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Nanfu Wang documents Chinese activist Ye Haiyan (aka Sparrow) as she protests against a principal’s sexual abuse of young girls.
MORE ›This deeply moving film follows Arthur Agee, Jr., and William Gates as they strive to achieve professional basketball stardom and escape poverty in Chicago.
MORE ›Steve James’s landmark 1994 documentary follows the early careers of Arthur Agee, Jr., and William Gates, two black teenagers from inner-city Chicago who were recruited…
MORE ›In celebration of the landmark documentary’s 20th anniversary, this panel conversation features insider commentary, rarely seen footage, and special guests.
MORE ›Three Cuban ballerinas from different generations take center stage in this mesmerizing celebration of dance and discipline.
MORE ›Cameraman Peter Gerdehag and editor Tell Johannsson tell the story of Stig-Anders, an old-fashioned farmer in a remote village in Sweden, in pictures as big…
MORE ›Souheil Bachar was kidnapped in Beirut in 1983. He was held in solitary confinement for ten years—except for 27 weeks in 1985, where he was…
MORE ›Former trial lawyer Susan Saladoff tells us what really happened when an Albuquerque woman sued McDonald’s over hot coffee.
MORE ›This tribute to America’s oldest weekly magazine goes behind the scenes of editorial meetings, intern hirings, and in-depth (left-leaning) political and cultural reporting.
MORE ›Mr. Ophüls’s Academy Award-winning film about the 40-year search for the “Butcher of Lyon.”
MORE ›This epic examination of the life of Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie, the “Butcher of Lyons,” doggedly explores questions of evil, complicity, memory, responsibility, and evasion.
MORE ›Charles and Ray Eames are well known for their contributions to the modern design of furniture, architecture, and even film. This film, which is subtitled…
MORE ›Eugene Jarecki’s previous film, Why We Fight, was a startling look at the genesis of United States combat in Iraq and Afghanistan. The House I…
MORE ›In Botswana, two young men must wrestle with the choice between honoring ancestral traditions or following modern possibilities.
MORE ›In fascinating detail this film portrays the lifestyles and reproductive habits of several kinds of jellyfish.
MORE ›George Stoney, notable documentarian, investigates Robert Flaherty’s film and returns to the island of Aran to record the process and result of Flaherty’s work. He…
MORE ›Three young women on the autism spectrum attempt to navigate social rules and the impending challenges of adulthood as they prepare for their first formal dance.
MORE ›A profound and strangely reassuring film about people in Oregon who end their own lives under the state’s Death with Dignity Act.
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