Films
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.
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…
MORE ›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…
MORE ›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…
MORE ›The Wampanoag Indians embark on a quest to reclaim the forgotten language of their people.
MORE ›“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.
MORE ›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…
MORE ›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.
MORE ›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…
MORE ›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…
MORE ›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.
MORE ›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…
MORE ›A naive group of tourists stroll through a quaint town, but the idyllic surroundings cannot erase what looms at the village’s edge.
MORE ›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…
MORE ›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?
MORE ›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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