Director Tamra Davis pays homage to her friend in this definitive documentary but also delves into Basquiat as an iconoclast. His dense, bebop-influenced neoexpressionist work emerged while minimalist, conceptual art was the fad; as a successful black artist, he was constantly confronted by racism and misconceptions. Much can be gleaned from insider interviews and archival footage, but it is Basquiat’s own words and work that powerfully convey the mystique and allure of both the artist and the man.

A series of explorations, episodes and comments on creativity by Saul Bass, a master of conceptual design, this film is one of the most highly regarded short films ever produced. Humor, satire and irony are combined with serious questions about the creative process and how it comes into play for different individuals. A fascinating cornucopia of trenchant ideas and important truths, it is stimulating and enjoyable for a very broad spectrum of ages and interests. Organized into eight major sections, the Edifice, Fooling Around, the Process, Judgment, a Parable, Digression, the Search, and the Mark, Why Man Creates is appropriate wherever creative problem-solving is the goal.

Where do we draw the line between Man and Machine? Technocalyps is an intriguing three-part documentary on the notion of transhumanism by Belgian visual artist and filmmaker Frank Theys. The latest findings in genetics, robotics, artificial intelligence, bionics and nanotechnology appear in the media every day, but with no analysis of their common aim: that of exceeding human limitations. The director conducts his enquiry into the scientific, ethical and metaphysical dimensions of technological development. The film includes interviews by top experts and thinkers on the subject worldwide, including Marvin Minsky, Terence McKenna, Hans Moravec, Bruce Sterling, Robert Anton Wilson, Richard Seed, Margareth Wertheim, Kirkpatrick Sale, Ralph C. Merkle, Mark Pesce, Ray Kurzweil, Rabbi Youssouf Kazen, Rael and many others.

Part 1: Transhuman

Part 2: Preparing for the Singularity

Part 3: The Metaphysics of Technology

LOUIS KAHN, WHO IN 1974 DIED BANKRUPT AND ALONE in New York City’s Pennsylvania Station, is considered by many architectural historians to be the most important architect of the second half of the 20th century. He left behind a brilliant legacy of intensely powerful and spiritual buildings – geometric compositions of brick, concrete and light, that in the words of the L.A. Times “change your life.” Kahn’s dramatic death laid bare a complex personal life of secrets and broken promises.

An uplifting feature documentary highlighting the transformative power of art and the beauty of the human spirit. Top-selling contemporary artist Vik Muniz takes us on an emotional journey from Jardim Gramacho, the world’s largest landfill on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, to the heights of international art stardom. Vik collaborates with the brilliant catadores, pickers of recyclable materials, true Shakespearean characters who live and work in the garbage quoting Machiavelli and showing us how to recycle ourselves.

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Leila Khaled was the first woman to hijack a plane. In 1969, she showed her grenades to the terrified passengers by order of the Che Guevara commando unit of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Through the ensuing media bombardment, she put the Palestinian nation on the global map. The pretty 24-year-old Leila became a hero to many Palestinians, including the Swedish/Palestinian teenager Lina Makboul, who is now a filmmaker. At least Leila dared to do something, Lina thought at the time. She visits Leila 35 years later with a camera, and finds a woman who does not regret anything.

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A look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit’s daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City’s World Trade Center’s twin towers in 1974, what some consider, “the artistic crime of the century.” I call it daring. Not criminal.

TOTALITARIAN STATE. MUSIC. SOCIETY. INDEPENDENCE. THOUGHT POLICE. “Beats of Freedom” follows a history of Polish music and the major role music played in the fight for freedom. History of unconventional rock – music that was pure, music that spoke from the heart. It follows artists who did not seek fame did not flaunt their egos. Music with out gimmick, music that spoke to generations of youth who sought freedom and longed for escape route in the country that was like prison, with no right to a passport – with no way out of the grey reality.

Directed by Leszek Gnoiski and Wojciech Sota, and narrated by music journalist Chris Salewicz, The film chronicles the rock/punk movement from the 50s until the fall of communism. It features plenty of archival footage of some of the most iconic festivals and influential bands that provided a voice for those without one, and an outlet for emotional release, as well as present-day interviews with many of the musicians who fought for the independence and freedom of speech. Czeslaw Niemen, Maanam, Brygada Kryzys, Perfect, Republika, and Lady Pank.

The film shows also the absurdity and hilarity  of an oppressive system which tried to censor the artists message. Yet the musicians found innovative ways to spread their message of truth, of hope and freedom.

Humanity that can not be stopped. It can be gagged and silenced for but not forever.

“they measured us all equally
assigned our time for work and dreams
there was nothing else for us to do
but we still somehow clueless how to live our life’s

the adult kids are still angry
for the horrible recipe for this world”

The message that was send then is as valid today in the current world we are living. Nothing has changed – be it capitalism or communism. The oppression of the people continues to this day, wrapped under different names – they say it is in the name of freedom and human rights. But they have one goal in mind, it is to control the human mind, to enslave the mind. This film shows that humanity is nature and can not be controlled. Humanity can not be ruled, but lead only when it’s for the good of the majority of society and not for the selected few.

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