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NEW RELEASES FOR THE NEW YEAR |
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VIDEO LIBRARIAN'S 2010 "BEST DOCUMENTARIES" |
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First Run Features is proud to announce that four films from our Educational/Non-Theatrical Collection have been selected as 2010 Best Documentaries by Video Librarian!
Titles include: the thought-provoking doc Defamation, the touching film Four Seasons Lodge, the inspirational story Pressure Cooker, and family saga Prodigal Sons.
Please give me a call or drop a line via email to discuss adding these documentaries - or any of our other award-winning films to your collection.
Best,
Nicole Baer
(212) 243-0600 x17
nicole@firstrunfeatures.com |
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 DEFAMATION
Speaking with the head of the Anti-Defamation League, controversial author Norman Finkelstein, and others, director Yoav Shamir sets out to discover the realities of anti-Semitism today.
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 FOUR SEASONS LODGE
From the darkness of Europe's death camps to the lush mountains of New York's Catskills, Four Seasons Lodge captures the final season for an aging community of Holocaust survivors who come together each summer to celebrate their lives. |
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 PRESSURE COOKER
Wilma Stephenson runs an infamous Culinary Arts “boot camp” for students at Frankford High School in Philadelphia. A teacher for 40 years, Wilma can be blunt and cantankerous – but beneath her tough exterior is a person who cares passionately about getting the best out of her kids.
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 PRODIGAL SONS
Returning home for her high school reunion, Kimberly Reed hopes for reconciliation with her estranged adopted brother. But she uncovers stunning revelations, including a blood tie with Orson Welles, sibling rivalries and twists of plot and gender that force them to face unexpected challenges. |
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 PHIL OCHS:
THERE BUT FOR FORTUNE
Over the course of a music career that spanned two decades, Ochs sought the bright lights of fame and social justice in equal measure. Features rare interviews and performance footage with Ochs and his contemporaries. |
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 BHUTTO
Bhutto tells the story of one of the most fascinating figures of our time: Benazir Bhutto, the first woman elected to lead a Muslim nation. Archival footage and expert interviews bring life to this tale set in Pakistan, which the Economist calls "the World's most dangerous place."
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 KINGS OF PASTRY
Legendary filmmakers D A Pennebaker & Chris Hegedus secured exclusive access to this test of France’s finest chefs - the prestigious Meilleurs Ouvriers de France competition. The film captures the high-stakes drama of artisans reaching for pastry perfection.
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 NESHOBA:
THE PRICE OF FREEDOM
The story of a Mississippi town divided about the meaning of justice, 40 years after the murders of civil rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, an event dramatized in the Oscar-winning film, Mississippi Burning.
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 PLASTIC PLANET
We live in the Age of Plastic. It's everywhere - even in our blood. This feisty doc takes us around the globe to reveal the far-flung reaches of plastic. Interviews with experts in biology, pharmacology and genetics expose how plastic affects our bodies & environment.
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 MAKING THE BOYS
Before Prop 8 or Milk, before the AIDS epidemic or gay pride parades, The Boys in the Band changed everything. This doc explores the drama, struggle and enduring legacy of the first gay play and subsequent Hollywood movie to reach a mainstream audience.
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 CIRCO
An intimate look at a family's struggle to preserve their small traveling circus in rural Mexico. This cinematic road movie opens the viewer to the luminous world of the circus while examing the universal themes of family bonds, familial responsibility and the weight of cultural inheritence.
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