What 2017 documentary film imagines a journey by a person also known as Edith Swanneck?
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Edith Walks Edith Walks is a 2017 documentary film directed by Andrew Kötting which imagines a journey by Edith the Fair, wife of English king Harold Godwinson, from Waltham Abbey where he is buried to near the site of the Battle of Hastings and the invasion of England by William the Conqueror in 1066. It includes contributions from the writers Alan Moore and Iain Sinclair, the torch singer Claudia Barton, and the musician Jem Finer.
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Edith the Fair Edith the Fair (Old English: "Ealdgȳð Swann hnesce" , "Edyth the Gentle Swan"; c. 1025 – c. 1086), also known as Edith Swanneck, was the first wife of King Harold Godwinson. "Swanneck" (or Swan-Neck) comes from the folk etymology which made her in Old English as "swann hnecca", "swan neck", which was actually most likely a corrupted form of "swann hnesce, ""Gentle Swan"" ". She is sometimes confused with Ealdgyth, daughter of Earl Ælfgar of Mercia, who was queen during Harold's reign.
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Gaga: Five Foot Two Gaga: Five Foot Two is a 2017 documentary film about American singer-songwriter Lady Gaga. The film documents the events around the production and release of her fifth studio album, "Joanne", and her halftime performance at Super Bowl LI. The film, directed by visual artist and documentarian Chris Moukarbel, made its debut at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival before having a worldwide streaming release on Netflix on September 22, 2017.
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Woodshock Woodshock is a 2017 American drama film written and directed by Kate and Laura Mulleavy, in their directorial debut. It stars Kirsten Dunst, Joe Cole and Pilou Asbæk.
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Melody Gilbert Melody Gilbert is an award-winning independent documentary filmmaker, and educator from St. Paul, Minnesota now stationed in Chicago, Illinois. Her work is noteworthy for featuring a rare intimacy with her subjects as she unearths previously hidden worlds. She works mostly solo, querying her subjects from behind the camera, giving the voice to ordinary people with extraordinary stories. She has Directed, Filmed, Produced, and sometimes Edited, five independent feature-length documentaries since 2002. The Documentary Channel calls her "one of the most fearless filmmakers in contemporary documentary cinema."
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Promised Land (2017 film) Promised Land is a feature-length documentary by filmmaker Eugene Jarecki.
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Maryam Henein Maryam Henein is an investigative journalist, activist, filmmaker and entrepreneur. She directed the documentary "Vanishing of the Bees narrated by Ellen Page".
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Driving with Selvi Driving with Selvi is a Canadian documentary film that focuses on South India's first female taxi driver, a young woman named Selvi who had previously escaped a child marriage. The film was directed by Elisa Paloschi, who also acted as producer for the project.
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Edith Bouvier Beale Edith "Little Edie" Bouvier Beale (November 7, 1917 – January 14, 2002) was an American socialite, fashion model and cabaret performer. She was a first cousin of Jacqueline Onassis and Lee Bouvier Radziwill. She is most known for her participation, along with her mother, with whom she lived, in the 1975 documentary film "Grey Gardens" by Albert and David Maysles.
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The Butterfly Tree The Butterfly Tree is a 2017 Australian drama film directed by Priscilla Cameron. It was screened in the Discovery section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.
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Denis Belliveau Denis Belliveau is an American photographer, author and explorer notable for retracing Marco Polo's route from Europe to Asia and back, a feat which culminated in the publication of the documentary and book titled "In the Footsteps of Marco Polo"; the documentary has been used by Belliveau to create a unique interdisciplinary educational curriculum that he presents at schools and libraries across the United States and internationally. As a "technical scuba diver with over 600 dives on the Mesoamerican Reef," Belliveau's photography was instrumental in establishing the definitive map for the coral reef of the Mexican island of Cozumel. Belliveau also participated in an historic archaeological dig in southwest France, unearthing a centuries-old Christian monastery, located at the current site of . In addition, Belliveau's photography and writing have been highlighted in numerous periodicals, magazines and books, including "The New York Times", "Petersen's Photographic Magazine", "Smithsonian Magazine" and "BBC’s Planet Earth".
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Nina's Journey Nina's Journey (Swedish: Ninas resa , Polish: Podróż Niny ) is a 2005 Polish-Swedish drama film written and directed by Lena Einhorn. The film won the Guldbagge Award for Best Film at the 41st Guldbagge Awards.
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Elizabeth Klinck Elizabeth Klinck is a visual researcher and clearance specialist in the Canadian and international documentary film industry. Some of the notable projects she has worked on include Werner Herzog's Into the Inferno, Thorsten Schütte ", Barry Arvich's Quality Balls: The Story of David Steinberg, Sarah Polley's the Stories We Tell and Neil Diamond's Reel Injun.
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Lady Bird (film) Lady Bird is a 2017 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Greta Gerwig. It stars Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Tracy Letts, Lucas Hedges, Timothée Chalamet, Beanie Feldstein, Stephen McKinley Henderson and Lois Smith.
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Elián Elián is a 2017 documentary film directed by Ross McDonnell and Tim Golden, produced by Trevor Birney and executive produced by Alex Gibney. The film details the story of young Cuban Elián González and features exclusive interviews with Elián and his family in Cuba and Miami. The film was co-produced by Fine Point Films and Jigsaw Productions and features a voiceover by Raul Esparza.
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Dear Eleanor Dear Eleanor is a 2016 American film, directed by Kevin Connolly, and starring Isabelle Fuhrman, Josh Lucas, Liana Liberato, and Jessica Alba. Written by Cecilia Contreras and Amy Garcia, it is a coming of age story about two best friends traveling across the U.S. in 1962 to meet their childhood hero, Eleanor Roosevelt. The film was produced by Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way Productions.
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Toshi Seeger Toshi Aline Seeger (née Ohta; July 1, 1922 – July 9, 2013) was an American filmmaker, producer, and environmental activist. A filmmaker who specialized in the subject of folk music, Toshi's credits include the 1966 film "Afro-American Work Songs in a Texas Prison" and the Emmy Award-winning documentary "", released through PBS in 2007. In 1966, Seeger and her husband, folk-singer Pete Seeger, co-founded the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, which seeks to protect the Hudson River and surrounding wetlands. Additionally, they co-founded the Clearwater Festival (officially known as The Great Hudson River Revival), a major music festival held annually at Croton Point Park in Westchester County, New York.
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Céline Cousteau Céline S. Cousteau (born June 6, 1972) is a documentary film director and producer, explorer, and designer. She is the Founder/Director of CauseCentric Productions and Founder/President of the non-profit organisation The Céline Cousteau Film Fellowship. Céline is the daughter of ocean explorer and filmmaker Jean-Michel Cousteau and granddaughter of Jacques Yves Cousteau.
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Roger Ross Williams Roger Ross Williams (born September 16, 1973) is an American television news, documentary and entertainment director, producer and writer. He directed most notably "Music by Prudence" that won the Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject), about a 21-year-old Zimbabwean singer-songwriter Prudence Mabhena, who was born severely disabled and has struggled to overcome poverty and discrimination. All other seven members of Prudence's band "Liyana" are also disabled. Williams's film "God Loves Uganda", which premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival to enormous critical acclaim. It was shortlisted for a 2014 Academy Award, has won over a dozen awards and screened at over 60 film festivals worldwide. His latest film "Life, Animated" was nominated for the 2017 Academy Award.
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Journey for Margaret Journey for Margaret is a 1942 drama film set in London in World War II. It stars Robert Young and Laraine Day as a couple who have to deal with the loss of their unborn child due to a bombing raid. It is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by William Lindsay White.
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Left by the Ship Left by the Ship is a 2010 documentary film directed by Emma Rossi Landi and Alberto Vendemmiati following two years in the life of four Filipino Amerasians, co-produced by Italian production company VisitorQ, together with Rai Cinema, ITVS international (USA) and YLE (Finland). The film was shot in the Philippines, mostly in the town of Olongapo, between 2007 and 2009.
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Homegoings Homegoings is a 2013 documentary film directed by Christine Turner about the Owens Funeral Home on Lenox Avenue in Harlem, exploring African-American death rituals through the work of funeral home director Isaiah Owens. The film premiered February 28 at the Museum of Modern Art's 'Documentary Fortnight 2013' showcase, before airing on PBS-TV's "POV" series and screening for a week at the Maysles Cinema.