Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street (2000)
The film follows a simple structure, and shows the drug-related degradation of five youths (Jake, Tracey, Jessica, Alice, Oreo) during the course of three years. The film depicts drug-related crimes and diseases: prostitution, male prostitution, AIDS, and lethal overdoses.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Steven Okazaki
A Gray State (2017)
In 2010 David Crowley, an Iraq veteran, aspiring filmmaker and charismatic up-and-coming voice in fringe politics, began production on his film Gray State. Set in a dystopian near-future where civil…
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995)
Martin Scorsese celebrates American movies from the silent classics to the Hollywood of the seventies.
The Animal People (2019)
An unprecedented journey inside a radical animal rights campaign that shook multinational corporations to their core and led to the first-ever indictment of six young American activists for terrorism.
Carl Th. Dreyer: My Metier (1995)
Torben Skjødt Jensen’s elegant documentary is a collage of memories and reflections on one of cinema’s greatest directors. Visually rich and densely layered, Carl Th. Dreyer—My Metier illuminates an artist…
The Celluloid Closet (1996)
This documentary highlights the historical contexts that gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals have occupied in cinema history, and shows the evolution of the entertainment industry’s role in shaping perceptions…
Bill Hicks: Totally Bill Hicks (1994)
Totally Bill Hicks is a video released in 1994, re-released on DVD in 2002, documenting the life and comedy of Bill Hicks. It consists of two parts; Revelations, a recording…
Roger & Me (1989)
A documentary about the closure of General Motors’ plant at Flint, Michigan, which resulted in the loss of 30,000 jobs. Details the attempts of filmmaker Michael Moore to get an…
Sharkwater Extinction (2018)
Discovering that sharks are being hunted to extinction, and with them the destruction of our life support system – activist and filmmaker Rob Stewart embarks on a dangerous quest to…
The Burning Hell (1974)
Pastor Estus W. Pirkle preaches about hell, where all non-Christians will suffer eternal torment. He’s also visited by two self-professed “Christians” who don’t believe in hell.
Dying to Know: Ram Dass & Timothy Leary (2016)
Icons of ’60s counterculture, Harvard psychologists Timothy Leary and Ram Dass became estranged until an illness inspired their fascinating reunion.
OT: Our Town (2002)
Against all odds, the first theatrical production in over 20 years at Dominguez High School is going to be Thornton Wilder’s American classic Our Town. The kids at this Compton…
Last Address (2010)
Keith Haring, Robert Mapplethorpe, Norman René, Peter Hujar, Ethyl Eichelberger, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Cookie Mueller, Klaus Nomi… the list of New York artists who died of AIDS over the last 30…