Films
In 1962, Rosita Guzman, known as “La Mocha,” cut off her only thumb to escape from prison and escaped into the Mexican desert. Forty years…
MORE ›Set amid the vast and stunning expanses of the Gobi Desert, The Story of the Weeping Camel follows the adventures of a family of herders…
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 ›In October 1972, a Uruguayan rugby team hopped on board a plane headed to Chile, but they never made it to their destination. The plane…
MORE ›A look at the history, context, and creation of the song “Strange Fruit.” Made famous by Billie Holiday, the song was originally penned by white…
MORE ›Growing up during WWII, Paavo Rahkonen remembers realizing the depths to which humankind could sink. The horrors of war, especially the destructive potential of the…
MORE ›A captivating film about one of America’s greatest (and most reclusive) songwriters, Strange Powers is the film you never thought you’d see about the band you’ve always loved—or the film you absolutely must see about the band you’ve always meant to check out.
MORE ›Strange Victory provocatively questions whether the World War II triumph was indeed a victory for all Americans. Hurwitz sets up a discrepancy between the ideals…
MORE ›“They say there are only two stories in the world: man goes on a journey and stranger comes to town.” This statement begins an animated…
MORE ›In the eyes of an artificial mind, the last thirty years of David Rumsey—spent amassing one of the biggest historical maps collections in the world he secretly calls his poem—seem like an unexplainable quest. A Stranger Quest follows him on a road trip confronting the ghosts of his past and the end inching ever closer.
MORE ›A passionate analysis of a murder, more than thirty years ago, of a Canadian filmmaker in Eastern Kentucky. Three stories, of the filmmaker, the “stranger”…
MORE ›In 1967 during the government’s War on Poverty, a visiting filmmaker documenting that campaign was shot and killed by a local Kentucky resident. The search…
MORE ›Full Frame honors the work of legendary filmmaker Richard Leacock. In A Stravinsky Portrait, Richard Leacock captures the composer conducting rehearsals, conversing at home, and otherwise going…
MORE ›In 2001, Newark became the site of a memorable political battle: City Councilman Cory Booker, an Ivy League upstart, took on the incumbent, Mayor Sharpe…
MORE ›When Cory Booker runs against incumbent Sharpe James in 2002’s fierce battle for mayor of Newark, he comes up against an old-school political machine willing to win by any means necessary.
MORE ›In intimate conversations with his parents, and through glorious photography of his routines, an aging acrobat considers the end of his beloved career—his body may let go of the ability to perform before his mind is ready.
MORE ›An uninterrupted stream of East German official newsreels and state films presents an unsettling view of the 40-year era.
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