
Making ‘The Shining’ (1980)
Genre: Documentary
Director: Vivian Kubrick
Actors: Brian W. Cook, Danny Lloyd, Gert Kubrick, Jack Nicholson, Scatman Crothers, Shelley Duvall, Stanley Kubrick
Foreign Parts (2010)
A portrayal of a hidden enclave of auto shops and junkyards fated for demolition in the shadow of a new baseball stadium in Queens. The film observes this vibrant community…
1945: The Savage Peace (2015)
How, in 1945, after the end of World War II and the fall of the Nazi regime, the defeated were atrociously mistreated, especially those ethnic Germans who had lived peacefully…
Sons of Ecstasy (2025)
An unusual rivalry sits at the epicenter of the 1990s ecstasy drug trade in Arizona. A British stockbroker faces off against the son of a notorious New York mobster. Underground…
Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth (1988)
American Arab (2013)
Iraqi-American filmmaker Usama Alshaibi shares his own story of experiencing racism in post-9/11 America. Showcasing the diversity of Arabs living in the United States, “American Arab” sparks a frank conversation…
Growing Up Female (1971)
Focuses on the socialization of American females. It tells the story of six women and girls. The first film to emerge from the modern women’s movement in the early 1970s.
Expedition Amelia (2019)
Explorer Robert Ballard sets out to solve the mystery of Amelia Earhart’s disappearance as he and a team of experts travel to the remote Pacific atoll named Nikumaroro in search…
Voyager: To the Final Frontier (2012)
This is the story of the most extraordinary journey in human exploration, the Voyager space mission. In 1977 two unmanned spacecraft were launched by NASA, heading for distant worlds. It…
Manson (2009)
Follows Charles Manson’s ‘Family’ member Linda Kasabian, and her story to what when on at Spahn’s Movie Ranch and the final days leading up to the grisly 1969 Tate/La Bianca…
The Human Behavior Experiments (2006)
Most people never have to face the fact that at the right time and right place, they’re capable of anything,” says John Huston’s character, Noah Cross, in the movie Chinatown…
Alive Inside (2014)
Five million Americans suffer from Alzheimer’s disease and dementia—many of them alone in nursing homes. A man with a simple idea discovers that songs embedded deep in memory can ease…
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library (2017)
A documentary about how a dominant cultural and demographic institution both sustains their traditional activities and adapts to the digital revolution.