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Adult themes unfold through the perspective of young protagonists in this beautifully photographed feature that captures the experiences of two refugee families struggling to rebuild their lives in Germany.
MORE ›“It was during the act of painting that Pollock engaged in the act of communicating,” noted Namuth, who convinced the artist to be filmed while…
MORE ›This layered examination of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict unfolds through the history of the Jaffa orange. A small fruit with sizeable significance, the orange originated in Palestine and later became an Israeli brand name.
MORE ›In the 1980s, Jason Becker was on the fast track to become speed metal’s reigning guitar god. His acrobatic fingers once tapped out swirling licks…
MORE ›The life and art of photographer Jay Maisel radiates from this intimate character piece that follows Maisel as he moves out of his longtime Manhattan studio and home, the graffitied Germania Bank building on the Bowery.
MORE ›During the Cold War, the U.S. government deployed some of its greatest jazz musicians around the world to promote democracy, even as many of them suffered Jim Crow racism in their own country. Rich archival material and powerful interviews delve into the deep conflict at the heart of the story. World Premiere
MORE ›A wild cinematic ride of dancers in a New York jazz club shot by legendary cinematographer Richard Leacock. Widely regarded as the first cinema verité…
MORE ›This totally spontaneous short features a rousing jazz band’s performance at the Central Park Dance Hall in New York City in 1954. Clarinetist Pee Wee…
MORE ›From 1957 to 1965, an obsessive photographer documented the jazz musicians who stopped by his Manhattan loft to play all night.
MORE ›After the second World War, America achieves a level of growth and prosperity unimaginable just a few years earlier. As the Cold War intensifies, jazz…
MORE ›This town was a place where they could sleep peacefully, but now the time has come for them to go.
MORE ›“Jesse Owens was a model of technical perfection the way he ran. . . . That was in such opposition of what African Americans were…
MORE ›This short film trails New York Senate hopeful Robert Kennedy as he makes a public appearance at a New York City chldren’s school at Christmas time.
MORE ›The comedian, now 75, takes us on a breathtaking ride through the glories and vicissitudes of her relentless pursuit of the limelight.
MORE ›The sport of kings and Seabiscuits rides on the back of its pawns. With intertwined portraits of three Louisiana jockeys—a young up-and-comer, a broken down…
MORE ›John & Jane Toll-Free is a fascinating look inside outsourced call centers in Mumbai and the desires and fantasies of the workers who answer your…
MORE ›Drilled in American popular culture and pronunciation, young Indian workers at a call center in Mumbai inhabit a surreal virtual world where their American identities, often eagerly adopted if ill fitting, are at odds with the reality of their lives.
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