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Trainspotters, politely referred to as “railway enthusiasts,” are a distinctly British subculture. Stalking platforms and overpasses, armed with scanners and high-powered binoculars, they seem to…
MORE ›Thirty years after the War in Abkhazia, two generations of Georgian refugees squat in abandonedSoviet sanatoriums, haunted by echoes of the past while they continue to wait for aid in the form ofgovernment housing.
MORE ›Blending animation and live-action footage, Emmy award–winning director and Full Frame alum Eric Daniel Metzger follows the story of “Andy,” a Mexican American teenager facing…
MORE ›Once for Yes, Twice for No is a simple document, grassroot film’s answer to A Brief History of Time. Victor Blok is a scientist and…
MORE ›Full Frame honors the work of pioneering filmmaker William Greaves. Filmmakers Sam Pollard and Thomas Allen Harris, among others, will join Full Frame in recognizing…
MORE ›In this brave and sensitive film, Nanfu Wang examines the traumatic history of China’s One Child Policy. With the birth of her first baby, she begins to question her family’s own experiences under the program, which gives way to a broader exploration of its lasting imprint.
MORE ›Two filmmakers undertake the making of a very personal documentary when one of them is diagnosed with a terminal illness, approaching matters of life and death with profound honesty.
MORE ›Jazz bassist John Brown and his big band do justice to the swing tradition in this well-paced recording session doc.
MORE ›Filmed in the final weeks of the 2008 presidential campaigns, this city symphony follows a radio reporter as he takes to the streets to invite fellow New Yorkers to share their thoughts and opinions in a time of great uncertainty.
MORE ›Firing bullets at an unseen enemy in the frenzied heat of battle is an unspeakable horror, so how does one begin to describe what it’s…
MORE ›“One shot and that’s enough.” Those are the signature words of one of the most important African American photographers of this century, Teenie Harris. Born…
MORE ›Gerda Weissman, who in spite of having her entire family and all friends killed during the Holocaust, refused to give up. Born in Poland to…
MORE ›A brief meditation on loss and resilience that unfolds through the recollections of children whose homes were destroyed when the Tubbs Fire tore through California’s Santa Rosa County in 2017.
MORE ›On June 14, 2000, a young man stepped onto a city bus in Rio Janeiro, Brazil, with the intention of robbing the passengers. The mugging…
MORE ›A Peruvian man’s tale of immigration to the United States and the way his life unfolds afterward is conveyed through lovely animation, connecting his experience to current political rhetoric.
MORE ›Everyone knows and loves the Motown sound, the great horns of Stax Records and the sound of sweet soul music before it became disco-fied. In…
MORE ›Rwandan six-year-old Angelique must have heart surgery, but her dad isn’t allowed to go with
her to the hospital in Sudan, or to recover her body if she dies.