A film essay contrasting the modern metropolis with its "golden age" from 1830-1930, with the participation of some of New York's leading political and cultural figures. Made at a time when the city was experiencing unprecedented real estate development on the one hand and unforeseen displacement of population and deterioration on the other. Empire City is the story of two New Yorks. The film explores the precarious coexistence of the service-based midtown Manhattan corporate headquarters with the peripheral New York of undereducated minorities living in increasing alienation.
From the behavior, discourse, and appearance of individual actors, Vachek composes, in the form of a...

The French Revolution, 1794. The Marquis de Lafayette asks Charles D'Aubigny to infiltrate the Jacob...
This film features some of the most important living Postmodern practitioners, Charles Jencks, Rober...

The story of January 6, 2021, where approximately 2000 people stormed the US Capitol to stop the cer...

Rio de Janeiro, April 18, 1945. Brazil's foreign policy aligns closely with that of the United State...

A documentary on the history and present-day reality of big-business tax avoidance, which has seen m...

In this home movie collection of gay men, memory serves as an act of hope, power, and above all, res...

Featuring unprecedented access inside the White House and State Department, The Final Year offers an...

A behind-the-scenes documentary about the Clinton for President campaign, focusing on the adventures...

Observations at Manhattan's Grand Central Terminal, which is one of the most fascinating stations fo...

Students flooded Columbia University’s lawn to create the Gaza Solidarity Encampment in order to pre...

At the dawn of the Space Race, seven test pilots set out to become the first American astronauts to ...

Filmmaker Steve York explores the controversial 2004 Ukrainian presidential election, during which c...

The story of the eventful life of George W. Bush—his struggles and triumphs, how he found both his w...

La Salsa Vive is a vibrant cinematic exploration of Afro-Cuban music's history, tracing its roots fr...

In 26 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accuse...

Art historian and filmmaker Sundaram Tagore travels in the footsteps of Louis Kahn to discover how t...

A rare, in-depth artistic journey into the work of internationally acclaimed Swiss architect Mario B...

Amid the civil-military dictatorship implanted with the 1964 coup, Sergio Muniz had the idea of maki...