Neon (Firm)
Publisher
Neon
Language
English
Formats
Description
John Chester chronicles the eight-year quest he and Molly Chester went on when they traded city living for 200 acres of barren farmland and a dream to harvest in harmony with nature. Through dogged perseverance and embracing the opportunity provided by nature's conflicts, the Chesters unlock and uncover a biodiverse design for living that exists far beyond their farm, its seasons, and our wildest imagination.
Publisher
Neon
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (109 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
ALL LIGHT, EVERYWHERE is an exploration of the shared histories of cameras, weapons, policing and justice. As surveillance technologies become a fixture in everyday life, the film interrogates the complexity of an objective point of view, probing the biases inherent in both human perception and the lens.
3) Notturno
Publisher
Neon
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (100 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Italiano
Description
Filmed over three years on the borders between Iraq, Kurdistan, Syria and Lebanon, director Gianfranco Rosi's NOTTURNO captures the everyday life that lies in the aftermath of tyranny, invasions and terrorism. Winner of the Arca CinemaGiovani Award and the Sorriso Diverso Venezia Award at the **Venice Film Festival**.
4) Gunda
Publisher
Neon
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (93 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
GUNDA chronicles the unfiltered lives of a mother pig, a flock of chickens, and a herd of cows with masterful intimacy. Using stark, transcendent black and white cinematography and the farm's ambient soundtrack, acclaimed director Victor Kossakovsky invites us to meditate on the mystery of animal consciousness, and reckon with the role humanity plays in it.
5) Risk
Publisher
Neon
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (91 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Filmed over six years, Julian Assange is undeterred to undermine the organization he leads and fracture the movement he inspired. In a new world order where a keystroke can alter history, RISK is a portrait of power, betrayal, truth, and sacrifice.
Publisher
Neon
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (76 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Portrait photographer Elsa Dorfman found her medium in 1980: the larger–than–life Polaroid Land 20x24 camera. For the next thirty–five years she captured the "surfaces" of those who visited her Cambridge, Mass studio: families, Beat poets, rock stars, and Harvard notables. As pictures begin to fade and her retirement looms, Dorfman gives Errol Morris an inside tour of her backyard archive.
7) Ailey
Publisher
Neon
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (95 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Alvin Ailey was a trailblazing pioneer who found salvation through dance. AILEY traces the full contours of this brilliant and enigmatic man whose search for the truth in movement resulted in enduring choreography that centers on the Black American experience with grace, strength, and unparalleled beauty.
Publisher
Neon
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (89 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A documentary presenting the live recording of Aretha Franklin's album AMAZING GRACE at The New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts, Los Angeles in January 1972.
9) Honeyland
Publisher
Neon
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (89 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Türkçe
Description
HONEYLAND is an epic, visually stunning portrait of the delicate balance between nature and humanity that has something sweet for everyone. Nominated for Best Documentary Feature and Best International Feature Film at the Academy Awards. Nominated for Best Documentary at the Film Independent Spirit Awards. Winner of the World Cinema – Documentary Grand Jury Prize, Cinematography Award, and Special Jury Award at the Sundance Film Festival.
10) Sharp Edges
Publisher
Neon
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (49 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
SHARP EDGES is an intimate look of the early years of figure skater, Tonya Harding. Featuring footage from the 80's and interviews with Tonya, her coaches and mother (portrayed by Allison Janney in an Oscar winning performance in "I, Tonya") the film focuses on her 1st National Figure Skating Championship 5 years before becoming the first American female figure skater to nail the triple axel.
Publisher
Neon
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (124 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
The novel Coronavirus has claimed the lives of more than 200,000 Americans and caused staggering economic damage. Where did we go wrong? As the presidential election nears, Americans are increasingly enraged by a lack of clear leadership left to wonder how did the wealthiest and most powerful country in the world manage to fail so thoroughly in its response to a global pandemic?
Publisher
Neon
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (107 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Desperate for answers about the theft of her 2 paintings, a Czech artist seeks out and befriends the career criminal who stole them. After inviting her thief to sit for a portrait, the two form an improbable relationship and an inextricable bond that will forever link these lonely souls. Winner of the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Creative Storytelling at the Sundance Film Festival.
13) Titane
Publisher
Neon
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (108 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Français
Description
A Cannes Film Festival sensation and Palme d'Or winner, TITANE is a feverish and jaw-dropping ride from the mind of Julia Ducournau (RAW). With a titanium plate surgically fused to her skull following a car crash as a child, car model Alexia embarks on a wild and ultimately unpredictable journey that questions our assumptions about family, identity and love.
Publisher
Neon
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (84 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
David desperately tries to keep his family of six together during a separation from his wife. They both agree to see other people but David struggles to grapple with his wife's new relationship. Nominated for the John Cassavetes Award at the **Film Independent Spirit Awards**.
15) Spaceship Earth
Publisher
Neon
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (115 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A true, stranger–than–fiction, adventure of eight visionaries who in 1991 spent 2 years quarantined inside of a self–engineered biodome called BIOSPHERE 2. The experiment was a phenomenon, chronicling daily existence in the face of life threatening ecological disaster. The bizarre story is both a cautionary tale and a hopeful lesson of how a small group of dreamers could reimagine a new world.
Publisher
Neon
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (97 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
An amazing reunion of identical triplets, separated at birth to three different families, begins to unearth an unimaginable twisted secret. Nominated for Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program, Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program, Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking at the Primetime Emmy Awards. Winner of the Special Jury Prize for Documentary Storytelling at the Sundance Film Festival.
17) Monos
Publisher
Neon
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (103 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
MONOS is a breathtaking saga where the mission of teenage soldiers descends into chaos and the strong begin to prey on the weak on a remote mountain in Latin America. Winner of the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award at the Sundance Film Festival.
18) Clemency
Publisher
Neon
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (112 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
As she prepares to execute another inmate, prison warden Bernadine Williams (Alfre Woodard) must confront the psychological and emotional demons her job creates. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the **Sundance Film Festival**. Nominated for Best Feature, Best Screenplay, and Best Female Lead at the **Film Independent Spirit Awards**.
19) Quo Vadis, Aida?
Publisher
Neon
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (104 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Bosnia, July 1995. Aida is a translator for the UN in the small town of Srebrenica. When the Serbian army takes over the town, her family is among the thousands of citizens looking for shelter in the UN camp. As an insider to the negotiations Aida has access to crucial information that she needs to interpret. What is on the horizon for her family and people – rescue or death? Which move should she take? Nominated for Best International Feature Film...
20) Wild Rose
Publisher
Neon
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (101 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A rebellious country singer from Glasgow dreams of becoming a Nashville star.