Documentary Movies 2011 List

With Harvey Weinstein • Timur Bekmambetov • Bob Weinstein • Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego • Ron Schmidt • Cody Zwieg • Brian Miller • Michele Wolkoff

The story follows film footage purported to have been shot by the crew of Apollo 18. This moon mission from the early 1970s was officially canceled by NASA, but according to urban legend, it actually happened. Footage shows signs of alien life, and the events of the mission are built into a thriller storyline.

With Ryan Reynolds • Scarlett Johansson

A baby orca gets separated from his family and unexpectedly starts making contact with people along a scenic fjord called Nootka Sound.

With Kevin Hart • Leslie Small

Funnyman Kevin Hart is back and starring in the theatrical version of his 2011 LAUGH AT MY PAIN comedy tour. Catch the original, never-before-seen Raw and Uncut backstage footage, and travel back to Philly with Kevin Hart where he began his journey to become one of the funniest and most successful comedians of all time.

With Heather Courtney • Dominic Fredianelli

From a snowy small town in Northern Michigan to the mountains of Afghanistan and back, the film follows the four-year journey of childhood friends and their town, forever changed by a faraway war. At its heart a story about growing up, the film is an intimate look at the young men who fight our wars, the families and town they come from, and the everyday struggles of their return.

With Goran Hugo Olsson

Documentary about the black power movement using previously unseen footage.

With Pamela Yates

A story of destinies joined by Guatemala’s past, and how a documentary film intertwined with a nation’s turbulent history emerges as an active player in the present.

With Lorenz Knauer

The film travels with animal research and wildlife conservatist Jane Goodall across several continents from her childhood home in England, to the Gombe National Park in Tanzania.

With Jonathan Furmanski • Clarence Reid

Documents story of Miami musician Clarence Reid and his alter ego Blowfly, the original dirty rapper. A major force in the Miami soul scene of the 60s and 70s, Reid wrote Top-10 songs for some of the greatest R&B acts of the era, while at the same time, his X-rated recordings and stage antics as Blowfly made him a star of the "party record" scene.

With Tiffany Shlain

Explores the visible and invisible connections linking major issues of our time—the environment, consumption, population growth, technology, human rights and global economy.

With Harry Hunkele

The film examines the personalities -- Menachem Begin, Anwar El-Sadat, and Jimmy Carter -- who drove the peace process along with the secret liaisons, communications, and third-party world leaders who played roles in forging the Camp David Accords.

With Cameron Crowe

Pearl Jam Twenty chronicles the years leading up to the band's formation, the chaos that ensued soon-after their rise to megastardom, their step back from center stage, and the creation of a trusted circle that would surround them-giving way to a work culture that would sustain them.

With Jen Gatien • Billy Corben

A documentary about legendary NYC nightclub owner Peter Gatien. Profiles Gatien’s rise and fall in the world of nightspot dominance as owner of Limelight, Tunnel, Palladium and Club USA.

With Matthew Groff • Ami Horowitz

One man's journey to uncover the true nature of the United Nations.

With Jessica Wu • Keith Calder • Mark Landsman

Thunder Soul tells the true story of Conrad O Johnson and the Kashmere Stage Band, a mediocre jazz band into a legendary funk powerhouse.

With Grace Guggenheim

Exploration into the life of America's controversial former CIA Director William Colby told through the eyes of his wife and filmmaker son, Carl.

With Patrick Takaya Solomon

Exploration of famed Mythologist Joseph Campbell’s studies and their continuing impact on our culture.

With Nick Broomfield

A documentary on Sarah Palin that speaks with school friends, family and Republican colleagues of the former governor of Alaska.

With Renaud Barret • Florent de La Tullaye

Documentary on a group of street musicians in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.