Films
It’s Peter’s first day of third grade. He’s excited and scared, like 46 million other children on their way to the first day of a…
MORE ›This film goes through four tumultuous years in the life of an idealistic high school student in Lubbock, Texas. Watch as she comes to question…
MORE ›Eggs, cups of flour, cups of sugar. This is what it takes to make the June 17 Birthday Cake at a Latvian bakery, which produces…
MORE ›What’s a cheerleader to do after high school ends? An exuberant short, enriched by optical printing, Eighty Layers of Me presents some utterly atypical second…
MORE ›Ferran Adrià’s renowned restaurant closes for six months every year while chefs perfect an avant-garde menu of impressive alchemy.
MORE ›El Inmigrante is a film about the American and Mexican border crisis. Eusebio de Haro, a young Mexican border crosser, is shot and killed by…
MORE ›At dusk, the sun’s golden light casts an eerie glow on a vast collection of extravagant mausoleums where some of Mexico’s notorious drug lords have been laid to rest. Through the confines of the cemetery, El Velador reflects on a community besieged by violence.
MORE ›Acclaimed documentarians Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, and D A Pennebaker direct this enthralling portrait of Broadway legend Elaine Stritch. Combining the on-stage performance from her…
MORE ›Deserted landscapes, ancient ruins, and abandoned shipwrecks at sea—Elefsina’s archeological sites don’t come close to being as hauntingly beautiful as these dead ships. Elefsina Notre Amour is a short sci-fi essay, a timeless archive, filmed on 16mm color Kodak.
MORE ›An elephant arrives on an island off the coast of Maine and, on a day like any other, the tightly wound circle of life unfurls.
MORE ›Katya is a professional “elk calf.” Every spring she delivers elk calves. Right after the delivery, Katya takes a newborn away from its mother. Sometimes it’s simpler to be an elk calf than to work things out with her own son.
MORE ›Charis Wilson was a free-spirited California girl when she first modeled and fell for photographer Edward Weston in 1934. This engaging film shows that Charis…
MORE ›This extremely controversial and innovative film premiered in Tokyo in 1987. The documentary traces the efforts of Okuzaki Kenzõ to chronicle war crimes, including murder…
MORE ›Andy Warhol’s 1964 unique meditation on the Empire State Building was displayed at the Center for Documentary Studies.
MORE ›When their father is unexpectedly arrested, three brothers come together to care for their aging grandmother, América. This sensitive portrait delicately captures the frustrations and connections that evolve as they navigate her physical decline and their expectations of one another.
MORE ›Skateboarding and strained family relationships bond three friends together in this introspective saga about the journey from youth to adulthood.
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