Films
A wealthy neurologist leaves the rat race behind and gracefully skates his way, on one foot, to
spiritual fulfillment.
A hand-poke tattoo artist in Brooklyn reflects on her unique style and approach to inking.
MORE ›Filmmaker Katherine Leggett deftly weaves together home movies, photographs, phone conversations and web-cam footage to tell this personal story of growing up with closeted gay…
MORE ›Ever wondered about Up With People, the preternaturally perky, wholesome singing group who seemed to be everywhere on TV in the sixties and seventies? Morphing…
MORE ›For artist Simone Aaberg Kærn, the sky represents limitless freedom. When the skies are virtually closed down to civil pilots in the wake of the…
MORE ›Kim Smith led a life that was as average as her last name. She and her military husband Steve had two sons. Her family was…
MORE ›This film gives the straight scoop on the history of the tobacco industry’s rise in America and more importantly, how it maintained its level of…
MORE ›Explosions of graphic virtuosity bring this morphology of the sneaker to life. The film scrutinizes sneaker obsessions—from break dancing and skateboarding to high-powered shoe designing…
MORE ›What do you do when you’re diagnosed with ALS, Lou Gherig’s disease? Start a family of course. That’s what 29-year-old Stephen Heywood did, while his…
MORE ›When thinking of the archetypal cowboy, one usually envisions the rugged, white outdoorsman. Wendy Greene challenges that image and introduces numerous African-American rodeo participants, from…
MORE ›When Johnny Örbäck saw the marble Twisting Torso sculpture in 1999, he knew exactly what he had to have. As CEO of the Swedish co-operative…
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 ›Krassi, Mila, and Plamen staunchly navigate the potholes that pepper Bulgaria’s capital, Sofia, in
one of the city’s few remaining ambulances.
Lawyer and freedom fighter Albie Sachs works to overthrow South Africa’s apartheid regime.
MORE ›Affable and spirited Boniface Mwangi (nicknamed “Softie”) is running for political office in Kenya. Through longitudinal access to the election’s lead-up and Softie’s life at home, this beautifully edited journey engages with what it means for a man of integrity to choose between fighting for country or for family. The film excels in illustrating the joys and pains of an activist’s push for real change.
MORE ›Who is Ahmet Simsek? As indicated by the film’s title, he is a soldier in the Austrian Federal Army who lives in Vienna with his…
MORE ›Take a look inside the fringe of the anti-abortion movement. Following nineteen-year-old Jonathan over the course of a year as he searches for a way…
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