Scratch
A feature-length documentary film about hip-hop DJing, otherwise known as turntablism. From the South Bronx in the 1970s to San Francisco now, the world’s best scratchers, beat-diggers, party-rockers, and producers…
White Hotel
When two women with a video camera follow an HIV research team to Eritrea, Africa, they find a strange and magical country which transforms their documentary into an intimate investigation…
My Sister Maria
Body & Earth
The story of the first woman on earth, as she journeys through mythical landscapes in search of her soul-mate.
Bang the Machine
A documentary of an exhibition tournament in Japan showing the difference between American and Japanese gaming cultures.
1 Giant Leap
1 Giant Leap is a concept band and media project consisting of the two principal artists, Jamie Catto and Duncan Bridgeman. This is the film part of their first project….
The Tramp and the Dictator
A look at the parallel lives of Charlie Chaplin and Adolf Hitler and how they crossed with the creation of the film “The Great Dictator,” released in 1940.
The Rite of Spring
This film came into being on a farm in the village of Hakushu, Min Tanaka’s home. Min Tanaka is a very distinctive personality of Japanese alternative theatre in which the…
Moro no Brasil
Mika Kaurismaki’s documentary Moro No Brasil features performances by a variety of Brazilian musical artists, intertwined with interviews of every day Brazilians in order to give the viewer a portrait…
War and Peace
Documentary about the nuclear sabre-rattling that has been going on between India and Pakistan. Comprised mostly of interviews with average folks on the street, the movie superbly demonstrates the gulf…
Blind Spot: Hitler’s Secretary
Documentarians Andre Heller and Othmar Schmiderer turn their camera on 81-year-old Traudl Junge, who served as Adolf Hitler’s secretary from 1942 to 1945, and allow her to speak about her…
Hotet Mot Demokratin – om Göteborgskravallerna 2001
On June 14, 2001, during the ongoing EU summit, the police surrounds Gothenburg political center. This is the prelude to the most violent confrontations between police and protesters in Sweden…
Chronotrip
Bowling for Columbine
This is not a film about gun control. It is a film about the fearful heart and soul of the United States, and the 280 million Americans lucky enough to…
Alexei and the Spring
180 kilometers down wind of Chernobyl, the village of Budische was evacuated except for 55 older residents who refused to leave and one young man, Alexei who wanted to stay…
Surf Adventures
Documentary about Brazil’s best surfers, doing their thing on the best beaches around the world, located in Hawaii, Indonesia, Brazil, South Africa and California. They also talk about their professional…
Rising Low
Based on the life and death of Gov’t Mule bassist Allen Woody, and the making of a double-disc tribute album (Gov’t Mule’s The Deep End , Volumes 1 & 2)…
Mountain of Fire: The Search for the True Mount Sinai
A documentary of the true story of two American adventurers who follow mysterious clues to find the true Mt. Sinai. The discoveries made by Bob Cornuke and Larry Williams will…
Here to Where
A mock documentary about an American filmmaker who wants to produce a film about the real-life story of Merhan “Alfred” Nasseri, a refugee from Iran who, through a series of…
The Backyard
Lightbulbs, fire, barbed wire, mousetraps, staple guns, thumbtacks and glass are weapons of choice in The Backyard. This undercover documentary takes you deep into the controversial arena of backyard wrestling…
Only the Strong Survive
A film featuring the veteran soul music artists and music of Stax Records.
800 Km De Différence – Romance
Manon, 15, meets Greg, 17, while on vacation. He lives in Claviers, a little village in France’s Haut-Var region, while she lives in Paris. Greg and Manon are in love….
Film Is. 7-12
The second half of Gustav Deutsch’s experimental Film ist. series, constructing new narratives and moods out of existing footage, mostly from early silent era films.
The Making and Meaning of ‘We Are Family’
Featuring inverviews from: Afrika Bambaataa, Ashford & Simpson, Jackson Browne, Kim Burell, Taylor Dayne, Carmen Electra, Faith Evans, Roberta Flack, Joel Gray, Kc & the Sunshine Band, Eartha Kitt, Patti…
Kurt Weill
A reconstruction and the biography of the composer, utilizing archival footage, interviews with individuals who knew him and artists who performed his compositions.
Queens Don’t Cry
Bosom buddies BeV StroganoV, Ovo Maltine, Ichgola Androgyn and Tima die Göttliche are four Berlin drag queens who met in the mid 1980s. These four queens became Germany’s most popular…
Thomas Pynchon: A Journey Into the Mind of P.
Thomas Pynchon is a best-selling American novelist, who, unlike the vast majority of his peers, has eschewed the limelight with near-fanatical determination since the 1960s. This film compiles testimonies and…
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
Ten Minutes Older is a 2002 film project consisting of two compilation feature films entitled The Trumpet and The Cello. The project was conceived by the producer Nicolas McClintock as…
Cows Knocked Up by Fog
Catchy mix of farce and documentary. Portrait of a Berlin theatre company made up entirely of the homeless, alcoholics and junks. They call themselves ‘rats’ and take the film over…
Two Towns of Jasper
Using two separate filmmaking teams (an all-white crew filming white residents and an all-black camera crew filming black residents), TWO TOWNS OF JASPER captures very different racial views by townsfolk…
Ski Bums
Meet 10 self-proclaimed ski bums in this adrenaline rush documentary by John Zaritsky. Combining candid interviews with truly smashing ski footage, the film gives us insight into the sometimes sublime,…
Sister Helen
In this emotionally compelling documentary, Sister Helen opens a private home for recovering addicts and alcoholics in the South Bronx after the death of her husband and two sons. The…
Biggie & Tupac
In 1997, rap superstars Tupac Shakur and Christopher Wallace (aka Biggie Smalls, The Notorious B.I.G.) were gunned down in separate incidents, the apparent victims of hip hop’s infamous east-west rivalry….
The Kid Stays in the Picture
Documentary about legendary Paramount producer Robert Evans, based on his famous 1994 autobiography.
How to Draw a Bunny
Interviews with Christo, Chuck Close, Roy Lichtenstein, Judith Malin, James Rosenquist and others help to illuminate the life and work of Warhol contemporary Ray Johnson.
Family Fundamentals
With a rare gift for unflinching impartiality, director Arthur Dong delves into the lives and attitudes of fundamentalist families who actively oppose homosexuality, despite having gay offspring themselves.
Derrida
Documentary about French philosopher (and author of deconstructionism) Jacques Derrida, who sparked fierce debate throughout American academia.
Decasia
A meditation on the human quest to transcend physicality, constructed from decaying archival footage and set to an original symphonic score.
Daddy and Papa
What if your most controversial act turned out to be the most traditional thing in the world? Daddy & Papa explores the growing phenomenon of gay fatherhood and its impact…