![]() | The Cats of Mirikitaniby Linda Hattendorf and Masahiro Yoshikawa When 9/11 threatens 80-year-old Jimmy Mirikitani's life on the streets of New York, the artist begins to confront his painful past and finds hope, humanity, and home. Independent Lens |
![]() | Docby Immy Humes The amazing adventures of novelist and Paris Review founder Harold Louis “Doc” Humes — featuring a paper house, the Hip Messiah, Don Peyote, Leary, Mailer, Auster, and the FBI. A story about ideas, drugs, literature, protest, and paranoia, that sheds light on American cultural history as well as an original mind. Global Voices, Independent Lens |
![]() | Downpour Resurfacingby Frances Nkara Blending experimental images with an intimate interview with therapist Robert Hall, this short film chronicles how one man transformed a childhood of abuse into a life of confidence and strength. Independent Lens |
![]() | Goodbye Soloby Ramin Bahrani An elderly man hires Solo, a Senegalese cab driver, to drive him to a mountaintop in North Carolina where he plans to commit suicide. Independent Lens |
![]() | Gunnyby Patrick Stettner A young female soldier returns home after a traumatic tour of duty, taking a new medication that can selectively erase memories. FUTURESTATES |
![]() | The Horse Boyby Michel Orion Scott When their son is diagnosed with autism, one Texas couple seeks the best medical treatment. Nothing works — until they discover their son’s connection to horses, and take a spiritual journey to Mongolia on an epic quest for healing. Independent Lens |
![]() | Lionessby Meg McLagan and Daria Sommers An intimate look at war through the eyes of women on the front lines and the U.S. military policy that bans them from combat. Women and Girls Lead, Independent Lens |
![]() | The Loss of Nameless Thingsby Bill Rose In 1978, Oakley Hall III was a brilliant 28-year-old playwright on the verge of national recognition when he mysteriously fell from a bridge and lost everything. Independent Lens |
![]() | Lost Sparrowby Chris Billing Three decades ago, two Crow Indian brothers ran away from home and no one knew why. Their sudden and mysterious deaths sent shockwaves through a tiny upstate New York community. Lost Sparrow is their adoptive brother's journey to bring Bobby and Tyler home and confront a painful truth that shattered his family. Independent Lens |
![]() | Marwencolby Jeff Malmberg After a vicious attack leaves him brain damaged and broke, Mark Hogancamp seeks recovery in Marwencol, a 1/6th-scale World War II-era town that he creates in his backyard. Independent Lens |
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