FilmRise (Firm)
1) Manifesto
Publisher
MVD Visual
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Cate Blanchett delivers a series of art and political manifestos as a variety of characters.
3) The witness
Publisher
Film Rise
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The name Kitty Genovese became synonymous with urban apathy after news that she was stabbed to death while 38 witnesses did nothing. Fifty years later, her brother uncovers a lie that transformed his life, condemned a city, and defined an era.
4) Requiem for the American dream: Noam Chomsky and the principles of concentration of wealth & power
Publisher
FilmRise
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
It is the definitive discourse with Noam Chomsky, widely regarded as the most important intellectual alive, on the defining characteristic of our time, the deliberate concentration of wealth and power in the hands of a select few. Through interviews filmed over four years, Chomsky unpacks the principles that have brought us to the crossroads of historically unprecedented inequality, tracing a half-century of policies designed to favor the wealthiest...
5) Lolo
Publisher
FilmRise
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Violette, a 40-year-old workaholic with a career in the fashion industry, falls for a provincial computer geek, Jean-Rene, while on a spa retreat. But Jean-Rene faces a major challenge--he must win the trust and respect of Violette's teenage son, Lolo, who is determined to wreak havoc on the couple's fledging relationship and remain his mother's favorite.
Publisher
FilmRise
Pub. Date
c2016.
Language
English
Description
When Apollo astronaut Gene Cernan stepped on the moon in December 1972 he left his footprints and his daughters' initials in the lunar dust. Only now, over forty years later, is he ready to share his epic but deeply personal story of fulfillment, love and loss. Cernan's burning ambition carried him from a quiet Chicago suburb to the spectacular and hazardous environment of space and ultimately, to the moon.
7) Sprinter
Publisher
FilmRise
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A Jamaican teen who is burdened by an unstable father and an unruly older brother hopes a meteoric rise in track and field can reunite him with his mother, who has lived illegally in the US for over a decade. Produced by Jada Pinkett and Will Smith.
8) Dark blood
Publisher
FilmRise
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Español
Description
Misael is imprisoned, waiting to be sentenced for a revenge crime against the man who killed his child. During his confinement, he must adapt to a new life of abuse. His former life starts to become a distant memory as he is forgotten by his loved ones. Misael, lonely and abandoned, finds affection and tenderness in Sarna, the dog of the prison.
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
"... [A] look inside the controversial religion from Academy Award-winner Alex Gibney. The film profiles eight former members of the Church of Scientology, exploring the psychological impact of blind faith, how the church attracts new followers and keeps hold of its A-list celebrity devotees."--Container.
11) Rewind
Publisher
FilmRise
Pub. Date
[2020?]
Language
English
Description
Digging through the vast collection of his father's home videos, a young man reconstructs the unthinkable story of his boyhood and exposes vile abuse passed through generations.
12) Wildland
Publisher
MVD Visual
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Filmed over one fire season, this is a sweeping yet deeply personal account of a single wildland firefighting crew as they struggle with fear, loyalty, dreams, and demons. What emerges is a rich story of working-class men; their exterior world, their interior lives and the fire that lies between.
13) Driveways
Publisher
FilmRise
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
A lonesome boy accompanies his mother on a trip to clean out his late aunt's house, where he ends up forming an unexpected friendship with the retiree who lives next door.
14) Beans
Publisher
FilmRise
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Beans (Kiawentiio, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Anne with an E) is on the edge. Torn between innocent childhood and teenage rebellion, she is forced to grow up fast to become the tough Mohawk warrior that she needs to be during the Indigenous uprising known as The Oka Crisis, which tore Quebec and Canada apart for 78 tense days in the summer of 1990.
15) Adeline
Publisher
FilmRise
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A small Midwestern community becomes the epicenter of miracles when a mysterious woman brings a healing horse to town.
Publisher
FilmRise
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the rise and fall of Tower Records, from the opening of its flagship store in Sacramento, California in 1960, to its evolution into an international retail chain and bankruptsy in 2006. Owner Russ Solomon and various store employees discuss Tower's unique approach to selling recorded music.
Publisher
FilmRise
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A teenage delinquent befriends a surly magician who helps her navigate her inner demons and dysfunctional family with sleight of hand magic. A coming-of-age comedy that touches on unlikely friendships, grief and finding hope in the darkest moments.
18) Buddymoon
Publisher
Film Rise
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Focus your face on this nature. When a former child actor is dumped by his fiancé days before the wedding, his excitable German best man takes him on the honeymoon instead: a back country trek in the remote mountains of Oregon.
Publisher
Fisher Klingenstein Ventures
Pub. Date
©2017
Language
English
Description
Documentary tracing the life of award-winning Irish filmmaker Simon Fitzmaurice and the profoundly challenging turn it took in 2008 when, at age 34, he was diagnosed with Motor Neuron Disease (MND), the neurodegenerative disorder more commonly known stateside as ALS (or Lou Gehrig's disease).
20) Who we are now
Publisher
FilmRise
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Recently released from prison, Beth is working with her public defender to get her son back from her sister, who was awarded legal custody while Beth was incarcerated for ten years. Soon after, she forms an unlikely alliance with Jess, an idealistic young protege of the public defense team, who decides to take on Beth's cause, whether Beth likes it or not.