Passion River Films
21) I'm With Phil
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When a New Yorker named Phil Campbell discovers a rural town in Alabama that shares his name, he invites Phil Campbell's from all over the world to join him there. The town starts preparing for the hoedown and the arrival of the Phil Campbell's, but then a tornado strikes the town; an unimaginably horrible tornado, killing 27 people. And in a town of barely 1,000, everybody knew the victims. Nobody in the area has ever seen anything like it. Hailing...
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Connected By Coffee tells the story of Latin American coffee farmers and how our daily brew is deeply connected to the region's troubled past and hopeful future. Following a 1000-mile journey from Mexico to Nicaragua, the film shows how equitable trading relationships are helping empower communities and take a step towards social justice. On every step of the film's journey we see the indomitable spirit of people who are determined to live joyfully...
25) Poverty, Inc
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The West has positioned itself as the protagonist of development, giving rise to a vast multi-billion dollar poverty industry; the business of doing good has never been better. Yet the results have been mixed, in some cases even catastrophic, and leaders in the developing world are growing increasingly vocal in calling for change. Drawing from over 200 interviews filmed in twenty countries, the film unearths an uncomfortable side of charity we can...
26) Toxic beauty
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Reveals the truth about harmful health consequences of chemicals found in everyday cosmetics and beauty products, the huge corporations that knowingly use them and the lack of governmental regulations to protect consumers. Each morning people spritz and slather themselves in over 100 different chemicals, yet the cosmetics and personal care industry in North America is not required to prove an ingredient is safe for human health before it is on the...
27) Forever faithful
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The story of one family's journey through canine cancer told through the eyes of their young observant daughter. The film follows her journey as she tries to understand both the causes of canine cancer and the advanced treatments available to her dog. Leading experts shed light on the disease and what's being done about it. Several dogs are introduced along the way and their stories of resilience, survival, and service to their communities will warm...
30) Newtown
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Three years after the horrific mass shooting in Newtown, CT that took the lives of twenty elementary school children and six educators on December 14, 2012, the small New England town is a complex psychological web in the wake of yet another act of mass killing at the hands of a disturbed young gunman.
31) $aving Banksy
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The true story of one misguided art collector's attempts to save a painting by the world's most infamous street artist from destruction and the auction block. A rare look inside the secretive world of graffiti and street art.
32) Man on fire
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"Grand Saline, Texas, a town east of Dallas, has a history of racism, a history the community doesn't talk about. This shroud of secrecy ended when Charles Moore, an elderly white preacher, self-immolated to protest the town's racism in 2014, shining a spotlight on the town's dark past. "Man on Fire" untangles the pieces of this protest and questions the racism in Grand Saline today."--Container.
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Steeped in authenticity, this is an opportunity to ride alongside modern working cowboys on some of America's largest and most remote cattle ranches. Meet the men and women working on these ₁big outfit₂ ranches, some of which are over one million acres, and still require full crews of horseback mounted workers to tend large herds of cattle. Explore the rewards and hardships of a celebrated but misunderstood way of life, including the challenges...
34) The disrupted
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It dives deep inside the lives of three Americans working harder than ever, as their place in the middle class slips away. For a farmer, a factory worker, and an Uber driver, rising income inequality betrays the American Dream.
35) Isolated
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A group of feral surfers and modern-day explorers embark on a journey to search for one of the world's last undiscovered waves in the island of New Guinea. Their adventure becomes all too real as they encounter real-life cannibals, discover human rights atrocities, and expose an unethical mining corporation.
37) The diplomat
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David Holbrooke attempts the seemingly insurmountable: capturing the legacy of his larger-than-life father, Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, while traveling across the globe to reveal an inside view of U.S. foreign policy. Holbrooke's career spanned fifty years of American foreign policy. The documentary takes viewers behind the scenes of high stakes diplomacy where peace is waged and wars are ended, including in Vietnam, Bosnia, Kosovo, and Afghanistan....
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The documentary explores the lesser-known tale of George's creators, Hans and Margret Rey. Years later, having heard that Hans was wasting his artistic talents as a bookkeeper in Rio, Margaret traveled to Brazil to persuade him to marry her and do something creative together. Arriving in New York as refugees, they started their life anew and over the next three decades, they created a classic that continues to touch the hearts and minds of children...
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Each year, 60,000 people from around the globe gather in the Nevada desert for the week-long Burning Man festival, where they party and collaborate on large-scale art before burning a giant effigy in a ritual frenzy. Rooted in self-expression, self-reliance and community effort, Burning Man has grown famous for stirring ordinary people to shed their nine-to-five existence and act on their dreams.
40) The Chicago 8
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The true story of the explosive trial that resulted, when seven leaders of the Vietnam antiwar movement, along with the Chairman of the Black Panthers, were charged with conspiracy to incite the devastating riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. It is one of the highest profile criminal court cases in US history.