The Olympic Games as They Were Practiced in Ancient Greece
A documentary on the Olympic games of ancient Greece, made during the 1924 games.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Jean de Rovera
The Stroll
The history of New York’s Meatpacking District, told from the perspective of transgender sex workers who lived and worked there. Filmmaker Kristen Lovell, who walked “The Stroll” for a decade,…
Civil: Ben Crump
Crump’s mission to raise the value of Black life as the civil lawyer for the families of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Black farmers and banking while Black victims, Crump challenges…
Pantani: The Accidental Death of a Cyclist
In 1998 Marco Pantani, the most flamboyant and popular cyclist of his era, won both the Tour de France and Giro d’Italia, a titanic feat of physical and mental endurance…
Higher
Higher traces Jones’ snowboarding journey from hiking Cape Cod’s Jailhouse Hill as a child to accumulating several generations’ worth of wisdom and expertise about thriving and surviving in the winter…
Ghetto – The Secret Life of the City
Belgrade in the 1990s seen through the eyes of Goran Čavajda ‘Čavke’, the late drummer of Serbian rock band “Electric Orgasm”. Under dictatorship of Slobodan Milošević, his city became one…
Mary Kay Letourneau: Notes On a Scandal
With all the ingredients of a Hollywood movie, this sex scandal shocked, enthralled, and enraged 1990s America.
Working on the Douro River
Short silent documentary from 1931 about those working on the River Douro in Oporto.
Two Trains Runnin’
The search of several young, white men for blues singers who have been missing for decades coincides with the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi in the 1960s.
Gone Before His Time: Kobe Bryant
Recount the achievements—some personal, some professional, and many halted—of an NBA legend before his untimely death.
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Fueled by a raging libido, Wild Turkey, and superhuman doses of drugs, Thompson was a true “free lance, ” goring sacred cows with impunity, hilarity, and a steel-eyed conviction for…
Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt
The life and work of German political philosopher of Jewish descent Hannah Arendt (1906-75), who caused a stir when she coined a subversive concept, the banality of evil, in her…
Baptism of Fire
The Legend of the Luftwaffe began in Poland, the first victim of Hitler’s blitzkrieg. Combat cameramen filmed the aerial campaign, showing preparations for flight, massive air strikes, and the appalling…