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All the Streets Are Silent: The Convergence of Hip Hop and Skateboarding

All the Streets Are Silent: The Convergence of Hip Hop and Skateboarding

Theatrical starts July 23, 2021

USA - 2020
A FILM BY JEREMY ELKIN
FEATURING ROSARIO DAWSON, JEFFERSON PANG AND CLARK KENT

The streets of N.Y. might be temporarily silent, but in downtown Manhattan in the early 90’s, they were the site of a dynamic collision between two vibrant subcultures: skateboarding and hip hop. Jeremy Elkin’s yet-to-premiere documentary, All The Streets Are Silent, narrated by Eli Morgan Gesner, brings to life the magic of this time period and the convergence that created an urban style and visual language that would have an outsized and lasting cultural effect.

Tiny Tim: King for a Day

Tiny Tim: King for a Day

Theatrical starts April 23, 2021

2020 - 76 MINUTES - USA - COLOUR AND BLACK AND WHITE
A FILM BY JOHAN VON SYDOW
NARRATED BY WEIRD AL YANKOVIC

TINY TIM: KING FOR A DAY is a biographical doc about a musician who is not only well known for hits such as Tip Toe Through The Tulips but for his trail blazing personae that paved the way for other rock stars such as David Bowie, Prince, Iggy Pop and Boy George. An outcast from a young age, Herbert Khary’s rise to stardom as Tiny Tim is the ultimate fairytale. Considered a freak by many of his peers, Tiny Tim left no one unaffected. His wedding on the Carson Show was watched by over 45 million Americans and his queer personality have been celebrated by the likes of Bob Dylan, Marilyn Manson and Lady Gaga. There were plans and hopes that Tiny Tim would be a lasting star, not only a novelty act but one man ruined these plans: Tiny Tim.

Kenny Scharf: When Worlds Collide

Kenny Scharf: When Worlds Collide

Theatrical starts April 16, 2021

2020 - BRAZIL, UNITED STATES - 77 MINUTES
A FILM BY MALIA SCHARF, MAX BASCH

When Kenny Scharf arrived in NYC in the early 1980’s, he quickly met and befriended Keith Haring and Jean Michel Basquiat; There, amongst the fervent creative bustle of a depressed downtown scene the trio would soon change the way we think about art, the world, and ourselves. But unlike Haring and Basquiat, who both died tragically young, Kenny lived through cataclysmic shifts in the East Village as well as the ravages of AIDS and economic depression.

Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful

Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful

Theatrical starts July 23, 2020

2020 - GERMANY - COLOUR - ENGLISH, FRENCH, GERMAN (WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES)
A FILIM BY GERO VON BOEHM

Women were clearly at the core of legendary photographer Helmut Newton’s work. The stars of his iconic portraits and fashion editorials. Featuring Catherine Deneuve. Grace Jones, Charlotte Rampling to Isabella Rossellini who finally give their own interpretation of the life and work of this controversial genius. A portrait by the portrayed. Provocative, unconventional, subversive, his depiction of women still sparks the question: were they subjects or objects?