Our Films

STILL BILL is an intimate portrait of soul legend Bill Withers, best known for his classics “Ain’t No Sunshine,” “Lean On Me,” “Lovely Day,” “Grandma’s Hands,” and “Just the Two of Us.” With his soulful delivery and warm, heartfelt sincerity, Withers has written the songs that have – and always will – resonate deeply within the fabric of our times.

A satirical look at the effects of corporate culture, VISIONEERS tells the story of George Washington Winsterhammerman (Zach Galifianakis from THE HANGOVER). An ordinary man with a comfortable life, George should be content. He has a nice house, a pretty wife, and even a boat. Everything would be fine if people didn’t keep exploding.

Immerse yourself in the energetic, innovative and potentially illegal world of mash-up media with RiP: A remix manifesto. Let web activist Brett Gaylor and musician Greg Gillis, better known as Girl Talk, serve as your digital tour guides on a probing investigation into how culture builds upon culture in the information age.

Nerdcore arises from the mix of internet, geeks, and hip hop culture. Nerdcore Rising follows MC Frontalot the “Godfather of Nerdcore” on his first national tour to reveal the roots of the genre,
the dorky complexities of its artists, and one MC’s fight for nerd stardom.

CHOPS tells the story of a group of kids with extraordinary musical ability in an acclaimed public school jazz program, culminating in an electrifying festival performance at Jazz at Lincoln Center where Wynton Marsalis hosts the prestigious Essentially Ellington Festival and the students realize that no matter how much one prepares, sometimes life, like jazz, calls for improvisation.

Money-Driven Medicine provides the essential introduction Americans need to become knowledgeable participants in healthcare reform, now and in the years ahead. Produced by Academy Award winner Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side; Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room) and based on Maggie Mahar’s acclaimed book, Money Driven Medicine: The Real Reason Health Care Costs So Much, the film offers a behind-the-scenes look at how our 2.6 trillion dollar a year healthcare system went so terribly wrong and what it will take to fix it.

In 2006, B-Side created a website that allowed fans, radio stations and local clubs to host their own screenings of a documentary called “Before the Music Dies,” a chronicle of the changing music business over the last 30 years. In 3 months, the film had more than 100 screenings and played to more than 15,000 people. In 18 months, that number grew to 300 screenings in 250 markets.

B-Side brought the film “Crawford” to Hulu, as its first-ever film premiere. Due to the mobilization of B-Side’s festival and film fan network, “Crawford” spent 14 consecutive days at number one on the site. Based on the viewership its first weekend on Hulu, “Crawford” was seen by more people than either “An Inconvenient Truth,” or “Farenheit 911″ on their first theatrical weekends.