"Grand Theft Parsons" is a film based on the true story of the final days of musician Gram Parsons, a pioneer of country rock who passed away in 1973. The film stars Johnny Knoxville as Phil Kaufman, Parsons' friend and road manager, who honors Parsons' wishes to have his body cremated in the Joshua Tree National Park after his death. The film is a bittersweet tribute to the legendary musician, capturing his creative genius and his struggles with substance abuse. The film portrays the close relationship between Parsons and Kaufman, and the lengths to which Kaufman went to fulfill his friend's final wish. The film's standout performances come from Johnny Knoxville and Christina Applegate, who plays Barbara Mansfield, Parsons' girlfriend. The chemistry between the two leads is palpable, and the emotional depth they bring to their roles is heart-wrenching. "Grand Theft Parsons" is also a celebration of Parsons' music, with several live performan...
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A heart-stopping new documentary, A RIVER OF WASTE exposes a huge health and environmental scandal in our modern industrial system of meat and poultry production. Some scientists have gone so far as to call the condemned current factory farm practices as "mini Chernobyls." In the U.S. and elsewhere, the meat and poultry industry is dominated by dangerous uses of arsenic, antibiotics, growth hormones and by the dumping of massive amounts of sewage in fragile waterways and environments. The film documents the vast catastrophic impact on the environment and public health as well as focuses on the individual lives damaged and destroyed.
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