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- After a bitter divorce, an actor disguises himself as a female housekeeper to spend time with his children held in custody by his former wife.
- LouAnne, a retired US marine, becomes a teacher in a Californian high school. But her mostly Latino and black students from an impoverished and racially segregated locality do not easily embrace her.
- Mary Fiore is San Francisco's most successful supplier of romance and glamor. She knows all the tricks. She knows all the rules. But then she breaks the most important rule of all: she falls in love with the groom.
- Crook Johnny Clay assembles a five-man team to plan and execute a daring racetrack robbery.
- Young, rich, and obsessed with death, Harold finds himself changed forever when he meets lively septuagenarian Maude at a funeral.
- An abandoned wife is evicted from her house and starts a tragic conflict with her house's new owners.
- A forensic neuro-psychiatrist reluctantly enters a dangerous and violent world of mistaken identity, police corruption and mental illness.
- When young Jay Moriarity discovers that the mythic Mavericks surf break, one of the biggest waves on Earth, exists just miles from his Santa Cruz home, he enlists the help of local legend Frosty Hesson to train him to survive it.
- When he finds out his longtime girlfriend is pregnant, a commitment-phobe realizes he might have to change his lifestyle for better or much, much worse.
- A forensic psychatrist of the Police Department falls for a fatal attraction that threatens to terminate his marriage, his career and his life.
- Major James Prentis VC (Sir Alan Bates) is a British spy of World War II and war hero who goes under the code name of "Shuttlecock." Alienated from his family and children, he ends up in a mental institution in Lisbon, Portugal.
- Terry is a suicidal voyeur who treats a dying addict to a final binge, but Terry will only do this if he promises to kill him.
- Struggling to find the truth behind her son's mysterious death, an estranged mother must confront her own hidden guilt.
- The most popular television program about consumer technology during the rise of the personal computer revolution from 1983 to 2002. Episodes featured interviews with luminaries from the tech industry.
- In San Francisco, when a bookie is murdered by a protection racket syndicate, his bookie friend Dan Gannin and police lieutenant Barney Runson investigate.
- A terrorist organization attaches a nuclear device to the top of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, and an agent is sent to disarm it.
- Startup U hails from the producers of House of Food and follows a group of entrepreneurial millennials as they embark on a semester at Draper University in Silicon Valley. Led by billionaire founder/venture capitalist Draper, the seven-week program teaches the fundamentals of launching a startup company under the mentorship of America's business leaders. Students will pitch their ideas to a panel of venture capitalists with the hope that they'll receive a life-changing investment to launch their business.
- In 1898, Ezra Lambert and his family travel from Sacramento to the Yukon gold country in search of riches. Problems arise when Ezra is injured in an attack by a grizzly bear, forcing his young son to set out in search of help.
- A coming-of-age film following a group of San Francisco Bay Area teens spending the final Saturday night of summer at their soon-to-close local drive-in theater, the Star Brite. Add an overzealous security guard, an out-of-control exchange student, and an escaped tiger from the city zoo to the usual lunacy and it's going to be a night to remember before some kids go back to high school and others head off to college to begin their adult lives.
- Roger Monette seeks the help of a priest to determine the vastness of his sin. Roger tells a shocking tale.
- It could be that, after death, our spirits need to forget this world. Or maybe something in our mortalities is worth fighting for, even worth dying for a second time. In this supernatural thriller, Paul Wells plans to find out. His body has been in a grave for five years while his spirit witnesses the consequences of his transgressions. Driven to save his daughter from his unfortunate mistakes, Paul twists the boundary between the living and the dead.
- The dangers of LSD are driven home to teenagers in this classroom training film, which is "narrated" by an LSD tab. The "tab" tells kids that he is "a depth charge in the mind!" and various teenagers are shown babbling about their LSD experiences. "Experts" are presented who warn that LSD makes kids "paint themselves green" and has various other horrible side effects, the most serious of which is that it gives users a police record, and that there is "no known way of getting your fingerprints out of a police file once they're in there."
- Family is business and business is money. Roy Stitch was the best collector his Uncle Norman had ever seen, but when an unforgivable act is committed, Roy is pushed into the depths of depression, unable to perform on the job. Trapped in a world of brutality and deception, tormented by memories of the past, Roy must now choose between loyalty to his family or control of his own destiny.
- It began with a single piano he brought out to the bluffs near his house, played every evening at sunset. Schumann, Satie, and Piazola. Through the rapid disintegration of the instrument in the elements, the artist sought to show the impermanence of all things. But it turned out that it's illegal to keep a piano on the beach. The internet caught on, the news cameras came. The piano was burned in a fiery cremation. A dozen pianos were secreted along a twenty-five mile stretch of pristine California coastline, muscled onto mountains and cliffs by a small crew in the misty early morning hours. World class musicians, dilettantes, and dreamers played for their friends, strangers, and passing children. Inspired and brilliant performances were filmed in these idyllic settings, even as park rangers hauled the beautiful instruments away. Then grand pianos on rolling platforms prowled the streets of San Francisco. Mind-blowing underground music performances reverberated through a condemned building, reinvigorating a city under threat of a cultural siege. Twelve Pianos is about the recognition of the silent passing of physical culture, our headlong rush into a tacky, consumerist future, and retaining the things that make us uniquely human. These pianos want to save the world.
- Matthew Berdyck gave up his home to live on the streets of dozens of cities all across the country to give the public a graphic first-person account of the internal monologue of a chronic legally disabled homeless person.
- This is about Craig Newmark popular classified ads website and the diverse postings that occur on the site in a single day.
- A pair of working class stiffs kidnap the son of San Francisco's most feared gangster only to find out that the father doesn't want him back.
- The perils of a young woman's search for work building bridges despite resistance from architectural execs, conservative parents and dead relatives. Suffice it to say: "There's no business like bridge business."
- Canary Industries specializes in "organ redistribution" or leasing organs to people who need them. The catch is that those who accept these organs must also sign a "Conscientious Usage" contract that allows Canary to repo the organs if the recipient abuses their body.
- Locked up in a house of secrets by her over-protective mother, young Megan lives in a reality all her own. When a mysterious stranger begins sending cryptic love letters, mother assumes Megan has been sneaking out behind her back. Mother will soon find out the truth about the mysterious stranger is a far more horrifying, and deadly, then she could ever imagine!
- A story of a small-town thief, John Fisher, who is kidnapped upon arrival in San Francisco Bay Area and forced to find his friend, Mike Sharp, who has mysteriously disappeared.
- Short"Underachiever" is a poignant short film that delves into the life of Jay, a young and talented writer grappling with depression and the overwhelming sense of not living up to his potential. Struggling with self-doubt and emotional turmoil, Jay is trapped in a cycle of unfulfilled dreams and artistic stagnation. The film opens with Jay, an introverted writer in his late twenties, residing on the couch of his young sister's apartment next to a coffee table filled with half-written manuscripts and notebooks. His potential is undeniable, yet he remains paralyzed by his insecurities. He is haunted by the constant reminders of the accolades he could have achieved and the dreams he could have fulfilled. As Jay's depression deepens, his younger sister Alicia, watches helplessly, unable to reach him despite her best efforts. Also, his older relative (Lonnie) and best friend (Andre) urge him to break free from what appears complacency, but they lack a complete understanding of what he's going through. The pep talks are not enough to help Jay overcome his inner demons. One day, Alicia has a heart-to-heart talk with Jay and gives him a self-help book to help him escape his depression; this results in a shift in his mindset. Jay begins to consistently write again, working out at the gym and pursuing new opportunities. This talk becomes the turning point that helps Jay confront his inner demons head-on. He faces the raw truth about his struggles and learns to accept that seeking help is not a sign of weakness but an act of courage. Through self-love and genuine introspection, Jay begins to find solace and healing. Aside from his sister, Jay's boxing trainer, Coach Leo, helps him go beyond his comfort zone, face his fears, and build confidence. He deals with a roller coaster of emotions as his notions of self-worth are continuously tested. Jay experiences moments of creative breakthrough and personal growth as the story unfolds, but the weight of his self-doubt continues haunting him. He starts to see glimmers of hope in his life, but deep inside, he battles with the fear of not being good enough, fearing he might disappoint those who believe in him. In the film's emotionally charged climax, after countless rejects, Jay lands his dream job at a notable internet company. The story ends with him no longer living on his younger sister's couch. "Underachiever" is a heartfelt exploration of the human condition, illustrating that the journey to fulfillment and self-acceptance can be rocky. The film delicately portrays the complexities of depression, self-worth, and the power of resilience, reminding us that even in the darkest moments, hope and healing are within reach when we embrace vulnerability and seek the support we need.
- ShortFifteen years after the mysterious disappearance of her brother, Jamie inherits a decrepit house from her father, which is slated for demolition. What she discovers there will challenge everything she thought she knew, and change her life forever.
- Film Short demonstrates the training of police dogs for their role in searches for lost children and criminals in hiding.
- Sea captain "Hurricane" Hardy searches for treasure in the Sahara Desert and encounters Helen Maitland, the last remaining member of a missionary group. He offers her protection and carries her to the coast, with the intention of claiming her for himself when she recuperates. At a rundown seacoast hotel, Helen befriends Ralph Alden, a young man fighting off addiction and despair, as well as a three-year-old orphan named "Peroxide" whom Leon Roche, the proprietor, is rearing. Hurricane Hardy decides to attack Helen, but the touch of the child's white hands fills him with shame and remorse. Hurricane reforms and adopts the child, leaving Helen free to rehabilitate Ralph, her new love.
- Harry is a middle aged benedict, comfortably well off and married to a charming lady. In his home there is every evidence of material wealth and happiness, but a long-forgotten photograph of an early sweetheart starts him off on a train of reminiscences, which, as they unfold in his mind are depicted on the screen. The first of his day dreams shows him "Creeping like a snail unwillingly to school." Presently there follows a tender love passage with Doris, the school belle; then comes a battle royal with the school bully which culminates in the bully being immersed in the village duck pond. The tread of the well trained valet arouses Harry from his dream, but presently his eyes close again and he sees again himself as the leader in the school room pranks which brings him to logger heads with the sorely tried master. The vision changes to early manhood at the college, where the irrepressible Harry leads a midnight charge. A falling jar of molasses and a suspicious college scout lands the bold Harry and his companions in further trouble, notwithstanding which he emerges from college with his degree and commences the serious occupation of life. Harry wakes from his reverie to recall the sudden inheritance from a rich aunt which placed him among the ranks of the idle rich, and now he dreams of the tennis match where a wild ball brought him to the side of his old sweetheart, now grown to charming womanhood and still with a warm place in her heart for the lover of the long ago. When Harry's dreams are ended the material element of life, in the person of his wife, comes to tell him that dinner is served and as he embraces the partner of his joys and sorrows he dismisses memories for realities and prepares to enjoy the gifts that God has given.
- John is a carefree young man with little ambition and an undying love for his girlfriend. When he awakes one morning to find her lying dead beside him, we are taken on a journey of troubling recollections and emotional decline. Unable to escape from the truth, John has no choice but to confront the reality he has long rejected.
- Syd and Pat are two men about town and as the story opens they are bathing in the sun in Central Park. Judge happens along and stumbles over the projecting foot of the slumbering Pat. In the mix-up that follows the judge is forgotten when the two sun bathers catch sight of Ann Blaum, who is taking an early ride through the park. Syd distracts the attention of Pat and hies himself to the side of the fair equestrienne. He finds that she has broken a stirrup leather which an obliging cop is in vain attempting to repair. While Syd is doing the needful repairing, Pat arrives and he and Ann are immediately smitten with each other. Both gallants engage in a struggle with the officer, during which Ann returns home and on arriving there gives the repair job over to the faithful Chink. Chink repairs the damage, but the cook comes out and attempts to mount, and being a heavyweight she breaks the stirrup leather. Pat and Syd hire a couple of livery horses and, leaving them at a nearby post, seek Ann in order to invite her to accompany them on a ride. She consents, but in the meantime the Chink has stolen Syd's horse, so Pat and Ann ride away, leaving disconsolate Syd to follow on a burro. Failing to overtake the riders, Syd engages three hobos to abduct Ann. The abduction is successful excepting that the stout cook, who has stolen a ride on Ann's horse, is taken instead of Ann. Syd, learning that the fair captive is a prisoner, secures the services of the Judge to marry him and secures a license also, and then presents himself before the astonished cook. Learning of his mistake, Syd calls the matter off, but the romantic heavyweight clings to him, and it is only after a general fight involving all hands that Syd succeeds in breaking away. Later he finds the tramps slumbering beneath a tree, and, setting a slow match to work, he leaves them as he supposes to their fate. In the meantime Pat and Ann come to an understanding and one of the tramps wakes, sees the lighted fuse, throws it so it lands in Syd's hat under a tree where he is slumbering. Explosion, exit Syd.
- A young woman confronted with the challenge of presenting a speech to her Nana for her 80th Birthday party falters under the pressure.
- Mr. Burns, a rich farmer in Scotland, holds a mortgage on an adjoining farm, owned by a widow, Mrs. Thomas, whose son Paul, is in love with Mr. Burns' daughter, Esther. When Mr. Burns learns of the young couple's infatuation, he refuses to countenance it, owing to Paul's poverty. Paul, heartbroken, tells his mother he will go to America to earn the money necessary to pay off the mortgage. Mona Higgins, the postmaster's daughter, is also in love with Paul. Finding that Paul rejects her love, she destroys all communications between Paul, his mother and his sweetheart. Paul secures employment in America at the home of a wealthy landowner, and at a critical moment rescues his master's baby from a gypsy kidnapper, for which deed he receives a check for $5,000 and also a medal. Paul eventually returns to his home, just in time to rescue the old homestead from Mona, who had endeavored to secure it. It is needless to add that Paul and Esther "lived happily ever after."
- When Chase discovers that he can't make up for past mistakes, he must accept the responsibility of existing in life after death.
- One night in the life of a con man.
- When Medicine Got it Wrong is the groundbreaking story of loving parents who rocked the halls of psychiatry, changing how we understand schizophrenia. In the 1970s, a small group of parents rebelled against then-popular psychiatric theories blaming schizophrenia on bad parenting. Their activism helped revolutionize treatment forever and their stories reveal the origins of the tragic state of mental health care today.
- Elise Adler and her weak-willed husband, Kevin, are desperate to get rich and have settled on the elderly and their wills as perfect targets. Colluding with Andrew Knappe, a new nurse at the local Alzheimer center, they've already hosted, charmed, and killed two victims. They now want out, however, and the possibility of retirement appears in the form of Will Thayer, a wealthy inmate under the care of Andrew. With the promise of a small fortune on the line, the Adlers jump at the opportunity, unaware of Andrew and Thayer's true motives.