CATANAS POINT - A Surf Documentary

Documentary filmmaker Bruce Brown, himself a competition-level surfer, follows surfers Michael Hynson and Robert August on an around-the-world surfing adventure. With Brown's wry, sardonic narration and a twangy, guitar-driven instrumental soundtrack by The Sandals playing over the silent footage, Mike and Rob leave their California ho...

Runtime

1h 31m

Director

Bruce Brown

Cast

Michael Hynson, Robert August, Lord James Blears

An exploration —manipulated and staged— of life in Las Hurdes, in the province of Cáceres, in Extremadura, Spain, as it was in 1932. Insalubrity, misery and lack of opportunities provoke the emigration of young people and the solitude of those who remain in the desolation of one of the poorest and least developed Spanish regions at tha...

Runtime

30m

Director

Luis Buñuel

Cast

Abel Jacquin, Francisco Rabal, Alexandre O'Neill

Misty Copeland was promoted to principal dancer at American Ballet Theatre in 2015, becoming the first Black American ballerina to do so in the elite classical company's 75-year history. Misty sheds light on beating all odds through a difficult upbringing and learning ballet at 13 years old. She also expresses the importance of giving ...

Runtime

4m

Cast

Misty Copeland, Charisse Jones, Susan Fales-Hill

Tells the life story of Danish author Karen Blixen, who at the beginning of the 20th century moved to Africa to build a new life for herself. The film is based on her 1937 autobiographical novel.

Runtime

2h 41m

Director

Sydney Pollack

Cast

Robert Redford, Meryl Streep, Klaus Maria Brandauer

In 1609, Henry IV sent Inquisition judge Pierre de Lancre to the French Basque Country to investigate witchcraft. In the trials, 80 people were sentenced to death at the stake. Between the 15th and 17th centuries, a total of between 40,000 and 60,000 people fell victim to such waves of persecution in Europe. How can this phenomenon be ...

Runtime

1h 28m

Director

Marie Thiry

Cast

Anna Flori-Lamour, Cédric Zimmerlin, Nicole Jacques-Lefèvre