False Profit
In a world of deregulated TV, Valentine works for her stepfather - a TV evangelist. When a 'video pirate' hijacks the airwaves, ratings soar, corruption is exposed, and a love affair begins.
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In a world of deregulated TV, Valentine works for her stepfather - a TV evangelist. When a 'video pirate' hijacks the airwaves, ratings soar, corruption is exposed, and a love affair begins.
Billy Te Kahika Jnr may be new to politics, but in a remarkably short time his party has amassed a phenomenal following - and hordes of cash. But is he who he says he is, a man of Christian values and integrity? Are his
This period piece is a fictional biography of a cult leader's rise to power and his subsequent descent into isolation and paranoia.
When Nick Fairbanks and his wife move from the quiet town of Petersonville for a prestigious job at an investment firm, they quickly become accustomed to the lavish lifestyle of the big city. But when it becomes apparent
Criminal police and antitrust officials arrive at the headquarters of a plastics raw materials factory. They pored over files, seized materials, and discovered price lists, which were, of course, encrypted. Their suspici
British biopic of composer George Frideric Handel
The bustling Ikebukuro area was under the control of the Hanamura Kogyo yakuza gang, and there was no end to the violence. The tramp Bin Tsuzuki returns to his hometown after being released from Abashiri prison, and he i
UCLA Student Film, Preserved by the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research. Flipping the post-modern stream of broadcast on its head, “False Profit” weaves an inverted vision of American television and the centri
The film exposes the links between Agrifood and politics. With a pool of international experts it analyses the many problems related to factory farming: water pollution, migrants exploitation, biodiversity loss and antib
Maury Brady, a product of New York's East Side, has learned the craft of safe-cracking and shoplifting from her uncle, "Nunc." While "working" a department store, she captures a lost poodle belonging to Mrs. Hardage, wif
A prostitute aspiring to be an author, a secret satanic sect, and a scientist who has discovered a potion that reanimates the dead intersect in unexpected and comedic ways.
The Mangaung Prison opened in 2001 as South Africa’s first privately run penitentiary. Its operator, the multi-billion-dollar British security firm G4S, promised the most humane treatment and the best facilities for its
An up-close look at the true nature of the sex trade. The film unveils a growing problem in major U.S. cities where girls as young as 12 years old are bought and sold as many as 15 times a night to service the desires of
Centered around a vehement diatribe against pornography delivered by news reporter George Putnam, the film attempts to link explicit portrayals of human sexuality to the subversion and decline of American civilization, a
Is our food bought at the price of famine in the developing world? Is agribusiness more interested in producing profits than producing food? This PBS independent documentary investigates U.S. and European agribusiness in
Sixty years of producing standardized fruit and vegetables and creating industrial hybrids have had a dramatic impact on their nutritional content. In the past 50 years, vegetables have lost 27% of their vitamin C and ne
The infomercial consists of various students giving testimonies of their success, owing it to the school, literally named For-Profit Online University. The later half of the special introduces the threat of an evil rogue
Across North America, local communities are taking back their mountains, redefining the spirit of skiing and snowboarding at its core. Mountains Not for Profit, a short documentary by Teton Gravity Research in collaborat