Films
Obon & A Thousand Girls Like Me
MORE ›In this brave and sensitive film, Nanfu Wang examines the traumatic history of China’s One Child Policy. With the birth of her first baby, she begins to question her family’s own experiences under the program, which gives way to a broader exploration of its lasting imprint.
MORE ›The only remaining flophouse on the Bowery is shown here in all its glory. Straight-on documentary style yields a non-sentimental portrait of the drinkers, horse-players,…
MORE ›This portrat of the “father of BASE jumping,” Carl Boenish, weaves recollections from friends and family through and astounding array of his own daring 16mm documentation.
MORE ›When Morgan Spurlock embarks on a quest to eat three meals a day at McDonald’s for 30 days, he expects to gain weight. But is…
MORE ›A film critic’s list of important auteurs in American cinema might include Orson Welles, Howard Hawks, John Ford, Nicholas Ray and…Mom. Over her fading but…
MORE ›You’ve heard of Bollywood, but have you been introduced to Mollywood—Indian films made by and for the Muslim community of India? In the impoverished, film-obsessed…
MORE ›As entertaining as it is heartfelt, this star-studded film celebrates the adventurous life of talent manager, producer, and dealmaker extraordinaire Shep Gordon.
MORE ›Hafsat Abiola fights to realize her parents’ dreams of alleviating poverty and ending military dictatorship in this powerful look into the Nigerian pro-democracy movement.
MORE ›Trading in a budding medical career for surfing in the 1950s, Dr. Dorian “Doc” Paskowitz has built his own way of life. After a year of…
MORE ›On the last night of the 2004 Republic Convention in New York City, time slows impossibly and sound is distorted beyond comprehension. A young man…
MORE ›This riveting love story, anchored in a plot to kill Hitler during the height of his power, offers an eye-opening look at life under the Third Reich.
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 ›Eating: a pleasant or unpleasant task? Food: tasty and bubbling or oozy and disgusting?
MORE ›Ever wonder what happens in the Magical Kingdom of Disney animation? The Sweatbox steps inside those gilded gates with pop artist icon Sting as he…
MORE ›The people of the Niger Delta live in deplorable conditions while billions of dollars’ worth of oil from the region is pumped out to satisfy…
MORE ›Professional boxer Gary “Tiger” Balletto is trying to unionize his fellow boxers and get them health insurance and other worker benefits. His friend Derek Fleming,…
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