c̓əsnaʔəm: the city before the city

Depeche Mode 101

A fascinating documentary focusing on backstage realities of art and business during the British synthesizer band's 1988 American tour.

1989

The War Room

A behind-the-scenes documentary about the Clinton for President campaign, focusing on the adventures of spin doctors James Carville and George Stephan

1993

Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema

A chronological look at films by, for, or about gays and lesbians in the United States, from 1947 to 2005, Kenneth Anger's "Fireworks" to "Brokeback M

2006

For the Record: The World Tribunal on Iraq

A document of the momentous culmination of a series of world tribunals held in 30 cities around the world, providing testimonials of the war crimes co

2007

The Domino Effect

Rafael - the minister of sports of an unrecognized country, and Natasha - a Russian opera singer, try living together in Abkhazia - a war-torn future-

2014

La Madrina: The Savage Life of Lorine Padilla

A documentary about a beloved South Bronx matriarch and former "First Lady" of the Savage Skulls gang struggling to remain visible in a rapidly gentri

2020

Tondo, Beloved: To What Are the Poor Born?

Virgie's family feeds on the fishes that lurk under the industrial ships of North Harbor. Their alternatives are packs of tasteless gelatin found in t

2012

Walking Under Water

In the crystal clear waters off the coast of Borneo, a unique way of life threatens to disappear forever. For generations, the Badjao were oceanic nom

2014

Sachsenhausen - Le due facce di un campo

This documentary tells the untold story of the Sachsenhausen camp that between 1936 and 1945 was a Nazi concentration camp, and between 1945 and 1950

2014

Singapore GaGa

Singapore GaGa is a 55-minute paean to the quirkiness of the Singaporean aural landscape. It reveals Singapore's past and present with a delight and h

2005

Guitar

A vibrant kaleidoscopic tribute to the guitar that meshes dance, mime, visual art, and virtuoso performances to create a spectacular yet intimate cele

1988

Under the Electric Sky

This 3-D film chronicles the love, community, and life of festival-goers during Electric Daisy Carnival Las Vegas, the largest music festival in the U

2014

The Competitors: Russia's Child Prodigies

At the age of seventeen, Irina Chistyakova looks back at an international concert career spanning ten years. Irina is the youngest of the four protago

2010

13th

An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.

2016

Mahaleo

Mahaleos voices and music have accompanied the people of Madagascar ever since the collapse of the colonial regime. Yet, even after 30 years of succes

2005

Masks

The film sought to portray a relatively unknown and isolated rural world and, through a highly politicized discourse, affirmed the genuineness of “f

1976

Caste criminelle

The Indians that the British failed to subdue were called "born criminals" and were parked in camps. Yolande Zauberman's film tells the story of a fam

1990

Heaven

This playful video from famed director and photographer Tracey Moffatt turns the tables on traditional representations of desire to examine the power

1997

Will There Be a Theatre Up There?!

The main character of this documentary is one of Georgia's most popular actors, Kakhi Kavsadze, who walks us through this chronicle of the Kavsadzes,

2013

69 - Praça da Luz

Prostitutes of old age make their living in Praça da Luz, in São Paulo. Unusual and surprising accounts of five women who reveal in detail their exper

2008