Nuclear Family
A family trip across the American West becomes an essay film about nuclear threats past and present. The apocalypse is omnipresent, and the journey shows that destruction has long since become inscribed into the landscape and history of the country.
Land Grabbing
The world’s farmland is at risk. Demand for land has soared as investors look for places to grow food for export, grow crops for biofuel or simply buy up land…
Germany in Autumn
The film does not have a plot per se; it mixes documentary footage, along with standard movie scenes, to give the audience the mood of Germany during the late 1970s….
Lorena: Light-Footed Woman
A young woman of the Tarahumara, well-known for their extraordinary long distance running abilities, wins ultramarathons seemingly out of nowhere despite running in sandals.
The Sultan and the Saint
Two men of faith, one a traveling Christian preacher, the other the ruler of a Muslim Empire, bucked a century of war, distrust, and insidious propaganda in a search for…
Parador Húngaro
The story of a friendship spanning generations and boundaries: a Hungarian soldier escapes to the West in the ’50s. The son of a U.S. soldier runs to the East in…
The People Vs. The Maras
One of the deadliest gangs in Central America, the Maras, come face to face with citizen militia in this doc. The Maras’ brutal drug trafficking, aided by corrupt police turning…
Fly Like a Girl
Follows women who dared to aim higher from Lego-loving young girls who includes female pilots in her toy airplanes, to a courageous women who helped lead shuttle missions to space.
Flipside
Chris Wilcha helped adapt This American Life to television. His new documentary embodies the spirit of that show as he tries to save a New Jersey record store, in this…
Disney My Music Story: YOSHIKI
Expect to see Yoshiki perform new arrangements and performances of hit songs Let It Go from Frozen, and Can You Feel the Love Tonight from The Lion King. Of course,…
747: The Jumbo Revolution
At any given moment hundreds of people are soaring above us in a 747. From the moment the very first jumbo jet took off in 1969, it has been the…
Haunters: The Art of the Scare
A heart-warming and heart-stopping documentary about people who sacrifice everything to create the most popular and polarizing haunted houses for Halloween – from boo-scare mazes to a controversial new subculture…
The Unbookables
The Unbookables is a narrative documentary about stand-up comics who have spent their careers pushing limits–on stage and off. Relegated to small venues and touring in a crappy van through…
