Films
The Battle of Chile (Part 2) opens with the attempted Chilean military coup of June, 1973 which is put down by troops loyal to the…
MORE ›An essay in four chapters, this mysterious exploration of the footprints of war reveals European landscapes in which military past and peaceful present converge.
MORE ›This melancholic tribute to songwriter Townes Van Zandt feels like a wake held in a tavern. It is full of rich interviews with the songwriter’s…
MORE ›In Iran, homosexuality is punishable by death. Transexuality, on the other hand, is not only legal, it is promoted as a “treatment” for gay men…
MORE ›This cinematic autobiography by celebrated French filmmaker Agnès Varda unfolds in a luminous series of recollections from her extraordinarily rich life. In her eighties during…
MORE ›At a time when foreign journalists are increasingly considered “fair game,” more women than ever perform the dangerous work of the war correspondent. Bearing Witness…
MORE ›The filmmakers of Beautiful Son are the parents of Beau, whose change in behavior during the third year of his life led to a diagnosis…
MORE ›After 1996, in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, the Taliban forbade women to work outside the home and required them to appear in public fully…
MORE ›Beauty Before Age offers a unique look at ageism within the gay community in the San Francisco Bay area. Through interviews with both older and…
MORE ›Meet Wayne White—affable Emmy award-winning artist and profane, prolific iconoclast full of energy and southern verve. You may recognize his incredibly creative artwork from Pee-wee’s…
MORE ›Insects have long been honored in Japan—samurai warriors embroidered the dragonfly, the victory insect, on their armor, and the songs of suzumushi (crickets) have been…
MORE ›A luminous, unsentimental portrayal of a charismatic, indefatigable woman, and of the lives (and one death) of the personalities and conditions (including Alzheimer’s) of the…
MORE ›For her fourth birthday, filmmaker Jay Rosenblatt surprises his daughter Ella with a video camera. He is eager to teach her how to come up…
MORE ›Dante’s Inferno meets industrialization in a cinematic allegory that explores the environmental ravages and human costs of coal mining in China.
MORE ›Meet Kevin Clash, the incredible talent behind one of the most beloved puppets of all time.
MORE ›From motorcycles to rockets, from hustler to Johnny Carson’s couch, Evel Knievel’s real triumph spanned more than 14 Greyhound buses.
MORE ›Following and filming friends for nearly fifty years, The Bend in the River is an exploration of the inexorable flow of aging and the unfinished project of living.
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