Passion River Productions (Firm)
1) Doing Jewish
Publisher
Passion River Productions
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (84 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
A tiny community in rural Ghana recently discovered that the religion they have been practicing for centuries is Judaism. Filmmaker Gabrielle Zilkha explores their story from isolation to global connection and the challenges and rewards they face along the way.
Publisher
Passion River Productions
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (73 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
June 29, 1966. During a routine patrol in the jungles of Vietnam, a platoon of US soldiers stumbles upon a much larger enemy force. Outnumbered nearly 10-to-1, the platoon is savagely attacked. The triple-canopy jungle is dense and muddy, impeding the possibility for rescue.
Publisher
Passion River Productions
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (84 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
A contemplative odyssey across our planet, looking at the simple and extraordinary ways that dogs influence our daily lives. Former child soldiers in Uganda. The local pub in a Scottish town. A dog walker on the streets of Istanbul. A kaleidoscope of unconventional portraits from fascinating locations. People need dogs, and perhaps they need us, but what do humans do to deserve the unconditional love they provide?
Publisher
Passion River Productions
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (65 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
LAST MAN FISHING is a cinematic look at the vastly changing seafood system through the lens of small-scale fishermen across the United States. Narrated by best-selling author Mark Bittman, the film explores the dichotomy between the industrial model and sustainable fishing methods that focus on conservation and quality.
Publisher
Passion River Productions
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (87 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Join us on a once-in-a-lifetime adventure as 30 female soccer players from 24 different countries summit Mount Kilimanjaro and descend into the Dead Sea, to play the highest and lowest elevation soccer matches ever played. With their powerful backstories woven in, we watch as these courageous women band together to play the most challenging games of their lives. Striving to spread awareness for gender equality, these women fight to set a new Guinness...
6) Cowboys
Publisher
Passion River Productions
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (80 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Steeped in authenticity, this is an opportunity to ride alongside modern working COWBOYS on some of America's largest and most remote cattle ranches. Meet the men and women working on these "big outfit" ranches - some of which are over one million acres - and still require full crews of horseback mounted workers to tend large herds of cattle. We explore the rewards and hardships of a celebrated but misunderstood way of life, including the challenges...
Publisher
Passion River Productions
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (48 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
A far-reaching investigation into the rise of the far-right in Europe and America. At 16 he became the leader of the Chicago Area Skinheads, later a white supremacist punk band. But when Christian Picciolini started a family, he began questioning his far right views. This timely doc explores a changing Western political climate, chronicling the rise of the far right in the US and Europe, and giving alarming insights into the ways the alt-right movement...
Publisher
Passion River Productions
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (149 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Country music is the sound of a good man feeling bad. A Texas Singer/Songwriter whose quiet life is upset by the realization that he isn't where he had hoped to be at this point in his career. He questions the decisions of putting off a family life in hopes to one day "make it", isolating himself on the open road by playing small honkey-tonks. It's too late to stop following the dream and too early in his career to be a legend.
Publisher
Passion River Productions
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (75 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Building on the success of their award-winning documentary The Dhamma Brothers, filmmakers Bestor Cram, Jenny Phillips and Andrew Kukura have teamed up once again to highlight one of the most critical issues in the national debate over criminal justice reform: the flood of prisoners returning to our communities without the guidance and support needed for a successful transition back to society. Too often, prison reentry becomes a setup for failure...
Publisher
Passion River Productions
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (60 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
THE LAND BENEATH OUR FEET follows a young Liberian man uprooted by war, who returns from the USA with never-before-seen footage of Liberia's past. The uncovered footage is embraced as a national treasure. Depicting a 1926 corporate land grab, it is also an explosive reminder of eroding land rights.
Publisher
Passion River Productions
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (111 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
The story of a young woman, in 1930s British India, seeking an identity of her own against an arranged marriage and the manipulations of a powerful guru. Bringing to life the struggles of three generations of women in a male dominated society.