Sphinxes Without Secrets (1991)
Since its inception, performance art provided a forum for those artists whose work challenges the dominant aesthetic and cultural status quo. In “Sphinxes Without Secrets”, performers, curators and critics unravel the mysteries of performance art and ponder the world women confront today.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Maria Beatty
Actors: Adrian Piper, Diamanda Galás, Holly Hughes, Laurie Anderson, Lenora Champagne, Lisa Kron, Rachel Rosenthal, Robbie McCauley, Suzanne Lazy
The Last Waltz (1978)
Martin Scorsese’s documentary intertwines footage from “The Band’s” incredible farewell tour with probing backstage interviews and featured performances by Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, and other rock…
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy (2004)
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy is a 2004 documentary film directed by Kevin Burns and narrated by Robert Clotworthy. It documents the making of the…
Michel Petrucciani (2011)
Untold: Malice at the Palace (2021)
Key figures from an infamous 2004 incident between players and fans at an NBA game in Michigan discuss the fight, its fallout and its lasting legacy.
Peyote to LSD: A Psychedelic Odyssey (2008)
Plant Explorer Richard Evans Schultes was a real life Indiana Jones whose discoveries of hallucinogenic plants laid the foundation for the psychedelic sixties. Now in this two hour History Channel…
Contemporary Color (2016)
In the summer of 2015, legendary musician David Byrne staged an event at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center to celebrate the art of Color Guard: synchronized dance routines involving flags, rifles, and…
The Brandon Teena Story (1998)
Documentary about Brandon Teena, a transgender man who was murdered along with two others in 1993 in rural Nebraska.
Minding the Gap (2019)
Three young men bond together to escape volatile families in their Rust Belt hometown. As they face adult responsibilities, unexpected revelations threaten their decade-long friendship.
Watermark (2013)
Following their triumph with Manufactured Landscapes, photographer Edward Burtynsky and filmmaker Jennifer Baichwal reunite to explore the ways in which humanity has shaped, manipulated and depleted one of its most…
Pageant (2008)
Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life (1998)
Ayn Rand was born in 1905 in St. Petersberg, Russia. She escaped to America in 1926 amidst the rise of Soviet Communism. She remained in the United States for the…
How William Shatner Changed The World (2005)
William Shatner presents a light-hearted look at how the “Star Trek” TV series have influenced and inspired today’s technologies, including: cell phones, medical imaging, computers and software, SETI, MP3 players…