Searching for Sam: Adrian Dunbar on Samuel Beckett

A chronicle of legendary Native American poet/activist John Trudell's travels, spoken word performances, and politics.

Runtime

1h 20m

Cast

John Trudell, Robert Redford, Jackson Browne

The creative chemistry of four brilliant artists —drummer John Densmore, guitarist Robby Kreiger, keyboardist Ray Manzarek and singer Jim Morrison— made The Doors one of America's most iconic and influential rock bands. Using footage shot between their formation in 1965 and Morrison's death in 1971, it follows the band from the corrido...

Runtime

1h 26m

Director

Tom DiCillo

Cast

Johnny Depp, Jim Morrison, John Densmore

A dramatised documentary about the life of Rumi, a Persian mystical poet whose images of universal love and divine mystery continue to be celebrated more than 700 years after his death.

Runtime

59m

Director

Kürşat Kızbaz

Cast

Sinan Tuzcu, Burak Sergen, Özcan Deniz

In his lifetime, Thomas Merton was hailed as a prophet and censured for his outspoken social criticism. For nearly 27 years he was a monk of the austere Trappist order, where he became an eloquent spiritual writer and mystic as well as an anti-war advocate and witness to peace. Merton: A Film Biography provides the first comprehensive...

Runtime

57m

Cast

Alexander Scourby, Gregory Abels, John Barber

Half blind and half deaf, ostraziced Cuban writer Rafael Alcides tries to finish his unpublished novels to discover that after several decades, the home made ink from the typewriter he used to write them has faded. The Cuban revolution as a love story and eventual deception is seen through the eyes of a man who is living an inner exile.

Runtime

52m

Cast

Rafael Alcides, Fidel Castro, Lynn Cruz