Films
The annual Ultra Maratón Caballo Blanco, a spectacular fifty-mile race in Mexico’s Copper Canyon, was created as a way for indigenous Rarámuri endurance runners to preserve their culture. With stunning cinematography and access on all sides, The Infinite Race employs personal testimonies to examine the underbelly of an event marred by appropriation and exploitation.
MORE ›What can one man do to save a poisoned river? If that man is Hungarian fisherman Balazs Mezaro, the answer is both nothing and everything.…
MORE ›Dashiell Hammett, Anaconda Cooper, the American Union Movement, Butte, Montana and the Superfund Toxic Waste program all have a role in this thoroughly modern, engaging…
MORE ›Travis Wilkerson reconstructs the 1917 lynching of labor organizer Frank Little, drawing a parallel between the environmental degradation wrought by the Anaconda Mining Company in Butte, Montana, and the shattered dreams of social revolution.
MORE ›With unimaginable access, this film follows the turbulent campaign of Arvind Kejriwal, a businessman turned politician who formed India’s Aam Aadmi Party (Common Man’s Party) in 2012, as he runs for his country’s top office.
MORE ›International Sweethearts of Rhythm was one of the first interracial, all-women jazz bands. Performing in the 1940s—a time when most women musicians, however talented, were…
MORE ›In the 1880s, a factory worker named Pierre Degeyter developed a melody for six verses and a chorus worth of words calling for working class…
MORE ›Three brave ―interrupters from Chicago’s CeaseFire organization take on inner-city violence with a dangerous form of intervention.
MORE ›Three brave “interrupters” from Chicago’s CeaseFire organization take on inner-city violence with a dangerous form of intervention.
MORE ›Cell phone conversations have the ability to collapse the distinctions between public and private space. In these conversations, intimate moments are performed for strangers in…
MORE ›Stylish, affecting, and witty all in the same breath, this celebrated film portrays the life of Joseph Cassuto, Alan Berliner’s maternal grandfather, whose yearning for…
MORE ›Six young scientists from around the globe compete in the largest international high school science fair—with their ingenious solutions to environmental problems, they don’t just aim to bring home the top prize, they hope to change the world.
MORE ›A character sketch of Yoshiro Nakamatsu, Japanese inventor extraordinaire, this film takes us on a rollicking exploration of the human capacity for creativity and invention.
MORE ›This well-crafted film directed by Kirby Dick (This Film Is Not Yet Rated, Outrage) investigates the widespread phenomenon of rape in the United States military.…
MORE ›Iraq in Fragments is a beautiful, harrowing film, shot over the course of one year, just before it became almost suicidal for western filmmakers to…
MORE ›Iain was young when he lost his mother, Irene. Decades later, in the absence of his own memories, he seeks to unravel the mystery surrounding her death. Animation and poignant interviews propel this compelling story toward unexpected discoveries.
MORE ›The late, legendary Albert Maysles documents 93-year-old fashion icon Iris Apfel in this charming celebration of style, wit, and individuality.
MORE ›Spirited animation brings handmade furniture to life in this colorful and delightfully quirky slice of rural Ireland.
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