Film Category: Thematic
The French filmmaker takes us under the skin of Jasper, Texas, the scene of the brutal slaying of James Byrd, Jr. This experimental approach to…
MORE ›This pitch-perfect road-trip film documents the odyssey of Armando and Carlos Peña as they gather together their five brothers to carry their mother’s ashes to…
MORE ›The filmmaker travels to the village in Northern Spain where she was born to produce this breathtakingly beautiful meditation on place. Impressionistic cinematography focuses attention…
MORE ›The migration portrayed in this stirring film is from independent living to a nursing home. Filmmaker Deborah Hoffman diligently documents the cruel progression of her…
MORE ›This film follows Central Americans on their long and perilous journey north to the U.S. in search of a better life. Once inside Mexican borders,…
MORE ›This epic series accompanies five families as they migrate from India, the West Bank, Nigeria, the Dominican Republic, and Mexico to the United States. Shot…
MORE ›Camila Guzmán Urzúa offers a moving portrait of a generation of Cuban exiles who grew up during the golden years of the revolution and were…
MORE ›Captures the people, places and incidents during the making of Spike Lee’s then-controversial feature, Do the Right Thing. St. Clair Bourne filmed the neighborhood before the…
MORE ›A hilarious and dogged spokesman for the working class attempts to talk to the man at the top of the GM food chain. With his…
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