Illuminated Texts (1982)
Genre: Documentary
Director: R. Bruce Elder
Actors: Anna Pafomow, Henry Jesionka, James D. Smith, R. Bruce Elder
Country: Canada
Blackfish (2013)
Notorious killer whale Tilikum is responsible for the deaths of three individuals, including a top killer whale trainer. Blackfish shows the sometimes devastating consequences of keeping such intelligent and sentient…
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004)
Discover how television has reflected the African American experience in this retrospective of the medium’s first half-century. Actors, writers and historians discuss the image of black America on television from…
Cessationist (2023)
Are the Charismatic gifts real? Speaking in tongues? Prophesying? Healing? Raising the dead? Charismatic and Pentecostal Christians believe they are participating in miracles. Are these miracles real, or have the…
Uncle Tony꞉ Three Fools and the Secret Service (2014)
This documentary was subjected to condemnation and attempts for institutional censorship as soon as it was done. The film observes how one man makes a career using another in the…
She’s French (2017)
She’s chic, slim and sexy like Brigitte Bardot. She’s French. But she’s not all French women, right?
Brooklyn Bridge (1981)
Today it’s a symbol of strength and vitality. 135 years ago, it was a source of controversy. This documentary examines the great problems and ingenious solutions that marked the construction…
McQueen (2018)
Alexander McQueen’s rags-to-riches story is a modern-day fairy tale, laced with the gothic. Mirroring the savage beauty, boldness and vivacity of his design, this documentary is an intimate revelation of…
The Worm Hunters (2011)
An epic adventure into an underground science and an unstoppable passion. Earthworm scientists concoct a plan to find and name their ultimate discovery…the world’s first Super Worm. Nothing will stop…
The Diplomat (2015)
The life and legacy of Richard Holbrooke, whose singular career spans fifty years of American foreign policy, is told in this documentary from Holbrooke’s eldest son David.
Minamata: The Victims and Their World (1971)
The first in a series of independent documentaries that Tsuchimoto made of the mercury poisoning incident in Minamata, Japan.
The American Dream: The Dusty Rhodes Story (2006)
“The American Dream” Dusty Rhodes will forever be remembered as the working man’s champion. A master at the mic and a three-time World Heavyweight Champion, he has had legendary confrontations…
David Blaine: Frozen in Time (2000)
On November 27, 2000, Blaine began a stunt called “Frozen in Time”, which was covered on a TV special. Blaine stood encased in a massive block of ice located in…