Films


Dwarfs: Not a Fairy Tale
Lisa Hedley

Antiquated stereotypes of little people make it difficult for some to see the truth of individuals’ lives. From a respected pediatric surgeon to a successful…

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Dysphoria: Inside the Mind of a Holocaust Survivor
Joseph Edward

This poetic and visually arresting exploration of one man’s memories takes an inventive and sensory approach, immersing the viewer in his experiences.

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E-Team
Katy Chevigny, Ross Kauffman

Four fearless activists from the Human Rights Watch’s Emergency Team take us to the frontlines of Syria and Libya as they investigate and document war crimes.

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E14
Peiman Zekavat

Undoubtedly, the first weeks of coronavirus lockdown looked exceedingly different from city to city, neighborhood to neighborhood. From several stories up in a new East…

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Ears, Open. Eyeballs, Click.
Canaan Brumley

Semper Fi and black ‘neath the eyes, this is what little soldiers are made of. Head off to boot camp in big, bold wide-screen and…

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Earth Days
Robert Stone

Robert Stone’s sweeping history of the modern environmental movement serves as both inspiration and warning. Blending stunning archival footage with eyewitness accounts, the film traces…

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The Earth Did Not Speak
Javier Briones

Survivors of the 1982 government-sponsored massacre in Rio Negro, Guatemala, share their stories as the camera quietly pans across seemingly tranquil places that once were home. (Short)

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East Side Story
Dana Ranga, Andrew Horn

Who would have guessed that the Communist Party Line would be delivered in song and dance? Those who love the movie musicals that were the…

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Easter Snap
RaMell Ross

In this expressive short film, a group of men in Alabama prepare a hog for butchering. The tender care and ritual nature of this series of steps is captured through textured images and personal conversations.

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Eat Your Catfish
Adam Isenberg, Noah Amir Arjomand, Senem Tüzen

This remarkable family portrait centers around Kathryn, who is living with ALS. Her mind is intact, but the disease has left her body paralyzed and…

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Eating Alabama
Andrew Beck Grace

With the rise of slow and local food movements over the last few years, America’s regional food cultures have become a boutique industry. So when…

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Echo of You
Zara Zerny

People in their eighties and nineties, and even some centenarians, talk candidly and eloquently about love, loneliness, grief, life, and death. A poetic, tender group portrait of a Danish generation slowly saying goodbye.

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Eden End
Enrique Baixeras

This hypnotic compilation film pairs a lush Chopin score with archival footage from mid-century educational and documentary films to stage a fall from grace in…

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Edge Codes: The Art, History and Science of Motion Picture Editing
Alex Shuper

What is editing? What is good editing? Edge Codes educates and entertains viewers on the artistry and craft of this underappreciated but crucial fact of…

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The Edge of Democracy
Petra Costa

Filmmaker Petra Costa intimately follows the rise and fall of Brazilian presidents Dilma Rousseff and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to capture a nation in political crisis, one whose contemporary history mirrors threats to democracy around the world.

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The Edge of Dreaming
Amy Hardie

When one of filmmaker Amy Harding’s disturbing dreams manifests in real life, she is left to wonder if her most recent premonition—that she will die in the upcoming year—will also come true.

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Edgecombe
Crystal Kayiza

The stories of Shaka Jackson, Doris Stith, and Deacon Joyner, residents of the agricultural community of Edgecombe County, N.C., highlight the spirit of the place they call home, while exploring the lasting legacy of slavery in the American South.

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The Editor and the Dragon: Horace Carter Fights The Klan
Martin M. Clark, Walter E. Campbell

A smalltown newspaper editor in North Carolina stands up to the KKK and is awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1953 for his courageous and tireless dissent.

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