Letter from Masanjia
Damascus, Oregon, United States. Julie Keith finds a baffling message hidden in a pack of decorative items, a desperate plea for help, written by someone imprisoned in a Chinese labor camp called Masanjia…
Last Men in Aleppo
Winner of the Grand Jury Documentary prize at the Sundance Film Festival, Syrian filmmaker Feras Fayyad’s breathtaking work — a searing example of boots-on-the-ground reportage — follows the efforts of…
Harlow: The Blonde Bombshell
Actress Sharon Stone hosts this documentary about the life and career of 1930s sex symbol Jean Harlow. Included are clips from many of her films, photos and stories about her…
In the Footsteps of Marco Polo
In the Footsteps of Marco Polo is a 2008 PBS documentary film detailing Denis Belliveau and Francis O’Donnell’s 1993 retracing of Marco Polo’s journey from Venice to Anatolia, Persia, India…
Masterpiece: Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns
This is the master-crafted work of the legendary writer and artist Frank Miller. The film encapsulates, and celebrates the stunning achievement of Batman: the Dark Knight Returns, galvanizing the reason…
Forgetting Dad
A man suffers a minor car accident, and a week later constructs a new identity, claiming he can’t “remember” being a father. Nearly twenty years later, his amnesia persists, yet…
No Man’s Land: The Rise of Reeker
Dogs 101 is a show that airs on the American cable TV channel Animal Planet. Dog trainers and breeding experts explored the advantages and disadvantages of various breeds of dogs.
Unseen
In 2009, police discovered the bodies of eleven women decomposing in and around the home of known sex offender. With unprecedented access to the surviving victims, UNSEEN looks into how…
Kaboom
Ed Stafford undertakes an extreme survival challenge as he washes up naked and alone on a desert island, Olorua, south east of Fiji. He has only his brain, bare hands…
Waiting for Fidel
This feature-length documentary from 1974 takes viewers inside Fidel Castro’s Cuba. A movie-making threesome hope that Fidel himself will star in their film. The unusual crew consists of former Newfoundland…
Windjammer: The Voyage of the Christian Radich
Windjammer, the first presentation in CINEMIRACLE, is the record of a training cruise of the full-rigged S/S Christian Radich from Oslo across the Atlantic, through the Caribbean, to New York…
Iverson
Iverson is the ultimate legacy of NBA legend Allen Iverson, who rose from a childhood of crushing poverty in Hampton, Virginia, to become an 11-time NBA All-Star and universally recognized…
Ghosts of Abu Ghraib
An examination of the prisoner abuse scandal involving U.S. soldiers and detainees at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison in the fall of 2003.