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Temporary Identity

2025

What does it mean to belong to a place, a country? In a south Tel Aviv elementary school, that question is addressed head-on by a fourth-grade class and their teacher. The children are asylum seekers whose families mostly do not have a legal status in Israel, yet learn, sing and play in Hebrew all the while examining their identity and sense of belonging.

Patrimonio

2018

As unrestricted development threatens water sources in Baja California Sur, Mexico, local peoples are beginning to push back against global business interests.

Dogtown and Z-Boys

2002

This award-winning, thrilling story is about a group of discarded kids who revolutionized skateboarding and shaped the attitude and culture of modern day extreme sports. Featuring old skool skating footage, exclusive interviews and a blistering rock soundtrack, DOGTOWN AND Z-BOYS captures the rise of the Zephyr skateboarding team from Venice's Dogtown, a tough "locals only" beach with a legacy of outlaw surfing.

You Remind Me of Me

2005

You Remind Me of Me is about the varying lives of girls who love to ride - surfboards, skateboards, snowboards - viewed through a kaleidoscope of separate experiences and insights.

AKA: Girl Skater

2002

A skate video film that provides a fascinating insight into the unique and rapidly emerging subculture of skaters.

Woodstock

1970

An intimate look at the Woodstock Music & Art Festival held in Bethel, NY in 1969, from preparation through cleanup, with historic access to insiders, blistering concert footage, and portraits of the concertgoers; negative and positive aspects are shown, from drug use by performers to naked fans sliding in the mud, from the collapse of the fences by the unexpected hordes to the surreal arrival of National Guard helicopters with food and medical assistance for the impromptu city of 500,000.

Dig!

2004

A documentary on the once promising American rock bands The Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Dandy Warhols. The friendship between respective founders, Anton Newcombe and Courtney Taylor, escalated into bitter rivalry as the Dandy Warhols garnered major international success while the Brian Jonestown Massacre imploded in a haze of drugs.

Im Techno-Rausch - 60 Stunden Dauerparty

1996

Documentary about the rave and techno scene of the 90s.

Canvas: The Skateboarding Documentary

1998

Documentary following the Hardcore 900 Degrees Tour, Australia, Easter 1998.

Carlos Sainz: The Operator

2024

Going Varsity in Mariachi

2023

A year in the life of an underdog competitive high school mariachi band in the Texas borderlands.

Holy Stokes! A Real Life Happening

2016

Over two years in the making, Holy Stokes! features an international cast of skaters ranging from street connoisseurs to transition destroyers to hyper-talented up-and-comers rolling and rallying across the planet. Shot entirely in ultra high-definition 4K across dozens of locations spanning every corner of the globe, Holy Stokes! builds on more than 20 years and 30 influential films from the world of Volcom. Directed by skate-film auteur Russell Houghten, Holy Stokes! is a visual documentation of raw skateboarding and the pursuit of stoke.

National Diploma

2014

In Kisangani, a group of high-school students who cannot afford to pay the teachers' "bonuses" organized themselves to prepare the State exam together.

Look Away

2021

Interviews from women involved in the 70's and 80's rock music industry. An examination of the people taking advantage of underage fans and calling for a "Me too" movement in the music world

American Cheerleader

2014

Follows the journey of two high school teams vying for the coveted UCA National High School Cheerleading Championship title.