Virgil Films.
Publisher
Virgil Films
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A feature-length documentary that explores the resilience and perspective of Chris Norton. In October 2010 at age eighteen, Chris suffered a debilitating spinal cord injury during a college football game. Doctors gave him just a three percent chance to ever move again. But he defied that diagnosis. After years of physical therapy and training, Chris' story went viral in 2015 when he successfully walked across the college graduation stage with the...
4) The drop box
Publisher
Virgil Films
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of a pastor in South Korea who goes to heroic measures to embrace and protect the most vulnerable children in his community. An award-winning feature-length documentary, Audiences learned of Pastor Lee's story, how he one day came upon a newborn who has been abandoned on a cold night in a Seoul alley. That experience prompts him to build a "baby box" at the front of his church, a warm, safe place where desperate mothers can leave babies...
Publisher
Virgil Films
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The iconic Mister Kelly's illuminated legendary Chicago's Rush Street, and the entire country, by launching talents like Barbra Streisand, Richard Pryor, Bob Newhart, Bette Midler, and Steve Martin. It's visionary owners George and Oscar Marienthal smashed color and gender barriers to put unknown, controversial voices on stage and transform entertainment. Now, with the club long gone, and its star talent reaching its golden years, George's son David...
Publisher
Virgil Films
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Yes, I Am - The Ric Weiland Story chronicles the LGBTQ pioneer & unknown founder of Microsoft. With his newfound wealth, he turned to philanthropy. During his life, he donated more than $200m to fund more than 60 non-profit organizations. His efforts still have a massive impact today. However, as his wealth grew, Ric seemed to slip further into self-doubt, depression, and a kind of impostor syndrome.
Publisher
Virgil Films
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
See the journey of two stray dogs, from the day they are picked up on the streets and brought to the shelter until the day they became a beloved family pet. Go inside a women's prison where inmates train shelter dogs to become service animals for people with disabilities. See how shelter pets are helping our returning war veterans cope with PTSD. A story of hope, redemption, helping others and making a difference.
Publisher
Virgil Films
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The story of the musical Carter and Cash families, the dynasty at the heart of country music. Starting with the Original Carter Family, A.P., Sara, and Maybelle, this film traces the flow of their influence through generations of musicians, the transformation of that act into the Carter Sisters and Mother Maybelle, the marriage of Johnny Cash and June Carter, and the efforts of the present-day family to keep this musical legacy alive. Featuring Johnny...
Publisher
Virgil Films
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Was Roy Lichtenstein a great artist, a thief, or both? This is the question addressed by the feature documentary. Along with Andy Warhol, Lichtenstein created the Pop Art movement of the 1960s. His comic-based paintings reside in the greatest art galleries and can fetch more than $150 million. But some view this renowned artist as a plagiarist. WHAAM! BLAM! focuses upon the last living comic artists whose work was 'appropriated' by Lichtenstein, and...
Publisher
Virgil Films
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
When a Vincent sold at auction for $1.2 million in 2018 it became the most expensive motorcycle in the world. Today, riders such as Jay Leno, Brad Pitt and Ryan Reynolds collect these beautiful machines. Yet its creator, Philip Vincent, died penniless and living in public housing. The Ewan McGregor-narrated Speed is Expensive is the story of how one man's obsession with speed cost him everything.
Publisher
Virgil Films
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
As Israeli paratroopers entered the Old City of Jerusalem on the morning of June 7, 1967, Colonel Motta Gur sent that message over the radio, and the entire world listened as the city of Jerusalem was reunited under Jewish control for the first time in nearly 1,9000 years. Shot entirely on location in Israel, it tells the story of the battle for Jerusalem through the eyes of Israel's 55th Paratrooper Brigade.
Publisher
Virgil Films
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
They thought it would last five weeks. Instead it went for 151 spectacular sold out shows over a triumphant year and a half across America. What made this tour extraordinary was that Glen had recently been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. He was told to hang up his guitar and prepare for the inevitable. Instead, Glen and his wife went public with his diagnosis and announced that he and his family would set out on a "Goodbye Tour".
14) Before we vanish
Publisher
Virgil Films
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
日本語
Description
Three aliens travel to Earth on a reconnaissance mission in preparation for a mass invasion. Having taken possession of human bodies, the visitors rob the hosts of their essence, leaving them unrecognizable to their loved ones.
15) Korengal
Publisher
Virgil Films
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Follows many of the soldiers featured in "Restrepo" after they've left combat in order to examine how war works, what it feels like, and what it does to the young men who fight it.
16) Desert flower
Publisher
Virgil Films
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Inspired by the life of Waris Dirie, including how she escaped from an arranged marriage at the age of thirteen and embarked upon a two-hundred-mile journey across the desert of Somalia in an adventure that eventually led her into a modeling career.
17) The C word
Publisher
Virgil Films
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Cancer is not a laughing matter, but the archaic way people are beating it is. With a dose of good humor, heart, and a touch of rock'n'roll, this documentary reveals the forces that are keeping people sick and dares to ask: if up to 70% of cancer deaths are preventable, what are people waiting for?
18) The bad batch
Publisher
Virgil Films
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A dystopian love story in a Texas wasteland and set in a community of cannibals.
Publisher
Virgil Films
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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Description
The award-winning documentary film tells the poignant, untold stories of female jazz and big band instrumentalists and their fascinating, history-making journeys from the late '30s to the present day. The many firsthand accounts of the challenges faced by these talented women provide a glimpse into decades of racism and sexism that have existed in America.
Publisher
Virgil Films
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
In the Company of Kings follows a fight fan's unforgettable journey into the dark heart of American boxing to talk to eight former World Champs and those closest to his hero, Muhammad Ali, about race, struggle, victory, defeat and picking yourself up off the canvas. Features Larry Holmes, Bernard Hopkins, Tim Witherspoon, Earnie Shavers, the Spinks brothers, Bob Arum and more.