Shadow World (2016)
Genre: Documentary, History
Director: Johan Grimonprez
Actors: Andrew Feinstein, David Leigh, Helen Garlick, Pierre Sprey, Riccardo Privitera, Vijay Prashad
Country: Belgium
Trances (1982)
A portrait of the groundbreaking Moroccan band Nass El Ghiwane, documenting a series of electrifying live performances in Tunisia, Morocco, and France; on the streets of Casablanca; and in intimate…
Warren Miller’s Here There & Everywhere (2016)
For our 67th annual ski and snowboard film, we’re revisiting some of Warren’s favorite places. We followed Grete Eliassen and Jess McMillan into the Swiss Alps, and Kaylin Richardson and…
Light in the Water (2018)
In 1982, soon after the first Gay Games, ‘West Hollywood Swim Club,’ as it was known then, registered as the first openly gay masters swim and water polo club. This…
The Pilgrimage of Gilbert & George (2024)
From their iconic house and studio in London’s Brick Lane, Gilbert & George have been at the forefront of British art for over half a century. Their unmistakable art is…
La Madrina: The Savage Life of Lorine Padilla (2020)
A documentary about a beloved South Bronx matriarch and former “First Lady” of the Savage Skulls gang struggling to remain visible in a rapidly gentrifying community she helped rebuild in…
Commitment to Life (2023)
Against a rich Hollywood backdrop, “Commitment to Life” documents the true story of the fight against HIV/AIDS in Los Angeles – and how an intrepid group of people living with…
Mahmood (2022)
A docufilm that tells the life of Mahmood between Milan and Egypt, his dearest loved ones, the music, the victories in Sanremo, Eurovision, the European tour, the backstage of the…
Creature Feature: 60 Years of the Gill-Man (2014)
This movie documents the era surrounding the creation, marketing and distribution of the influential horror film, “Creature From the Black Lagoon,” and the two sequels that followed. Flash forward 60…
Tigrero: A Film That Was Never Made (1994)
In 1993, Sam Fuller takes Jim Jarmusch on a trip into Brazil’s Mato Grosso, up the River Araguaia to the village of Santa Isabel Do Morro, where 40 years before,…
How We Get Free (2023)
In Denver, an intrepid activist runs for office with the aim of eliminating cash bail.
Daddy and the Warlord (2019)
In postwar Liberia Clarice Gargard searches the truth concerning her father’s dubious connection to warlord Charles Taylor.
Youth (Spring) (2023)
This film was shot between 2014 and 2019 in the town of Zhili, a district of Huzhou City in Zhejiang province, China. Zhili is home to over 18,000 privately-run workshops…