Films
What begins as an unsentimental representation of a domestic worker by her privileged feminist employer soon becomes a double portrait of enormous emotional and political…
MORE ›A profound, honest, and revealing depiction of the life and times of an indomitable Mississippi Delta matriarch and the extended family she loves and cares…
MORE ›Dave Lambert, of Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross, with his newly formed quintet auditioning for RCA in 1964, shortly before his untimely death.
MORE ›This absorbing film charts the meteoric rise and eventual downfall of cycling champion Lance Armstrong after doping charges stripped him of his numerous medals. Expertly weaving accounts from family, friends, and cycling professionals with Armstrong’s own forthright reflections, LANCE contemplates the harm caused by the drive to win at all costs.
MORE ›Children’s empowerment is tied to exploring risk at an “adventure playground” in Norht Wales, where kids are free to use saw,s make fires, and climb tall trees.
MORE ›Fini Straubinger, deaf and blind since her teens, attempts to help those who are similarly afflicted overcome their isolation.
MORE ›Land Without Bread is Luis Buñuel’s only documentary film, and just as startlingly original as his fiction films. It is an uncompromising revelation of the…
MORE ›The street people and the bar-crawling people meet, groove, bang a drum and bash a head in impressionistic slo-mo black and white. Landsdowne Street is…
MORE ›Shifting images, sounds, and texts illuminate the role of rare earth elements and black mirrors in our modern world of screens and recording technology.
MORE ›In the 1980s, Kevyn Aucoin redefined the role of the makeup artist. Home movies and recollections from family, friends, and an impressive roster of famous clients retrace his meteoric rise and his lasting impact.
MORE ›This film celebrates and examines an unabashed vulgarian first known for Hustler magazine’s lack of restraint. His life story includes personal loss and public First…
MORE ›This Academy Award-nominated documentary about the Argentinean mothers’ movement to demand to know the fate of the 30,000 “disappeared” sons and daughters remains as extraordinarily…
MORE ›As a father drives through an unidentified countryside, his car becomes a space for reflection as he recounts the impact of cartel violence on his home and family.
MORE ›Spanish painter Alberto Manrique de Lara Díaz was a founding member of the Archers of Contemporary Art, or LADAC (Los Arqueros del Arte Contemporáneo), an…
MORE ›In this 1993 video, an inquiry into the vanished dream of the Soviet Union through the cinema of director Alexander Medvedkin, the great Chris Marker…
MORE ›The world water crisis isn’t coming, it’s here. Cities are close to disaster and water wars have begun, but the good news—it’s still manageable.
MORE ›Sculptor John Houser’s quixotic dream is to fashion the tallest bronze equestrian statue ever created. There’s only one problem. His subject is the Spanish conquistador…
MORE ›Ridin’, ropin’, buckin’ and brandin’. The American West hasn’t so much disappeared as made its last stand in places like Porcupine, South Dakota, home of…
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