-provoking film showcases the real-world consequences of battling...
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Provides a candid look at several American women as they transition from active duty to civilian life after serving tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. Called "ENGAGING, HONEST and POWERFUL," this film is a beautiful tapestry interlaced with poignant moments, social commentary, and humor.
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The first documentary in this two-part series, OIL, WATER & CLIMATE RESISTANCE traces the fight against the expansion of pipelines carrying highly toxic tar sands oil through essential waterways in Minnesota, following movement leaders using direct action and legal strategy to protect the sacred and demand justice.
11) Necessity
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This two-part film series unfolds around activists and their use of the necessity defense in jury trials in different regions of the US after being charged with trespassing. Legal strategies in the climate movement take center stage as Indigenous leaders and Native and non-Native activists respond to the growing climate emergency. From the Mississippi Headwaters, wild rice fields and Great Lakes in Part I to the rivers and mountains of the Columbia...
13) Before the Plate
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Follow each ingredient from one plate of food all the way back to the farms they came from.
14) The Banksy Job
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Art, crime, authentication, ongoing feuds and a famous statue that, when it is reintroduced to the marketplace, could be worth millions.
16) Hondros
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Explores the life and legacy of late war photojournalist Chris Hondros, who covered every major world event since the late 1990s, taking viewers behind the scenes to tell the untold stories of many of Hondros’s most iconic photographs.
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It follows Yeshi Kassa, great-granddaughter of Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, as she embarks on a personal quest to discover what happened to her closest relatives during the coup of 1974. While Yeshi and her older sister were thousands of miles away in a British boarding school, her great-grandfather was deposed by a revolution, setting off a harrowing chain of events that would put her parents and siblings in grave danger. For the very first...
18) Lady Like
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The fairy-tale life of RuPaul’s Drag Race star, Lady Camden, shines in Luke Willis’ intimate and joyous documentary. As she soars to international fame, the filmmakers dive into the dark past that drove her to seek the fantasy of the performing arts.
20) Unicorn Boy
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The story follows Matty, a down-on-their-luck artist, who is magically sucked into a unicorn-run alternate dimension. Forced to confront their issues, Matty must bring peace to the kingdom and emotional stability to their bleak Silver Lake life.