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According to national statistics, there are two million children who rely on their grandparents to raise them. In Big Mama, a touching and completely poignant…
MORE ›Myth and music collide in this story of the influence and impact of revered power-pop band Big Star, featuring never-before-seen footage, photos, and interviews.
MORE ›Jack Hazan’s intimate and innovative film about English-born, often California-based artist David Hockney and his work honors its subject through creative risk-taking. The improvisatory narrative-nonfiction hybrid features Hockney—a wary participant—as well as his circle of friends, and captures the agonized end of the lingering affair between Hockney and his muse, an American named Peter Schlesinger.
MORE ›Being the best is an American obsession and when it comes to body image and athletic performance the pressure to win starts young. Filmmaker Christopher…
MORE ›A global look at bicycles as a tool for change in a world overrun b cars, from the frustrations of gridlock in Los Angeles to the fight for sake bike lanes in São Paolo.
MORE ›Like cineastes, birders live for the eternal, gauzy image imprinted on the mind’s eye in a flickering twinkle. But what of watching the watchers? Using…
MORE ›In 1917, a strike in an Arizona mining town culminated in the exile of over a thousand immigrant workers. One hundred years later, a large-scale reenactment of the shocking events serves as a catalyst for remembrance and reflection.
MORE ›This seven-minute film directed by Robert Greene sources unused material from his feature film Bisbee ’17 to deconstruct the circumstances around the two deaths that…
MORE ›In St. Petersburg, bitch really is the new black. Attractive and accomplished women enroll in the Vixen Academy to learn how to “turn off their…
MORE ›Witness a day at an acupuncture shop in New York’s Chinatown, with Mom, Pop and the family cat. It’s a delightful, affectionate portrait of both…
MORE ›With his hometown ravaged by the opioid epidemic, plaintiff attorney Paul Farrell Jr. sets out to take on giant pharmaceutical companies to recover enough money to make a lasting impact for the area. When his legal strategy catches the attention of lawyers across the country, all of the cases get rolled into the biggest civil litigation in US history. Will the case become too big for this small-town lawyer, or will he rise to the occasion and effect change not just for his hometown but for the entire nation?
MORE ›In 2015, Alabama closed 31 DMVs, wiping out access to identification cards. This short follows a mobile unit traveling county to county to help register voters.
MORE ›From 1968 to 1970, Black Journal was the one hour of television a month for, about, and by African Americans. St. Clair Bourne was one…
MORE ›In this groundbreaking film directed by famed portrait photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, esteemed film critic Elvis Mitchell conducts riveting interviews with twenty prominent African American artists,…
MORE ›With no power at home, Guinean children walk miles to study for exams beneath the humming glow of airport, gas station, and parking lot lights. Festival Year: 2013
MORE ›With no power at home, Guinean children walk miles to study for exams beneath the humming glow of airport, gas station, and parking lot lights.
MORE ›A clarifying and vibrant history of the Black Panther Party, rich with rare archival footage, from the Party’s early beginnings to its ultimate dissolution.
MORE ›Ever wondered where rap comes from, before it’s polished, packaged and sold as a commodity? Black Picket Fence goes to the source. Shot over a…
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