Film Category: Thematic

South
Chantal Akerman

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…

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Calavera Highway
Renee Tajima-Peña

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…

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The Sky Turns
Mercedes Álvarez

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…

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Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter
Deborah Hoffmann

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…

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DeNADIE
Tin Dirdamal

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,…

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The New Americans
Susana Aiken, Carlos Aparicio, Jerry Blumenthal, Gordon Quinn, Fenell Doremus, Indu Krishnan, Steve James, Renee Tajima-Peña

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…

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The Sugar Curtain
Camila Guzmán Urzúa

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…

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Surfing Soweto
Sara Blecher, Dimi Raphoto

There are many ways to surf a train. Three young men in South Africa risk their lives almost daily to achieve the ultimate adrenalin rush…

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Making “Do the Right Thing”
St. Clair Bourne

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…

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Roger & Me
Michael Moore

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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