2009 Movies : Documentary

With Joe Berlinger

Documentary focuses on the lawsuit by tens of thousands of Ecuadorans against Chevron over contamination of the Ecuadorean Amazon.

With Nicholas Eliopoulos

Traces the life of silent film star and United Artists co-creator Mary Pickford.

With Theodore Thomas

At the request of the U.S. government, Walt Disney and fellow artists travel to South America to shore up relations during World War II.

With Laura Gabbert • Justin Schein • Eden Wurmfeld

Colin Beavan, author, and newly self-proclaimed environmentalist, decides to leave behind a life of liberal complacency for a vow to make zero environmental impact for one year. No more automated transportation, no more electricity, no more non-local food, no more material consumption... no problem. That is, until his espresso-guzzling, Prada-worshipping wife Michelle, and their young toddler, enter the fray.

With Theodore Thomas

At the request of the U.S. government, Walt Disney and fellow artists travel to South America to shore up relations during World War II.

With Joshua Tickell • Johnny O'Hara

A comprehensive documentary looking at energy in America, reliance on oil and the potential of alternative energy sources.

With Michael Moore

"Capitalism: A Love Story" will explore the root causes of the global economic meltdown and take a comical look at the corporate and political shenanigans that culminated in what Moore described as “the biggest robbery in the history of this country” - the massive transfer of U.S. taxpayer money to private financial institutions.

With Rollin Binzer • Tom Hurvis

A year after his arrival, Paul J. Adams became principal of Providence St. Mel, only to be told the following year that Chicago’s archdiocese was going to close the school. After orchestrating a fundraising campaign that received national and local media attention, funds poured in and enabled Adams to buy the school from the Sisters of Providence and convert it to a not-for-profit independent school. He then set about achieving a new goal: To turn Providence St. Mel into a first rank college preparatory school, and its African-American student body into a corps of driven, disciplined, high achieving students.

With John Krasinski • Bobby Cannavale • Dominic Cooper • Will Forte • Josh Charles • Timothy Hutton • Christopher Meloni • Julianne Nicholson • Michael Cerveris • Ben Gibbard • Eva Kolodner • Yael Melamede • James Suskin

After her boyfriend mysteriously leaves her with little explanation, grad student Sara Quinn is left looking for answers as to what went wrong. Directing all her energies into her anthropological dissertation, Sara conducts a series of interviews with men in an effort to uncover the secret thoughts that drive their behavior. As she records the astonishing and disquieting experiences of various subjects, Sara discovers much more about men and herself than she bargained for.