roco films is proud to handle the educational release of RBG, a documentary that celebrates the lasting legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, the woman who transformed our world.
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‘On The Basis Of Sex’ & ‘RBG’ Rereleases Set In Tribute To Ruth Bader Ginsburg
As a young woman, Dolores Huerta stood shoulder to shoulder with Cesar Chavez to unite American farmer workers. Many years later,the Peter Bratt documentary, Dolores, told her story and gave her the credit she was due.
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Dolores – Roco Films
A triumph of justice and conscience over party loyalty, "The Judge and the General" is the gripping story of presiding Judge Juan Guzman's struggle to come to terms with the atrocities of the dictator, August Pinochet, a man whose coup he once supported.
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The Judge and The General – Roco Films
The Dilemma of Desire at the Big Eddy Film Festival
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THE DILEMMA OF DESIRE - Clip for WOMEN AND HOLLYWOOD
America to Me, a ten part series from Steve James talks with students in two Chicago high schools to find out what American citizenship means to the next generation. Available at roco films educational.
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America to Me – Roco Films
Adjudicated by men, Sharia law is very much different than the same law adjudicated by a woman. The Judge, Erika Akire Cohn's documentary follows some of the decisions handed down by the first woman to occupy the bench in Palestine in more than a thousand years.
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The Judge – Roco Films
MIPCOM 2020 opens on-line today, and roco films Managing Director Cristine Platt Dewey is ready with a full slate of extraordinary documentaries. You're going to love them.
POV presents the critically acclaimed "Softie," a documentary by Sam Soko, tomorrow night, October 12. The film follows Boniface Mwangi aka "Softie" as the controversial photojournalist, activist, and father of three, turns political candidate, and must decide between the safety of country or family.
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Softie – Roco Films
"Cowboys," a gorgeous film by Bud Force and John Langmore, is a surprising, sometimes heartbreaking, look at the men and women who bring the nations' cattle to market. A documentary told in their own words, this is a film to treasure.
As Ireland moves from a conservative Catholic state to a more liberal, secular society, "The 8th" traces the campaign to remove the 8th amendment...the constitutional ban on abortion. Directed by Aiden Kane, Lucy Kennedy, and Maeve O'Boyle. Check it out at MIPCOM
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The 8th – Roco Films
A ground swell of women scientists is changing the face of science in the the United States and around the world. Picture A Scientist, by Ian Cheney and Sharon Shattuck, explores the forces that kept even brilliant women out the field in the past, and the biases that still forces some to drop out.
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Picture a Scientist – Roco Films
Both Nobelists, Jennifer A. Douda and Francis Emmanuelle Charpentier, are featured in Adam Bolt's documentary, Human Nature, explaining their CRISPR technique. We are so happy we could make the film available to such a wide audience with sales to Netflix, NOVA, and educational institutions.
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded to 2 Scientists for Work on Genome Editing
Critics of the new conservative Supreme Court fear that it will erase the legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Directed by Betsy West and Julie Cohen, and available at rocofilmseducational, RBG covers the deceased Justice, her legacy, and the legal path she carved out to establish it.
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RBG – Roco Films
When Covid-19 left creative dog groomer, Adriene Pope, on a respirator, groomers from 10 states flew in to handle her business and groom walk-ins for charity. The money they raised went to off set her hospital bills. You might remember Pope from her part in the Rebecca Stern documentary, Well Groomed,on HBO. Kudos to everyone involved.
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Well Groomed – Roco Films
Calling themselves a 'patriot community,' a group of armed citizens occupied Oregon's Malheur National Wildlife Preserve in a challenge to Federal authority. David Byars's No Man's Land goes inside the movement to document the 2016 take over of Federal land and the people who led it.
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No Man’s Land – Roco Films
If you're looking for a documentary that won’t trigger pre election stress, we recommend the Jamie Catto film that combines wit and wisdom, Ram Dass Becoming Nobody Film. .
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Becoming Nobody – Roco Films
The American health care system has abandoned the severely mentally ill. “Bedlam,” a documentary by physician/director Kenneth Paul Rosenberg, exposes the plight of a population that, too often, is detained, medicated, and tossed back onto the streets, with no hope of recovery.
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Bedlam – Roco Films
Take a little time for this discussion as Scott Satterwhite talks racism in America with the director of the award winning, “Always in Season,” Jackie Olive.
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"Race and the Community," with Jackie Olive
Based on the book by Jonathan Safran Foer and produced and narrated by NataliePortman, Christopher Quinn's Eating Animals is a scathing indictment of factory farming and laws that allow it cover up the damage it does. Available on Amazon.com and Netflix.
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Eating Animals – Roco Films
Joe Piscatella 's "Mai Khoi & The Dissidents" follows the crusade of a courageous Vietnamese singer who gave up the sheltered life of a prosperous performer to challenge the state for her right to freedom of speech and expression. She will pay a price.
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Mai Khoi & the Dissidents – Roco Films
Featuring fellow musicians like Quest Love,and Arturo Sandolval, "Never Too Late; The Doc Severinsen Story" follows the life and career of the iconic trumpet player who still maintains a punishing schedule of tours and teaching into his nineties. Available on Amazon Prime Video.
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Never Too Late: The Doc Severinsen Story – Roco Films
Human Nature is an International Documentary Association nominee for Best Documentary Feature.
Directed by Adam Bolt, the film explains the exciting breakthrough in gene splicing and explores its benefits and dangers to humanity.
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Human Nature – Roco Films
If you're looking for an at home get away this weekend, the Bud Force, John Langmore documentary, Cowboys: A Documentary Portrait is a great choice. Available on Amazon Prime, Utube , and Google Play, it lets you ride along with modern working cowboys on some of the biggest cattle ranches in America. Got popcorn?
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Cowboys – Roco Films
"White Noise," is screening at IDFA (Nov. 18-Dec. 06)
Produced by The Atlantic, the Danielle Lombroso film tracks the rise of white nationalism and takes the viewer into the terrifying heart of the movement.
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White Noise – Roco Films
As white nationalism surges into mainstream American politics, Daniel Lombroso 's chilling documentary, "White Noise," is an urgent warning about the terrifying power of extremism and where its going next.
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White Noise - Trailer
The roco films team hopes you'll join us on Wed. Feb.10, or Thur. Feb. 11th, for an informal get together to talk Sundance Film Festival, and the documentary landscape. Register to Zoom in on either day, and get more information,below.
Roco Films International team,
Annie Roney
Cristine Platt Dewey
Julie Campfield
Ken Miller
Angie Koch, G-A-S Territories
Elena Urbani, Italian speaking Territories
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The scientific breakthrough, CRISPR, gives us the power to completely alter our world; to cure disease, re shape the biosphere, even design our own children. Adam Bolt 's Human Nature, explores the implications of that power with the scientists who developed it.
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HUMAN NATURE - TRAILER
Based on newly declassified files, Director Sam Pollard 's MLK / FBI documents the US government's surveillance and harassment of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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MLK/FBI - Official Trailer | HD | IFC Films
Congratulations to Director Dawn Porter! John Lewis: Good Trouble is an NAACP Image nominee for Best Fest Feature Length Documentary. Kudos to Ms. Porter and everyone involved in the making of this awesome film,
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John Lewis: Good Trouble - Official Trailer
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Jewish Film Institute BEDLAM panel
Bedlam
February 3 at 12:33 PM ·
In case you missed, it, check out this powerful conversation about BEDLAM at San Francisco's Jewish Film Institute. Moderated by celebrated filmmaker/media activist Judith Helfand, featuring mental health advocate and former Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy, Susan Ehrlich, MD, MPP, CEO, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, BEDLAM director Ken Rosenberg, and producer Peter Miller.
Bedlam
February 3 at 12:33 PM ·
In case you missed, it, check out this powerful conversation about BEDLAM at San Francisco's Jewish Film Institute. Moderated by celebrated filmmaker/media activist Judith Helfand, featuring mental health advocate and former Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy, Susan Ehrlich, MD, MPP, CEO, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, BEDLAM director Ken Rosenberg, and producer Peter Miller.