Dark Matter

A short documentary on the "Harlem Street Singer," blues artist Rev. Gary Davis. Features footage of his neighborhood, Davis talking about his upbringing, and two performances including "Death Don't Have No Mercy." Benefiting from New York's folk revival in the 1960s, Davis influenced artists such as Dave Van Ronk, Bob Dylan, and the Grateful Dead.

Witness the world of two sex workers in Toronto, who share their experiences in the industry and discuss the emotional labour involved in responding to comments on their race and gender.

Through small yet meaningful anecdotes and reflections, a handful of individual voices come together to form a collective narrative that speaks to the everyday lives and challenges of Latinos who have grown up in the contemporary US South.

Abel Ferrara directed this thirty-minute documentary that interviews the cast of his film THE ADDICTION.

A documentary about the making of Ari Aster's Kafkaesque epic Beau is Afraid.

An oral history of the creation, performance, and legacy of the locally beloved guise beast Old Ned, and his role in the revived tradition of May Horns held annually in Penzance, Cornwall.

Romani filmmaker and advocate Liza Mortimer unearths her family's musical legacy in the archives of The English Folk Dance and Song Society, revealing how her great-grandmother, Minty Smith, and other Romani people played a vital role in preserving England's traditional folk songs.

An octopus slithers over objects on land—a doll, a skull—then oozes along the shore into the sea. It secretes its ink. The camera follows it along rocks into deeper water, watching closely as it breathes. Its eye is closed then open. Simple titles, in French and German, suggest what to watch. The octopus alternates the use of breathing tubes on either side. It changes color as cells on its skin contract or dilate. Extreme magnification helps us see these changes. Two struggle, one dies. On shore, fishermen catch them and put them in pails. A single tentacle still has life. Back in the sea, two octopi attack a crab. Soon only a couple of crab legs are visible in the mouth of the victor.

At a marine biology station, a clump of algae reveals polyps, stomachs with limbs, limbs with buds, buds with poison cells. This animal reproduces by buds, which we watch close up in time-lapse images. In another kind of jellyfish, the buds grow inside then live outside for a few days until being on their own. Another produces eggs, sometimes self-fertilized. Some single eggs become buds with colonies. Another clump gathered at low tide consists of filaments of a colony - plumes with poison ends. In images taking 72 hours, we see filaments grow and produce a feeding organ from which a plume emerges. New jellyfish emerge from buds twice a day at set times to form a new colonies.

An octopus slithers into a narrow crack near the shore; we see its eye up close. It feeds on a crab. In spring it's time to mate. A male grabs a female; he inserts his third arm in her respiratory cavity. We watch another pair: a larger female is the aggressor here. Mating is repeated over hours and days. The female releases strings of fertilized eggs that hang from the roof of a nest. She guards her spawn for a month, fanning the strings to circulate water for oxygen and cleanliness.

In the void created ad hoc to throw us into desperation, fear, shock, the torment of an infinite present, Arto Lindsay sings with words, silences and small gestures of/with/for/about love, a force that is so violent that nothing will ever be the same again.

Born in St Austell, Cornwall, Richard Elliot is the longest living letterboxer. Collecting his first stamp in the 1960’s, Richard contemplates his lifelong commitment to this fascinating community, that place and search for hidden treasures across Dartmoor, Devon.

Burning Heart captures the emotion and energy of a yearly tradition in the small English town of Ottery Saint Mary where, on the 5th of November for reasons unknown, the residents of the town carry burning barrels of tar through the streets.

Man's need to create beauty, to interpret the world around him in image and color, has found expression in many forms, from the days of primitive culture to the present. This film surveys the work of Canadian craftsmen in many fields, showing how the changing Canadian scene has been their constant inspiration and how business enterprise today is increasingly using the skills of the artisan to enhance the decor of building interiors.

A film about Antonio Gaudi and his architecture in Barcelona.

Can you remember your first time? The first moment you knew you were hooked... the moment you knew you would find a way to make it happen again... no matter what. Our adventures are fueled by that unstoppable passion to find that unforgettable feeling.

The crystallization processes of various chemicals which are visible only through the microscope are shown using time-lapse acceleration at times.

A short documentary about local and sustainable fashion in Denmark.

We are back with our new 2012 snowboard film release, UNIQUE 8!The title refers to the innovative riding of a selected crew of only 8 riders: Gigi Rüf, Marco Feichtner, Arthur Longo, Nicolas Müller, Teo Konttinen, Werni Stock, Chris Sörman & Kalle Ohlson.

Urban renewal in New Castle, PA displaces black families. Thankfully manufactured homes are built on an old baseball diamond and Gary is happy again.