In the years before Ronald Reagan took office, Manhattan was in ruins. But true art has never come from comfort, and it was precisely those dire circumstances that inspired artists like Jim Jarmusch, Lizzy Borden, and Amos Poe to produce some of their best works. Taking their cues from punk rock and new wave music, these young maverick filmmakers confronted viewers with a stark reality that stood in powerful contrast to the escapist product being churned out by Hollywood.

George Clinton's somewhat absurdist take on Parliament-Funkadelic history. Features never-before-gra...

The film follows the story of a San Francisco Pentecostal minister Richard Gazowsky on his quest to ...

Two lawyers and labor rights' activists, Daniel Kovalik of the United Steel Workers of America and T...

An exploration of the appeal of horror films, with interviews of many legendary directors in the gen...

The following bonus footage is from June 27th, 1993 - GG Alin's last day on earth. It includes his f...

A committed, passionate teacher tries to make all the difference in the lives of disadvantaged stude...

The urge to relieve a winter valley of permanent shadow and find gold in alluvial gravel is part of ...

A walk in the woods become a metaphoric journey in Chloé Leriche's short film. As a solitary figure ...

Biggi lives with her two daughters, four dogs and her exboyfriend Alfred on a dilapidated farm in a ...

Game Girls follows Teri and her girlfriend Tiahna as they navigate their relationship through the ch...

After twenty-five years spent in France, I return to Bulgaria, camera in hand, with a vertiginous su...

The impeachment and removal from office of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff in 2016 was triggered ...

Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz 1992-2017. The end of the GDR gave rise to new artistic freedoms ...

The story of the tortuous struggle against the silence of the victims of the dictatorship imposed by...


An uplifting feature documentary highlighting the transformative power of art and the beauty of the ...

A doctor's efforts to live a green life near the Appalachian Mountains lead to the development of a ...
TED: The future we will create" gives you an all-access pass inside the world of TED to what Wired M...

Idealized by the filmmakers Lais Bodansky and Luiz Bolognesi, the documentary portrays the projects ...

Such Hawks Such Hounds explores the music and musicians of the American hard rock underground circa ...