Gideon’s Army
Follows three young, committed Public Defenders who are dedicated to working for the people society would rather forget. Long hours, low pay and staggering caseloads are so common that even the most committed often give up.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Dawn Porter
Filming Othello
Filming Othello is a 1978 documentary film directed by and starring Orson Welles about the making of his award-winning 1952 production Othello. The film, which was produced for West German…
Mr. SOUL!
On the heels of the Civil Rights Movement, one fearless black pioneer reconceived a Harlem Renaissance for a new era, ushering giants and rising stars of black American culture onto…
The Breath of Life
After a near-fatal accident, filmmaker Guido van der Werve muses about the highs and lows of his own life as he endures a long process of recovery. Instead of a…
The Nuns, the Priests, and the Bombs
Nuclear disarmament activists challenge the security and legality of America’s nuclear weapons when they break into two top-secret facilities.
You Are Ceaușescu to Me
An experimental blend of documentary and fiction in which young people aged between 15 and 22 from different backgrounds are auditioning for the role of young Nicolae Ceausescu in the…
Style Wars
Tony Silver and Henry Chalfant’s PBS documentary tracks the rise and fall of subway graffiti in New York in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
J’veux du soleil
After Merci Patron!, which won the César Award for Best Documentary Film in 2017 and was a resounding success in French cinemas and elsewhere, François Ruffin embarks upon a committed…
They Are We
The story of an Afro-Cuban group who kept alive songs and dances their ancestor had brought aboard the slave ship from Africa. They were so specific that around 200 years…
Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini
Tom Savini is one of the greatest special effects legends in the history of cinema, but little is known about his personal life until now. For the first time ever…
Growing Up with I Spit on Your Grave
Documentary taking a look at the making of the controversial 1978 film I Spit on Your Grave.
RUTH – Justice Ginsburg in her own Words
How does some one with three strikes against her, rise to the highest court in the land, the U. S. Supreme Court?
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father
In 2001, Andrew Bagby, a medical resident, is murdered not long after breaking up with his girlfriend. Soon after, when she announces she’s pregnant, one of Andrew’s many close friends,…