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Part icon, part iconoclast, Melvin Van Peebles is a filmmaker with an autobiography that’s as fascinating as any of his motion pictures. This playful documentary…
MORE ›This remarkable film follows the campaign of political newcomer Abdul El-Sayed, taking us behind the scenes of the Michigan Democratic primary election as the gubernatorial hopeful and his team of young visionaries maneuver around bureaucratic obstructions within their own party.
MORE ›Adapted from the research of Soviet psychologist A.R. Luria—who in 1931 went to Uzbekistan to document Moscow-mandated literacy programs—this playful, inventive experimental film explores how…
MORE ›Four soldiers who fought together in Iraq come home to resume their normal lives—with very different results. As one of them says, ―We went to war as a unit and came home alone.
MORE ›In a misty Finnish dreamscape, locals stew over the mechanized monsters and Thai immigrants who pilfer their revered cloudberries.
MORE ›In the early 1980s when the number of AIDS cases in America began to soar, many organizations with the resources to help turned a blind…
MORE ›In 1954, after the Supreme Court handed down the Brown v. Board decision, school board members in Hoxie, Arkansas, who were motivated more by conscience…
MORE ›Huey Long is an historical portrait of one extraordinary man. When Long proclaimed, “I was born into politics with a whirlwind for my bride,” it…
MORE ›The development of the gene-editing technology CRISPR sets off an explosive discussion about opportunity versus ethics within the scientific community and beyond.
MORE ›One of England’s top grossing door-to-door adjustable bed salesman on a series of “house calls” with some older folks who may or may not need…
MORE ›A detailed and intimate portrait of these small shellfish and their cozy relationship with their neighbor, the spirographe worm.
MORE ›In the 1930s, a visionary Iowa farmer had a heretical idea: interbreeding different species of corn into a robust, high-yielding variety never before seen—a hybrid.…
MORE ›As an act of pure creative resilience, Ganja and his friends film a humorous and satirical web series, Bisha TV, starring puppets to combat the violent, genocidal regime of Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir. World Premiere
MORE ›In this inspiring account of the 2018 Armenian Revolution, parliament member and activist Nikol Pashinyan embarks on a two-week cross-country walk to protest the possible election of president Serzh Sargsyan as prime minister—a move to avoid term limits and solidify power. Interviews with Pashinyan, other activists, even Sargsyan, revisit the events of this successful activist uprising (underreported in America).
MORE ›Through the assembly of brilliant 16mm streetscapes, performance footage, and illuminating interviews with those closest to the subject, Peter Sillen offers a portrait of Steven J. Bernstein (aka Jesse Bernstein) as strikingly lyrical as the writings and spoken-word theatrics of the late artist himself.
MORE ›Noted by Time Magazine as one of the world’s one hundred most influential people, Youssou Ndour is beloved around the globe as a musician, vocalist,…
MORE ›Trapped within the interstices of the past and the future, there are present days of hoping, dreaming, and waiting. I Could Have Been Human chronicles…
MORE ›Filmed in and around director Reid Davenport’s apartment in Oakland, California, this documentary is part essay, part travelogue, and part formal observational inquiry, all linked…
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