Films


Lambert & Company
D A Pennebaker

Dave Lambert, of Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross, with his newly formed quintet auditioning for RCA in 1964, shortly before his untimely death.

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LANCE
Marina Zenovich

This absorbing film charts the meteoric rise and eventual downfall of cycling champion Lance Armstrong after doping charges stripped him of his numerous medals. Expertly weaving accounts from family, friends, and cycling professionals with Armstrong’s own forthright reflections, LANCE contemplates the harm caused by the drive to win at all costs.

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The Land
Erin Davis

Children’s empowerment is tied to exploring risk at an “adventure playground” in Norht Wales, where kids are free to use saw,s make fires, and climb tall trees.

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Land of Silence and Darkness
Werner Herzog

Fini Straubinger, deaf and blind since her teens, attempts to help those who are similarly afflicted overcome their isolation.

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Land Without Bread
Luis Buñuel

Land Without Bread is Luis Buñuel’s only documentary film, and just as startlingly original as his fiction films. It is an uncompromising revelation of the…

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Landsdowne Street
Luigi Scarcelli

The street people and the bar-crawling people meet, groove, bang a drum and bash a head in impressionistic slo-mo black and white. Landsdowne Street is…

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The Lanthanide Series
Erin Espelie

Shifting images, sounds, and texts illuminate the role of rare earth elements and black mirrors in our modern world of screens and recording technology.

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Larger Than Life: The Kevyn Aucoin Story
Tiffany Bartok

In the 1980s, Kevyn Aucoin redefined the role of the makeup artist. Home movies and recollections from family, friends, and an impressive roster of famous clients retrace his meteoric rise and his lasting impact.

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Larry Flynt: The Right to be Left Alone
Joan Brooker-Marks

This film celebrates and examines an unabashed vulgarian first known for Hustler magazine’s lack of restraint. His life story includes personal loss and public First…

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Las Madres de la Plaza de Mayo
Lourdes Portillo, Susana Blaustein Muñoz

This Academy Award-nominated documentary about the Argentinean mothers’ movement to demand to know the fate of the 30,000 “disappeared” sons and daughters remains as extraordinarily…

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Las Nubes
Juan Pablo González

As a father drives through an unidentified countryside, his car becomes a space for reflection as he recounts the impact of cartel violence on his home and family.

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The Last Archer
Dácil Manrique de Lara

Spanish painter Alberto Manrique de Lara Díaz was a founding member of the Archers of Contemporary Art, or LADAC (Los Arqueros del Arte Contemporáneo), an…

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The Last Bolshevik
Chris Marker

In this 1993 video, an inquiry into the vanished dream of the Soviet Union through the cinema of director Alexander Medvedkin, the great Chris Marker…

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Last Call at the Oasis
Jessica Yu

The world water crisis isn’t coming, it’s here. Cities are close to disaster and water wars have begun, but the good news—it’s still manageable.

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The Last Conquistador
John Valadez, Cristina Ibarra

Sculptor John Houser’s quixotic dream is to fashion the tallest bronze equestrian statue ever created. There’s only one problem. His subject is the Spanish conquistador…

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The Last Cowboy
Jon Alpert

Ridin’, ropin’, buckin’ and brandin’. The American West hasn’t so much disappeared as made its last stand in places like Porcupine, South Dakota, home of…

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Last Dance
Mirra Bank

What happens when the talents of Maurice Sendak and the groundbreaking Pilobolus Dance Company are combined? A host of things can happen, bruised egos, creative…

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Last Day of Freedom
Dee Hibbert-Jones, Nomi Talisman

Beautiful animation accompanies poignant testimony in this haunting short about a man who discovers his brother has committed a serious crime. Festival Year: 2015

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