Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy (2020)
• June 19th, 2020 • 1h 16min
Documentary
Overview
What do Jessica Chastain, Viola Davis, Patti LuPone and Alex Sharp have in common? They are but a few of the extraordinary actors who have studied under Moni Yakim at Juilliard, United States' greatest performing arts school. This compelling portrait of the master teacher - the sole remaining founder of the school's legendary Drama Division - takes us inside the drama classes where Moni and his wife Mina pour their love and passion into preparing the next generation of actors for the spotlight.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
The Nose - Searching for Blamage
Released on: 2013-09-01
Documentary
Perfumer Alessandro Gualtieri wants to design his new perfume Blamage by abandoning all rules for de...
Jackson: Na Batida do Pandeiro
Released on: 2019-07-21
Documentary
The life and career history of singer and percussionist Jackson do Pandeiro, whose originality and u...
Waiting for "Superman"
Released on: 2010-09-24
Documentary
Gripping, heartbreaking, and ultimately hopeful, Waiting for Superman is an impassioned indictment o...
The Lives of Albert Camus
Released on: 2020-01-22
Documentary, History
Albert Camus died at 46 years old on January 4, 1960, two years after his Nobel Prize in literature....
Raphael: The Lord of the Arts
Released on: 2017-04-03
Romance, History, Documentary
Raphael: The Lord of the Arts is a documentary about the 15th century Italian Renaissance painter Ra...
Animating Autism
Released on: 2023-01-12
Documentary, Family
A young boy overcomes challenges set before him in pursuit of his love for creating art.
The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky
Released on: 2002-04-25
Drama, Documentary
Dramatization of Russian ballet star Vaclav Nijinsky's diaries which detail his madness as well as h...
The Executive Empress
Released on: 2019-03-31
Documentary
The Executive Empress explores the entrepreneurial lives of several Florida women, who have turned t...
Elton John: A Singular Man
Released on: 2016-01-09
Documentary, Music, TV Movie
An in-depth portrait of British composer, pianist and singer Elton John, pop star and myth of modern...
Moog
Released on: 2004-09-17
Documentary, Music, History
Best known as the inventor of the Moog synthesizer, Robert Moog was an American pioneer of electroni...
Deep Water
Released on: 2006-12-15
Documentary, Adventure, Drama, Action
DEEP WATER is the stunning true story of the fateful voyage of Donald Crowhurst, an amateur yachtsma...
The Welles Raft
Released on: 2022-06-23
Documentary
The raft man Manuel Jacaré was swallowed by the sea when Orson Welles was filming It's All True in 1...
Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed
Released on: 1994-05-13
Documentary, TV Movie
Released on DVD as part of The Criterion Collection's "Martha Graham: Dance on Film" collection.
Cecilia Bartoli & Friends
Released on: 2019-03-03
Documentary, TV Movie
Portrait of an exceptional musical talent and one of opera’s biggest stars, mezzo-soprano Cecilia Ba...
Elton John: Tantrums & Tiaras
Released on: 1997-06-25
Documentary, Music
Unprecedented access into one of the world's greatest musical talents and his larger than life lifes...
The Life of Rayful Edmond
Released on: 2005-07-12
Documentary, Crime, Drama
The true king of cocaine. At his peak he sold 2,000 kilos a week, reaped gross profits of $70 millio...
Batman & Bill
Released on: 2017-05-06
Documentary
Everyone thinks that Bob Kane created Batman, but that’s not the whole truth. One author makes it hi...
Chris Brown: Welcome to My Life
Released on: 2017-06-08
Documentary
This compelling Documentary moves beyond the spotlight and past the attention-grabbing headlines to ...
Making Of Castelo
Released on: 2019-10-19
Documentary
A two parts making of documentary, following José Augusto Silva and his film crew during the shootin...