From dreamy aerial opening shots, we are sent on an expedition through the storied land of our fifth most populous state, Illinois, often called a miniature version of America. Deborah Stratman’s experimental documentary explores how physical landscapes and human politics can each re-interpret historical events. Eleven parables relay histories of settlement, removal, technological breakthrough, violence, messianism, and resistance. Who gets to write history—physical monuments, official news accounts, or personal spoken-word memories?

THE AMERICAN NURSE is a heart-warming film that explores some of the biggest issues facing America -...

In 2011, photographer Tanja Hollander decided to visit each one of her Facebook "friends" (all 626 o...

Painter Zdzisław Beksiński, his wife Zofia and their son Tomasz, a well-known radio journalist and t...

The T.N.P., the Théâtre National Populaire, an important experimental theater directed by Jean Vilar...

Over the period of 25 years the director met General Võ Nguyên Giáp, a legendary hero of Vietnam’s i...

Starting with a long and lyrical overture, evoking the origins of the Olympic Games in ancient Greec...

Part two of Leni Riefenstahl's monumental examination of the 1938 Olympic Games, the cameras leave t...

There never was a star quite like her. Adored by adults and children alike, at four she already led ...

Six blind Tibetan teenagers climb the Lhakpa-Ri peak of Mount Everest, led by seven-summit blind mou...

Two actresses take us through a series of 'raps' and sketches about what it means to be beautiful an...

Buddhist monks open up about the joys and challenges of living out the precepts of the Buddha as a f...
They're clean, educated, articulate and rarely receive public assistance. But following a divorce, j...

Norman Mailer and a panel of feminists — Jacqueline Ceballos, Germaine Greer, Jill Johnston, and Dia...

A comic, biting and revelatory documentary following a small group of prankster activists as they ga...
Eighteen years in the making, two-headed cow started off as a black and white film that followed Dex...

An excellent comprehensive look at all the music that came out of Cincinnati, Ohio. Cincinnati "Roc...
This short film displays the dynamic movement of people as they enter and exit parks in Paris.

Through rare and precious footages and gigs with great artists such as Gilberto Gil, Gal Costa, Herm...

Paris, 1884. Bella Fontanges, a renowned ballerina, is married to Georges de Segar. But after just a...