Finnish filmmaker and artist Sami van Ingen is a great-grandson of documentary pioneer Robert Flaherty, and seemingly the sole member of the family with a hands-on interest in continuing the directing legacy. Among the materials he found in the estate of Robert and Frances Flaherty’s daughter Monica were the film reels and video tapes detailing several years of work on realising her lifelong dream project: a sound version of her parents’ 1926 docu-fiction axiom, Moana: A Romance of the Golden Age.

This pioneering documentary film depicts the lives of the indigenous Inuit people of Canada's northe...

Twiggy takes a comprehensive look at the life story of UK model and cultural icon Twiggy, real name ...

An appreciative, uncritical look at silent film comedies and thrillers from early in the century thr...

Martin Scorsese's documentary intertwines footage from The Band's incredible farewell tour with prob...
This short impressionist documentary looks at the creation of a Button Blanket by integrating the pe...

On August 7th 1974, French tightrope walker Philippe Petit stepped out on a high wire, illegally rig...

In 1972, a seemingly typical shoestring budget pornographic film was made in a Florida hotel: "Deep ...

A 25-year-old former cult member seeks out his family in a closed world of neon crosses, deadly alco...

Documentary about filmmaker Bonnie Ammaaq's memories of life on Baffin Island, where her family move...

Documentary about the making of Sam Peckinpah's 1971 film "Straw Dogs."

Despite its Afro-American origins, the history of disco music, the soundtrack of the seventies, woul...
A haunting story of the FBI's dark hand in American life. In 2015, Khalil Abu-Rayyan was just a you...

Filmmaker Tobias Hermansen, known for Dreamscape and Mentally Unavailable, has battled depression fo...

Pouvoir Oublier is a political documentary first constructed from the words of the speakers whose li...

The film looks at men and women of color in the U.S. Merchant Marine from 1938-1975. Through chronic...

Deng Xiaoping's economic and political opening in China. Margaret Thatcher's extreme economic measur...

In 1977, BBC music presenter Bob Harris was given exclusive and extensive access to the Queen. Condu...

Coming back during Winter, Alex Powell explores both the places and personal connections found in hi...

Resident Orca tells the unfolding story of a captive whale’s fight for survival and freedom. After d...

This definitive music documentary, featuring a greatest hits soundtrack and bounty of classic perfor...