L'abbraccio - Storia di Antonino e Stefano Saetta

Partly adapted from cosmologist Stephen Hawking's popular book about his theories of the universe, this in-depth documentary also presents Hawking's daily life as he deals with the ALS that renders him virtually immobile and unable to speak without the use of a computer. Hawking's friends, family, former classmates and peers are interv...

Runtime

1h 20m

Director

Errol Morris

Cast

Stephen Hawking, Isobel Hawking, Janet Humphrey

An Honest Liar tells the incredible story of the world-famous magician, escape artist, and world-renowned enemy of deception, James 'The Amazing' Randi. The film brings to life Randi's intricate investigations that publicly exposed psychics, faith healers, and con-artists with quasi-religious fervor. A master deceiver who came out of t...

Runtime

1h 30m

Director

Tyler Measom, Justin Weinstein

Cast

James Randi, Adam Savage, Bill Nye

Francisco Brennand is an eighty-five year odl, painter, sculptor and ceramist from Brazil. He lives and works isolated in an open-air museum set in an old ceramic roofing tile factory that belonged to his father. Based on his diaries, written over the past 60 years, the film narrates the artist's journey from the moment he moved into t...

Runtime

1h 15m

Director

Marianna Brennand

Cast

Hermila Guedes, Francisco Brennand

This documentary brings alive a remarkable artist’s passionate journey through a turbulent century. Both epic and surprisingly intimate, the film presents a classic American immigrant saga, an inspiring search for artistic independence, and a great romance. Along the way, Biberman's growing commitment to social justice and struggle aga...

Runtime

1h 25m

Director

Jeffrey Kaufman

Cast

Herbert J. Biberman, Edward Biberman

Documentary telling the inside story of the plans by Louis Mountbatten to maneuver his nephew and heir to the Greek throne, Philip, into marrying the future queen Princess Elizabeth and the tensions that that unleashed.

Runtime

47m