This documentary captures the sounds and images of a nearly forgotten era in film history when African American filmmakers and studios created “race movies” exclusively for black audiences. The best of these films attempted to counter the demeaning stereotypes of black Americans prevalent in the popular culture of the day. About 500 films were produced, yet only about 100 still exist. Filmmaking pioneers like Oscar Micheaux, the Noble brothers, and Spencer Williams, Jr. left a lasting influence on black filmmakers, and inspired generations of audiences who finally saw their own lives reflected on the silver screen.

A look-back at popular French movie "La Boum" (The Party).

The story of the creation of The Spirit of the Beehive, a film directed by Víctor Erice in 1973.

Told through the tales of love of a retiring film projectionist and a late-blooming actress, the sho...

Return to Oz for a fantastic behind-the-scenes journey with this expansive look inside the character...
A small urban city with a gargantuan wealth of history, contributions, and changes. From the steel ...
A short documentary about Fritz Lang's film 'Frau im Mond', and its relation to the science and hist...

Two-part documentary about French director Jacques Tati chronicles the evolution of the filmmaker's ...

A biographical documentary about the great British actor and director Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977), f...
A documentary by writer and filmmaker Daniel Bird about the making of Sergei Parajanov's 'The Colour...
A short documentary by Levon Grigoryan about the making of Parajanov's «Sayat-Nova», or «The Colour ...

Chuck Amuck: The Movie is a 1991 documentary film about Chuck Jones' career with Warner Bros., cente...

A partially restored version of Director Im Kwon-taek's Bhiksuni, which was halted in 1984 due to op...

Unable to purchase a $50,000 digital projector, a group of film fanatics in rural Pennsylvania fight...

HECKLER is a comedic feature documentary exploring the increasingly critical world we live in. After...

A documentary about the rise and fall of the Cannon Film Group, the legendary independent film compa...
Ann Miller hosts this documentary short on the making of the MGM-Cole Porter hot musical "Kiss Me Ka...

Artificial intelligence is taking on different roles in the filmmaking space. The questions we must ...

A look into the mind of one of the Hillside Strangler murderers, Kenneth Bianchi.

In 1967, experimental filmmaker Jorgen Leth created a striking short film, The Perfect Human, starri...
Robert Llewellyn examines the enduring appeal of submarine movies, finding a beached Cold War Russia...