In 1916, twenty-year-old Marion Wong wrote and directed The Curse of Quon Gwon, the earliest example of an Asian American film. What initially appears to be a story about a Chinese family cursed for allowing Western influence through the door, proves to be an illuminating examination of cultural diaspora years ahead of its time.Sandwiched between two global pandemics, this documentary follows the Wong family descendents as they secure The Curse of Quon Gwon its place in film history and new revelations rise to the surface.

A day in the city of Berlin, which experienced an industrial boom in the 1920s, and still provides a...

Filmmaker Tobias Hermansen, known for Dreamscape and Mentally Unavailable, has battled depression fo...

In 1971, after being rejected by Hollywood, Bruce Lee returned to his parents’ homeland of Hong Kong...
A haunting story of the FBI's dark hand in American life. In 2015, Khalil Abu-Rayyan was just a you...

In 1970, Christian Ghazi and Noureddine Chatti met with a number of Arab political figures, especial...

An inside look at Jessica Piper, a Democratic Candidate running for a House seat in District 1 of Mi...

This pioneering documentary film depicts the lives of the indigenous Inuit people of Canada's northe...

A glimpse into the existential angst of an idyllic summer.

Footage shot during Japanese Army Lieutenant Nobu Shirase’s second Antarctica expedition.

Unconditional: A Journey of Selfless Love explores the love, care, and sacrifices family caregivers ...

The story was born from the pen of debutante Callie Khouri: Thelma, married to a macho man, and Loui...

This short documentary chronicles the culture and arts of Cambodian Americans and the Lowell, MA com...
Finland’s first nature documentary. The filmmakers’ expedition leads them all the way to the Åland I...

Time passes, slips away, dissolves. But what if we could hold it for a moment? "Capturing Memories" ...

What happens to a relationship if a partner suddenly becomes severely disabled after an accident? Fo...

Madrid, Spain, 1949. The Circo Americano arrives in the city. While the big top is pitched in a vaca...

Roald Amundsen's South Pole Journey is a Norwegian documentary film that features Roald Amundsen's o...

A look at legendary Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki following his retirement in 2013.
Surfing at Waikiki Beach, Hawaii, on the island of Oahu. Most surfers are human, one is a dog. The e...

Monte Hellman was born in 1932. By 1986 he made eight features, but had not directed for six years. ...