HD 7.0 101 m

Brooklyn Castle is a documentary about I.S. 318 - an inner-city school where more than 65 percent of students are from homes with incomes below the federal poverty level - that also happens to have the best most winning junior high school chess team in the country. If Albert Einstein who was rated 1800 were to join the team hed only rank fifth best. Chess has transformed the school from...

HD 7.0 97 m

Buddhas Lost Children is a feature-length documentary film about a Thai Buddhist monk who - armed only with his faith and skills and master boxer skills - wages an inspirational battle to help orphaned children fight drug abuse and preserve a vanishing way of...

HD 7.0 90 m

This film documents the rise and fall of Buddy Cianci former Mayor of Providence RI. It shows how he turned a rundown New England city in a vibrant community. It also shows the corruption of the community from which he benefited. Despite have been convicted on Federal RICO charges and having gone to prison he remains beloved in Providence. Many argue that he could easily be elected...

HD 7.0 86 m

The city of Detroit Michigan has been in severe decline in recent decades. Among the resulting problems is the dramatic rise of fires in a decaying urbanscape of abandoned buildings that seems to have no future. This film profiles the lives and trials of the personnel of the Detroit Fire Department who are on the front line of this taxing battle. Facing constant emergencies in the face of...