Gravitas Ventures (Firm)
1) Clean
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"When illness forces her away from her business, trauma cleaner Sandra Pankhurst confronts her own past trauma." --container.
2) Searchers
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Alternately humorous and touching, SEARCHERS draws on encounters with a diverse set of New Yorkers as they navigate their preferred dating apps, searching for their special someone.
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In recent years, at-home DNA tests have become a popular gift. Sometimes the tests reveal more than just a family’s heritage or health history, uncovering things that were intentionally stashed behind a wall of secrecy. The documentary FILLING IN THE BLANKS is one such story. When Jon Baime expresses interest in learning about his family heritage at 54 years old, his dad demands Jon not take one until, to quote his 92-year-old father exactly, “I’m...
8) The Holly
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Goes deep inside a gentrifying community in Denver, where a shooting case involving an activist becomes a window into the political machinations of urban development and the city's gang activity.
9) Chasing
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Jason Caldwell is looking for a win and when he discovers a nearly impossible, unassisted, 3000-mile rowing race – he believes stars have aligned. Jason’s ambition is not just to win the race but to smash the world record – a challenge that will prove much tougher than he could’ve imagined.
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Filmed over the course of 10 years, this documentary chronicles the journey of a trio of first time TV makers as they embark on the ultimate Hollywood adventure. The group creates, bootstraps, and films an activist focused docuseries ("Manifesto!") in the year 2005, with the ultimate goal of launching the first citizen's platform on network television. Cut from countless hours of behind the scenes footage and interviews with TV & Cultural insiders...
11) High Landz
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A story of pure journalism in the marijuana field. Luka, a Ukrainian journalist went on an adventure to remote California mountains to find out about the lifestyle of west coast's finest weed growers. Accepted into a circle of outlaws, he discovers that even with the cannabis laws in place, police and feds are still performing raids..
12) Conception
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Vic and Ami are living the quintessential perfect married life. Living in the city, working high powered jobs, but their world turns upside down when they attempt to start a family and can't get pregnant and have to resort to IVF to have a baby. The journey of IVF tests their marriage and begs the question... how far will you go to have a baby?
14) Vertical Freedom
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An epic, feature-length documentary film highlighting the professional and personal lives of six diverse tower climbers in the United States who possess diverse backgrounds and compelling stories, on and off the job.
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Tahi is one woman’s journey around the world on a quest to find answers about connection, but what she discovers is a valuable teaching for all of humanity. Focusing on 4 of the 21 countries explored, the film investigates whether our commonalities are the key to unlocking an emerging world where people, animals and the environment can co-exist in balance.
16) Songbirds
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The Songbirds guitar museum hosted the world's largest collection of vintage guitars. COVID-19's devastating blow to the music industry forced the museum to permanently close. This film explores the final hours and cultural impact of this special collection.