Kino Lorber 2019-20 Home Video Catalog - Catalog - Page 89
ZEITGEIST FILMS
DOCUMENTARIES
Ilppo Pohjola
DADDY AND THE
MUSCLE ACADEMY
Tom of Finland has become one of gay culture’s
most authentic and iconic heroes, his drawings
greatly influencing the expansion of the
leather-nightclub scene and the evolution of
gay identity. This documentary explores his
life’s work through analysis as well exciting
enactments of his most famous pieces.
1992. Finland. 55 min. Color.
English and Finnish w/ English subtitles.
DVD $29.95 Sale $19.99
Agnès Varda
Bill Cunningham
New York
Richard Press
BILL CUNNINGHAM
NEW YORK
THE GLEANERS
AND I
Legendary director Agnès Varda holds a lens
up to the issues of wealth and poverty in
France by examining the gleaners, scavengers
who search farmers’ fields looking for unused
or forgotten produce in order to survive.
Intimate, powerful and in picaresque form,
THE GLEANERS AND I is a unique and
timely portrait of a silenced and oppressed
class of people living in France.
For decades, New York Times photographer
Bill Cunningham obsessively and inventively chronicled fashion trends and high
society charity soirées for the newspaper in
his columns “On the Street” and “Evening
Hours.” This beloved documentary is a France. 2000. 82 min. Color. French.
delicate, funny and often poignant portrait
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of a dedicated artist whose only wealth is
his own humanity and unassuming grace.
USA. 2010. 84 min. Color. English.
Blu-ray $34.99 Sale $24.99 DVD $29.95 Sale $19.99
Tina Mascara, Guido Santi
CHRIS & DON:
A LOVE STORY
Michel Orion Scott, Rupert Isaacson
THE HORSE BOY
An epic yet personal story of family, this
documentary follows a Texas couple searching
for a means of healing the pain of their autistic
son, Rowan. Realizing that Rowan has a
particular affinity for animals, the couple packs
up their life and takes off for Mongolia, where
an alternative form of treatment might be just
what they’ve been looking for.
CHRIS & DON is an archival look at the
true love story between British writer Christopher Isherwood and American painter Don
Bachardy–a passionate three-decade relationUSA. 2009. 93 min. Color. English.
ship that challenged the whole world in its
time–using home movies, reenactments, and
animations to convey the love and power of
DVD $29.95 Sale $19.99
this extraordinary couple.
USA. 2007. 90 min. Color. English.
DVD $29.95 Sale $19.99
Tia Lessin, Carl Dean
TROUBLE THE WATER
This Academy Award® nominated documentary unveils the horrifying devastation of Hurricane Katrina and the appalling failures of
the government to come to New Orleans’ aid.
With raw cinema verité filmmaking, TROUBLE THE WATER follows Kim and her husband Scott as they endure a harrowing escape
to higher ground.
USA. 2008. 96 min. Color. English.
DVD $29.95 Sale $19.99
Philip Gröning
INTO GREAT SILENCE
The Grande Chartreuse, a monastery built
deep in the French Alps, is considered one of
the world’s most severe grounds of religious
self-discipline and ritualistic practice. Given
unprecedented access into the secluded lives
of its inhabitants, filmmaker Philip Gröning
documents the space with very little editing,
embodying the elongated sense of time these
isolated figures experience within the secret
monastery.
Germany. 2006. 162 min. Color. French w/ English subtitles.
DVD $29.95 Sale $19.99
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