Rehearsing a Dream is a short documentary directed and produced by four time Academy Award nominees Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon. Cinematography by Buddy Squires and Steve McCarthy, edited by Nancy Baker and a Production of Simon & Goodman Picture Company. The film premiered on HBO in August 2007 and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.
The film follows a group of gifted 17-year-old performing and visual artists at the YoungArts program of the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts in Miami. The young artists as spend a week learning from mentors like Mikhail Baryshnikov, Vanessa L. Williams, Jacques d'Amboise and Michael Tilson Thomas. The NFAA has for the past 27 years been helping the country's best high-school senior art students with their annual YoungArts Week in Miami and by scholarships. Over 7500 students apply for about 150 spots in all arts disciplines.
, 1h45 OrigineFrance GenresDocumentaire ThèmesSport, Documentaire sur le sport, Football Note70% Vingt ans après leur victoire à la Coupe du monde de football de 1998, l'ensemble des joueurs et membres du staff de l'équipe de France partagent leurs souvenirs de leur parcours durant cette compétition ; du premier match victorieux contre l'Afrique du Sud à la finale au scénario idéal contre le Brésil, en passant par le but en or contre le Paraguay, les tirs au but contre l'Italie et la demi-finale disputée contre la Croatie, ainsi que les à-côtés, comme la vie à Clairefontaine ou les changements dans l'opinion publique et les médias.
, 1h17 GenresDocumentaire Note69% According to Devil's Playground, at the age of 16, Amish youth are allowed to depart from many of the Amish rules. The young people sample life outside of the Amish community. Many drive cars, wear modern clothes and cut and style their hair in more fashionable styles, get jobs, have romantic and sexual relationships, and some experiment with drugs.
, 1h25 Réalisé parKirby Dick, Amy Ziering OrigineEtats-Unis GenresDocumentaire ThèmesFilm sur un écrivain, Documentaire sur une personnalité Note64% The film uses interviews shot by the filmmakers, footage of Derrida's lectures and speaking engagements, and personal footage of Derrida at home with his friends and family. In several scenes, Ziering Kofman also reads excerpts from Derrida's work or otherwise describes aspects of his life.
, 1h23 Réalisé parGail Dolgin OrigineEtats-Unis GenresDocumentaire, Historique ThèmesLa famille, L'immigration, Documentaire sur le droit, Documentaire sur la guerre, Documentaire historique, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Politique Note74% Heidi's mother, Mai Thi Kim, already had three children and was estranged from her husband Do Huu Vinh, who had left her to fight with the Viet Cong. She was working at an American military base where she met Heidi's father, an American serviceman. When the North Vietnamese army came closer to Danang, Mai Thi Kim feared for Heidi's safety due to rumors of retaliation against mixed-race children. At the age of six, Heidi was sent to United States and placed in an orphanage run by the Holt Adoption Agency.
In Réunion, there's no need to introduce Danyel Waro, his rhythms and texts have left their mark on the cultural landscape of the past twenty years. Behind the public image, the singer, there’s a man with strong convictions, a poet, a craftsman. Unknown facets that Thierry Hoarau's film reveals. An intimate portrait of a strong, appealing personality.