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When the Three Gorges Dam on China’s historic Yangtze River is completed, two million inhabitants of shoreline villages will lose their homes. Up the Yangtze…
MORE ›In 1934 Southern textile workers took the lead in what became the largest single industry strike in the history of the U.S. Winston Salem native…
MORE ›Through rare archival footage and participant interviews, this groundbreaking film recovers the long-suppressed history of the 1934 General Textile Strike, when hundreds of thousands of Southern cotton mill workers walked off the job.
MORE ›In May 1941, Rudolf Hess, Hitler’s deputy Führer, decided to fly alone in a small Messerschmitt plane from Germany to Scotland, apparently in a deluded…
MORE ›In the wake of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL, in 2018, students come together to speak out against gun violence. Grieving but refusing to stay silent, they spark a national movement to hold public officials accountable for their inaction and demand legislative reform.
MORE ›More than twice the size of the Mall of America, the South China Mall in Dongguan, China, seems to have it all: gondolas, carnival rides,…
MORE ›A group of Uyghurs, China’s Muslim minority, escape persecution by fleeing to Afghanistan, only to find themselves sold as terrorists to U.S. forces and held for years at Guantanamo Bay.
MORE ›Two Dutch working-class communities take part in a peculiar competition: which group can build the biggest bonfire? This short film charts the preparations for the astonishing showdown, when monumental piles of wooden pallets are set ablaze.
MORE ›In the heart of Sicily, where a scarred landscape bears the weight of environmental destruction and military imposition, Valentina, nearing 30, still lives under her family’s roof. As her father’s health declines, she must break free from the shadows of dependency to forge her own path.
MORE ›Kosovo 1998. Dan Reed captures the essence of war and in doing so exposes the fragility of civilization. In a beautiful land of rolling hills…
MORE ›In honor of our fifteenth anniversary, we have curated a selection of short films from the Full Frame vault, a title from each year of…
MORE ›Vault Two In honor of our fifteenth anniversary, we have curated a selection of short films from the Full Frame vault, a title from each…
MORE ›In honor of our fifteenth anniversary, we have curated a selection of short films from the Full Frame vault, a title from each year of…
MORE ›Starting in 1992 at his father’s request, Harvey Wang videotaped his father explaining how to access and assume his parents’ assets. This request is fulfilled…
MORE ›This unprecedented look at the tennis legends’ lives on and off the court is accentuated by the
testaments of family, friends, and some of their more famous fans.
On the day a foal is born, a thoroughbred horse breeder outside Rome remembers her refugee past.
MORE ›In this delightful introduction to legends and aspirants of the cartoon world, New Yorker editor Bob Mankoff reveals how single-panel drawings find their way to the printed page.
MORE ›Inside the Brooklyn Public Library, a woman sits at a long table in front of a television screen, a microphone, speaker, and camera set before…
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