Films


The Battle of Algiers
Gillo Pontecorvo

Gillo Pontecorvo’s brilliant rendering of the Algerian guerrilla struggle against the French colonialists in the 1950s. Made in collaboration with former liberation activists, this fictional…

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The Battle of Chile (Part 2): The Coup d’État
Patricio Guzman

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…

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Battles
Isabelle Tollenaere

An essay in four chapters, this mysterious exploration of the footprints of war reveals European landscapes in which military past and peaceful present converge.

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Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt
Margaret Brown

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…

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Be Like Others
Tanaz Eshaghian

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…

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The Beaches of Agnès
Agnès Varda

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…

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Bearing Witness
Bob Eisenhardt, Barbara Kopple, Marijana Wotton

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…

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Beautiful Son
Julianne Yamamoto King, Don King

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…

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The Beauty Academy of Kabul
Liz Mermin

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…

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Beauty Before Age
Johnny Symons

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…

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Beauty Is Embarrassing
Neil Berkeley

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…

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Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo
Jessica Oreck

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…

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Before Leaving
Marie de Laubier

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…

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Beginning Filmmaking
Jay Rosenblatt

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…

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Behemoth
Zhao Liang

Dante’s Inferno meets industrialization in a cinematic allegory that explores the environmental ravages and human costs of coal mining in China.

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Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey
Constance Marks

Meet Kevin Clash, the incredible talent behind one of the most beloved puppets of all time.

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Being Evel
Daniel Junge

From motorcycles to rockets, from hustler to Johnny Carson’s couch, Evel Knievel’s real triumph spanned more than 14 Greyhound buses.

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The Bend in the River
Robb Moss

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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