Films


A Daily Life
Albert Elings

In 1932 Piet, a young Dutch real estate developer, buys a movie camera; until 1978 he documents his family life—the new babies, vacations, parties, weddings.…

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DamNation
Ben Knight, Travis Rummel

This poetic, reflective film follows the growing and increasingly successful movement to tear down America’s dams and restore long-standing fisheries, through both legal means and guerilla tactics.

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The Damned and the Sacred
Jos de Putter

Years of civil war and strife in Chechnya have left the country in ruins. But from all this blood and ash comes beauty—children with desire…

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Dance for a Chicken: The Cajun Mardi Gras
Pat Mire

This award-winning film brims over with stunning images of carnival play and a rich soundtrack of hot Cajun music. Cajun filmmaker Pat Mire gives an…

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Dance for Me
Katrine Philp

A teenage Russian dancer relocates to Denmark to live with his adolescent partner so they can prepare for a series of prestigious ballroom championships.

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Dancing for You
Erlend E. Mo

Twelve-year-old Vilde wants to be the first female champion of Halling,a Norwegian folk dance traditionally reserved for men.

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A Dangerous Business
David Rummel

Iron Workers risk their lives to produce a profit for McWane, Inc. Frontline, CBC, and The New York Times team up for this exposé about…

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Dani
Lizzy Hogenson

In this short film, stop-motion animation illustrates a poignant phone call between a mother and her daughter. By turns tender and firm, their exchange portrays a deep connection despite physical distance.

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Daring to Resist
Martha Lubell, Barbara Attie

A memorable portrait of three women who, as teenagers, resisted the Nazis and helped keep others alive. The film’s straightforward and unsentimental structure, using period…

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Dark Money
Kimberly Reed

This modern-day political thriller follows investigative reporter John Adams into Montana’s fight against corrupt campaign financing, a struggle that could alter the devastating effects of unlimited anonymous funding on elections nationwide.

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The Darkness of Day
Jay Rosenblatt

An artistic exploration of suicide presented with a paradoxically uplifting cinematic lyricism.

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Daughter from Danang
Gail Dolgin, Vicente Franco

The 2002 Grand Jury prize winner at Sundance, this beautifully made film tells the story of Heidi, the now-grownup daughter of a Vietnamese mother and…

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Daughters
Angela Patton, Natalie Rae

Four young girls prepare for a special Daddy Daughter Dance with their incarcerated fathers, as part of a unique fatherhood program in a Washington, D.C., jail.Four young girls prepare for a special Daddy Daughter Dance with their incarcerated fathers, as part of a unique fatherhood program in a Washington, D.C., jail.

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Daughters of Wisdom
Bari Pearlman

This contemplative and starkly beautiful film invites us into a Tibetan monastery, where the residents are not monks but nuns. Secluded in the Eastern Tibetan…

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David Hockney IN THE NOW (in six minutes)
Lucy Walker

A tribute to the evolving work of the iconic British painter and photographer, an artist who insists on living in the present.

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David. The Return to Land
Anaïs Huerta

Haitian, French, and adopted by Jewish parents, 34-year-old David embarks on a mission to better understand who he is in this beautifully nuanced observation of self-discovery. North American Premiere

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DaVinci
Yuri Ancarani

This surreal portrait of a fantastic voyage features visuals from a camera-based surgical
computer controlled by a single joystick.

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Day of the Gun
Ken Swartz

In August of 1971, California’s San Quentin Prison experienced the bloodiest moment in its history. By day’s end, six men—three guards, three prisoners—lost their lives.…

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