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In a small mining town in the north part of Sweden we witness a melancholic, humorous and sometimes absurd last epoch of a place. Personal stories of farewell, change, and the impermanence of life unfold above one of the world’s largest underground iron ore mines.
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 ›One of two Boeing airplane crashes six years ago, caused by a software failure, killed 157 people, including my brother Max. I travel with my father to the crash site in search of something tangible in our grief. Here, we met people for whom mourning is a profound part of their culture – a humanity contrasting with the manufacturer’s calculated stance.
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.
“Making this film almost killed me,” said producer, director and editor Marc Ostrick, who chronicles the most difficult experience of his life: preparing for, undergoing…
MORE ›Innovative technique meets unlikely subject matter—the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and its denizens. It’s a pressure-cooker workplace, but more than that, it’s a self-contained culture, with…
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