Films
A film of Marcel Ophüls’s not available in the United States.
MORE ›Russ and Mary Jane Jordan’s Iowa farm has been in the family for 125 years. Like the heroes of their beloved western movies, the Jordans…
MORE ›Ten years in the making, this lyrical film chronicles the life of Native American poet/activist John Trudell. Through archival footage, revealing interviews and Trudell’s spoken…
MORE ›Join three people as they try to make their career dreams come true in the first year of their professional pursuits: an aspiring recording artist,…
MORE ›Get a behind-the-scenes look at the Hooters International Bikini Contest and the Miss America Pageant to find out what it really takes to become a…
MORE ›For many young gay men and women, coming out of the closet can be the single most important moment of their lives. Follow four young…
MORE ›This film examines the issues of representation in the challenging work of American photographer Shelby Lee Adams, who has spent decades documenting a single community in the mountains of Kentucky.
MORE ›A dramatic four-minute nature documentary chronicling what happens in a tiny area of a Rocky
Mountain stream on a lovely June afternoon.
From their Southern roots to their sexuality to their early literary acclaim and eventual addiction-addled decline, Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams seemed almost twin-like in…
MORE ›Legendary screenwriter Dalton Trumbo is perhaps best known for Spartacus and Roman Holiday, the latter written under a pseudonym because he had been blacklisted by…
MORE ›For many of us who have endured the grueling college admissions process, it might be hard to imagine that what we experienced is dwarfed by…
MORE ›In 2011, a Tsunami ravaged Japan. This tribute captures the recollections of survivors in one of the hardest hit areas. Their family and friends perished…
MORE ›This lush character-driven short takes us for an enjoyable cruise on the hardest-working little boats in New York Harbor.
MORE ›Before there was Mary Kash Ash and her pink Cadillacs, there was Ms. Brownie Wise and her annual Tupperware Jubilees. Narrated by Kathy Bates, Tupperware!…
MORE ›It’s not clear why, but Ruth and Arne must leave the home they’ve loved for 45 years. As they label boxes and fold away tables,…
MORE ›This short film follows inmates at Alabama’s notorious Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women as they prepare to give birth. With the support of a group of doulas, and one another, they navigate pregnancy, labor, and the profound loss of being separated from their newborns.
MORE ›A personal journey of reconciliation. The director’s stepfather, B. Pule Leinaeng (“Lee”), was an African National Congress (ANC) foot soldier who sacrificed his life for…
MORE ›Backup singers, the unsung heroes of pop music, finally get their moment in the spotlight in this
jubilant history and appreciation.