Few amateur films with sound were produced in the 1930s and fewer remain extant. A charming artifact that demonstrates the expressive possibilities and technical limitations of amateur talkies, "The Spider and the Fly" includes a backyard Labor Day gathering, a trip to the Riverview Amusement Park, and a homemade Halloween parade of witches and ghouls.
Memories and home movies of numerous Chicagoans bring the 1940s and '50s alive, from early Chicago t...
ONLY IN THEATERS, a film by actor/director Raphael Sbarge, is an intimate and moving journey taken w...
A short film depicting the universality of life, growth, and how beautiful life is to simply exist. ...
Saucedo explores the emotional journey of boxing champion Alex Saucedo who suffers a career ending b...
Every school day, African-American teenagers William Gates and Arthur Agee travel 90 minutes each wa...
In Uganda, AIDS-infected mothers have begun writing what they call Memory Books for their children. ...
A Chicago community puts their lives in danger to seek peace and salvation.
Junha is one of the most difficult children at the school. His autism causes him to attack his class...
After working abroad for five years, filmmaker Ajahnis Charley returns home to Oshawa, Ontario, in t...
Eneida, 83 years old, makes a journey into her past, in search of her firstborn daughter, whom she h...
Aunt Neirud was always present at family gatherings. Neirud was big, strong, and worked in the circu...
An intimate story of separation, trust and reconnection between two strong women - after 19 years of...
The director Andrés Kaiser combines hundreds of amateur films and photographs from the treasure trov...
Bye Bye Barcelona is a documentary about a city and its relation to tourism , on the difficult coexi...
In the vast expanse of desert East of Atlas Mountains in Morocco, seasonal rain and snow once suppor...
By means of objects, photos, tapes and films, director Angelika Levi, half-German, half-Jewish, exam...
The story of Catholic iconoclast Michael Pfleger who made it his mission to transform the drug ravag...
While gun violence was on the decline in most major US cities, why did it continue to increase in Ch...
This one-of-a-kind comedy special showcases the comedian's riotous stand-up performance, exploring e...
Tips for what to expect when taking a vacation aboard a cruise ship, and how to make the most of the...