A fictional letter from a daughter, Olivia, to her mother in Dominica is the narrative thread connecting interviews from (predominantly) black and Asian cultural critics, historians and journalists. The choice of occupation for the daughter, a researcher, perhaps strains the narrative conceit too far. Nevertheless, for an avowedly political documentary the result is absorbing.
The history of the Teatro Amazonas in Manaus, an opera house located in the middle of the Amazon rai...
Big Time gets up close with Danish architectural prodigy Bjarke Ingels over a period of six years wh...
A short documentary that takes a look at Pratt Institute's Architecture program and how the first ye...
Documentary on the work of Frank Lloyd Wright's architecture.
A film essay contrasting the modern metropolis with its "golden age" from 1830-1930, with the partic...
Kingdom of Granada, al-Andalus, 14th century. After recognizing that his land, always under siege, i...
Using testimonies by pioneers and witnesses of the times, delve into the feverish visual culture the...
“There’s a bus stop I want to photograph.” This may sound like a parody of an esoteric festival film...
Art historian and filmmaker Sundaram Tagore travels in the footsteps of Louis Kahn to discover how t...
A look at contemporary Paris through the lens of theories and ideologies of the past two centuries, ...
A short film about traditional crafts and culture that can still be found in the Wallachian mountain...
A visual essay on contemporary Kiwi architecture.
On the tiny island of Martha's Vineyard, where presidents and celebrities vacation, trophy homes thr...
Celebrating the splendor and grandeur of the great cinemas of the United States, built when movies w...
In 1919 an art school opened in Germany that would change the world forever. It was called the Bauha...
Documentary about 4 large architectural landmarks that projected Portugal abroad.
A turn of the 20th Century office block at Portage and Main. What was once Winnipeg's most prestigio...
A biography documentary of the Argentine modernist architect Amancio Williams.
On an urban island in Shanghai, Yoyo starts secretly following Lan Tian. In a parallel world, Lan Ti...
Between two Thanksgivings, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondri...