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Solo Vive Studios partners with Sandoval Studios for DEFYING GRAVITY, a feature-length documentary that follows the remarkable life of Steve Caballero, a young Mexican-American boy from San Jose, California. Through never-before-seen historic footage and intimate interviews with key figures, including Stacy Peralta’s renowned Bones Brigade icons like Tony Hawk, Lance Mountain, Rodney Mullen, Eddie Elguera and Mike McGill, this documentary chronicles Steve’s ascent to professional skating.
Leonardo da Vinci was a Renaissance genius. Not only did he paint masterpieces of art, but he was an obsessive scientist and inventor, dreaming up complex machines centuries ahead of his time, including parachutes, armored tanks, hang gliders and robots. On the 500th anniversary of Leonardo’s death, with the help of biographer Walter Isaacson, NOVA investigates the secrets of Leonardo’s success. How did his scientific curiosity, from dissections of cadavers to studies of optics, shape his genius and help him create perhaps the most famous painting of all time, the "Mona Lisa"?
In the mid-60s, musicians emerged in Paraguay who made their way in a country under dictatorship. These demonstrations laid the foundations for the following generations, in a search for identity, to forge what we know today as Paraguayan rock.
"Our analysis of such a rich film should not be a rigid, either/or proposition. It remains for us, almost 55 years on from Contempt’s initial release, to fully grasp Godard’s modernist gestures, poised between a fullness of mythic and classical meaning, and the possibilities of a newly fragmented universe of signs."
In Paris, there is a network of men married to young Filipinas, chosen through an international agency. Here is the portrait of a couple from this business: immersed in a happiness that drowns the spectator.
200 km follows the marches carried out by Sintel workers to reach Madrid on May 1, 2002. Sintel was a subsidiary of Telefónica that, when it was privatized, was closed, leaving its 1,800 workers on the streets. One year after setting up the "Camp of Hope" with which they occupied Madrid's Avenida de la Castellana for months, and with the promises they were made unfulfilled, Sintel workers began a 10-day, 200-km march to Madrid to claim your job. Premiered on San Sebastian Film Festival 2003.
A former military fortress in Havana, Cuba, is now a clandestine cruissing spot for hidden gay men. They look for sex, but most of all for a shelter.
Sjaak and Clara founded the very first food bank in the Netherlands in 2002. Since handing over their responsibilities at the food bank, they have continued their mission unabated. They still run a soup kitchen and the Social Café Onder de Oranjeboom (Under the Orange Tree), where vulnerable members of society can find a hot meal, support, and a good conversation. For many years, this dedicated couple has been committed to helping people in Rotterdam living in poverty.
"Shows how the hedgerows are used by many animals and birds to conceal their homes."
A Chinese dragon parade.
Tragedy struck when the Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrated just 73 seconds into flight. Hours earlier, engineers argued to cancel the launch, amid fears of such a tragedy – so why did it go ahead?
Male returns to his grandmother's old farm in Peru to film a character from her childhood, Felipe Valer, the last worker, and prevent him from being forgotten.
Anthony Macera was gifted a video camera in the late 90s. Alongside his trusty sidekick Sandy Girl, he began to capture his life from there. The first tape is titled New Home.
A film about the life of herders and shepherds on summer distant pastures, known as the jailoo. It tells the story of people in a demanding profession, which gives the film a distinctive national flavor.
Shot over more than two years, the official film of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing goes behind the scenes to share the stories of international and Chinese athletes, volunteers, medical personnel and officials - against the backdrop of a global pandemic.
A box of stunning family photos awakens grief and lost memories as they are viewed for the first time on camera.
Documentary video about one of the prerequisites of coping with a critical situation of a carcinogenic disease.
A rural Iowa schoolteacher becomes a national voice against racism after leading a controversial 1968 lesson in discrimination with her all-white third-grade class. Now nearly 90, she refuses to hold back amid today’s fights about race, history, and power after a lifetime of speaking out.
It records the tour of the legendary Mexican guitarist Carlos Santana in Latin America.
A platform to dissidents and rebels, both within the United States and abroad, who offer critiques of power not heard within mainstream society or permitted by the corporate press. Host Chris Hedges and his guests lay bare the mechanisms that uphold systems of power, including the role of the military and the internal security apparatus, as well as the elaborate forms of propaganda and corporate-controlled media.
Introducing 3 agents in the Sydney property market; we follow Gavin, D'Leanne and Simon as they hustle, negotiate and deal - in their quest for success.
A series featuring healthful recipes that don't skimp on taste.
From the 1930s to today, this series examines Vegas' evolution into an entertainment mecca, and its everlasting ability to reflect and refract American identity. Featuring interviews with entertainers, former showgirls, and other experts.
This docuseries delves into the past, present and future of América, the most winning and controversial soccer club in Mexico, and its players' DNA.
It's a DVD series that shows us behind the scenes of the iconic and acclaimed BTS World Tour: Love Yourself in Seoul.
Documentary series about young Brits falling foul of the law in foreign lands.
An up-close and personal examination of the life, music and career of the legendary entertainer. Told in his own words from hours of archived interviews, along with commentary from those closest to him, the documentary weaves the music and images from Sinatra’s life together with rarely seen footage of his famous 1971 “Retirement Concert” in Los Angeles. The film’s narrative is shaped by Sinatra’s song choices for that concert, which Gibney interprets as the singer’s personal guide through his own life.
Brazilian personality Adriane Galisteu relives her love story with F1 driver Ayrton Senna and the controversy she faced following his tragic death.
Stephen Fry journeys across America, hoping to visit all 50 states of the country which has always fascinated him.
