David Magdael
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Big Boys Gone Bananas!* (2011)
The conflict between Dole Food Company and Swedish filmmaker Fredrik Gertten unfolds dramatically in the documentary "BIG BOYS GONE BANANAS!" as the...
Max Richter's Sleep (2020)
This is a film for these frenetic times; a meditative respite from the rush and chaos of the modern world. A study of the universal experience of...
Mountain Patrol (2004)
A moving true story about volunteers protecting antelope against poachers in the severe mountains of Tibet.
Fightville (2011)
FIGHTVILLE is about the art and sport of fighting: a microcosm of life, a physical manifestation of that other brutal contest called the American...
Ashima (2023)
One of the world’s youngest elite rock climbers, Ashima Shiraishi spent her formative years breaking numerous age-based climbing milestones,...
American Casino (2009)
“I don’t think most people really understood that they were in a casino” says award-winning financial reporter Mark Pittman....
The Expendables (2010)
Barney Ross leads a band of highly skilled mercenaries including knife enthusiast Lee Christmas, a martial arts expert Yin Yang, heavy weapons...
Bad Axe (2022)
A real-time portrait of 2020 unfolds as an Asian-American family in Trump’s rural America fights to keep their restaurant and American dream...
Comrade Kim Goes Flying (2012)
A North Korean coal miner struggles to realize her dream of becoming a circus acrobat.
Spellbound (2002)
This documentary follows 8 teens and pre-teens as they work their way toward the finals of the Scripps Howard national spelling bee championship in...
The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)
Hoping to put to rest years of unease concerning a past case, retired criminal investigator Benjamín begins writing a novel based on the...
The Liberace of Baghdad (2005)
Held up in a heavily fortified Baghdad hotel, Iraq's most famous pianist Samir Peter tries to survive the "peace" of post-war Iraq as he waits for...
unseen (2023)
An aspiring social worker, Pedro must confront political restrictions as a blind, undocumented immigrant to get his college degree and support his...
Pit Stop (2013)
Openly gay Ernesto and closeted Gabe grapple with the sad tribulations of being gay in a small, working-class Texas town
Bikes vs Cars (2015)
Bikes vs Cars depicts a global crisis that we all deep down know we need to talk about: Climate, earth's resources, cities where the entire surface...
A Simple Favor (2018)
Stephanie, a dedicated mother and popular vlogger, befriends Emily, a mysterious upper-class woman whose son Nicky attends the same school as Miles,...
Sonita (2015)
If 18-year-old Sonita had a say, Michael Jackson and Rihanna would be her parents and she'd be a rapper who tells the story of Afghan women and their...
Little Miss Sumo (2018)
In an ancient sport traditionally reserved for men, 20-year-old female sumo prodigy Hiyori attempts to revolutionize Japan’s national pastime.
Fearless (2006)
Huo Yuan Jia became the most famous martial arts fighter in all of China at the turn of the 20th Century. Huo faced personal tragedy but ultimately...