Motto Pictures Julie Goldman

"The Horse Whisperer" may be the stuff of Hollywood legend but the cowboy who inspired the novel and film is very real. Buck Brannaman – master horseman, raconteur and philosopher - is a no excuses cowboy who travels the world teaching a hard-won wisdom that's often more about human relationships than about horses. He possesses near magical abilities as he transforms horses - and people - with understanding and respect.
 

America has lost its way in taking care of its own. The shocking fact is that one in six Americans doesn’t get enough to eat on a regular basis. Even more disturbing is the fact that this new face of hunger is largely invisible. There are no breadlines in the streets, but increasing numbers of soup kitchens and food banks are feeding people who—though employed full-time—can’t make ends meet. A Place at the Table unveils the human stories behind the statistics. As it unravels the real societal costs and applies transparency to the causes of this hunger crisis in the richest country in the world, A Place at the Table explores ways that we as a nation can correct this alarming and unnecessary state of affairs.    
   

Two boyhood friends from Midland, Texas – David McKay and Bradley Crowder – fall under the sway of a charismatic revolutionary ten years their senior. At the volatile 2008 Republican Convention the "Texas Two" cross a line that radically changes their lives. The result: eight homemade bombs, multiple domestic terrorism charges and a high stakes entrapment defense hinging on the actions of a controversial FBI informant. A dramatic story of idealism, loyalty, crime and betrayal, BETTER THIS WORLD goes to the heart of the War on Terror and its impact on civil liberties and political dissent in post-9/11 America.  

KORAN BY HEART is a film about the intense competition at the world's oldest Koran memorization contest, when the best and brightest kids from 70 countries across the Islamic world gather each year during Ramadan in Cairo, Egypt, to see who can recite the Koran with the greatest accuracy, passion and beauty. Just 10 years old, the main characters are remarkable, talented boys and girls from remote and volatile parts of the Islamic world—their future hanging in the balance amidst the controversies and divisions that engulf as their religion. KORAN BY HEART is a coming of age story about Muslim kids in modern times. 
   

Three Roma ("Gypsy") children from a small Transylvanian town participate in a project to desegregate the local school, struggling against indifference, tradition and bigotry with humor, optimism and sass. OUR SCHOOL is a bitter-sweet story about hope and race, and an elegy about generational prejudice and squandered opportunities.     

SONS OF PERDITION follows three teenage boys after they escape from the powerful Fundamentalist Mormon (FLDS) polygamist sect and must fend for themselves in mainstream America. With unprecedented access, SONS OF PERDITION takes audiences on a three-year-journey into the lives of these remarkable teens, providing the inside analysis to make this intimate portrait a big story—a timely, critical look at faith, family and religious exile in mainstream America.  

Charismatic, charming and complex, Sergio Vieira de Mello was the world's go-to guy, a man who could descend into the most dangerous places, charm the worst war criminals, and somehow protect the lives of the ordinary people to whom he'd devoted his life.  SERGIO tells the gripping, inspiring story of his most treacherous mission ever...a mission in which his own life hangs in the balance.  

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GOD LOVES UGANDA is a journey into the heart of East Africa, where Ugandan pastors and their American counterparts spread God’s word and evangelical values to millions desperate for a better life. Inspired by his own roots in the African American Baptist church, director Roger Ross Williams seeks to explore a place where religion and African culture intersect.  

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More than 7 million Americans are either in jail, on probation or on parole. With the law providing that the accused have a right to a lawyer, and by implication a day in court, the United States criminal justice is struggling to keep up. GIDEON’S ARMY examines a key constituency in the system, the defense lawyers. Long hours, low pay and staggering caseloads are so common that even the most committed often give up in their first year. Can justice be served in a system strained to the breaking point? Can they make a difference?