Kate Davis — Director (7)
The Newburgh Sting (2014) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Newburgh Sting
other title: O Ataque a Newburgh / Le Complot De Newburgh
Just 60 miles north of New York City sits the poverty-stricken town of Newburgh, where, in 2009, four men were arrested for a plan to bomb two Jewish centers in the Bronx. But their leader, a suspicious Pakistani businessman planted by the government as an informant, led these men straight into the hands of the authorities. With endless footage gathered from hidden cameras, directors David Heilbroner and Kate Davis investigate just what homegrown terrorism truly means in this shocking and galvanizing exposé.
Waiting for Armageddon (2009) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
Waiting for Armageddon
America's 50-million strong Evangelical community is convinced that the world's future is foretold in Biblical prophecy - from the Rapture to the Battle of Armageddon. This astonishing documentary explores their world - in their homes, at conferences, and on a wide-ranging tour of Israel. By interweaving Christian, Zionist, Jewish and critical perspectives along with telling archival materials, the filmmakers probe the politically powerful - and potentially explosive - alliance between Evangelical Christians and Israel...an alliance that may set the stage for what one prominent Evangelical leader calls "World War III."
Pucker Up (2005) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Pucker Up
other title: L'art de siffler / Pucker Up: The Fine Art of Whistling
Pucker Up takes a look at the little-known world of championship caliber whistling. The movie offers a wealth of footage from the International Whistling Convention and Competition in North Carolina, giving a history of whistling as well as offering a look at several of the competitors. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi
The Cheshire Murders (2013) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Cheshire Murders
other title: Die Morde von Cheshire / Los asesinatos de Cheshire
In the early-morning hours of July 23, 2007, in Cheshire, Conn., ex-convicts Steven Hayes and Joshua Komisarjevsky broke into the family home of William Petit, his wife, Jennifer, and their daughters, Michaela, 11, and Hayley, 17. Dr. Petit was beaten and tied to a pole in the basement. The three women were bound in their bedrooms while the men ransacked the house. The brutal ordeal continued throughout the morning, ending with rape, arson and a horrific triple homicide.
Jockey (2004) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Jockey
director: Kate Davis
JOCKEY drops in on the lives of three of the professional racing world's riders.
Southern Comfort (2001) [Movie] Douban WikiData TMDB IMDb
Southern Comfort
director: Kate Davis actor: Robert Eads / Lola Cola
other title: 南方的安慰 / ロバート・イーズ
Against the narrative of Robert, a transgender female-to-male responding to the irony of ovarian cancer, the director creates a deeply moving portrayal of love and determination in the face of prejudice.
Robert lives in rural Georgia, which he describes as "Bubba country" and the "home of the KKK." Nonetheless most of Robert's encounters with the heterosexual community are recounted as upbeat examples of surprising tolerance. Without any pretense, artifice, or apology, he is magnetically compelling in speech and movement. His complete lack of bitterness sets aside the distractions of his cancer, enabling the viewer share his satisfaction in life as a man and his joy in his relationships.
In spite of challenging subject matter, this documentary of Robert's self-selected "family" of transgendered men and women (and one heterosexual partner) is unerring in its ability to humanize without condescension. By not politicizing or sensationalizing her subjects' gender issues, the director has achieved a profoundly affecting emotional depth.
from: comment by 'Bob from New York, NY' on imdb
Stonewall Uprising (2010) [Movie] Douban IMDb WikiData TMDB
Stonewall Uprising
director: Kate Davis / David Heilbroner actor: Paul Bosche / Alfredo del Rio
other title: 石墙风暴 / 石墙起义
Told by those who took part—from drag queens and street hustlers to police detectives, journalists and a former mayor of New York—and featuring a rich trove of archival footage, Stonewall Uprising revisits a time when homosexual acts were illegal throughout America. Hunted and often entrapped by undercover police in their hometowns, gays from around the U.S. began fleeing to New York in search of a sanctuary. Hounded there still by an aggressive police force, they found a semblance of normalcy in a Mafia–run gay bar in Greenwich Village, the Stonewall Inn. When police raided Stonewall on June 28, 1969, gay men and women did something they hadn’t done before: they fought back. As the streets of New York erupted into violent protests and street demonstrations, the collective anger announced that the gay rights movement had arrived.