Traveling Light (2012)
An Amtrak train pulls out of Penn Station in New York City on a cold, sunny February morning. The train moves forward as the landscape changes—the East Coast giving way to the Midwest. Passengers fill their roles, the snow begins to fall and the next train station is announced, all while the light continues shifting, bouncing, swelling and slouching into eventual darkness.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Gina Telaroli
Spaceship Earth (2020)
In 1991 a group of countercultural visionaries built an enormous replica of earth’s ecosystem called Biosphere 2. When eight “biospherians” lived sealed inside, they faced ecological calamities and cult accusations….
In The Pit (2006)
A portrait of the construction workers involved in building the second deck of Mexico City’s Periferico freeway.
Fade to Black (2004)
An intimate look at hip-hop artist Shawn Carter, Jay-Z, revealing the multiple Grammy Award winning artist as never before, from his background and rise to fame to the recording of…
Art of War (2009)
Documentary on the main principles of Sun Tsu “Art of War” illustrated with examples from the second world war, the Vietnam war and the American civil war.
Aliens on the Moon: The Truth Exposed (2014)
Never-before-aired NASA footage presents evidence that the Moon is being used as a base.
Double Take (2009)
Director Johan Grimonprez casts Alfred Hitchcock as a paranoid history professor, unwittingly caught up in a double take on the cold war period. Subverting a meticulous array of TV footage…
Disclosure (2020)
An investigation of how Hollywood’s fabled stories have deeply influenced how Americans feel about transgender people, and how transgender people have been taught to feel about themselves.
Mistaken for Strangers (2013)
Mistaken for Strangers follows The National on its biggest tour to date. Newbie roadie Tom (lead singer Matt Berninger’s younger brother) is a heavy metal and horror movie enthusiast, and…
Michael Jackson’s Journey from Motown to Off the Wall (2016)
Director Spike Lee chronicles Michael Jackson’s early rise to fame.
Dark Girls (2011)
Documentary exploring the deep-seated biases and attitudes about skin color—particularly dark-skinned women, outside of and within the Black American culture.
Maidentrip (2014)
14-year-old Laura Dekker sets out on a two-year voyage in pursuit of her dream to become the youngest person ever to sail around the world alone.
My Kid Could Paint That (2007)
A look at the work and surprising success of a four-year-old girl whose paintings have been compared to the likes of Picasso and has raked in hundreds of thousands of…