Film Category: NEW DOCS
In this experimental short, time-lapse photography transforms the demolition of a coal-fired power plant into a stunning work of art.
MORE ›Along a famed pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain, one woman’s calling is to sit by the narrow thoroughfare greeting and counting the travelers as they pass by.
MORE ›Every summer a surprising number of bearded men flock to Key West to take part in the annual Ernest Hemingway look-alike contest, imitating a famous author who himself donned the persona of fearless adventurer.
MORE ›Stop-motion animation whisks viewers through card catalogs and filing cabinets to reveal the bizarre and impossible photo requests that cross an archivist’s desk.
MORE ›In this oddly suspenseful and ethereal short film, an early morning commute leads to a surprisingly transcendent destination.
MORE ›A young Danish boy spends the winter balancing the whimsy of childhood play, the demands of his education, and the omnipresence of his mother’s cancer.
MORE ›Former members of Houston’s renowned Kashmere Stage Band, arguably the nation’s best high- school jazz and funk band in the 1970s, get together for a reunion concert in honor of beloved band director Conrad Johnson in this fast-paced, toe-tapping funk celebration.
MORE ›Inseparable eleven-year-old cousins and best friends, Leh and Bo, face a harsh reality: one will go to a monastery and one will go to school, sequestered from each other and their families. Filmmaker Anna Rodgers spent four years in Laos with the boys as they grew up and apart.
MORE ›A riveting war crimes trial in Sierra Leone is closely watched by a healing nation.
MORE ›Artist Vik Muniz is renowned for making portraits out of unusual objects—sugar, dirt, peanut butter, chocolate syrup. Here, filmmaker Lucy Walker follows Muniz as he…
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