Shot by a reported “1,001 Syrians” according to the filmmakers, SILVERED WATER, SYRIA SELF-PORTRAIT impressionistically documents the destruction and atrocities of the civil war through a combination of eye-witness accounts shot on mobile phones and posted to the internet, and footage shot by Bedirxan during the siege of Homs. Bedirxan, an elementary school teacher in Homs, had contacted Mohammed online to ask him what he would film, if he was there. Mohammed, working in forced exile in Paris, is tormented by feelings of cowardice as he witnesses the horrors from afar, and the self-reflexive film also chronicles how he is haunted in his dreams by a Syrian boy once shot to death for snatching his camera on the street.
A wry look at the effects of sexual repression on lesbian and gays in former Czechoslovakia. After t...

Nicholas Vreeland walked away from a worldly life of privilege to become a Tibetan Buddhist monk. Gr...

Under the neon lights in a gay-friendly neighborhood of New York City, four young African-American l...

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I had the chance to interview a revered independent filmmaker four years after his death.

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A documentary of insect life in meadows and ponds, using incredible close-ups, slow motion, and time...
Re-framing the U.S. gun violence debate from Second Amendment rights to public health prevention.

Olympia Stone presents a cinematic portrait of her father, famed New York City gallery owner and art...

A group of young women from Ouagadougou study at a girl school to become auto mechanics. The classma...

Three high schoolers investigate the disappearance of a fellow student, Aubrey. She was last seen en...

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A witness testimonial by the Syrian people with regards to what has happened to their country. It's ...