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Month: September 2020

The Matchbox Man (2021)

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The story of one man’s obsession with cars…really really small cars…   So what do you do when your cherished childhood toy becomes a collection. Then becomes an obsession? Well, like the Addams Family – voila! The house is a museum! In The Matchbox Man, director Gorman Bechard visits Charlie Mack, who began buying Matchbox […]

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FACTORY (coming in 2024)

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150,000 sq feet of Sex, Vice, Music, Art & Clocks…   You drive by one every day.  Old factory buildings.  Dilapidated.  Boarded-up.  Infested.  Ready for the wrecking ball.  Or are they… Have you ever wondered what secrets that old building holds?  Who lived, worked, died, dreamed, fell in love, got murdered, performed, made art, had […]

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In the Shadow of the Cross (coming in 2024)

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Everyone knows about the cross..   A look at the world that was, through the eyes of the world in which we now live. A story of the American dream gone horrible wrong, told through the history of a religious theme park built out of everyday items like plaster-covered egg cartons and chicken wire, covered […]

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Seniors A Dogumentary (2020)

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SENIORS is a feature-length documentary full of love, hope, and second chances. It focuses on three interwoven stories about senior dogs. There’s Chaser, the smartest dog in the world. Old Friends Senior Dog Sanctuary, a retirement home for dogs in Tennessee.

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Pizza A Love Story (2019)

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Pizza wasn’t invented in New Haven.  It was perfected there.   Marinara sauce runs red through the streets of New Haven in this surprising, delectable documentary which profiles three pizza restaurants — Pepe, Sally’s & Modern — that together stand as the cornerstone of the town’s Italian-American heritage and connoisseurs of the tastiest incarnations of […]

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What It Takes: film en douze tableaux (2018)

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A vegan, bisexual, atheist, civil rights activist singer/songwriter walks into a country/western bar…   An intimate glimpse at songwriting and the balancing act of life versus passion as vegan, bisexual, civil rights activist Sarah Shook and her band of seasoned vitruosos, The Disarmers, head into the studio to record their new album and prove they […]

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Who is Lydia Loveless? (2016)

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WHO IS LYDIA LOVELESS?

Singer/songwriter, alt-country queen, cow punk, hard rocker? The second coming of Hank Williams or Patti Smith? Or just a bubbling cauldron of hormones and emotions holding steadfast to the ideal of keeping rock & roll alive?

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A Dog Named Gucci (2015)

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Justice is a dog’s best friend…   Winner of the 2015 ASPCA Media Excellence Award, A DOG NAMED GUCCI  tells the story of a 10-week old puppy named Gucci who was hung by his neck, doused with lighter fluid, and set afire. Doug James, standing on his porch nearby, heard the puppy’s cries and ran […]

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Every Everything: the music, life & times of Grant Hart (2013)

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A rock & roll Fog of War about Hüsker Dü’s Grant Hart.   In marked contrast to COLOR ME OBSESSED, director Gorman Bechard’s risky yet rewarding 2011 Replacements documentary that featured no songs or appearances by its subject matter, his upcoming EVERY EVERYTHING: THE MUSIC, LIFE & TIMES OF GRANT HART doc completely flips the […]

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Broken Side of Time (2013)

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Over a million women have modeling portfolios online. BROKEN SIDE OF TIME is the story of Jane, one of the models who’ve made a career of it. But now 30, and tired of competing with 18-year-olds, Jane realizes what makes her feel most alive is also destroying her.

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