biography
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The Dog
John Wojtowicz was a loud potty-mouthed self-absorbed oddball whose ill-conceived bungled bank robbery brought him an infamy that he clung to desperately for the rest of his life. He was a brash Brooklynite, who fresh out of the army at the age of 22, married the first girl he set his eyes on. Before the…
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THE OVERNIGHTERS a documentary by Jesse Moss
After North Dakota introduced the controversial technology known as fracking in 2008 it suddenly became the nation’s second-largest oil-producing State. So as the economic recession started to kick in really hard over the next few years, thousands of unemployed men unable to find work in their part of the country flocked to the new oilfields…
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Elaine Stritch : Shoot Me
In the year approaching her 87th Birthday Broadway Legend Elaine Stritch allowed first time Director Chiemi Karasawa to follow her around and film her warts and all resulting in this compelling new documentary. A brave move for someone battling with diabetes and failing health who is determined to keep performing even though it seems such…
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Finding Vivian Maier
A young graduate working on a history project bought a suitcase full of photographic negatives in a Chicago auction hoping that one or two of them may be useful in his research. However, what John Maloof discovered that day in 2007 was a treasure trove of what is undoubtedly one of the finest collections…
