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Swedish filmmakers captured the Black Power movement as it happened, with riveting footage of Angela Davis, Huey Newton, and others.
MORE ›Since the first black American newspaper, Freedom Journal, was founded in 1827, publications across the nation have given voice to the black American experience. Pioneering…
MORE ›This extraordinary art film combines word, image, and music to portray a life interrupted and renewed. Black Sun begins with artist/filmmaker Hugues de Montalembert’s spoken…
MORE ›Haunting in its simplicity, this short film captures a group of anonymous travelers as they drift through an unidentified landscape. A lovely reminder of the…
MORE ›In this stunningly and candidly shot film, Lawrence, a Navajo coal miner, wrestles with his relationship to land to which he is spiritually bound but employed to destroy, while his daughter, Caitlin, forms her own identity amid cultural pressures. World Premiere
MORE ›How do you search when you cannot see? As stunning cinematically as it is emotionally, this film gives new and tender meaning to the old…
MORE ›Appalled by the plight of blind people in Tibet—children who are blind are shunned from school and society—Sabriye Tenberken, a young blind German woman, established…
MORE ›A riveting, haunting chronicle of the siege of Leningrad created from a brilliant synthesis of archival footage and reconstructed sound.
MORE ›From 1941 to 1944 German troops descended on Leningrad, causing inconceivable destitution and loss of life. Using only found footage from Moscow archives and an…
MORE ›A man’s life is changed forever when he travels to India and realizes he cannot leave the children he has met at an orphanage behind.
MORE ›In 1960, Edna O’Brien, a young Irish woman, made a sensational literary debut with The Country Girls, sparking controversy in Ireland, where her books were banned and burned. She moved to London, where she led a vibrant life, hosting star-studded parties, conducting love affairs, and building a fortune. O’Brien passed away in July 2024 at 93, and in her final testimony for filmmaker Sinéad O’Shea, she reflects on her extraordinary life. Blue Road features readings from her personal journals by Jessie Buckley, with insights from Gabriel Byrne, Walter Mosley, and other notable writers.
MORE ›An impressionistic view of a wheat farming community from The All-Russian State University of Cinema.
MORE ›When filmmaker Judith Helfand’s parents cover their Long Island home with blue vinyl, she decided to find out just what lies behind the seemingly benign…
MORE ›For 30 years, Jane Elliot has committed herself to fighting against racism, prejudice and ignorance through an exercise separating blue-eyed persons from brown-eyed persons. This…
MORE ›A compilation from seven 90-minute impressionistic and iconoclastic films that capture the essence of the blues while exploring how this art form so deeply influenced…
MORE ›For three weeks in 1965, D A Pennebaker followed Bob Dylan’s concert tour of the United Kingdom. The result was Dont Look Back, a film…
MORE ›Revered in his heyday like a rock star, the greatest chess player of all time crashes, a victim of Cold War era psychosis.
MORE ›Two longtime companions who live together against all the odds are the subject of this deeply engaging portrait. Kathy has cerebral palsy and speaks through…
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