Films
For 20 years, Julián Moreno has traveled from Mexico to the United States to see his family once a month, staying only a few days…
MORE ›This haunting short film explores the relationship between a custodial crew and the majestic parliamentary building in their care, the Reichstag in Berlin. With an…
MORE ›Shot over eight years, this poetic, black-and-white ode to close-knit rural Irish communities follows the nearby motorway from one end to the other, documenting life’s comings and goings.
MORE ›“This ain’t exactly your inspirational cripple story,” says Billy. Billy suffers from brain damage after being rear-ended by a car while riding his motor scooter.…
MORE ›A Zambian government minister eager to create new jobs negotiates with two Chinese men, a farmer and a road engineer, eager to invest in a new continent.
MORE ›Seven stories of former dissidents and KGB operatives in Vilnius, Lithuania, underscore the feelings of guilt, triumph, and loss that linger in a society once caught between ideology and regime.
MORE ›On June 23, 1999, after a quarter century of struggle, textile workers in Kannapolis, North Carolina won the single largest industrial union victory in the…
MORE ›An intimate and enchanting portrait of childhood fears, imagination and the enduring power of the memories that shape our lives.
MORE ›Abandoning a successful career in the big city, JunKyo Lee returns home to care for his ailing mother in her final years.
MORE ›Childhood friends enlist in the army, are deployed to Afghanistan, and return home; but war has changed both them and their loved ones.
MORE ›The Dinah Shore gold tournament started in the early 1970s as a prestigious stop on the LPGA tour, but over the years it has turned…
MORE ›This meditative piece of living history unwinds the racist relationship between the Missouri towns of Ferguson (once predominantly white) and Kinloch (once predominantly black) and traces a path to the 2014 murder of Michael Brown.
MORE ›Five children divulge their feelings about their parents’ divorces in thoughtful, poetic, and humorous prose.
MORE ›A warm and candid portrait of the extraordinarily brave, empathic photographer, who died in Libya in 2011, by his partner on the film Restrepo.
MORE ›A young man reflects upon his volatile past while driving through the rain to a hospital, where an anxious and suspenseful night awaits him. Rain-dappled…
MORE ›A young journalist couple changes the breaking-news landscape as they take to the Los Angeles skies in their helicopter, capturing some of the city’s most pivotal moments as they unfold on the streets below, including the 1992 riots and the O.J. Simpson pursuit. Featuring extensive footage from their archive, Whirlybird reflects on their extraordinary success and the personal consequences of living with the pressing impulse to get to the story first.
MORE ›This enigmatic short weaves together past and present to explore what happened to a young Finnish actress at a hotel party in 1939.
MORE ›Against the backdrop of an ethereal North Dakota winter, three children and their immigrant mother describe scenes of isolation and exertion—the impact of the oil boom on their everyday lives.
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