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What About ME? (2016)

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Forgetting Dad (2008)

The NACA orphanage in Phnom Penh works to achieve one of the highest honors in Cambodian society: to perform before the Princess Bopha Devi. The children's epic performance is recreated as a cinematic adventure that parallels their harrowing backstories.

Still I Strive (2012)

At the NACA orphanage in Phnom Penh, a group of talented children works tirelessly to achieve one of Cambodia's greatest honors: performing before Princess Bopha Devi. Their epic performance is brought to life in a cinematic adventure, paralleling their inspiring yet harrowing backstories.

The Unknowns (2016)

Beginning in 1983 and culminating with a reunion in 2009, this film can be considered a 7 UP of a rock band and beyond in which the filmmaker explores, with the wonderful help of time, the final impact of that experience on their individual lives.

We Don't Wanna Make You Dance (2013)

Dave Lowe is responsible for some of the most iconic gaming music of the 80s and 90s. He broke technological boundaries and changed gaming music forever; this film follows him as he re-invents his classic tunes at Abbey Road Studios with a 50-piece orchestra.

Uncle Art (2019)

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Goshen (2015)

Narrated by Robert Picardo, this documentary takes you through the detailed history of an extraordinary paradise known as the Bolsa Chica Wetlands, now threatened by real estate developers, builders, and city planners.

Restoration of Paradise (2014)

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Rating: 3 Stars