Film Category: NEW DOCS
Through films both playful and profound, this program explores the sometimes collaborative, sometimes contentious, relationship between humans and the natural world. In The Art of…
MORE ›Spirituality, art, and memory collide in this ethereal and evocative program. Tarikat, directed by Jasmijn Schrofer, turns the trancelike rhythms and movements of Sufi chanting…
MORE ›This program explores binding ties of family, indelible connections to place, and evolving practices of tradition. In The Mute’s House, directed by Tamar Kay, an eight-year-old…
MORE ›A stimulus-funded ‘green jobs” training program in Washington, D.C., throws racial tensions and the messiness of nonprofit work into sharp focus.
MORE ›This moving short focuses on the work of a volunteer-run clinic that provides medical services to the uninsurd Latino community of South Philadelphia.
MORE ›This dreamlike meditation follows the creation of a massive sculpture from fabrication to transportation.
MORE ›This vivid firsthand account of years on the open seas brings a sailing family’s adventures to life through their own 16mm footage.
MORE ›Artist Frank Wong’s detailed dioramas of the Chinatown of his childhood serve as portals to the past in a changing San Francisco.
MORE ›Within weeks of being diagnosed with ALS, former NFL defensive back Steve Gleason finds out that he and his wife are expecting their first child. Gleason follows his decision to live, for his family and others fighting the disease.
MORE ›This absorbing feature unravels the mystery surrounding a woman found dead in a vacant New Hampshire farmhouse.
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