Tondo, Beloved: To What Are the Poor Born?

My Ancestors Were Rogues and Murderers

An exploration of the unique culture of Newfoundland's outports, the film revisits the PR coup that launched the animal rights movement onto the inter

2005

Abigail

Abigail connects the dots of a human map that links the indigenous Amazon cultures to Afro-Brazilian religions. The reverse of the inverse, a house of

2016

The Education of Shelby Knox

A 15-year-old girl's transformation from conservative Southern Baptist to liberal Christian and ardent feminist parallels her fight for sex education

2005

The Lie of the Land

A very incisive and hard-hitting documentary about the way in which life for farmers and other people who depend on the countryside for their liveliho

2007

Hur kunde hon leva som om det inte fanns

2010

Prodigal Sons

Filmmaker Kimberly Reed returns home for her high school reunion, ready to reintroduce herself to the small town as a transgender woman and hoping for

2008

Back to Bosnia

Filmmaker Sabina Vajraca documents her Bosnian Muslim family's return to their home of Banja Luka, Bosnia, to recover their stolen belongings many yea

2005

Out of Print

A documentary exploring the importance of revival cinema and 35mm exhibition - seen through the lens of the patrons of the New Beverly Cinema - a uniq

2014

Wilt Chamberlain: Borscht Belt Bellhop

In 1954, before his senior year of high school, Wilt Chamberlain took a summer job that would change his life, working as a bellhop at Kutsher's Count

2013

Mauna Kea: Temple Under Siege

Although the mountain volcano Mauna Kea last erupted around 4,000 years ago, it is still hot today, the center of a burning controversy over whether i

2005

Desterro Guarani

As Ariel Ortega thinks about the history of contact of the Mbya-Guarani, he tries to understand how his people got expelled from their land.

2011

Uranium Drive-In

The story of Naturita, Colorado, an economically devastated rural mining community that finds itself hopeful for the first time in decades. Their pote

2013

Before Stonewall

New York City's Stonewall Inn is regarded by many as the site of gay and lesbian liberation since it was at this bar that drag queens fought back agai

1984

The Empty Center

Steyerl’s film traces the impact of an influx of transnational companies on the city dwellers of Berlin in post-reunification Germany. The effect of t

1998

Edgeplay: A Film About The Runaways

"EDGEPLAY: A film about The Runaways" chronicles the rise and disintegration of the seminal '70's all-teenage-girl rock band The Runaways, whose membe

2004

Gypsy Caravan: When the Road Bends

A brief look into Romany culture and Rom (Gypsies) from around the globe as five famous Romany groups tour the USA.

2006

Die 400-Jahrfeier von Augsburg

Short film about the 400th anniversary of Augsburg, Germany

1930

Shakespeare and Victor Hugo's Intimacies

Documentary about a lodging house, owned by Rosa Carbajal, at the corner of Shakespare and Víctor Hugo streets.

2009

Nan Goldin: I Remember Your Face

Documentary portrait of the New York photographer Nan Goldin.

2013

Hold on Tight

A short documentary exploring the ways LGBT couples show affection, and how small interactions like holding hands in public can carry, not only huge p

2011