Millhouse (1971)
Emile de Antonio’s film decimates Richard Nixon and exposes him as a paranoid, power mad lunatic… de Antonio compiles (via video and film) what amounts to the “best of” one of the worst political figures of the 20th century. Nixon was a shameless self-promoter while trying desperately to convince everyone that he wasn’t. Through Alger Hiss and the “Checkers” speech to the character assassination of Helen Gahagan Douglas (among others), there are few stones left unturned.
Dolores (2017)
Dolores Huerta bucks 1950s gender conventions by starting the country’s first farm worker’s union with fellow organizer Cesar Chavez. What starts out as a struggle for racial and labor justice,…
Medieval Times: The Making of Army of Darkness (2015)
An in-depth, feature length documentary on the surprisingly tumultuous creation of cult classic Army of Darkness.
The Elephant Queen (2019)
Join Athena, the majestic matriarch, as she leads her elephant herd across an unforgiving African landscape.
20 Feet from Stardom (2013)
Backup singers live in a world that lies just beyond the spotlight. Their voices bring harmony to the biggest bands in popular music, but we’ve had no idea who these…
Wild Man Blues (1997)
Wild Man Blues is a 1998 documentary film directed by Barbara Kopple, about the musical avocation of actor/director/comic Woody Allen. The film takes its name from a jazz composition sometimes…
Eames: The Architect and the Painter (2011)
The husband-and-wife team of Charles and Ray Eames were America’s most influential and important industrial designers. Admired for their creations and fascinating as individuals, they have risen to iconic status…
The Take (2004)
In suburban Buenos Aires, thirty unemployed ceramics workers walk into their idle factory, roll out sleeping mats and refuse to leave. All they want is to re-start the silent machines….
Step (2017)
The senior year of a girls’ high school step team in inner-city Baltimore is documented, as they try to become the first in their families to attend college. The girls…
BBS: The Documentary (2005)
BBS: The Documentary (commonly referred to as BBS Documentary) is a 3-disc, 8-episode documentary about the subculture born from the creation of the bulletin board system (BBS) filmed by computer…
We Stand Alone Together (2001)
Compiled over two years, an ‘on-camera oral history’ of Easy Company, told by the veterans themselves. Accompanies the mini-series Band of Brothers.
The Newburgh Sting (2014)
Just 60 miles north of New York City sits the poverty-stricken town of Newburgh, where, in 2009, four men were arrested for a plan to bomb two Jewish centers in…
Grass Is Greener (2019)
Weed. Marijuana. Grass. Pot. Whatever you prefer to call it, America’s relationship with cannabis is a complicated one. In his directorial debut, hip hop pioneer Fab 5 Freddy presents an…