Festival Year: 2017
This program features the following NEW DOCS short films: My Father’s Film; Luis & I; Shivani; and Waiting for Hassana.
MORE ›This program features the following NEW DOCS short films: The Original Richard McMahan; The Botanist; and The Submarine.
MORE ›This program features the following NEW DOCS short films: Balloonfest; The Kodachrome Elegies; Dysphoria: Inside the Mind of a Holocaust Survivor; and The Earth Did Not Speak.
MORE ›A hand-poke tattoo artist in Brooklyn reflects on her unique style and approach to inking.
MORE ›In this extraordinary black-and-white account, a group of camel herders travel inland on the island of Socotra to avoid the rainy season while sharing nighttime tales of supernatural djinns.
MORE ›This inspiring film follows three members of the Lethal Ladies step-dance team at the Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women. With the support of their intrepid coach and an uncompromising counselor, they are determined to attend college.
MORE ›In rural China, a determined, courageous woman balances her fame as an eloquent and frank poet with societal expectations around disability, independence, and family obligation.
MORE ›In this mesmerizing vignette, a dynamic Brooklyn street dancer travels to Sweden to teach and perform—a journey that tests his devotion to the art form.
MORE ›Four individuals who survived unspeakable trauma in their youth tell their stories, and in doing so, make profound statements about inner strength and empowerment. Festival Year: 1999
MORE ›Director Yance Ford rigorously unpacks the events surrounding the death of his brother, who was shot in 1992. Profoundly cinematic and deeply personal, their family story is a powerful examination of race in America.
MORE ›A 95-year-old cinematographer returns to his lab each day to perfect his invention—a machine that repairs celluloid damage.
MORE ›When climate change causes the ocean to slowly consume their idyllic South Pacific island, residents of the Carteret Atoll must make a painful choice—evacuate or cling to the land they love—and time is running out. Festival Year: 2010
MORE ›At their recent “Getting Real” conference, the International Documentary Association began a series of conversations on sustainability for the documentary film field. With the NEA, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and PBS once again on the chopping block for federal funding, how do documentary filmmaking professionals respond?
MORE ›As the largely abandoned town of El Remolino in Chiapas, Mexico, struggles to yield viable crops and keep its school open, two siblings remain to battle the rainy season and their painful childhood.
MORE ›In sparkling cinematography and intimate interviews, this epic look at the surfing legend’s life in and out of the waves is also a no-holds-barred illustration of one man’s dedication to continually reigniting his passion.
MORE ›A monumental, essential, and compelling survey of the history and cultural significance of HBCUs in America.
MORE ›In 2014, 43 students disappeared from a bus traveling in Iguala, Mexico. Their families seek answers as the official investigation comes to a troubling and suspicious halt.
MORE ›Gregory Lazzarato to Gregory Gorgeous to Gigi Gorgeous—family members and millions of followers support the makeup and beauty YouTube star before, during, and after her transition.
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