In 1908, Alma Richards, an eighth-grader, quits school to work as a ranch hand. A chance meeting with a professor motivates him to resume his education, leading him to compete in high jump at the Stockholm Olympics and win a gold medal.
A sudden loss catalyzes an unlikely bond between two migrants in the Chinese community of Queens. Navigating lives far from home and the painstaking labor that supports them, they journey through grief together in hopes of finding family.
Nina, an OB-GYN, faces accusations after newborn's death. Her life undergoes scrutiny during investigation. She persists in her medical duties, determined to provide care others hesitate to offer, despite risks.
A film crew working for an edgy media company travels to Argentina to profile a local musician, but their ineptitude leads them into the wrong country. As the crew collaborates with locals to fabricate a trend, unexpected connections blossom while a pervasive health crisis looms unacknowledged in the background.
Set in the heart of a rapidly gentrifying west Los Angeles neighborhood still reeling from decades of guns and gang violence across the four corners near Venice, a working-class single mom desperately tries to wean her 17-year-old son Freddy away from a veteran gangster who has become a father fig-ure to him. Die Like a Man explores the rites of passage and codes of masculinity that are at the fore-front of our current era's zeitgeist, as well as the acceleration of gentrification and its effect on com-munities in LA today.
Exploring their 5-decade career performing stand-up, making records, and starring in hit films. It covers their lives, comedy partnership, and lasting influence on pop culture.
The TRUE STORY of when a retired NYPD detective writes a book about his family's ties to the mob, it ignites a firestorm between the dirty cops working for the city's brutal crime boss and the officers trying to bring them to justice.
The film follows a gangster who, after promising his wife a peaceful life, struggles to reform while facing his violent past, all while navigating a love-action story. explores themes of love, laughter, and war, as well as the struggle of a man trying to reform and break free from his past.
Key West comedy innovator Tom Dustin gets his due in this documentary portrait, directed by Joe List. Set over the course of a single weekend, the film follows Dustin, a longtime comedian and the co-founder of Comedy Key West. The film celebrates the friendship of Dustin and fellow comedian List, as Dustin himself digs into his struggles with depression and drinking in his own routines—amid a generous array of stand-up performances.