Films


We Always Lie to Strangers
AJ Schnack, David Wilson

This touching portrayal takes us into the lives of four families who perform for tourists in the
“live music capital of the world,” Branson, Missouri.

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We Got Us
Joan Brooker

Four friends in their late years share memories about their families, their lives, their loves and life in general. Through their conversation we learn about…

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We Live In Public
Ondi Timoner

A look at a frenzied decade in the life of Josh Harris, internet pioneer, social engineer, and performance artist. In the weeks leading up to…

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We Met in Virtual Reality
Joe Hunting

This visually arresting feature immerses the audience in the world of VR to show the genuine connections that can be forged within virtual environments. As…

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We Still Live Here — Âs Nutayuneân
Anne Makepeace

The Wampanoag Indians embark on a quest to reclaim the forgotten language of their people.

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We Want the Funk!
Stanley Nelson

“We Want the Funk!” is a syncopated voyage through the history of funk music, spanning African, soul, and early jazz roots to its rise into the public consciousness. Featuring James Brown’s dynamism, the extraterrestrial funk of George Clinton’s Parliament Funkadelic, transformed girl group Labelle, and Fela Kuti’s Afrobeat, the story also traces funk’s influences on both new wave and hip-hop.

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We Were There to be There
Mike Plante, Jason Willis

On June 13, 1978, the punk bands the Cramps and the Mutants played a free show for psychiatric patients at the Napa State Hospital in…

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Weapon of War
Ilse van Velzen, Femke van Velzen

Over years of civil war, it’s estimated that over 150,000 women have been raped in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This harrowing document includes direct interviews with current and former soldiers, many speaking for the first time, involved in the policy of systematic sexual terrorism.

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The Weather Underground
Sam Green, Bill Siegel

This reflective film tells the story of anti-Vietnam War activists who set out to overthrow the U.S. government. Through much of the 1970s, The Weathermen…

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A Wedding in Ramallah
Sherine Salama

A riveting personal drama of lives lived between the West Bank and Cleveland, Ohio. Bassam, a Palestinian immigrant, journeys home for an arranged marriage to…

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Weiner
Josh Kriegman, Elyse Steinberg

With unparalleled access to the candidate, Weiner followers disgraced congressman Anthony Weiner’s 2013 campaign for mayor of New York City and intensely navigates new political scandal as it unfolds.

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Weirded Out and Blown Away
Sharon Greytak

Sharon Greytak asks probing questions of her subjects (including herself), who are all disabled in some way, with everything from polio to cerebral palsy. Their…

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Welcome to Harmondsworth
Felix Bazalgette, Toby Bull

A naive group of tourists stroll through a quaint town, but the idyllic surroundings cannot erase what looms at the village’s edge.

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Welcome to Nollywood
Jamie Meltzer

Nigeria is the third largest producer of feature films, after the US and India. Movies are made on the cheap—first quickly shot on tape, then,…

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Welcome to the Dollhouse
Todd Solondz

Welcome to the Dollhouse is a stark suburban comedy about 11-year-old Dawn Wiener, a middle child in middle school in the middle of New Jersey.…

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Welcome to the Real World
Barney Churchill Broomfield

A young filmmaker edits the film he shot of two aid workers making a motorbike trip from India to England. Part road movie, part video…

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Well-Founded Fear
Shari Robertson, Michael Camerini

With unprecedented access, filmmakers Michael Camerini and Shari Robertson enter the closed corridors of the INS to reveal the dramatic real-life stage where human rights and American ideals collide with the nearly impossible task of trying to know the truth. The law says asylum can be offered if someone has a well-founded fear of persecution. Three times a day, the job is to decide the applicants’ fates. Political asylum—who deserves it? Who gets it? Who decides?

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Well-Founded Fear
Shari Robertson, Michael Camerini

Only one in two hundred refugees is granted asylum in the U.S. on the grounds of a well-founded fear of persecution for race, religion, nationality,…

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