Documentary

Before the internet. Before social media. Before breaking news. The victims of Thalidomide had to rely on something even more extraordinary to ...

16-year-old Yuguo, who has a passion for Eastern European romantic poetry, makes a pilgrimage from his home in China to the foothills of ...

The film follows Agustina as she finds the videotapes that her father Jaime recorded before the accident that took his life. The family secrets ...

An eccentric Jewish family is thrown into turmoil when two stolen children reappear after 40 years.

Wall Writers promises unprecedented access to the early years of American graffiti. Interviews with TAKI 183 and CORNBREAD, along with other ...

If you want to impress your dining companions in Cyprus, it’s not caviar that you order, but ambelopoulia: a tiny songbird. But as this ...

Legend of a Warrior follows Corey Lee’s efforts to reconnect with his father, martial arts legend Frank Lee. For his many students and ...

This documenary reveals the story behind the now-defunct “Park Avenue Peerage” blog. In the height of heiress-era NYC, an anonymous ...

During the Syrian civil war, the district of Yarmouk, home to thousands of Palestinians, became the scene of dramatic and ferocious fighting. ...

A film that describes the love-hate relationship between Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski, the deep trust between the director and the actor, and ...

Kevin Smith brings his famous and “infamous” Q&A back to his hometown of Red Bank, New Jersey for his 37th birthday.

Investigative journalist Rae de Leon travels nationwide to uncover and examine a shocking pattern: Young women tell the police they’ve been ...

Six dancers from the acclaimed Battery Dance company travel the world, working with young people who’ve experienced war, poverty, ...

A new look at Van Gogh, through the legacy of the largest private collector of artworks by the Dutch painter: Helene Kröller-Müller (1869-1939), ...

DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) has provided nearly 800,000 undocumented young people a chance to work legally, go to college, ...

This coming-of-age story follows three students of El Paso’s Bowie High and their search for the American dream, a dream inspired by ...

Guitarist Lanny Gordin was one of the fundamental characters in the transformation of Brazilian music from the 1960s onwards. He electrified Gal ...

After five years studying in Paris, Arash has not adjusted to life there and has decided to return to Iran to live. Hoping to change his mind, ...

This is the story of a man’s bravery to cover the world at war, and what it takes to get images published for the world to see. This is ...

Following a series of intimate conversations between a former couple who lived through two years of domestic abuse, A Better Man infuses new ...

In the wake of the Sandy Hook tragedy, a theater production comes to Newtown, Connecticut, seeking to cast local children in a rock-pop version ...

Oak Tree: Nature’s Greatest Survivor. In this landmark new BBC documentary, entomologist George McGavin takes us on a fascinating journey ...

He’s our favorite veterinarian, and now we reveal what makes him so incredible. In this special program, Dr. Jan Pol shares his most intimate and ...

Six girls coming of age, ready to become something extraordinary.

A year in the life of one of America’s most innovative classrooms where students design & build to transform their hometown community. ...

Night Labor follows Sherman Frank Merchant, a forty-six year old 6’6″ Downeaster during his transition from an independent and rugged ...

The eagerly awaited sequel to Patrick Keiller’s London and Robinson in Space is a beautifully photographed cinematic essay on our current ...

The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song will honor either a songwriter, interpreter, or singer/songwriter whose career reflects ...

The moving story of the last generation of Holocaust survivors who travel to Poland with thousands of teenagers from around the world to retrace ...

A documentary about the business of adoption.