A moving recording of the late writer and renowned jazz singer Abbey Lincoln is captured in this new film from Brooklyn-born director Rodney Passé, who has previously worked with powerhouse music video director Khalil Joseph. Reading from her own works, Lincoln’s voice sets the tone for a film that explores the African American experience through fathers and their sons.

Documentary tracing the extreme life of outlaw writer, performance artist and punk icon, Kathy Acker...

"My last image of Jonas."—Ken Jacobs

We partnered with the heroes of faith of today to discover the reasons that are holding us back from...

Jesus Camp is a Christian summer camp where children hone their "prophetic gifts" and are schooled i...

In Uganda, AIDS-infected mothers have begun writing what they call Memory Books for their children. ...
Poetic stroll in the work of Jean Genet.

America has long been called a Christian nation. In fact, over 70% of adults in America identify th...
Traces the life of Booker T. Washington, ex-slave, author, educator, and political leader, focusing ...

Across Africa, people are using soccer to lift themselves up, to create change in their communities ...
African American filmmaker David A. Wilson decided to look into his family's history during the slav...

Two screens of film about - and sometimes shot by - Claes Oldenburg, detailing his inspiration, his ...

Anne Bean, John McKeon, Stuart Brisley, Rita Donagh, Jamie Reid and Jimmy Boyle are interviewed abou...

A cameraman wanders around with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzli...

An Austrian director followed five successful African music and dance artists with his camera and fo...

Cinema and painting establish a fluid dialogue and begins with introspection in the themes and forms...

Cacaso, a Brazilian poet, lived in Rio de Janeiro. Born Antonio Carlos de Brito (1944-1987) he was o...

An experimental ethnographic documentary that criticizes the colonizer view of anthropology.

In 1967, experimental filmmaker Jorgen Leth created a striking short film, The Perfect Human, starri...

This film describes a psychological state "kin to moonstruck, its images emblems (not quite symbols)...

A talented group of orphaned children in Swaziland create a fictional heroine and send her on a dang...