Iowa Movies

  • 2011
    The Agony and Sweat of the Human Spirit

    The Agony and Sweat of the Human Spirit

    The Agony and Sweat of the Human Spirit

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    A quiet ukeleleist and his talkative manager struggle to realize their artistic vision in this comic story of loss and friendship.

    The Agony and Sweat of the Human Spirit
  • 2003
    Discovering Dominga: A Survivor's Story

    Discovering Dominga: A Survivor's Story

    Discovering Dominga: A Survivor's Story

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    Denese Joy Becker, a manicurist living in Iowa, discovers she is indeed Dominga Sic Ruiz, a survivor from a 1982 Guatemalan massacre, when more than...

    Discovering Dominga: A Survivor's Story
  • 2019
    Birth of the Cy-Hawk

    Birth of the Cy-Hawk

    Birth of the Cy-Hawk

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    A Local Iowa documentary about the history of trophy to the Cy-Hawk games.

    Birth of the Cy-Hawk
  • 2013
    James Bearden: Man of Metals

    James Bearden: Man of Metals

    James Bearden: Man of Metals

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    An essay style film in the vein of Orson Welles' "F For Fake" and Jon Jost's "Speaking Directly". From 2011 to 2013, filmmaker Kristian Day randomly...

    James Bearden: Man of Metals
  • 2013
    I See What Is Here

    I See What Is Here

    I See What Is Here

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    The shots used in this piece were from first test shots with the Mobile Phone 60x microscope. Subjects included the fur of a cat, hair of a girl, a...

    I See What Is Here
  • 2015
    Wrestling with Iowa

    Wrestling with Iowa

    Wrestling with Iowa

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    The documentary follows two high school seniors as they attempt to win the State Wrestling Championship in their final season and join the elite list...

    Wrestling with Iowa