The Poet of the Castle
A 10-minute portrait of modernist poet and de Andrade’s godfather, Manuel Bandeira, is clear in its affection for it subject, though like many New-Waveish films of the time, depicts the modern urban landscape as an ominous and alienating force.
Glossary of Broken Dreams
Puppets! Pixels! Anime! Live action! Stock footage! Lumpennerd Johannes Grenzfurthner gives an ideotaining cinematic revue about important political concepts. Everyone is talking about freedom! Privacy! Identity! Resistance! The Market! The…
Spanish Lake
A bold and unflinching documentary on ‘white flight’ in the area of Spanish Lake, Missouri, a post WW2 suburb. The town experiences rapid economic decline and population turnover due to…
What Killed Michael Brown?
Acclaimed writer, Shelby Steele, has long argued that systemic racism is more a strategy than a truth, and that the universal oppression of black Americans is largely over with. But…
Beyoncé: I Am… World Tour
108 shows, 78 cities, 32 countries, 6 continents, 1.1 million fans. Beyoncé’s I Am… World Tour captures concert footage from numerous shows edited into one extraordinary concert. Weaved into this…
The Elephant Queen
Join Athena, the majestic matriarch, as she leads her elephant herd across an unforgiving African landscape.
Dark Days
A cinematic portrait of the homeless population who live permanently in the underground tunnels of New York City.
On Thin Ice
Athletes who have struggled for acceptance due to race, religion, sexual orientation, and other prejudices, endure conflict in their quest to level the playing field.
The Last Persian Shah
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi would have been 100 years in October 2019. The Shah’s story begins with good ideas and ideals and ends in bloody chaos. On the one hand,…
Jane
Drawing from never-before-seen footage that has been tucked away in the National Geographic archives, director Brett Morgen tells the story of Jane Goodall, a woman whose chimpanzee research revolutionized our…
Crazy, Not Insane
Fascinated by the human brain and its capacity for ruthlessness, psychiatrist Dr. Dorothy Otnow Lewis has spent her life investigating the interior lives of violent people. With each case, she…
4 Presidents
What is the common thread among the only four U.S. Presidents who have been assassinated – Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, and Kennedy? They were also the only four presidents to ever…
Sex, Lies and Butterflies
An exploration of the diversity of moths and butterflies from caterpillars to larvae to chrysalis to winged flight. The documentary covers camouflage and other anti-predatory tactics along with uniqueness of…