Breath of Fire is a new four-episode HBO documentary series exploring the questionable teachings behind Katie Griggs and Yogi Bhajan, the two faces of Kundalini Yoga, a multi-million-dollar spirituality community.
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‘Breath of Fire’ Trailer – HBO Documentary Questions Controversial Guru Katie Griggs and Kundalini Yoga
Breath of Fire. (screenshot/HBO)
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Sound Unseen Film + Music Festival Celebrates 25th Anniversary Edition Across Three Cities
Devo directed by Chris Smith In a three-city presentation, this year’s 25th Anniversary edition of Sound Unseen Film + Music Festival will take place November 13-17 in Minneapolis, December 5-8 in Rochester, and December 12-14, 2024 in Austin.
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Jen Muranetz’s ‘Fairy Creek’ Documentary Chronicles Large Canadian Environmental Protests
Fairy Creek directed by Jen Muranetz Filmmaker Jen Muranetz chronicles the 2020-2021 Canada’s Fairy Creek old-growth protests – the largest act of civil disobedience in Canadian history – in the documentary film Fairy Creek. The film will world premiere at the 2024 Planet in Focus International Film Festival on October 17, 2024 at the Paradise Theatre in Toronto. Ahead of the premiere, Cinema Politica has acquired the film’s distribution rights.
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‘The Magnificent Life of Marcel Pagnol’ Teaser Trailer – The Life of French Auteur Explored in Sylvain Chomet’s Animated Film
The Magnificent Life of Marcel Pagnol (Sony Pictures Classics) Here is the first look teaser trailer for the animated feature film The Magnificent Life of Marcel Pagnol, a biographical film on the life of French novelist, playwright, and filmmaker Marcel Pagnol.
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Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr’s ‘Great Migrations: A People on the Move’ Docuseries Sets PBS Air Date | Watch Sneak Peak (Video)
Great Migrations: A People on the Move (screenshot / PBS) Great Migrations: A People on the Move, a new four part docuseries from Emmy nominated executive producer, host and writer Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr, premieres January 28, 2025, 9:00 p.m. ET on PBS.
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Sony Pictures Classics to Release Daniel Minahan’s ‘On Swift Horses’ Starring Daisy Edgar-Jones, Jacob Elordi
Daisy Edgar-Jones, Jacob Elordi in On Swift Horses directed by Daniel Minahan (TIFF) The romantic drama On Swift Horses from Emmy Award winning director Daniel Minahan (Fellow Travellers, Deadwood: the Movie, Halston, Series 7: The Contenders) and screenwriter Bryce Kass (Lizzie) which recently world premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival has been acquired by Sony Pictures Classics for release.
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‘Flow,’ ‘Living Large,’ Among Nominees for European Animated Feature Film at 2024 European Film Awards
The European Film Academy has unveiled the official nominees for the European Animated Feature Film category at this year’s European Film Awards. Chosen by a committee comprised of representatives of the European Film Academy and CARTOON, the European Association for Animation Film, five animated films have been chosen to compete in the category.
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Award-Winning Bhutanese Documentary ‘Agent of Happiness’ Coming to US Theaters
Agent of Happiness. (Courtesy of Film Movement) Agent of Happiness is a documentary following Amber Gurung, a Bhutanese ‘Happiness Agent’ tasked by the government to collect data on the citizens’ happiness for Bhutan’s Center for Gross National Happiness census. The documentary, co-directed by Arun Bhattarai and Dorottya Zurbó, is set to open in US theaters on November 1, 2024.
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Joy Haskell’s ‘The Salmon’s Call’ Documentary Explores Deep Connection Between Salmon and Indigenous People | Trailer
The Salmon’s Call The Salmon’s Call, a feature documentary by Joy Haskell on the spiritual and cultural relationship between wild salmon and indigenous people, will make its debut at the 2024 Red Nation International Film Festival in Los Angeles on Friday, November 15th.
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‘Men of War’ ‘Ernest Cole’ Among Double Exposure Film Festival in Washington, DC, 10th Anniversary Edition Lineup
Men of War by Jen Gatien and Billy Corben The Double Exposure Film Festival (DX) celebrates its 10th anniversary, from November 7 to November 10, 2024, under the theme ” In Flux | Out of Bounds”.
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Juan Pablo Di Pace and Andrés Pepe Estrada’s ‘Duino’ to New York Premiere at NewFest: LGBTQ+ Film Festival
Duino directed by Juan Pablo Di Pace and Andrés Pepe Estrada Duino, the feature directorial debut of co-directors actor-singer Juan Pablo Di Pace (Mamma Mia!) and Andrés Pepe Estrada, editor of the Oscar-nominated Argentine film Argentina, 1985, will have its New York premiere at the 36th edition of NewFest: New York’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Film Festival.
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‘Lost on a Mountain in Maine’ – 12-year-old Boy Survives in the Wilderness in Sylvester Stallone Produced Drama Film | Trailer
Luke David Blumm in Lost on a Mountain in Maine. (Blue Fox Entertainment) Produced by Sylvester Stallone, Lost on a Mountain in Maine is an adventure-drama film about a boy, Donn Fendler, who got lost in 1939 during a storm near the summit of Maine’s Mount Katahdin. The film is based on the book of the same name that Fendler wrote himself, about his experience surviving in the wilderness. The film world premiered on July 13, 2024, at the Maine International Film Festival.