Films


SUNDAY ENCORE 4 – Obon & A Thousand Girls Like Me

Obon & A Thousand Girls Like Me

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SUNDAY ENCORE 5 – One Child Nation

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.

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The Sunshine
Phil Bertensen

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,…

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Sunshine Superman
Marah Strauch

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.

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Super Size Me
Morgan Spurlock

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…

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Super-8 Mom
David Ellsworth

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…

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Supermen of Malegaon
Faiza Ahmad Khan

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…

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Supermensch
Mike Myers

As entertaining as it is heartfelt, this star-studded film celebrates the adventurous life of talent manager, producer, and dealmaker extraordinaire Shep Gordon.

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The Supreme Price
Joanna Lipper

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.

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Surfing Soweto
Sara Blecher, Dimi Raphoto

There are many ways to surf a train. Three young men in South Africa risk their lives almost daily to achieve the ultimate adrenalin rush…

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Surfwise
Doug Pray

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…

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Surveillance 3
William Noland

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…

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Surviving Hitler: A Love Story
John-Keith Wasson

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.

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Sustainability Now

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?

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Swallow
Genevieve Bicknell

Eating: a pleasant or unpleasant task? Food: tasty and bubbling or oozy and disgusting?

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The Sweatbox
John-Paul Davidson, Trudie Styler

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…

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Sweet Crude
Sandy Cioffi

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…

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Sweet Dreams
Eric Scott Latek

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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