Stay Close (2019)
The underdog story of a fencer from Brooklyn who overcomes a gauntlet of hardships on the road to the Olympics.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Luther Clement, Shuhan Fan
A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making (2018)
A documentary detailing the effort dedicated filmmakers went through to bring Orson Welles final feature film, The Other Side of the Wind into the public conscience
Yellow Fever (2012)
In this award-winning short documentary, Kenyan filmmaker Ng’endo Mukii, inspired by her interest in the concept of skin and race and what they imply; and in “the ideas and theories…
The Tramp and the Dictator (2002)
A look at the parallel lives of Charlie Chaplin and Adolf Hitler and how they crossed with the creation of the film “The Great Dictator,” released in 1940.
Rich Hill (2014)
If you ever find yourself traveling down Interstate 49 through Missouri, try not to blink—you may miss Rich Hill, population 1,396. Rich Hill is easy to overlook, but its inhabitants…
The Reason I Jump (2020)
Based on the book by a non-verbal autistic man, Naoki Higashida, filmmaker Jerry Rothwell examines the lives of five non-speaking, autistic youngsters.
49 Up (2005)
49 Up is the seventh film in a series of landmark documentaries that began 42 years ago when UK-based Granada’s World in Action team, inspired by the Jesuit maxim “Give…
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse (1991)
A chronicle of the production problems — including bad weather, actors’ health, war near the filming locations, and more — which plagued the filming of Apocalypse Now, increasing costs and…
Sorry/Not Sorry (2024)
Filmmakers Caroline Suh and Cara Mones re-examine the case of Louis C.K., who was accused of sexual harassment in 2017. They explore his comeback and the unseen effects of this…
Free Angela and All Political Prisoners (2012)
FREE ANGELA is a feature-length documentary about Angela Davis and the high stakes crime, political movement, and trial that catapults the 26 year-old newly appointed philosophy professor at the University…
The Pearl of Africa (2017)
Captures an intimate’s struggle for the right to love. Following a Ugandan transgender girl, forced to leave her country.
Rothenbaumchaussee (1991)
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (2008)
In 2001, Andrew Bagby, a medical resident, is murdered not long after breaking up with his girlfriend. Soon after, when she announces she’s pregnant, one of Andrew’s many close friends,…