Live the Dream Films

SSYNOPSIS of Lemonade: What do people who were once paid to be creative for a living do when they’re laid off? They get creative with their own lives. More than 130,000 advertising professionals have lost their jobs in this Great Recession. Lemonade is about what happens when people who were once paid to be creative [...]

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SYNOPSIS: CONFESSIONS OF A SUPERHERO is a feature length documentary that chronicles the lives of three mortal men and one woman who make their living working as superhero characters on Hollywood Boulevard. This deeply personal look into their daily routines reveals their hardships and triumphs as they pursue and achieve their own kind of fame. [...]

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SYNOPSIS: Conquerors of the Useless follows Jeff Johnson as he retraces the epic 1968 journey of his heroes Yvon Chouinard and Doug Tompkins to Patagonia. Along the way he gets shipwrecked off Easter Island, surfs the longest wave of his life – and prepares himself for a rare ascent of Cerro Corcovado. Jeff’s life turns [...]

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SYNOPSIS: In his home country Sudan, a brutal civil war was raging. His father belonged to the Sudan People’s Liberation Army ( SPLA). His mother was murdered by government troops. At the time, Emmanuel was seven years old. Soon, the SPLA started shippping children to Ethiopia. Emmanuel’s father saw to it that Emmanuel was sent [...]

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SYNOPSIS: Author Colin Beavan, in research for his new book, began the No Impact Project in November 2006. A newly self-proclaimed environmentalist who could no longer avoid pointing the finger at himself, Colin leaves behind his liberal complacency for a vow to make as little environmental impact as possible for one year. No more automated [...]

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SYNOPSIS: Objectified is a feature-length independent documentary, by Gary Hustwit, about industrial design. Its a look at the creativity at work behind everything from toothbrushes to tech gadgets. Its about the people who re-examine, re-evaluate and re-invent our manufactured environment on a daily basis. Its about personal expression, identity, consumerism, and sustainability. Its about our [...]

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SYNOPSIS: ART & COPY is a powerful film about advertising and inspiration. Directed by Doug Pray (SURFWISE, SCRATCH, HYPE!), it reveals the work and wisdom of some of the most influential advertising creatives of our time — people who’ve profoundly impacted our culture, yet are virtually unknown outside their industry. Exploding forth from advertising’s “creative [...]

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This fascinating, brilliant 20-minute video narrates the history of the “Amen Break,” a six-second drum sample from the b-side of a chart-topping single from 1969. This sample was used extensively in early hiphop and sample-based music, and became the basis for drum-and-bass and jungle music — a six-second clip that spawned several entire subcultures. Nate [...]

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