AKA Tommy Chong
Documentary about Tommy Chong’s federal prosecution under the Bush administration for selling bongs over the Internet.
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Genre: Documentary
Director: Josh Gilbert
Actors: Bill Maher, Cheech Marin, Jay Leno, Lou Adler, Peter Coyote, Tommy Chong
Working on the Douro River
Short silent documentary from 1931 about those working on the River Douro in Oporto.
Jimi Plays Berkeley
This rousing world-famous concert is regarded by critics to be one of Jimi Hendrix’s finest performances ever. Taking footage from two separate performances at the Berkeley Community Theater on May…
Wattstax
A documentary film about the Afro-American Woodstock concert held in Los Angeles seven years after the Watts riots. Director Mel Stuart mixes footage from the concert with footage of the…
Into the Deep
An underwater exploration beneath kelp forests in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California. The film captures the birth of a shark, squids mating, a lobster molting, a…
This Filthy World
In this filmed version of cult film director John Waters’ popular one-man show, the Pink Flamingos and A Dirty Shame director takes the stage to discuss everything from his early…
Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton’s Cafeteria
The first major uprising against police brutality, harassment, and societal oppression was not at Stonewall in 1969, but at Compton’s Cafeteria in San Francisco three years earlier. Those who stood…
A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School
For a seventy-year period, when America cared little about the education of African-Americans, and discrimination was law and custom, The Bordentown School was an educational utopia. An incubator for black…
Paris Is Burning
Where does voguing come from, and what, exactly, is throwing shade? This landmark documentary provides a vibrant snapshot of the 1980s through the eyes of New York City’s African American…
When We Were Kings
It’s 1974. Muhammad Ali is 32 and thought by many to be past his prime. George Foreman is ten years younger and the heavyweight champion of the world. Promoter Don…
Forgetting Dad
A man suffers a minor car accident, and a week later constructs a new identity, claiming he can’t “remember” being a father. Nearly twenty years later, his amnesia persists, yet…
Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine
Garry Kasparov is possibly the greatest chess player who has ever lived. In 1997, he played a match against the greatest chess computer: IBM’s Deep Blue. He lost. This film…
The Shock Doctrine
An investigation of “disaster capitalism”, based on Naomi Klein’s proposition that neo-liberal capitalism feeds on natural disasters, war and terror to establish its dominance.
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