Eyeblink

Grayson Perry and the Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman

Artist Grayson Perry has been working behind the scenes at the British Museum to stage his most ambitious show yet: The Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman.

2011

Land Without Bread

An exploration —manipulated and staged— of life in Las Hurdes, in the province of Cáceres, in Extremadura, Spain, as it was in 1932. Insalubrity, mise

1933

Tell Me Something About Yourself - Pavlína

Pavlina is a drug addict imprisoned, as well as her boyfriend, for illegal drug manufacturing. They meet again after the amnesty and the vicious circl

1992

Tell Me Something About Yourself - René

René has been in prison since he was 16. He is sick of life and doesn’t care about his parents (just as René’s parents never cared about him when he w

1992

Tell Me Something About Yourself - Láda

Lada is a product of "educational“ or "corrective“ institutions. Not only is he not educated or corrected, he simply does not understand anything abo

1994

How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points

The ultimate Bobby Jones golf series reaches its climactic conclusion on board a speeding train to oblivion.

1933

Olympia: Part One – Festival of the Nations

Commissioned to make a propaganda film about the 1936 Olympic Games in Germany, director Leni Riefenstahl created a celebration of the human form. Thi

1938

Olympia: Part Two – Festival of Beauty

Commissioned to make a propaganda film about the 1936 Olympic Games in Germany, director Leni Riefenstahl created a celebration of the human form. Whe

1938

Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory

Working men and women leave through the main gate of the Lumière factory in Lyon, France. Filmed on 22 March 1895, it is often referred to as the firs

1895

Searching for Halifax NP711

On February 21, 1945, the Royal Canadian Air Force Halifax bomber NP711 with a crew of seven men took off from the Linton-on-Ouse air base in England

2023

Blockade

"Blockade" takes place in the mountains and valleys of northern British Columbia, at the heart of the boldest aboriginal land claims case to challenge

1993

Deepa Mehta, in Profile

A portrait and tribute to Canadian filmmaker Deepa Mehta.

2012

Stream of Love

Love and desire fill the minds of villagers in a Hungarian speaking village in Transylvania, Romania, even in their old age. Time has stood still here

2013

Visa para un sueño

Documentary on the exodus of the Dominican illiterate laborers to Puerto Rico during the late 1980's to 1990. Focuses on the plight of Dominican women

1990

Sueños atrapados

Discusses the mass immigration to the United States from the Dominican Republic due to the poor economic conditions there. Includes interviews with pe

1994

Las caras lindas de Tite Curet

Documents the life and musical production of Puerto Rican music composer, Tite Curet Alonso. Includes Tite Curet's last interview before his death.

2002

Luisa Capetillo: pasión de justicia

Features the life of feminist Luisa Capetillo in late 19th and early 20th century Puerto Rico.

1993

Binka: To Tell a Story About Silence

A film pioneer, Binka Zhelyazkova was at the forefront of political cinema under Bulgaria's Communist dictatorship. Though she remained faithful to th

2007

Weaving Women

A group of Macedonian women are shown hard at work.

1905

The Case Against the 20% Federal Admissions Tax on Motion Picture Theatres

At the time this film was made, motion picture theaters were required to pay a 20% tax on gross ticket sales, and Congress was debating lowering this

1953