Films


The Troubles We’ve Seen: A History of Journalism in Wartime
Marcel Ophüls

A film of Marcel Ophüls’s not available in the United States.

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TROUBLESOME CREEK: A Midwestern
Jeanne Jordan, Steven Ascher

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…

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Trudell
Heather Rae

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…

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True Life Movie: First Year
Banks Tarver

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,…

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True Life: I’m a Beauty Queen
Cheryl Horner

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…

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True Life: I’m Coming Out
Lucia Engstrom

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…

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The True Meaning of Pictures: Shelby Lee Adams’ Appalachia
Jennifer Baichwal

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.

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True-Life Adventure
Erin Espelie

A dramatic four-minute nature documentary chronicling what happens in a tiny area of a Rocky
Mountain stream on a lovely June afternoon.

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Truman and Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation
Lisa Immordino Vreeland

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…

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Trumbo
Peter Askin

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…

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Try Harder!
Debbie Lum

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…

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The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom
Lucy Walker

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…

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Tugs
Jessica Edwards

This lush character-driven short takes us for an enjoyable cruise on the hardest-working little boats in New York Harbor.

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Tupperware!
Laurie Kahn-Leavitt

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!…

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Turn Out the Light
Mira Jargil

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,…

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Tutwiler
Elaine McMillion Sheldon

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.

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Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela
Thomas Allen Harris

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…

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Twenty Feet from Stardom
Morgan Neville

Backup singers, the unsung heroes of pop music, finally get their moment in the spotlight in this
jubilant history and appreciation.

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