The Garden (2008)
From the ashes of the L.A. riots arose a lush, 14-acre community garden, the largest of its kind in the United States. Now bulldozers threaten its future.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Scott Hamilton Kennedy
Actors: Antonio Villaraigosa, Danny Glover, Daryl Hannah, Martin Sheen
All in My Family (2019)
After starting a family of his very own in America, a gay filmmaker documents his loving, traditional Chinese family’s process of acceptance.
Out-Takes from the Life of a Happy Man (2012)
“A motion picture composed of brief diaristic scenes not used in completed films from the years 1960-2000; and self-referential video footage taped during the editing. Brief glimpses of family, friends,…
Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters (2012)
Filmed over a decade, Brief Encounters follows internationally renowned photographer Gregory Crewdson’s quest to create his unique, surreal, and incredibly elaborate portraits of suburban life. He sets a house on…
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show (2020)
For one week in February 1968, Johnny Carson gave up his chair to Harry Belafonte, the first time an African-American had hosted a late night TV show for a whole…
Vegucated (2011)
Vegucated is a guerrilla-style documentary that follows three meat- and cheese-loving New Yorkers who agree to adopt a vegan diet for six weeks and learn what it’s all about. They…
The Atomic States Of America (2012)
Based on Kelly McMasters’s memoir about growing up in a nuclear-reactor community, this stirring film illustrates the dire health consequences for many residents in Shirley, her Long Island hometown. Yet…
Mysteries of Egypt (1998)
Filmed in IMAX, a young girl questions her grandfather about the alleged curse of King Tutankhamen. His response takes us up to the source of the nourishing river Nile, to…
Shiny_Flakes: The Teenage Drug Lord (2021)
Max S. reveals how he built a drug empire from his childhood bedroom as a teen in the real story behind the series “How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast).”
Punk’s Not Dead (2007)
On the edge of the 30th anniversary of punk rock, Punk’s Not Dead takes you into the sweaty underground clubs, backyard parties, recording studios, and yes, shopping malls and stadium…
Murder by the Coast (2021)
In 1999, teen Rocío Wanninkhof is murdered. Her mother’s ex-partner, Dolores Vázquez, is suspected. Did she do it? A second victim reveals the truth.
Above Majestic (2018)
A look at the origins, history and conspiracies behind the “Majestic 12”, a clandestine group of military and corporate figureheads charged with reverse-engineering extraterrestrial technology.
Fascism in Colour (2006)
After the World War I, Mussolini’s perspective on life is severely altered; once a willful socialist reformer, now obsessed with the idea of power, he founds the National Fascist Party…