Films distributed by KinoSmith

Greenwich Village: Music That Changed A Generation

Featuring poignant interviews with Pete Seeger, Kris Kristofferson, Don McLean, Peter Yarrow, Arlo Guthrie, Lucy and Carly Simon, Tom Chapin and Judy Collins, among dozens of other...
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Charles Bradley: Soul Of America

Starting off on his 62nd birthday, Charles Bradley: Soul of America follows the extraordinary journey of singer Charles Bradley during the electrifying and transformative months...
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Shadows Of Liberty

Shadows of Liberty reveals the extraordinary truth behind the news media: censorship, cover-ups and corporate control.Filmmaker Jean-Philippe Tremblay takes a journey through the...
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Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me

Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me is a feature-length documentary film about the dismal commercial failure, subsequent massive critical acclaim, and enduring legacy of pop music's...
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Blackfish

Many of us have experienced the excitement and awe of watching 8,000-pound orcas, or "killer whales," soar out of the water and fly through the air at sea parks, as if in...
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The Fruit Hunters

Hunting mangoes in Borneo, scouring Renaissance paintings for ancient, lost figs, uncovering the secrets of tastebud-altering Miracle Fruit: The Fruit Hunters tells a story of...
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Wavemakers

Wavemakers is a feature-length documentary tracking an ensemble of fascinating characters in their quest to re-invent and revive a sophisticated early electronic music instrument...
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Crulic - The Path To Beyond

The animated documentary feature-length "Crulic - The Path to Beyond" tells the life's story of Crulic, the 33 years old Romanian who died in a Polish prison while making...
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The Secret Disco Revolution

The disco era, long dismissed as a time of hedonistic excess, has been gravely misunderstood. Revisionist historians now argue the era was in fact an important time of protest...
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Brother Number One

Olympian and Trans-Atlantic rowing champion New Zealander Rob Hamill travels to Cambodia to appear before a War Crimes Tribunal seeking justice for his eldest brother Kerry who...
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Road North

Timo is an esteemed concert pianist whose personal life is on the rocks. One day he finds an older shabby-looking man at his door. The man, Leo, turns out to be his father who left...
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56 UP

"Give me the child until he is seven and I will give you the man."Starting in 1964 with Seven Up, The UP Series has explored this Jesuit maxim. The original concept was...
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Italy: Love It or Leave It

After their award winning documentary, 'Suddenly, Last Winter', Luca and Gustav are back. This time they have to decide: should they stay in Italy, or leave it, like so many of...
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A People Uncounted

A People Uncounted tells the story of the Roma, commonly referred to as Gypsies-a people who have been both romanticized and vilified in popular culture. The Roma have endured...
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The House I Live In

For over forty years, America's "War on Drugs" has accounted for 45 million arrests, made America the world's largest jailer, and damaged poor communities at home and...
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The Punk Syndrome

The Punk Syndrome is a film about Finland's most kick-ass punk rock band, Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät. The band members, Pertti, Kari, Toni and Sami, are mentally...
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Mussels In Love

You either love them, or you hate them! But either way, you probably didn't know that the mussel can be used for much more than a starter - until now! 'Mussels In Love' is...
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A Place At The Table

50 million people in the U.S.-one in four children-don't know where their next meal is coming from, despite our having the means to provide nutritious, affordable food for all...
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The Manor

Shawney calls himself a filmmaker, but he's been a strip-club manager for longer. When he was six his father bought "The Manor", a small-town strip club. Thirty years...
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I Am Breathing

I AM BREATHING is a documentary about the thin space between life and death.Neil Platt ponders the last months of his life. Within a year, he goes from being a healthy young father...
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15 Reasons To Live

We humans love our lists. To-do lists, resolution lists, "bucket lists" - unequivocal directives all. As the old saying goes, Moses didn't come down from the mountain...
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Free The Mind

In 1992 Professor Richard Davidson, one of the world's leading neuroscientists, met the Dalai Lama, who encouraged him to apply the same rigorous methods he used to study...
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Venus And Serena

Ever since Venus and Serena Williams started playing in tennis tournaments, they've provoked strong reactions - from awe and admiration to suspicion and resentment. They've been...
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Downeast

The Stinson sardine cannery in Gouldsboro, Maine shut down production, leaving hundreds of lifelong factory employees jobless. When entrepreneur Antonio Bussone introduces plans to...
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Buzkashi!

Buzkashi! is a story of three fascinating characters who are at the top of their sport of Buzkashi in Tajikistan, a former Soviet republic nestled in the Pamir mountains...
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