Festivals >> Raindance >> 2008 >> Documentaries

After-Crass (Country: US; Director: Marian Wallace; Cast: Gee Vaucher, Penny Rimbaud, V Vale)
Documentary about Crass members Gee Vaucher and Penny Rimbaud’s 2008 trip to California

Agile, Mobile, Hostile: A Year With Andre Williams (Country: US; Director: Tricia Todd; Cast: Andre Williams)
Documentary about the RnB musician. Official Site

All Together Now (Country: UK; Director: Adrian Wills; Cast: Sir Paul McCartney, Geroge Martin, Ringo Starr)
Documentary charting the creation of The Beatles/Cirque du Soleil collaboration LOVE.

Arctic Monkeys Live At The Apollo (Country: UK; Director: Richard Ayoade; Cast: Alex Turner, Jamie Cook, Matt Helders, Nick O'Malley)
Concert recording of the Sheffield band.

Art And Apathy (Country: Canada, Palestine; Director: Jessica Habie)
A look at the relationship between conflict and creativity in Israel and Palestine.

Chris & Don. A Love Story (Country: US; Director: Tina Mascara, Guido Santi; Cast: Don Bachardy, John Boorman, Leslie Caron, Christopher Isherwood, Jack Larson, Liza Minnelli, Gloria Stuart, Michael York)
Exploration of the love story between Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy.

Crawford (Country: US; Director: David Modigliani)
Documentary charting the effect George W Bush had when he bought a ranch in a small Texas town.

The End - Confessions Of A Cockney Gangster (Country: UK; Director: Nicola Collins)
Reveals the bloody history and confessions of cockney gangsters. Full Review

Fujica Single-Date (Country: Japan; Director: Kenji Murakami; Writer: Kenji Murakami)
Video diary mourning the loss of Fuji Super 8mm film.

Gunnin' For That #1 Spot (Country: US; Director: Adam Yauch; Cast: Jerryd Bayless, Michael Beasley, Tyreke Evans, Donte Green, Brandon Jennings, Kevin Love, Kyle Singler, Lance Stephenson)
The mecca for all street basketball players. In Beastie Boy Yauch's super-energized and highly musical documentary, eight of the country's top 24 high school players participate in the first "Elite 24" tournament on the same court that helped turn Dr J Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Wilt Chamberlain into legends. Full Review Official Site, View Trailer

Heavy Load (Country: UK; Director: Jerry Rothwell; Writer: Jerry Rothwell)
On the rocky road with punk band Heavy Load. Full Review Official Site, View Trailer

Hip Hop Colony (Country: Kenya; Director: Michael Wanguhu; Cast: Bamboo, Harry Kimani, Tedd Josiah)
Michael Wanguhu’s lively documentary celebrates the recent emergence of hip hop youth culture in Kenya, a nation still emerging from the hangover of British colonial rule. Official Site

Indestructible (Country: US; Director: Ben Byer; Cast: Dr. Stanley Appel, Barbara Byer, Ben Byer, John Byer, Josh Byer, Steve Byer, Daniel Gordis, Dr. Hungyun Huang, Dr. Robert Miller, Anastasia Papoulias, Annie Papoulias)
Documentary of the director as he battles fatal neuro-degenerative disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.

Is Faust Schon? (Country: France; Director: Julien Perrin; Cast: Jean-Hervé Péron, Zappi Diermaier)

It's Only Rock N'Roll (But I Like Keith) (Country: Italy; Director: Piergiorgio Gay; Writer: Piergiorgio Gay; Cast: Max Stone, Marcross and Vanni)
A documentary that talks about adults behaving like teenagers.Two years of shooting for a film dedicated to passion/obsession for the Rolling Stones. Official Site

Japanther in 3D Dino Deth Dans (Country: US; Director: Nick Chatfield Taylor, Ian Vanek)
This film captures JPNTHR in (3-D) which was a performance staged in Nobember 2007 as part of the Performa biennial in New York City. Official Site

Karosta (Country: UK; Director: Peter King)
A portrait of the demise of the Soviet Union as seen through the eyes of the people who endured it. Official Site

Lay Down Your Hearts (Director: John Simpson)
Music documentary charting the rise to fame of the Zawose family, an East African musical dynasty.

A Life In The Death Of Joe Meek (Country: US; Director: Howard S Berger, Susan Stahman; Cast: Jake Arnott, Mike Berry, Charles Blackwell, Huw Bunford, Clem Cattini, Edwyn Collins, Dennis D'Ell, Robbie Duke, Marc Evans, Bobby Graham, Chas Hodges)
Documentary about the pioneering record producer. Official Site

A Message To The World (Country: UK; Director: Caroline Catz; Writer: Caroline Catz)
Focusing on a day in the life of Jesse Hector. A rock n roll fan and dedicated record collector.

Midnight Madness (Country: UK; Director: Charles Henri Belleville)
Europe's first ever basketball film, charting a tournament across the UK.

Patti Smith: Dream Of Life (Country: US; Director: Steven Sebring; Writer: Steven Sebring; Cast: Patti Smith)
An intimate portrait of music icon Patti Smith that mirrors the essence of the artist herself. Full Review Official Site

A Permanent Part-Timer In Distress (Sonan Furlita) (Country: Japan; Director: Hiroki Iwabuchi)
Iwabuchi’s documentary debut is a fine example of someone using new video technology to reaffirm his own identity and reclaim his place in society. Official Site

Running With Mum (Country: UK; Director: Martin Greaves; Writer: Martin Greaves; Cast: Aloisia Greaves, Berthold Kopf)
A mother finally relives being seven years old in a town destroyed by firestorm on a September 11th sixty years ago. Official Site

Seven Signs (Country: US; Director: JD Wilkes; Cast: JD Wilkes, Slim Cessna, Scott Biram)
Possessed by a vision similar to that of the tent-show evangelists down in Dixie, Colonel J.D. Wilkes (the charismatic frontman and songwriter for the Legendary Shack*Shakers) sets off with a camera crew to prove that the older, stranger South still exists in all of its eerie, time-worn, & gothic glory...despite the expansion of the "New South's" urban sprawl. Official Site

Today, The Same Day Is Different (Hoy El Dia Se Repite Diferente) (Country: Spain; Director: Xavier Baig, Oscar Moreno; Cast: Toni, Julio, Pruvi)
Takes us into a man's universe and through the last six months of his life, until the day he dies.

Tokyo: Wings Of Defeat (Country: Japan; Director: Risa Morimoto; Cast: Takehiko Ena, Shigeyoshi Hamazono, Kazuo Nakajima)
Documentary about surviving kamikaze pilots.

Wetlands Preserved: The Story Of An Activist Nightclub (Country: US; Director: Dean Budnick; Cast: Mabili Kregg Ajamu, Rob Barraco, Chris Barron, Tim Barry, Larry Bloch, Steve Bloom, Rob Bookman, Marty Bostoff, Marc Brownstein, Oteil Burbridge, Edward Cisneros)
Documentary about the formation of a nightclub in Tribeca.

Wild Blue Yonder (Country: US; Director: Celia Maysles)
A potrait of documentarian David Maysles, by his daughter..

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