Films
A harrowing account of a group of young women struggling to overcome eating disorders at an inpatient rehabilitation facility. Eating disorders such as anorexia and…
MORE ›Errol Morris calls himself a “director-detective,” and The Thin Blue Line uses interviews and official court records to examine the murder of a Dallas police…
MORE ›A man is sent to prison for shooting a Dallas police officer. The documentary questions the veracity of the verdict through interviews with detectives, lawyers, and the alleged murderer, who all paint very different accounts of events, which are represented in stunning reenactments.
MORE ›Multinational corporations seizing control of water supplies around the world are shocked, shocked by grassroots opposition. “Water for Life, Not for Profit!” shout California community…
MORE ›A true hybrid, Thirteen blends fiction and documentary to get at the heart of an adolescent 13-year-old girl in Virginia who suffers a crisis, withdraws,…
MORE ›These 32 brief sections, each set to a different piece of Gould’s music, serve to illustrate the life of well known Canadian pianist Glenn Gould.…
MORE ›Acclaimed filmmaker Kirby Dick sets out to rip the veil of secrecy right off of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), the body that…
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.
MORE ›Peer behind the curtain as a cast of neurodivergent teens prepare to come of age and hit the stage in their school’s time-travelling, John Farnham–themed musical.
MORE ›Through brilliant observational filmmaking, This Is Home tells the story of four Syrian families on the path to self-sufficiency, and success, in a resettlement program in Baltimore, Maryland.
MORE ›When Marti DeBergi set out in 1984 to capture “the sights, the sounds, and the smells” of British rock band Spinal Tap, what he ended…
MORE ›This Sporting Life, Lindsay Anderson’s feature film debut following years of documentary work, centers on down-and-out coal miner Frank Machin, masterfully portrayed by a young…
MORE ›The Lucille and James Thomas film was made in Walls, Mississippi, where they owned and operated the Thomas Grocery and Gulf Station. James Thomas, an…
MORE ›Acclaimed and endlessly inventive director Michel Gondry trains the camera on his own family—in particular, his aunt Suzette. A schoolteacher in France for over thirty…
MORE ›A Thousand Cuts examines current events in the Philippines, where President Duterte’s war on drugs has resulted in the murders of thousands. With staggering access, the film juxtaposes the stories of two political candidates who support Duterte’s administration with the intrepid work of journalist Maria Ressa and her team at the online news site Rappler, who report the facts in a climate where the truth, and those who expose it, are both under fire.
MORE ›Counter to cultural tradition, a resilient Afghan woman in her early 20s publicly speaks out against years of sexual abuse suffered at the hands of her father.
MORE ›Filmmaker Melba Williams regrets her life-long lack of communication with her father, especially after a stroke silences his memories. Rodney Williams didn’t have many career…
MORE ›A chance encounter leads three teenagers to discover that they are in fact triplets. Sharing this undeniable bond, they become fast friends and embark upon living their lives together, but the roots of their separation prove to be more sinister than they could have imagined.
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