White Film (1978)
Spectrum and prism divide the screen; whites and light, etc. “Out of this purity comes all colors. I’ve always been attracted to refracted light and prismatic phenomena” says Bernard. For Richard Devereaux. Super 8, silent, non-narrative.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Joseph Bernard
The Singing Revolution (2006)
Most people don’t think about singing when they think about revolutions. But song was the weapon of choice when, between 1986 and 1991, Estonians sought to free themselves from decades…
Stories We Tell (2012)
Canadian actress and filmmaker Sarah Polley investigates certain secrets related to her mother, interviewing a group of family members and friends whose reliability varies depending of their implication in the…
Tilt: The Battle to Save Pinball (2006)
THE SITUATION facing the pinball designers at Williams Electronic Games in 1998: come up with something new, or see the world’s largest pinball manufacturer be shut down forever. And Williams’…
Children Underground (2001)
Children Underground follows the story of five street children, aged eight to sixteen who live in a subway station in Bucharest, Romania. The street kids are encountered daily by commuting…
Hashish (2002)
A small village high up in the mountains of Ketama, Northern Morocco. The life of the people here has been shaped by the drug hashish for centuries. Hashish as daily…
The Speed Cubers (2020)
This documentary captures the extraordinary twists and turns in the journeys of Rubik’s Cube-solving champions Max Park and Feliks Zemdegs.
American Murder: The Family Next Door (2020)
Using raw, firsthand footage, this documentary examines the disappearance of Shanann Watts and her children, and the terrible events that followed.
David Lynch Cooks Quinoa (2007)
David Lynch prepares a delicious meal of quinoa, with enchanting stories, wonderful fun and wine.
Aisheen (Still Alive in Gaza) (2010)
Documentary – Going behind the usual images of war-torn Gaza, Swiss documentarian Nicolas Wadimoff offers this look at how people survive despite constant threat of danger. Children still play, rappers…
American Grindhouse (2011)
This documentary explores the hidden history of the American Exploitation Film. The movie digs deep into this often overlooked category of U.S. cinema and unearths the shameless and occasionally shocking…
Histoire(s) du Cinéma: Deadly Beauty (1997)
Part 4 of Godard’s 8 part examination of the history of the concept of cinema and how it relates to the 20th century.
SampleThis (2013)
A documentary that reveals how a forgotten record by the Incredible Bongo Band helped cement the foundation of hip hop when DJ Herc extended its percussion by playing them back…