Diane Weyermann
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Kunstneren og fotografen Nan Goldin, kjent for portrettene av sin eklektiske vennekrets, er representert i kunstsamlingene til noen av verdens fremste museer. De samme institusjonene mottar donasjoner fra hennes bitre fiende: Sackler-familien, som gjennom familiebedriften Purdue Pharma tjente milliarder på den amerikanske opioidkrisen. I All the Beauty and the Bloodshed vever den Oscar-vinnende regissøren Laura Poitras sammen Nan Goldin sin banebrytende kunst med hennes iherdige kamp for å få kunstverdenen til å slutte å ta imot blodpenger. Én etter én fjernes bokstavene S-a-c-k-l-e-r fra fasadene til museene. Filmen vant gulløven under filmfestivalen i Venezia.
Sing Me a Song
Young Peyangki lives and studies in a picturesque monastery deep in the mountains of Bhutan. A few years have passed since the king allowed TV and internet into the country, and now the structured daily rituals of candle lighting and recitation of prayers compete with the powerful lure of smartphones. Privately, Peyangki is passionate about love songs and falls in love on WeChat with a young singer from the city of Thimphu. Disinterested in study and often reprimanded by his masters, he sells medicinal mushrooms to make enough money to leave the monastery in search of “the one he dreams of night and day”. Peyangki trades in his robes for street clothes, but will he succumb to romance and the temptations of the city or return to his pious life in the monastery?
Merchants of Doubt
Inspired by the acclaimed book by Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway, Merchants of Doubt takes audiences on a satirically comedic yet illuminating ride into the heart of conjuring American spin. Filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the curtain on a secretive group of highly charismatic, silver-tongued pundits-for-hire who present themselves in the media as scientific authorities – yet have the contrary aim of spreading maximum confusion about well-studied public threats ranging from toxic chemicals to pharmaceuticals to climate change.
Waiting for "Superman"
The lives of five Harlem and Bronx families in the high stakes lottery for access to New York City's best charter schools.
Waiting for Superman
From the Oscar-winning Director of An Inconvenient Truth comes a groundbreaking feature film that provides an engaging and provocative look at public education in the United States. Waiting For “Superman” has helped launch a movement to achieve a real and lasting change through the compelling stories of the struggles students, families, educators and reformers have had to face and overcome. Inspiring and poignant, Waiting For “Superman” will motivate immediate action and leave a lasting and powerful impression you will want to share with your friends and family.
Standard Operating Procedure
Errol Morris ser nærmere på tilfellene av mishandling og tortur av terrormistenkte i regi av den amerikanske hæren ved Abu Ghraib fengsel.