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Nature and industry clash and converge in this time-lapse experiment that follows the path of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System.
MORE ›In 1902, Giuseppe Verdi founded a retirement home for opera stars in Milan, which he named Casa Verdi and which he originally supported with his…
MORE ›A fifth grader protests, “I’m not that sick! I have to go to school!” His classmates march with picket signs that read: “Vote for Shakespeare!”…
MORE ›Two parents navigate the red tape of America’s child welfare system as they fight to regain custody of their children.
MORE ›On April 20, 1971, Norman Mailer met with a diverse group of feminists, appearing on a panel at New York City’s Town Hall to discuss…
MORE ›On April 30, 1971, a standing-room-only crowd of New York’s intellectual elite packed the city’s Town Hall theater to see Norman Mailer—fresh from the controversy over his essay “The Prisoner of Sex” and the backlash it received from leaders of the women’s movement—tangle with a panel of four prominent female thinkers and activists: Jacqueline Ceballos, Germaine Greer, Jill Johnston, and Diana Trilling.
MORE ›A beautifully produced biography of a Japanese-American photographer, a mainstay of his Los Angeles community before, during and after World War II. Toyo Miyatake’s old…
MORE ›A transfixing tribute to filmmaker Alan Berliner’s cousin Edwin Honig. Once a master of intricate phrasing, the acclaimed poet now struggles with a fading memory.…
MORE ›When Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers (TRAP) laws restrict access to abortion in southern states, passionate clinic workers and lawyers wage a fight to preserve a woman’s right to choose.
MORE ›An unusual partnership between a dancer and Austin’s Department of Solid Waste Services
results in a public performance starring man, music, and machine.
Trash Dance tells the story of an unusual, creative partnership between a dancer, Allison Orr, and the men and women of the Austin, Texas, Department…
MORE ›Seven-year-old Travis has AIDS. Filmmaker Richard Kotuk invites us to witness Travis’s struggle. With his intense yearning for life and understanding of death, Travis describes…
MORE ›When we meet Travis Jefferies he is six years old and living with full-blown AIDS. His strong spirit, generous smile, and outgoing personality are belied by the pain and isolation forced upon him by his condition. Poignant and painfully honest, “Travis” documents the complex life of a vital child born with a terminal disease who, with the help of experimental drug therapy and his grandmother’s love and support, struggles to survive and pursue a happy life.
MORE ›One man’s wrongful conviction and 20-year prison sentence remind us of the fear and racism that still contaminate our criminal justice system. Conversation following screening with filmmakers and guests Darryl Hunt, Mark Rabil and Phoebe Zerwick, among others.
MORE ›In a country that boasts a system of blind justice for all, Darryl Hunt’s story is a painful reminder of how race and class biases…
MORE ›Two dynamic Native American women—chief judges for the state’s largest tribes—draw on tradition and village wisdom to help defendants rebuild their lives, encouraging healing over jail time and punishment.
MORE ›A fascinating look at Masaccio’s “The Trinity,” the first painting to employ linear perspective. Weaving equal parts historical perspective and cutting-edge computer reconstruction, this movie…
MORE ›On August 28th, 2005, New Orleans resident Kimberly Roberts turned on her video camera to document “how it really is, starting right now.” Within a…
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