The story of Christopher Reeve is an astonishing rise from unknown actor to iconic movie star, and his definitive portrayal of Clark Kent/Superman set the benchmark for the superhero cinematic universes that dominate cinema today. Reeve portrayed the Man of Steel in four Superman films and played dozens of other roles that displayed his talent and range as an actor, before being injured in a near-fatal horse-riding accident in 1995 that left him paralyzed from the neck down.
Director(s): Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui Producer(s): Lizzie Gillett, Robert Ford, Ian Bonhôte
John Aliano
Being Adolph Gasser
Adolph Gasser contemplates the life of being a camera repairman, WWII veteran, inventor, best friend of legendary
photographer Ansel Adams and owner of a business that supports local filmmakers and employees to flourish as artists and innovators. With threats of eminent domain, technology shifts and new business model challenges he fights for the survival of his San Francisco based Adolph Gasser Incorporated store.
Director(s): John C Aliano Producer(s): John C Aliano
Driven By Angels
Driven By Angels
A documentary of speed, loss, and the angels that keep us moving. 62-year-old Vaughn Shafer comes out of retirement in a bold attempt to reclaim his title as the fastest man on a motorized skateboard. What begins as a comeback story quickly spirals into chaos as his crew battles setbacks at the track and the loss of one of their own.
Director(s): Brett Buescher, Nick Costello Producer(s): Nick Costello, Brett Buescher
Before The Moon Falls
Before The Moon Falls
BEFORE THE MOON FALLS was an intimate portrait of acclaimed Samoan writer Sia Figiel eight years in the making when tragedy struck. Now the film offers an in-depth and thought-provoking look at Sia’s tumultuous journey leading to that traumatic moment, illuminating the complexities of inconsistently treated mental illness and the devastating toll it can exact on individuals, families and entire communities.
Director(s): Kimberlee Bassford Producer(s): Kimberlee Bassford, Linda Goldstein Knowlton
I Wanted to Hear Your Voice
I Wanted to Hear Your Voice
After eight years of caring for his mother with severe dementia, a son struggles through their daily care routine. Recorded voicemails serve to show the progression of the disease, underscoring the frustration, isolation and burnout that comes with intensive caregiving.
Director(s): James Pellerito Producer(s): David Barba
Better Up There
Better Up There
Better Up There, a 45-minute film portrait, is the moving story of a unique life, that of Léo Slemett. Through his rise in the world of freeride skiing, Léo wages an incessant battle against adversity to pursue his dreams and push his limits. In the grandiose setting of the high mountains and the Freeride World Tour, we see Léo face incredible challenges and setbacks. We observe how the loss of his two life partners shapes Léo’s life, how he learns to live with this pain and continues to move forward.
Indonesian activist, Rukka Sombolinggi believes the key to confronting the climate crisis is to unite and mobilize the Indigenous communities who are often impacted the most. Now, as the first female general secretary of the world’s largest Indigenous Peoples organization, she has the power to do just that. But the challenge is monumental.
Director(s): Eko Krisna Producer(s): Gabriel Diamond, Phil Collis, Matthew Beighley, Chris Metzler
Home Away from Home
Home Away from Home
Lehi High’s theater, a creative sanctuary led by Mindy Nelsen and fueled by Randy Blackburn’s selfless dedication, faces a bittersweet farewell. How will this loss reshape their cherished community?
Director(s): Tim Rollins Producer(s): Tim Rollins
Legend Has It: The Remarkable Rise of Stephen McCain
Legend Has It: The Remarkable Rise of Stephen McCain
From childhood dreams to Olympic triumphs, Legend Has It: The Remarkable Rise of Stephen McCain unveils the resilience, sacrifice, and heart of an athlete whose pursuit of greatness redefined what it means to be a legend.
Director(s): Hisonni Mustafa Producer(s): Hisonni Mustafa, Stephen McCain, Ernest Brown, Devian Carlton
Hole Story, The
Hole Story, The
The discovery of a sixty-foot man-made hole on a California mountain implicates a small town’s unusual local industry in a bizarre unsolved crime. Abandoning the conventional investigative format, THE HOLE STORY unfolds as a multi-faceted oral history, immersing us in personal mythologies and painting a haunting and unsettling portrait of a community shaped by fringe belief.
Director(s): Elijah Sullivan Producer(s):
Presidents’ Tailor, The
Presidents’ Tailor, The
Martin Greenfield learned to sew while mending shirts for the Gestapo in Auschwitz when he was fifteen, and went on to make suits for US presidents and stars. This is the story of America’s greatest tailor, and the bespoke menswear empire he left behind.
Director(s): Rick Minnich Producer(s): Mike Brandin, Rick Minnich
Atomic Echoes
Atomic Echoes
Two friends, connected by family histories on opposite sides of World War II, set out to explore the lasting trauma of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. While Japanese hibakusha endure lifelong health complications and psychological scars, American atomic veterans who witnessed the bombings’ aftermath also struggle with radiation-related illnesses and PTSD.
Through the lens of his own recovery, a filmmaker offers a character-driven look inside the billion dollar addiction
treatment industry where young people are bought and sold for their insurance policies and ushered into a system designed to keep them sick. What begins as an investigation of a street-level scam, explodes to uncover systemic conflicts-of-interest and collusion at the highest levels of government.
Director(s): Benjamin Flaherty Producer(s): Carra Greenberg, Scott Paskoff, Harris Fishman, Benjamin Flaherty
About Face
About Face
Two Asian American dancers try to persuade the world’s leading ballet companies to jettison Asian stereotypes, including dancing in yellowface. Georgina Pazcoguin and Phil Chan battle entrenched tradition and political pushback.
Director(s): Jennifer Rita Lin Producer(s): Jon Funabiki, Cory Lin Stieg, Jennifer Lin
Remnants
Remnants
When a devastating wildfire ravages their land, a sixth-generation ranching family grapples with the legacy of the American cowboy in the face of government policies that threaten their livelihood and a changing culture that brands their lifestyle a thing of the past.
Director(s): Michael Catenacci Producer(s): Matt Pirrall, Nick Reid, Lana Link, Rob Pfaltzgraff
This is Pike County
This is Pike County
Mounting pressures – including an unsolved family murder – test a close-knit rural community. Between the temptation to give up and the urge to hold on, the film lingers on what it means to come of age in a place left behind. “Haunting, quietly searing, hard to forget.” – Arlie Hochschild, Author, Strangers in Their Own Land
Director(s): Laura Paglin Producer(s): Laura Paglin, Thomas Lennon
White Nine
White Nine
After three teen boys suffered devastating spinal cord injuries in the 1960s, they formed a profound bond and dedicated their lives to leading the independent living movement in Massachusetts. White Nine follows the story of these three survivalists turned activists and their fight for their civil rights.
Director(s): Nilou Safinya Producer(s): Nilou Safinya, Bill Martin
Hole Story, The
Hole Story, The
The discovery of a sixty-foot man-made hole on a California mountain implicates a small town’s unusual local industry in a bizarre unsolved crime. Abandoning the conventional investigative format, THE HOLE STORY unfolds as a multi-faceted oral history, immersing us in personal mythologies and painting a haunting and unsettling portrait of a community shaped by fringe belief.
Director(s): Elijah Sullivan Producer(s):
Loving John
Loving John
LOVING JOHN is a deeply compassionate documentary that grapples with death and dying with vulnerable honesty and
splashes of humor. John Godinet is an irrepressible Pacific Islander and ultra-runner living with his husband Peter in rural Maryland. He’s outrun abuse as a teenager and discrimination as an adult, but now has a new adversary: ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease).
Director(s): Robert Rooy Producer(s): Kimberlee Bassford, Anne de Mare, Robert Rooy
Monster Slayer
Monster Slayer
After Monty is assaulted at the strip club where she works, she weaponizes public art to exact justice against a system’s refusal to act.