The Search Is Over

In honor of the Spark Change Summit, presented this week by Creative Visions and the Skoll Center for Social Impact Entertainment over at UCLA, we will highlight three documentaries connected to visionaries who spoke at this inspiring event. I was honored to participate in this engaging series of panels and conversations, with such a distinguished group of industry leaders and creative activists.

The three films we will share with you today are very powerful, each with a clear call to action. Social Impact filmmaking at it’s best. They include: An Inconvenient Sequel, Unseen Enemy and I am Jane Doe.

For more information on these films, and learn about other amazing social impact films,visit Cause Cinema.

This week, we highlight three documentaries connected to the oval office, in celebration of Presidents Day weekend. One of the most successful docs of all time – Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 911. One of the most decorated docs – The Fog of War by Errol Morris, and we round out this week’s program with President Barack Obama, and The Final Year.

For more information on these films, to see the trailers and get links to platforms showing each title, visit Cause Cinema.

This week, we will continue our countdown the Oscars and celebrate The Florida Project - a terrific indie that earned an Academy Award nomination in the best supporting actor category, for Willem Dafoe. Then we will present a terrific doc - Code: Debugging The Gender Gap, a buzz title from last year’s festival circuit, now available on digital platforms. And finally, we will share another movie from our Health and Wellness Showcase – a documentary called Sustainable.

This week, in honor of Black History Month, we’re going to kick off with Mudbound. This hit out of last years Sundance film festival, a terrific period piece, takes a long hard look at racial inequality after the war…

Then, we shift to the battlegrounds of Syria and the award winning documentary Last Men in Aleppo.

Finally, we end with more peace in our last movie of the week, a tip of the hat to Cause Cinema's Health & Wellness showcase this quarter - with Awake: The Life of Yogananda – our first rockstar guru.

From real issues, to real war, to peaceful spirit, this is eye opening cinema at its finest!

This was a big week in entertainment. Oscar Nominations were announced, the Sundance and Slamdance fests are in full swing in Park City. And we’re gearing up for the Grammys on Sunday.

We thought it would be a good time to present some of the best Music Docs now available on various platforms.  Visual and Performing arts worlds come together in celebration.

Just two years ago, we had two major music related films in the documentary category, What happened Miss Simone and Amy. A few years before that, we had the incredible Searching for Sugar Man take home the Oscar, after earning the Special Jury Prize and Audience Awards at Sundance.

All three of these amazing music docs are available on digital platforms.  

With the Park City Festival madness in full swing, I thought it would be fun to celebrate a few award winning films from the Sundance & Slamdance Film Festivals – all 3 of them having “FILMMAKING” as a central theme.

You can find the on digital platforms today.

THE DIRTIES

CASTING JON BENET

CAMERAPERSON

For more information on these films and to see the trailers, visit Cause Cinema.  http://www.causecinema.com/

For our first podcast of 2018, We kick off with powerful and inspiring movies, all sharing Relationships in one way or another. One of the hottest docs of the year, Faces Places takes us on an adventure in France where our two heroes develop an wonderful friendship.

 Our second film Hunting Ground, shows a darker side, where relations go terribly wrong, yet woman are speaking out.

And as Cause Cinema transitions into our Health and Wellness Showcase this quarter our third movie – Plant Pure Nation celebrates a movement around our relationship to food, and ultimately our health

Visit Cause Cinema for more info on these and other social impact films.

Welcome back to the Cause Cinema Podcast. This was yet another amazing year for the doc genre, and keep in mind, we are focusing on US productions here. Stay tuned for our International list.

Most of these films scored in the 90s with critics at Rotten Tomatoes, many of them award winners on the festival circuit.

While we feel these are the top overall social impact movies of the year, we know “best” is subjective, so we’re not presenting them here as a countdown, but covering in alphabetical order.

To find out which video platforms are showing the films, visit causecinema.com and you will find direct links for all of the movies, to each of their viewing channels…And of course, for those films with specific “causes” you will find more info, links and access to related websites.

In recognition of Human Rights Day, December 10, we present 3 films where freedom is at stake.

The Breadwinner

The Square

Abacus: Small Enough to Jail

Visit CauseCinema.com for more information on the movies, to see trailers and find links to all the platforms where you can see these amazing films.

This week, we celebrate another national holiday with Thanksgiving. We thought it would be fun to present films that connected to the idea of food and cuisine, with Hungry for Change and Jiro Dreams of Sushi, as well as a third film - The Staging Post that represents the power of community - an ideal certainly shared between the our colonists and Native Americans back when this celebration was first conceived (1621).

For more information on these film, where to find them and to see trailers, visit CauseCinema.com.

Happy Thanksgiving!