The China Hustle (2018)
Genre: Documentary
Director: Jed Rothstein
Actors: Carson Block, Dan David, Jim Chanos, Maj Soueidnn, Matthew Wiechert, Soren Aandahl
Country: United States of America
Music for Black Pigeons (2023)
Music for Black Pigeons is the first collaboration between Jørgen Leth and Andreas Koefoed. The film poses existential questions to influential jazz players such as Bill Frisell, Lee Konitz, Midori…
Richard Pryor: Icon (2014)
Richard Pryor’s impact on the craft of comedy and today’s top comics is legendary and unrivaled. This program surveys the profound and enduring influence of one of the greatest American…
Copyright Criminals (2009)
Copyright Criminals examines the creative and commercial value of musical sampling, including the related debates over artistic expression, copyright law, and (of course) money. This documentary traces the rise of…
Scared Straight! (1978)
The filmed depiction of a program where convicts tell troubled kids about the horrors of prison life. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2007.
Into the 8th Dimension (2016)
A feature-length documentary on the making of the 1980s cult classic movie The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across The 8th Dimension.
Mary J. Blige’s My Life (2021)
Mary J. Blige set the music world on fire with her trailblazing 1994 LP “My Life.” The singer, producer and actress reveals the demons and blessings that inspired the record…
Music for Mushrooms (2024)
An associate of Ram Dass, East Forest explores how music and psychedelics can facilitate transformative healing through the blending of shamanistic practices with guided psychedelic experiences.
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché (2021)
The death of punk icon and X-Ray Spex front-woman Poly Styrene sends her daughter on a journey through her mother’s archives in this intimate documentary.
Attenborough’s Wonder of Song (2022)
Sir David Attenborough chooses his favourite recordings from the natural world that have revolutionised our understanding of song. Each one – from the song of the largest lemur to the…
Destiny in Space (1994)
Travel alongside the astronauts as they deploy and repair the Hubble Space Telescope, soar above Venus and Mars, and find proof of new planets and the possibility of other life…
Hamburger America (2004)
A documentary on some of the interesting hamburgers available around the United States and the unique characters who sell them.
Cobby: The Other Side of Cute (2018)
Cobby’s Hobbies was a 1960’s children’s TV program featuring a chimpanzee getting hmself into all sorts of mischief. For filmmaker Donna McRae, the show was a crucial part of getting…