Film Movement (Firm)

Britain, late-1970s. Punk is exploding. The country is deeply divided over immigration. The National Front, a far-right and fascist political party, is gaining strength as politicians like Enoch Powell push a xenophobic agenda. Outraged by a racist speech from Eric Clapton, music photographer Red Saunders writes a letter to the music press, calling for rock to be a force against racism. NME, Melody Maker, and Sounds all publish the letter. Flooded...

The unique story of two Kenyan warriors who decide to trade in their rifles for sneakers, so they can become competitive marathon runners.

Official documentary about '80s street art pioneer Richard Hambleton, known as the godfather of street art. This plunges viewers into the chaotic life of a forgotten artist, from early fame as a painter and denizen of the Lower East Side through his struggles with heroin, to his surprising comeback as street art exploded to become one of the most popular and lucrative art movement in the world.

"Experience a year in the life of a surf town at the mercy of the Atlantic Ocean. Set against the backdrop of Ireland's stunning west coast, this observational documentary - at times intimate, at times epic - embeds itself within Lahinch's passionate surfing community. Following this dedicated group of diehards who want their local waves to be known around the world, between land and sea combines exhilarating footage with insightful, moving and often...

"Every year, over 60,000 young missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are sent around the world to preach their gospel. [The film] follows four Latter-day Saints teenagers from their training in Utah to their missions in Finland, home of Europe's most private and secular people. [It] tracks these wide-eyed, impassioned teens on their two-year rite of passage as they struggle with being immersed in a new culture and the daily...

Sherenté Mishitashin "Being Thunder" Harris, a Two Spirit Genderqueer teenager from the Narragansett tribe in Rhode Island, boldly challenges the status quo of what it means to be a queer indigenous person in a world bound by binary gender roles.

It is a real-life political saga following Musa Hadid, the Christian mayor of Ramallah, during his second term in office. His immediate goals: repave the sidewalks, attract more tourism, and plan the city's Christmas celebrations. His ultimate mission: to end the occupation of Palestine. Rich with detailed observation and a surprising amount of humor, the show offers a portrait of dignity amidst the madness and absurdity of endless occupation while...

"Carrie Lowstein (Madeline Grey DeFreece) and Hannah Rosen (Rachel Sennott) have been inseparable for as long as they can remember. When their former Hebrew school classmate, Samantha Goldstein, commits suicide, the two girls go to her funeral as well as the "Teen Talk-back" session designed to be an opportunity for them to understand grief through their faith. But, after an innocent kissing exercise turns Carrie's world inside out, the best friends...

Does the most widely used weed killer in the world cause cancer? Into the Weeds: Dewayne "Lee" Johnson vs. Monsanto Company follows the story of groundskeeper Lee Johnson and his fight for justice against agrichemical giant Monsanto (now Bayer, which bought the company in 2018), the manufacturer of the weed killer, Roundup. In 2015, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a branch of the World Health Organization, classified glyphosate...

Orphan Girl Heidi spends the happiest days of her childhood together with her eccentric grandfather, cut off from the outside world in a simple cabin in the Swiss mountains. But these carefree times come to an abrupt end when Heidi is taken to Frankfurt by her Aunt Dete to stay with the family of the wealthy Mr. Sesemann and be a playmate for his wheelchair-bound daughter Klara.