
The Story of 1 (2005)
A humor-inflected history of the of the number one, covering military applications in ancient Rome, the measurement of distances in India, and the decimal system created by Leibnitz.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Nick Murphy
Actors: Ahmed Boulane, Fred Challa, Marcus du Sautoy, Terry Jones
9/11: The Falling Man (2006)
An examination of an image – a falling man from the North Tower, frozen in mid air – circulated by the press immediately after the September 11 attacks, the public’s…
Houston, We Have a Problem! (2016)
The cold war, the space race, and NASA’s moon landing are landmark events that defined an era. But they are also fodder for conspiracy theories. In Houston, We Have a…
Swatted (2019)
Some game trolls in the United States make a sport of getting other players “swatted” live during the game: they find out someone’s name and address, fake his caller ID,…
Quest (2017)
For over a decade, this portrait of a North Philadelphia family and the creative sanctuary offered by their home music studio was filmed with vérité intimacy. The family’s 10-year journey…
La Région Centrale (1971)
A 1971 experimental Canadian film directed by Michael Snow. Shot in the Canadian mountains over a period of 24 hours using a robotic arm.
The Alpinist (2021)
Marc-André Leclerc, an exceptional climber, has made solo his religion and ice his homeland. When filmmaker Peter Mortimer begins his film, he places his camera at the base of a…
Best of Enemies (2015)
A documentary about the legendary series of nationally televised debates in 1968 between two great public intellectuals, the liberal Gore Vidal and the conservative William F. Buckley Jr. Intended as…
Stealing a Nation (2004)
This tells a story literally ‘hidden from history’. In the 1960s and 70s, British governments, conspiring with American officials, tricked into leaving, then expelled the entire population of the Chagos…
The Commodore Story (2018)
The story of the Commodore PET, VIC-20, C64 and Amiga from engineers, games developers and how Commodore influenced the first 8-bit generation users.
Generation Startup (2016)
Generation Startup takes us to the front lines of entrepreneurship in America, capturing the struggles and triumphs of six recent college graduates who put everything on the line to build…
Jack Johnson (1970)
Jack Johnson is a 1970 documentary film directed by Jim Jacobs about the boxer Jack Johnson.
Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soapbox (2007)
A human story about a socially responsible company, “Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soapbox” documents the complicated family legacy behind the counterculture’s favorite cleaning product — Bronner’s son, 68-year-old Ralph, endured over…