Translating History to Screen

Devilwood

In a lawless outpost in 17th Century England, the people have ceased to be God-fearing but learn to fear the Devil instead.

2006

Momentum

In Finland, a small child is waiting for his time to begin. His heart is broken. A major heart surgery is expected. There is a fight against time. The

2015

Guide to a Midwest Hometown

Coming back during Winter, Alex Powell explores both the places and personal connections found in his hometown and how they've changed. “Guide to a Mi

2022

Paddle Together

Breast cancer survivors find support and friendship in a unique sport: Dragon Boat Racing.

2020

The Wall

Like the best USIA films, The Wall distills political events into an emotionally clear and compelling ideological "story". In 1962 Walter de Hoog gath

1962

Shadows

Hansjürgen Pohland's short documentary is an audiovisual study that captures events and people on the streets on film. The special feature of the work

1960

The New Cinema

Between the French La Nouvelle Vague and the Italian Neorealismo, Europe had been undergoing a continuous cinema transformation since the 1950s, while

1968

Nothing Escapes My Eyes

"Nothing Escapes My Eyes" is about a silent transformation of a place and a human being. Inspired by the texts of Edward W. Said, the poems of Mahmoud

2015

Edwin

Edwin Debrow Jr. murdered a cab driver when he was 12. He was sentenced to 40 years in prison.

2020

Lost Contact

Aldo has always felt like a being from another planet, stranded on Earth. His autism and long struggle to speak fluently alienated him from others. No

2021

Memory Room 451

The subject matter of Memory Room 451 is the cultural and historical significance of 20th-century hairstyles – the Afro, the conk, dreadlocks – in Bla

1996

The Bill of Rights

This short subject is a lavish costumed color production which dramatizes the birth of the American Bill of Rights. It depicts leading political figur

1939

George Dumpson's Place

Employing experimental techniques, Emshwiller magically moved through a collection of objects and artifacts in order to capture the spirit of George D

1965

Summer in the City

German writer Uwe Johnson lived for several years in the 1960s on Manhattan’s Upper Westside where he got to know his neighborhood very well, observin

1970

Eastward

Shortly after German reunification, three residents of a quiet area north of Berlin talk about their plans and attempts at new economic beginnings ami

1991

Hansa

Footage of the German airship Hansa over Copenhagen.

1912

My age, yours, and the age of the world

After the earthquake, my grandmother is facing the loss of her apartment.

2022

Almantal Yu’un Lekilal

Twenty-two years after the massacre perpetrated by paramilitary groups in complicity with the government, the people of Acteal celebrate their martyrs

2021

Refugee Poetry

The Kurdish Iraqi poet and actor Zeravan Khalil travels with his dog through an Alpine gorge after fleeing from IS war and genocide. As he remembers t

2016

How I'm Goin' Public

A single-channel, nonlinear performance video and diegetic sounds. Exploring the ground of the reenactments of intimacy and the public display of thes

2023