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Three Roma children with musical aspirations grapple with discrimination and the limiting, and sometimes threatening, traditions of their Bulgarian ghetto.
MORE ›After spending time photographing single-person nude setups, artist Spencer Tunick decided to expand his efforts to more massive shoots. This short film follows his unusual…
MORE ›Nat Turner—the infamous leader of a short-lived but brutal slave rebellion—is one of the pivotal figures in America’s knotty history of racial conflict. Venerated by…
MORE ›Charles Burnett reconstructs the life and legends of lay preacher Nat Turner who led a notorious slave rebellion in 1831 in Southampton, Virginia. A story…
MORE ›A young man in Catalonia tirelessly trains amidst a sprawling landscape in this meditation on extensive preparation towards a mysterious end. Jesus Navarro is the…
MORE ›In August 2020, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was flying from Siberia to Moscow when he began to experience symptoms that indicated he’d been poisoned.…
MORE ›Spencer and Glenn are lovable lads and best mates. They’re also recovering addicts who have traded heroin for copious amounts of tattoo ink. With a…
MORE ›In this film essay—named after the one collection of film critic, Manny Farber—Chris Petit uses digital technology to explore cinema, the great art form of…
MORE ›A propaganda film made by the U.S. War Department in 1944 to defend segregation in the armed forces, The Negro Soldier tells a mythic history…
MORE ›This film tells the riveting story of Miklos Radnoti, a Hungarian poet who perished in the Holocaust. Throughout his forced travels from the Bor copper…
MORE ›For three decades, bandleader and master trumpeter Doc Severinsen was a mainstay of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. Treasured for his exceptional talent, he is equally remembered for his eccentric outfits and charismatic banter with the show’s beloved host. Now in his nineties, and still performing and teaching, Severinsen lights up this radiant film about his life and career, which weaves together archival footage; recollections from friends, family, and fans; and intimate conversations with the man himself, whose passion for music remains evergreen.
MORE ›This epic series accompanies five families as they migrate from India, the West Bank, Nigeria, the Dominican Republic, and Mexico to the United States. Shot…
MORE ›On a small farm in the Norwegian forest, the Payne family seeks a wild and free existence. They practice home-schooling and strive for a closely-knit family dynamic in harmony with nature. However, when tragedy unexpectedly strikes the family, it upends their idyllic world and forces them to forge a new path into modern society.
MORE ›To highlight our 2006 Southern Sidebar Series and pay tribute to the people devastated by Hurricane Katrina, we present a special program featuring Branford Marsalis…
MORE ›A member of the National Guard returns from Iraq and sees in New Orleans’s devastation a new mission. He has hopes for a marriage to…
MORE ›Like their neighbors, the legendary New Orleans music community was devastated by Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. Music documentarian Robert Mugge creates an emotional portrait of…
MORE ›Can the Russian Orthodox Church be persuaded to canonize a young martyred border guard who has become an icon throughout the land?
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