Film Category: NEW DOCS
Meet Joe Cheek: folk musician, retro-fashion plate and dedicated son of two paranoid schizophrenic fundamentalists. Constantly berated by a father who blames him for every…
MORE ›This astonishing film of the national pilgrimage of disabled people and their caregivers from Poland to Lourdes by train—under the auspices of Catholic clergy—is the…
MORE ›Encouraged by the filmmakers, New Yorkers call the White House comment line from public telephones in Manhattan. Following frustrations, delays and waiting, they get to…
MORE ›Wake up…time to go to work. Quick rush to the station. Be among the thousands funneling through the turnstile. Jockey for a position aboard the…
MORE ›Part biography, part autobiography, Mark Wexler’s film goes inside his relationship with his father, legendary cinematographer and filmmaker Haskell Wexler. Alternately humorous and tragic, the…
MORE ›Sam, Steven and Samantha are married to each other. They share an apartment, a business and two children. Samantha has one baby with each father.…
MORE ›A fifth grader protests, “I’m not that sick! I have to go to school!” His classmates march with picket signs that read: “Vote for Shakespeare!”…
MORE ›Ten years in the making, this lyrical film chronicles the life of Native American poet/activist John Trudell. Through archival footage, revealing interviews and Trudell’s spoken…
MORE ›A young filmmaker edits the film he shot of two aid workers making a motorbike trip from India to England. Part road movie, part video…
MORE ›This epic exploration of undocumented workers walking to the United States from as far away as El Salvador is unlike any other film on the…
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