Missing Young Woman (2001)
This gripping documentary investigates the disappearance of young women from assembly plants that line the Mexican-American border.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Lourdes Portillo
Mad Hot Ballroom (2005)
Eleven-year-old New York City public school kids journey into the world of ballroom dancing and reveal pieces of themselves and their world along the way. Told from their candid, sometimes…
Ethnic Notions (1986)
This documentary traces the deep-rooted stereotypes which have fueled anti-black prejudice.
Planet Dinosaur: Ultimate Killers (2012)
Adapted from the multi-award winning BBC1 series, Planet Dinosaur 3D recreates the lost world of the dinosaurs in a groundbreaking stereoscopic production. This is one of the most ambitious animated…
Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape (2010)
A documentary analyzing the furore which so-called “video nasties” caused in Britain during the 1980s.
Strip Jack Naked (1991)
Ron Peck talks about his experiences of growing up as a gay man, the attitudes to homosexuality in Britain, and his journey towards making his film “Nighthawks” (1978).
Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows (2007)
Martin Scorsese narrates this tribute to Val Lewton, the producer of a series of memorable low-budget horror films for RKO Studios. Raised by his mother and his aunt, his films…
Jonestown: The Women Behind the Massacre (2018)
The story of four women in Jim Jones’ inner circle who helped plan the 1978 Jonestown Massacre, one of the largest murder-suicide events in modern history which left 918 men,…
Hearts and Minds (1974)
Many times during his presidency, Lyndon B. Johnson said that ultimate victory in the Vietnam War depended upon the U.S. military winning the “hearts and minds” of the Vietnamese people….
Tapped (2009)
Is access to clean drinking water a basic human right, or a commodity that should be bought and sold like any other article of commerce? Stephanie Soechtig’s debut feature is…
Froning: The Fittest Man In History (2015)
Rich Froning Jr entered the 2014 CrossFit Games competition with three consecutive victories, a feat that no other athlete had accomplished. After finding CrossFit in 2009, Froning began a history-making…
Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party (2016)
In Hillary’s America, bestselling author and influential filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza reveals the sordid truth about Hillary Clinton and the secret history of the Democratic Party. This important and controversial film…
Hit So Hard (2012)
When Nirvana burst onto the scene in 1991, the music they played spoke directly to an angry and disenfranchised generation. As grunge took over MTV and radio, the music industry…