documentary
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Alive Inside
I cannot remember exactly how social worker Dan Cohen came across his amazing discovery but what we can see from this heart-warming documentary about him putting it in to practice is the undisguised joy from all the people who are reaping from his ‘invention’. Cohen established that elderly hospitalized patients numbed the cruel ravages of…
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Compared To What? : The Improbable Journey of Barney Frank.
When husband and wife filmmakers Sheila Canavan and Michael Chandler first approached the Democratic Congressman for Massachusetts with the idea of making a documentary about him they just envisioned that it would simply cover his last year in Office prior to his retirement. They quickly discovered that there was a whole wealth of history and stories…
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Mala Mala
A chance encounter in a bar in Austin Texas with an eloquent drag queen was the impetus for filmmakers Antonio Santini and Dan Sickles to embark on a journey that would take them to Puerto Rico to explore the world of transgender people and drag queens. What they discovered and recorded in this fascinating new…
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LOVE CHLD
In 2010 a young South Korean couple were charged with manslaughter after their malnourished 3-month-old baby starved to death after they had abandoned her to go play online games at a cyber cafe for 12 hour stints. The Judge had been persuaded that their gaming addiction was technically an illness and made them not culpable…
