Posts from the ‘Documentary’ Category

  • American Drug War 2: Cannabis Destiny

    American Drug War 2: Cannabis Destiny

    May 16th, 2013 | Coming Soon, Documentary, Films | jwilka

    After surviving brain surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy, a 2-year-old boy lay in a coma not eating for over 40 days. His parents are told to make funeral arrangements. However, his father had read about a version of an ancient drug made from cannabis. Unbeknownst to the hospital staff, the parents start secretly injecting the illegal [...]

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  • The Source Family

    The Source Family

    April 18th, 2013 | Available Now, Documentary, Films | jwilka

    It’s 1972, a time of social upheaval, radical fervor, and the rise of new religions and communes across the country. The Source Family considers themselves an “Aquarian tribe,” a secretive?but outlandish group of 140 beautiful young people, devotees of a controversial Hollywood restaurateur-turned-spiritual leader who has 14 wives, drives a Rolls Royce and fronts his [...]

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  • Wild in the Streets

    Wild in the Streets

    April 18th, 2013 | Available Now, Documentary, Films | jwilka

    Narrated by Sean Bean (Game of Thrones) and directed by Peter Baxter, WILD IN THE STREETS follows the passionate participants and supporters of the ancient game of Shrovetide Football where the field of play is the town itself. As the lifeblood of Ashbourne, an English market town, Shrovetide has been played for thousands of years [...]

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  • Roman Polanski: Odd Man Out

    Roman Polanski: Odd Man Out

    March 27th, 2013 | Available Now, Documentary, Films | jwilka

    In 2009, celebrated director Roman Polanski was arrested at the Zurich Film Festival. His weekend jaunt turned into a 10 month imprisonment. A follow up to the Emmy award winning “Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired” — which some say was one of the reasons for his arrest —- explores the bizarre clash of politics, celebrity [...]

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  • The Bitter Buddha

    The Bitter Buddha

    February 19th, 2013 | Available Now, Documentary, Films | jwilka

    Eddie Pepitone is “The Bitter Buddha”, a man at war with himself. This humorous documentary takes an unconventional look at an unconventional man as he struggles with his career, his past and the world around him. Original Animation, stand-up comedy and engaging interviews with Patton Oswalt, Sarah Silverman, Marc Maron and others help us gain [...]

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  • Sound City

    Sound City

    January 31st, 2013 | Available Now, Documentary, Films | jwilka

    Deep in the San Fernando Valley, behind the train tracks and amidst dilapidated warehouses, was rock n’ roll’s best kept secret. Sound City, America’s greatest unsung recording studio, housed a legendary, one-of-a-kind recording console, and became the birth place to the seminal albums that defined 20th century music. Fleetwood Mac, Neil Young, Rick Springfield, Tom [...]

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  • In Organic We Trust

    In Organic We Trust

    January 22nd, 2013 | Available Now, Documentary, Films | jwilka

    78% of Americans eat some organic food. Yet most people don’t have a clue what it means. “In Organic We Trust” is an eye-opening documentary that reveals the true meaning of “organic”.  When corporations went into the business and “organic” became a brand, the philosophy and the label grew apart.  But there’s hope for organic [...]

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  • $ellebrity

    $ellebrity

    January 11th, 2013 | Available Now, Documentary, Films | jwilka

    Renowned rock and roll photographer Kevin Mazur has pulled together an impressive team for his first feature-length documentary about the changing face of celebrity and the many ways that the media has conveyed, defined, and even demeaned what it means to be famous today. Taking a historical ride through the early days of Hollywood and [...]

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  • The Perfect Human Diet

    The Perfect Human Diet

    December 22nd, 2012 | Available Now, Documentary, Films | jwilka

    The Perfect Human Diet is an unprecedented global exploration to find a solution to our epidemic of overweight, obesity and diet-related disease – the #1 killer in America. The film bypasses current dietary group-think by exploring modern dietary science, previous historical findings, ancestral native diets and the emerging field of human dietary evolution; revealing for [...]

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  • Minds in the Water

    Minds in the Water

    November 13th, 2012 | Available Now, Documentary, Films | jwilka

    FEATURING HAYDEN PANETTIERE (“HEROES”) & ISABEL LUCAS (“RED DAWN”)! Pro soul surfer Dave “Rasta” Rastovich went from observer to activist when he embarked on a personal mission to help dolphins, whales and the oceans they all share. While unsure at first, Rasta quickly found his activist sea legs and helped build a core team of [...]

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  • Free Throw

    Free Throw

    November 1st, 2012 | Available Now, Documentary, Films | jwilka

    We live in a world full of lines that divide us—Racial. Financial. Religious. But what if there was one line that brought us all together? The Boston Film Festival’s Audience Award Winning documentary, Free Throw, follows eight students at Compton High School as they participate in a free throw shooting contest for a $40,000 college [...]

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  • Last Will & Testament

    Last Will & Testament

    October 23rd, 2012 | Available Now, Documentary, Films | jwilka

    FROM EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ROLAND EMMERICH (“ANONYMOUS” & INDEPENDENCE DAY”)! FEATURING OSCAR© WINNER VANESSA REDGRAVE (“BLOW-UP”) AND GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINEE DEREK JACOBI (“HENRY V”)! It’s been called the greatest literary mystery of all time; who wrote the works of William Shakespeare?  Derek Jacobi leads an impressive cast in search of the world’s most elusive author and [...]

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  • Head Games

    Head Games

    September 21st, 2012 | Available Now, Documentary, Films | jwilka

    FROM OSCAR© NOMINATED DIRECTOR STEVE JAMES (“HOOP DREAMS”)!  HEAD GAMES is a revealing documentary about America’s concussion crisis in sports.  Inspired by Chris Nowinski’s book Head Games, the film tells his remarkable story – how a former Ivy League football player and WWE Wrestler played an instrumental role in making concussions one of the most [...]

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  • Always Whitney Houston

    Always Whitney Houston

    August 7th, 2012 | Available Now, Documentary, Films | jwilka

    The iconic legend, Whitney Houston may have died on February 11, 2012, but she will live on forever through her music and films.  Considered the best pop vocal singer of her generation, in 2009 Guinness Book of World Records declared her the most awarded female act of all time. Selling over 170 million albums, Whitney [...]

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  • Craigslist Joe

    Craigslist Joe

    August 2nd, 2012 | Available Now, Documentary, Films | jwilka

    From Executive Producer ZACH GALIFIANAKIS comes a new documentary about human connection. America is a wealthy, diverse and technologically sophisticated country – yet some say we’ve lost the sense of community that used to carry us through tough times. Today it’s every person for themselves. Have we become so caught up in our own lives [...]

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