Dino Bird (2017)
Penthesilea: Queen of the Amazons (1974)
Penthesilea, the first of six films made by Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen, traverses thousands of years to look at the image of the Amazonian woman in myth. It asks,…
The Thread (2015)
The Thread is a groundbreaking documentary that exposes the undeniable impact amateur internet writers are having on journalism today. Following the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, amateur internet sleuths took to…
Bickels [Socialism] (2016)
The ‘Casa do Povo’ cultural centre in São Paulo, an icon of the secular Jewish workers’ movement: a crumbling theatre flanked by staircases, entryways and corridors. Construction noise drones away…
Hack Your Health: The Secrets of Your Gut (2024)
Delve into the digestive system with this lighthearted and informative documentary that demystifies the role gut health plays in our overall well-being.
Garrincha: Joy of the People (1962)
Documentary about the most famous dribbler in Brazilian Soccer (some say in Soccer’s history!) at the zenith of his career, showing classic scenes of 1958 and 1962 World Cup. Garrincha…
I Have Tourette’s But Tourette’s Doesn’t Have Me (2005)
This insightful Home Box Office documentary profiles some American children afflicted with Tourette’s syndrome — a hereditary neurological disorder manifested by recurrent, involuntary vocal and motor tics. More than a…
I Am Santa Claus (2014)
Everyone thinks of Santa Claus as a magical figure without flaws, but the men who keep his legend alive, real-bearded professional Santas, are nothing like the jolly ol’ Saint Nick…
Distant Harmony: Pavarotti in China (1988)
In 1986, Luciano Pavarotti was invited to Beijing to present La Bohème, conduct master classes and perform concerts for more than 150 million people. Academy Award-winning filmmaker DeWitt Sage captures…
Forget Me Not (2019)
What makes a mother give away her baby? This is the big question in Sun Hee Engelstoft’s poignant heartbreaker of a film about three Korean women who have become pregnant…
Elvis and the USS Arizona (2021)
The surprising story of how one of music’s biggest icons helped to establish a USS Arizona memorial in Pearl Harbor. Elvis’ fundraising concert drew public attention to the plight and…
Ethiopiques: Revolt of the Soul (2017)
The story of how the Western world was first introduced to the musical history of Ethiopia, through the `Ethiopiques’ CDs and the mastermind behind them, French music journalist, Francis Falceto.
Filming Othello (1978)
Filming Othello is a 1978 documentary film directed by and starring Orson Welles about the making of his award-winning 1952 production Othello. The film, which was produced for West German…