2017 Films
Making a Killing: Guns, Greed and the NRA
Wednesday, April 26, 2017
Released: 2016
Director: Robert Greenwald
Runtime: 1 hour, 43 minutes
Making a Killing: Guns, Greed, and The NRA tells the stories of how guns, and the billions made off of them, affect the lives of everyday Americans. It features personal stories from people across the country who have been affected by gun violence, including survivors and victims' families. The film exposes how the powerful gun companies and the NRA are resisting responsible legislation for the sake of profit - and thereby putting people in danger.
The film looks into gun tragedies that include unintentional shootings, domestic violence, suicides, mass shootings and trafficking - and what we can do to put an end to this profit-driven crisis. Through this film and campaign, Brave New Films will work with partners to fight for a country where public safety is more valued than profit.
The facts:
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"Women are 500% more likely to be killed if their abuser has a gun"
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"Up to 40% of gun owners do not go through background checks."
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"There are over 100 gun shows every week in the U.S."
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"7 children are killed by guns every day in the United States."
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"CEO and Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre's income was $927,863 in 2014."
(Source: Official film site, http://www.bravenewfilms.org/makingakilling)
THE WHITE HELMETS
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
Released: 2016
Director: Orlando von Einsiedel
Runtime: 41 minutes
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A small group of volunteer heroes, the White Helmets defy death, dodging bombs and sniper fire, to rescue Syrians from the bombs that fall incessantly on their towns and cities. However, after three years and with no end in sight, even the heroes may need to be saved.
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The White Helmets are 3,300 volunteer search and rescue workers from local communities who risk their lives to save others and bring hope. 78,000+ lives saved
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(Source: Official film site, http://syriacivildefense.org/ )
FED UP
Tuesday, March 24, 2017
Released: 2016
Director: Stephanie Soechtig
Runtime: 1 hour, 35 minutes
Thirty years ago the U.S. Government issued its first ever dietary guidelines and
it one of the greatest health epidemics of our time ensued. In her documentary feature debut, executive producer and narrator Katie Couric joins Laurie David (An Inconvenient Truth), Regina Scully (The Invisible War) and Stephanie Soechtig (Tapped) to explore why, despite media attention and government policies to combat childhood obesity, generations of kids will now live shorter lives than their parents. with
Upending the conventional wisdom of why we gain weight and how to lose it, Fed Up unearths the dirty little secret the food industry doesn't want you to know- far more of us are sick from what we are eating than anyone has ever realized. The truth is, only 30% of people suffering from diet-related diseases are actually obese; while 70% of us - even those of us who look thin and trim on the outside - are facing the same consequences, fighting the same medical battles as the obese among us...Fed Up lays bare a decades-long misinformation campaign orchestrated by Big Food and aided and abetted by the U.S. Government.
(Source: Official film site, http://fedupmovie.com/#/page/home)
GOD LOVES UGANDA
Tuesday, April 4, 2017
Released: 2013
Director: Roger Ross Williams
Runtime: 1hour, 23 minutes
The feature-length documentary God Loves Uganda is a powerful exploration of the evangelical campaign to change African culture with values imported from America’s Christian Right.
The film follows American and Ugandan religious leaders fighting “sexual immorality” and missionaries trying to convince Ugandans to follow Biblical law
(Source: Official film site, http://www.godlovesuganda.com/)
AMERICA DIVIDED
Tuesday, April 11, 2017
Released: 2016
Executive producers Norman Lear, Common and Shonda Rhimes
Runtime: 57 minutes
Norman Lear explores the housing divide in New York City, where he is confronted by one of the nation’s starkest images of inequality: a record number of homeless people living in the shadows of luxury skyscrapers filled with apartments purposely being kept empty. The creator of “All in the Family,” “Good Times” and “The Jeffersons” speaks with tenants, realtors, homeless people, housing activists, landlords and city officials — investigating the Big Apple’s affordability crisis, hedge fund speculation on residential housing, and a legacy of racist discrimination that still persists today.
(Source: Official film site, https://americadividedseries.com/)
