Why the Spray
Why the Spray is a collection of stories about the identities and expressions of five Miami graffiti artists. To understand “why” they “spray,” I infuse cinematography, archival footage, photography, and artistry to provide unique insight into the psychology of graffiti artists.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Jason A. Jones
Dawn of the Monster Mako
A 14-foot giant mako shark is spotted in the waters of Portugal’s Azores region; underwater cinematographer Joe Romeiro and his wife, search the teeming depths around the ancient islands to…
Level Five
Laura, a French programmer, inherits the task of creating a game about the World War II Battle of Okinawa. Her research and interviews with Japanese experts and witnesses prompt her…
Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story
The hilarious and bizarre story of Frank Sidebottom, the cult British comedian in a papier mâché head, and the secretive life of Chris Sievey, the artist trapped inside.
Trauma to Triumph: Women Entrepreneurs
Trauma to Triumph: Women details the traumatic stories of Cathy Hughes (Racism), Dana Donofree (Breast Cancer Survivor) and Maria Trusa (Sexual Assault Victim), showing how they used the power of…
American Tragedy
A mother grapples to understand how her son became a school shooter and what it would take to prevent the next one.
Sign Painters
There was a time, as recently as the 1980s, when storefronts, murals, banners, barn signs, billboards and even street signs were all hand-lettered with brush and paint. Today, the proliferation…
Back to the Garden, Flower Power Comes Full Circle
In 1988, filmmaker Kevin Tomlinson filmed & interviewed a group of back-to-the- land “hippies”–living off-grid, insulated from mainstream culture. In 2006 he tracked down his subjects again to find out…
The Wanted 18
Through stop-motion animation, drawings and interviews, directors Amer Shomali and Paul Cowan recreate an astonishing true story from the First Palestinian Intifada: the Israeli army’s pursuit of eighteen cows, whose…
Love Hotel
Pensioners, lawyers, married couples and teenagers are all customers at the Angel Love Hotel in Osaka Japan. With unprecedented access into one of the most private and anonymous spaces in…
The Fire That Took Her
Mother-of-two Judy Malinowski, then 31, was doused in petrol and set on fire by her crazed ex-boyfriend – and one of the first ever to testify from beyond the grave,…
Valley Uprising
In the shady campgrounds of Yosemite valley, climbers carved out a counterculture lifestyle of dumpster-diving and wild parties that clashed with the conservative values of the National Park Service. And…
Interview with a Murderer
Criminologist Prof David Wilson conducts a series of interviews with convicted murderer Bert Spencer, the man suspected of – yet never charged with – killing paperboy Carl Bridgewater in 1978