John McDonald Documentary Collection

Festival Cut

The simple but compelling true story of an African-American vagabond named Joe. A former rail-rider, he has settled as a squatter in a secluded spot near downtown Los Angeles to live out his life in the small hut he has made his home. Dependent on the city and yet terrified of everything in it,...

The world’s elite solo bagpipers form an all-star band to compete against all odds at the World Championships in an epic battle of the bands. Filmed in Scotland, Canada and the US, this award-winning music documentary offers all of the thrills and nail-biting suspense of a great sports movie. Yo...

The counter-culture revolutionaries of the 1960s protested against everything that was part of the “establishment,” from consumerism to the Vietnam War. The hippies sought self-sufficiency, living off the land, doing your own thing, and being as naked and natural as the land itself.

But decad...

Five “rock stars” of the bagpiping world get their kicks on Route 66 as they play an unforgettable concert tour down the Mother Road of America. Scottish pipers Willie McCallum, Stuart Liddell and Angus MacColl and drummer Jim Kilpatrick join forces with American percussionist Mike Cole in Chica...

“He’s a Peeping Tom!” ~ Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox)

Every year, fans of BACK TO THE FUTURE from all over the globe travel to a quiet street in South Pasadena, California to visit the location of a pivotal scene in the movie: the "peeping tom" tree where George McFly (Crispen Glover) is saved ...

The Misty Isle Pipe Band travels to Glasgow, Scotland in 2004 to compete in the World Pipe Band Championships.

This bonus package includes 21 separate videos that will totally immerse you into the musical talent of the Spirit of Scotland Pipe Band as well as some of its individual members.
- MSR Qualifier (BBC coverage with 4 cameras)
- MSR Final with Bob Worrall’s Commentary (BBC coverage with 4 came...

Spirit of Scotland Pipe Band member, Euan MacCrimmon, plays "Lament to the Earl of Antrim" at the site of the ancient school of piping on the Isle of Skye.

The 67-minute feature documentary PLUS a bonus package that includes 21 ADDITIONAL VIDEOS.
- MSR Qualifier (BBC coverage with 4 cameras)
- MSR Final with Bob Worrall’s Commentary (BBC coverage with 4 cameras)
- Medley Final with Bob Worrall’s Commentary (BBC coverage with 6 cameras)
- E...

In the final concert of the Route 66 tour in Pasadena, Willie plays a wonderful piobaireachd.

REDISCOVERING LOST GOLD!
The 1-hour PBS television special PLUS 56 minutes of Bonus Features.

Rugged idealist Marshal South and his family flee the city hoping to live off the land in the Anza-Borrego Desert, but their back-to-nature dream ends as isolation and betrayal take their toll.

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Oldest South child shares family heirlooms from Ghost Mountain at his home in Silver City, New Mexico.

REDISCOVERING LOST GOLD!
The 1-hour PBS television special PLUS 56 minutes of Bonus Features.

Rugged idealist Marshal South and his family flee the city hoping to live off the land in the Anza-Borrego Desert, but their back-to-nature dream ends as isolation and betrayal take their toll.

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BONUS FEATURES:
- "California, Here I Come" music video by Huell and the Musicians Institute
- Mark Jorgensen, former Park Superintendent, visits Ghost Mountain
- Oldest child Rider South shares family heirlooms from Ghost Mountain
- Post-screening Q&A with filmmakers and guests in Borrego S...

The work-in-progress reel reflects the tone, though not necessarily the final structure of the film and is a 10-minute rough cut assembly of scene selects, not color corrected or mixed. The sample introduces the film’s main character, primarily using his voice to tell his story, showing him mov...

One scene from the feature-length documentary work in progress MULE: Living on the Outside. It has not been color-corrected or sound mixed, and the music is temporary.