Gravitas Ventures (Firm)
1) Defining US
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Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
This Documentary takes us inside the nations largest schools and to the front lines of a divisive war over race, education and national identity.
Author
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
Brewing a great-tasting beer requires more than hops and barley. It takes innovation and an artist's vision to create a brew that stands out from the rest. That's why the art of beer making has played an integral part in establishing Tampa Bay as one of the top craft beer scenes in the country.
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
An SOS note penned by a Chinese prisoner is found by a mom in Oregon, sparking a nail-biting chain of events that exposes appalling human rights violations and shuts down China’s labor camp system. Nominated for Audience Favorite at the **Hot Docs Documentary Festival**. Winner of Best Feature Film at the **Portland Film Festival**. "*What begins as an unusual “message in a bottle” story builds to a powerful tale of human suffering, compassion...
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
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...
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
This film explores the controversial Andrew Wakefield, who was stripped of his medical license for his infamous study suggesting a link between vaccines and autism that sparked one of the biggest firestorms in modern medicine. Winner of the Best Documentary Feature Award at the **Manhattan Film Festival.** Winner of the Best Director for Feature Documentary Award at the **Downtown LA Film Festival.** "“*Miranda Bailey’s documentary focuses on...
7) Chasing
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
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.
8) She Is
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
Isabella, a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, discovers a sense of empowerment through dance and sets out on an international journey to help other survivors of sexual abuse and sex trafficking find healing.
9) Going Om
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
The documentary looks at how viewers use sound in their world, the impact on humans and animals, and the science behind why it's important.
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
Armed with just his talent, some paint and an iphone, follow Willard Snow as he attempts to open an art gallery, while painting giant guitar sculptures, real drums, guitars, and large portraits of Rock Star Legends. Along the way he meets many of his Rock Star idols, impressing them with his art, getting a drum to paint for Mark Schulman of PINK, and seeing his art travel around the world.
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
Christian Riley Garcia is hailed a hero after he sacrificed himself for others during a school shooting that cost the lives of eight students, two teachers, and wounded several others. As the family copes with his loss, we remember Riley. The 2020 Congressional Medal of Honor recipient of the Young Hero Award, how he impacted his family, his community, and ultimately the country.
12) Concert Crush
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
On November 5, 2021, ten concertgoers were killed, and many more injured, in a crowd crush at Houston's NRG Park. The concert was headlined by Houston rapper Travis Scott, who is also the founder of the Astroworld music festival.
13) The Holly
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
On the last evening of summer in 2013, five shots rang out in a part of northeast Denver known as the Holly. Long a destination for African American families fleeing the Jim Crow South, the area had become an "invisible city" within a historically white metropolis. The shooter, Terrance Roberts, was a revered anti-gang activist. Rubinstein reconstructs the events that left a local gang member paralyzed and Roberts facing the possibility of life in...
Author
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
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.
15) Up North
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
Joackim Guichard, is a former professional surfer looking for a new start, a meaningful life, his true north.
17) Fail State
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
Executive produced by news legend Dan Rather, FAIL STATE investigates the dark side of American higher education, chronicling the decades of policy decisions in Washington, D.C. that have given rise to a powerful and highly-predatory for-profit college industry. With echoes of the sub-prime mortgage crisis, the film lays bare how for-profit colleges exploit millions of low-income and minority students, leaving them with worthless degrees and drowning...
18) Jurassic Punk
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
Steve 'Spaz' Williams is a pioneer in computer animation. His digital dinosaurs of Jurassic Park transformed Hollywood in 1993, but an appetite for anarchy and reckless disregard for authority may have cost him the recognition he deserved.
20) Full Circle
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
A film that celebrates one woman's triumph in conservation: the Great Gull Island Project, Helen Hays' 50-year quest to save two species of threatened seabirds.