The Black Oud represents a subtle new direction in documentary. I have used the term 'bio-documentary' to describe this slight, though essential, difference between my film and the majority of personal or experimental documentaries made in the last decade.

A popular high school girl is harassed by a delinquent boy until they are placed in creative writing...

Living with her snobby family on the brink of bankruptcy, Anne Elliot is an unconforming woman with ...

William Thatcher, a knight's peasant apprentice, gets a chance at glory when the knight dies suddenl...

About the life and work of the poet Sergei Yesenin, his connection with his native country, its peop...

The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morris...
The homoerotic poetry of Mutsuo Takahashi sets the stage for these associated images based on male d...

Gus Van Sant tells the story of a young African American man named Jamal who confronts his talents w...

The Kurdish Iraqi poet and actor Zeravan Khalil travels with his dog through an Alpine gorge after f...

The story of three women searching for more potent, meaningful lives. Each is alive at a different t...

A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell...

Almost a decade since larger-than-life glam-rock enigma Brian Slade disappeared from public eye, an ...

The residents of Ho Chi Minh City face modernization amid widespread poverty. A retired American Mar...

The story of Ana and Diego, a couple who decide to go live on the coast in Chile. There, they meet V...

17-year-old Asher is split between his charismatic teacher and his brash father, who wants him to ta...

At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his...

Six poems written by six young prisoners animated to tell their stories, thoughts, fears and hopes.

A young man pretends to sleep while he watches his lover go through her morning routine.

In 19th-century Italy, Giacomo Leopardi channels his debilitating illness and isolation into poetry.