Christopher Doyle: Filming in the Neon World

Journey with the musicians of the Berlin Philharmonic and their conductor Sir Simon Rattle on a breakneck concert tour of six metropolises across Asia: Beijing, Seoul, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Taipei and Tokyo. Their artistic triumph onstage belies a dynamic and dramatic life backstage. The orchestra is a closed society that observes its o...

Runtime

1h 48m

Director

Thomas Grube

Cast

Simon Rattle, Berliner Philharmoniker

Cameramen and women discuss the craft and art of cinematography and of the "DP" (the director of photography), illustrating their points with clips from 100 films, from Birth of a Nation to Do the Right Thing. Themes: the DP tells people where to look; changes in movies (the arrival of sound, color, and wide screens) required creative ...

Runtime

1h 32m

Director

Arnold Glassman, Todd McCarthy

Cast

Ernest R. Dickerson, Michael Chapman, Allen Daviau

Tells the story of how Edward Snowden managed to evade capture by the US. For the first time Snowden tells the story of how he managed to escape so that not to have to spend the rest of his life in an American prison.

Runtime

58m

Director

Poul-Erik Heilbuth

Cast

Edward Snowden, Julian Assange

The Real Story of Fake Democracy. Filmed over three years in five countries, FREEDOM FOR THE WOLF is an epic investigation into the new regime of illiberal democracy. From the young students of Hong Kong, to a rapper in post-Arab Spring Tunisia and the viral comedians of Bollywood, we discover how people from every corner of the glob...

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1h 29m

In one of those wonderful coincidences of history, lumière, the French word for “light,” was also the last name of brothers Auguste and Louis, whose brilliant invention, the cinematograph, helped to inaugurate the most beloved art form of the last 130 years. Institute Lumière director Thierry Frémaux uses Lumière, Le Cinema! to guide t...

Runtime

1h 44m

Director

Thierry Frémaux

Cast

Francis Ford Coppola, Roman Coppola, Bertrand Tavernier