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The Films
We are proud to partner with legendary filmmakers and the freshest talents. All of our films come from groundbreaking voices in both documentary and narrative cinema to create entirely unique worlds.
Dedicated to diverse stories, we strive to find new films and revive overlooked classics from female directors, people of color, and LGBTQ+ filmmakers, as well as artists from the traditional cannon.
Down and Out in America
Winner of the Academy Award© for Best Documentary Feature, legendary actress/director Lee Grant's groundbreaking portrait of Regan Era America is as freshly terrifying and contemporary as ever,
Lee Grant: Restored
Three film series of new 4K Restorations from The Academy and The Film Foundation.
Killian & the Comeback Kids
Academy© Preservation 2022: Screenplay, Original Songs. An original folk-rock musical set at the cross section of small town America and a burgeoning youth culture only just beginning to find its voice.
Chronicles of a Wandering Saint
In theatres 6/28. Nominated for three Independent Spirit Awards, this supernatural comedy was also a winner at SXSW.
We Might As Well Be Dead
Academy Preservation 2024: Screenplay
A high-rise apartment complex at the end of the world descends into madness in this razor sharp Tribeca winning dystopian satire.
A high-rise apartment complex at the end of the world descends into madness in this razor sharp Tribeca winning dystopian satire.
Rebellion
BAFTA Nominee.
The first feature-length documentary to tell the behind-the-scenes story of Extinction Rebellion,
The first feature-length documentary to tell the behind-the-scenes story of Extinction Rebellion,
Female Perversions
Rediscover Tilda Swinton's electric US Film Debut in this Sundance Grand Jury Nominee from writer/director Susan Streitfeld.
Tell Me a Riddle
Recently restored by The Academy and The Film Foundation, Lee Grant's "Tell Me a Riddle" was the first American feature film to be written, produced, and directed entirely by women.
The Stronger
Recently restored by The Academy and The Film Foundation, Lee Grant's directorial debut short is an adaptation of August Strindberg's "The Stronger."
Wallowitch & Ross: This Moment
Shortlisted for the 1999 Academy Award©, this documentary musical explores the partnership of acclaimed artists John Wallowitch and Bertram Ross, both onstage and off.
What Sex Am I?
Lee Grant's acclaimed exploration of the Trans experience in 1980's America rings as proheotic and true as if it had been made today.
This is Honduras
Coming soon! A verite adventure through life in the "murder capital" of the world.
Battered
Academy Award© Winner Lee Grant's acclaimed 1989 investigation of domestic violence in American Homes is a powerful, if harrowing portrait of life lived in constant fear of the people closest to you.
Living With The Tiger
COMING SOON! The children's lives at Baan Gerda orphanage in Thailand change when a musical stranger comes to town.
When Women Kill
Granted exclsuive access to a series of women's prisons, "When Women Kill" explores a woman's life behind bars and the events that lead them there. Most often the killing of a violent partner, but in one partiularly harrowing case, following Charles Manson.
The Films of Henry Jaglom
The films of independent maverick Henry Jaglom are represented here in 20 features from the 1976 Dennis Hopper starrer TRACKS to Orson Welles' final onscreen performance.
A Father...A Son...Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
The definitive look at the Hollywood dynasty led by Kirk and Michael Douglas.
The Willmar 8
Over the course of one Minnesota winter the women of the Willmar 8 begin the longest bank strike in American history.
Encore for Ruby
The life and loves of ballet icon Ruby Asquith are revealed in this PBS documentary.
Tarnation
Currently Unavailable. For more information reach out to operations@hoperunshighfilms.com
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