Purple Sea (2021)
Perm-36. Reflexion (2016)
Three former political prisoners tell the story of their imprisonment in the Soviet-era Perm-36 prison camp. Years later they return to the camp (now a museum) to participate in the…
Houdini: Unlocking the Mystery (2005)
This special program, hosted by renowned magician Lance Burton, explores the life and magic of the great escape artist through his most prized possessions–the Chinese Water Torture Cell, the Milkcan,…
Eyes on the Prize: Hallowed Ground (2021)
This documentary special honors Henry Hampton’s masterpiece Eyes on the Prize and conjures ancestral memories, activates the radical imagination and explores the profound journey for Black liberation through the voices…
First Freedom: The Fight for Religious Liberty (2012)
First Freedom: The Fight for Religious Liberty is the story of how the most basic of human freedoms – freedom of conscience – was codified for the first time in…
Martha: A Picture Story (2019)
In 1970s New York, photographer Martha Cooper captured some of the first images of graffiti at a time when the city had declared war on it. Decades later, Cooper has…
Cleanin’ Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters (2020)
The documentary that tells us the full story from where it all started through to the future of the “Ghostbusters” franchise.
The Image You Missed (2018)
An Irish filmmaker grapples with the legacy of his estranged father, the late documentarian Arthur MacCaig, through MacCaig’s decades-spanning archive of the conflict in Northern Ireland. Drawing on over 30…
A Flash of Beauty: Paranormal Bigfoot (2024)
Join the captivating journey of “A Flash of Beauty: Paranormal Bigfoot” as eye-witnesses share astonishing encounters, exploring the mysterious realm of Bigfoot and the paranormal. Using cutting-edge theories, this thought-provoking…
Dark Girls (2011)
Documentary exploring the deep-seated biases and attitudes about skin color—particularly dark-skinned women, outside of and within the Black American culture.
The Bug: Life and Times of the People’s Car (2016)
The Bug is about one of the most recognizable and beloved vehicles on the planet: The Volkswagen Beetle. From its dark past in pre-WWII Germany to the Summer of Love,…
Mentally Al (2020)
A character study of, “the funniest comedian you’ve never heard of,” and an exploration of how we define artistic success, MENTALLY AL follows Al Lubel, a former Star Search grand…