Movies: Moxie Firecracker Films

  • 2002
    Schooling Jewel

    Schooling Jewel (2002)

    Schooling Jewel

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    Tulsa, Oklahoma. A rigged Homecoming Queen election and a rich older man comspire to turn 18 year old Jewel Offor from a little girl into a woman....

    Schooling Jewel
  • 2012
    Ethel

    Ethel (2012)

    Ethel

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    Filmmaker Rory Kennedy interviews her mother, Ethel Kennedy, who discusses family, marriage and politics....

    Ethel
  • 2011
    Bobby Fischer Against the World

    Bobby Fischer Against the World (2011)

    Bobby Fischer Against the World

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    The first documentary feature to explore the tragic and bizarre life of the late chess master Bobby Fischer....

    Bobby Fischer Against the World
  • 2005
    Xiara's Song

    Xiara's Song (2005)

    Xiara's Song

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    Xiara Trujillo is a precocious seven-year-old who moved from the Bronx to Maryland with her mom, Aracelli Guzman, four years ago. Though she seems happy hanging out and playing with her pal Melissa, Xiara becomes defensive and emotional when talking ...

    Xiara's Song
  • 2004
    Indian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable

    Indian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable (2004)

    Indian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable

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    Twenty million people live within a 50-mile radius of the Indian Point Energy Center and its three nuclear reactors. This film takes a cautionary look at the possible consequences of an accident or terrorist attack on the facility--a catastrophe that...

    Indian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable
  • 2017
    Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton

    Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton (2017)

    Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton

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    This is the remarkable story of an American icon who changed the sport of big wave surfing forever. Transcending the surf genre, this in-depth portrait of a hard-charging athlete explores the fear, courage and ambition that push a man to greatness—an...

    Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton
  • 2003
    Together: Stop Violence Against Women

    Together: Stop Violence Against Women (2003)

    Together: Stop Violence Against Women

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    Together: Stop Violence Against Women
  • 2002
    The Execution of Wanda Jean

    The Execution of Wanda Jean (2002)

    The Execution of Wanda Jean

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    The Execution of Wanda Jean chronicles the life-and-death battle of Wanda Jean Allen, the first black woman to be put to death in the United States in the modern era....

    The Execution of Wanda Jean
  • 2011
    There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane

    There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane (2011)

    There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane

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    Filmmaker Liz Garbus investigates the mysterious tragedy of Diane Schuler in an effort to understand what went wrong....

    There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane
  • 2003
    A Boy's Life

    A Boy's Life (2003)

    A Boy's Life

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    Follows a Mississippi family's attempts to deal with an increasingly violent and erratic child....

    A Boy's Life
  • 2000
    The Changing Face of Beauty

    The Changing Face of Beauty (2000)

    The Changing Face of Beauty

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    The Changing Face of Beauty
  • 2000
    Juvies

    Juvies (2000)

    Juvies

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    "Juvies" follows the cases of three teenagers assigned to Cheltenham, a Maryland reformatory where children go before being assigned sentences at reform schools or other institutions. One of the boys has been accused of burning his mother's house dow...

    Juvies
  • 2008
    Thank You, Mr. President: Helen Thomas at the White House

    Thank You, Mr. President: Helen Thomas at the White House (2008)

    Thank You, Mr. President: Helen Thomas at the White House

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    This documentary profiles iconic journalist Helen Thomas who has held a front-row seat at White House press conferences for more than 60 years....

    Thank You, Mr. President: Helen Thomas at the White House
  • 2010
    The Fence (La Barda)

    The Fence (La Barda) (2010)

    The Fence (La Barda)

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    In Oct. 2006, the U.S. government decided to build a 700-mile fence along its troubled 2000-mile-plus border with Mexico. Three years, 19 construction companies, 350 engineers, thousands of construction workers, tens of thousands of tons of metal and...

    The Fence (La Barda)
  • 2003
    Pandemic: Facing AIDS

    Pandemic: Facing AIDS (2003)

    Pandemic: Facing AIDS

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    Covers the key aspects of the world AIDS epidemic through powerful documentary stories about five victims and their communities, on five continents....

    Pandemic: Facing AIDS
  • 2007
    Ghosts of Abu Ghraib

    Ghosts of Abu Ghraib (2007)

    Ghosts of Abu Ghraib

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    An examination of the prisoner abuse scandal involving U.S. soldiers and detainees at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison in the fall of 2003....

    Ghosts of Abu Ghraib
  • 2014
    Last Days in Vietnam

    Last Days in Vietnam (2014)

    Last Days in Vietnam

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    During the chaotic final weeks of the Vietnam War, the North Vietnamese Army closes in on Saigon as the panicked South Vietnamese people desperately attempt to escape. On the ground, American soldiers and diplomats confront a moral quandary: whether ...

    Last Days in Vietnam
  • 1999
    Different Moms

    Different Moms (1999)

    Different Moms

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    Each year, mothers with mental impairment give birth to an estimated 120,000 children. Approximately half of these children remain with the mother. "Different Moms" briefly documents the lives of three mothers with mental impairment ~ Elaine Mayfield...

    Different Moms
  • 2016
    Nothing Left Unsaid: Gloria Vanderbilt & Anderson Cooper

    Nothing Left Unsaid: Gloria Vanderbilt & Anderson Cooper (2016)

    Nothing Left Unsaid: Gloria Vanderbilt & Anderson Cooper

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    Born into one of the wealthiest and best-known families in American history, Gloria Vanderbilt has lived in the public eye for more than 90 years, unapologetically pursuing love, family and career, while experiencing extreme tragedy and tremendous su...

    Nothing Left Unsaid: Gloria Vanderbilt & Anderson Cooper
  • 1999
    American Hollow

    American Hollow (1999)

    American Hollow

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    This documentary follows the lives of the Bowling family as they fight to survive in dirt-poor Appalachia. Matriarch Iree has given birth to 13 children, but only two have left to seek better lives in Ohio while the rest have married and started thei...

    American Hollow