High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell

The Weird World of LSD

The 60s equivalent of Reefer Madness and all those other 30s drug exploitation flicks. Apparently, dropping acid leads to stripteases, cat fights, pro

1967

The Distant Drummer: A Movable Scene

Robert Mitchum narrates an anti drug propaganda film.

1970

Slow, une histoire d'amour

2024

Ibogaine: Rite of Passage

Ibogaine is a plant extract that stops drug addiction. In this documentary, a 34-year-old heroin addict undergoes ibogaine therapy with Dr Martin Pola

2004

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

Not A Simple Story; Out in Silence

"Out in Silence" is one of a few films dealing with the HIV and Aids epidemic in the early 90's among the Asian American community. Filmed in New York

1994

Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids

Documentary depicting the lives of child prostitutes in the red light district of Songachi, Calcutta. Director Zana Briski went to photograph the pros

2004

Hi, My Name is Dicky

Hi, My Name is Dicky is a sports documentary about hockey player Richard Clune, and his struggle with substance use disorder while playing in the Nati

2020

The Business of Recovery

The Business of Recovery examines the untold billions that are being made off of families in crisis. With little regulation or science, addiction trea

2015

Ask Me I'm Positive

Thabo, Thabiso and Moalosi are young, attractive and deal openly with their HIV status. Nearly a third of the population in Lesotho is HIV positive.

2004

Weekend at Mafeteng

A conversation between an older, HIV positive woman and her niece. The women talk about what it means to be a woman, mother, elderly and HIV positive

2012

The Baudis affair, the murderous rumor

In 2002, serial killer Patrice Alègre was sentenced to life imprisonment for five murders. Gendarme Roussel, the main investigator of this case, belie

2021

Frustrated

Afro-American men and women express their views on why some Black men are travelling from the US to Brazil to find sex partners.

2011

Megacities

Megacities is a documentary about the slums of five different metropolitan cities.

1998

The Gordon Affair

As a small liberal arts college on the North Shore, Gordon College has not been without its issues. Budget cuts in 2019 resulted in the downsizing of

2021

Made in Massachusetts: 100 Years of Filmmaking in the Bay State

An epic 3+ hour chronology of scenes from over 200 films and television shows shot in Massachusetts between 1922 and 2022. Highlighting recognizable l

2024

Bright Eyes

One of the earliest documentaries to deal with AIDS.

1984

Museum Town

A rural American town suffering economically from factory closures finds an unconventional route to recovery with the help of MASS MoCA.

2019

Young @ Heart

Documents the true story of the final weeks of rehearsal for the Young at Heart Chorus in Northampton, MA, and many of whom must overcome health adver

2008

The Gift

Controversial documentary about gay men purposely contracting the AIDS virus.

2003