
Playing Frisbee in North Korea (2021)
Genre: Documentary
Director: Savanna Washington
Actors: Colin Powell, Savanna Washington
Country: North Korea
Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty (2017)
Known for his mournful “Adagio for Strings,” Samuel Barber was never quite fashionable. This acclaimed film is a probing exploration of his music and melancholia. Performance, oral history, musicology, and…
We Are Not Ghouls (2022)
US Air Force JAG Attorney Yvonne Bradley was assigned to defend a man held at Guantanamo Bay. Believing Guantanamo held ‘the worst of the worst’, her world was turned upside…
Mawson: Life and Death in Antarctica (2008)
The Douglas Mawson Antarctic Expedition of 1912 is considered one of the most amazing feats of endurance of all time. Although his two companions perished, Douglas Mawson survived, but how?…
Wilding (2024)
A young couple battle entrenched tradition and hostile forces to bet on nature for the future of their failing, four-hundred-year-old estate. Ripping down the fences, they set the land back…
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema (2022)
With mesmerizing footage and time lapses of animators at work, this behind-the-scenes special captures the artistry of a unique tale years in the making.
Mankiller (2017)
The story of an American hero and the Cherokee Nation’s first woman Principal Chief who humbly defied all odds to give a voice to the voiceless.
Last Men in Aleppo (2017)
Winner of the Grand Jury Documentary prize at the Sundance Film Festival, Syrian filmmaker Feras Fayyad’s breathtaking work — a searing example of boots-on-the-ground reportage — follows the efforts of…
Light Girls (2015)
From the creator and director of the critically acclaimed documentary Dark Girls, award-winning filmmaker Bill Duke continues the conversation on colorism with Light Girls. Sharing the untold stories and experiences…
The Motion Picture Camera (1979)
The history and development of motion picture machinery is lovingly and authoritatively presented and narrated by ASC cinematographer and film preservationist, Karl Malkames, using actual early motion picture cameras from…
Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over (2019)
The first career-spanning documentary retrospective of Lydia Lunch’s confrontational, acerbic and always electric artistry. As New York City’s preeminent No Wave icon from the late 70’s, Lunch has forged a…
For Neda (2010)
On June 20, 2009, Neda Agha-Soltan was shot and killed on the streets of Tehran during the turmoil that followed the Iranian presidential contest. Within hours, images of her dying…
Manaslu: Mountain of Souls (2018)
The great successes and tragedies in the life and work of Hans Kammerlander, the renowned mountaineer.