The Sun’s Gonna Shine
A lyrical recreation of Lightnin’ Hopkins’ decision at age eight to stop chopping cotton and start singing for a living. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.
Dig!
A documentary on the once promising American rock bands The Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Dandy Warhols. The friendship between respective founders, Anton Newcombe and Courtney Taylor, escalated into bitter…
Gumball 3000: The Movie
A 3000 mile race from San Francisco to Miami that took place in the Spring of 2003. 150 cars and stars created all kinds of mayhem and chaos over 6…
The Corporation
Since the late 18th century American legal decision that the business corporation organizational model is legally a person, it has become a dominant economic, political and social force around the…
Rhyme & Reason
A study in the world of hip-hop, done mostly with interviews, in order to see why it is as popular as it is today and what the future holds.
A British Horror Film
A documentary on the making of Roman Polanski’s 1965 film “Repulsion,” featuring interviews with Polanski, producer Gene Gutowski, and cinematographer Gil Taylor, among others.
The Electric Company’s Greatest Hits & Bits
When “The Electric Company” made its television debut in October 1971, it was instantly clear that it would fulfill its mission of helping struggling and reluctant readers. With a ground-breaking…
Rocks at Whiskey Trench
The fourth film in Alanis Obomsawin’s landmark series on the Oka crisis uses a single, shameful incident as a lens through which to examine the region’s long history of prejudice…
Escramble
In a time beyond and close to now… a vision was revealed. A vision of the very first dream of life. The dream of life before there was life. The…
Tribute to the Teachers
A documentary featuring interviews with teachers and officials on the profession of teaching and what it means to them.
Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock ‘n’ Roll
St. Louis, 1986. For Chuck Berry’s 60th, Keith Richards assembles a pickup band of Robert Cray, Joey Spampinato, Eric Clapton, himself and long-time Berry pianist, Johnnie Johnson. Joined on stage…
100 Per Cent White
A decade after taking a series of photographs of skinhead members of a far-right group for his book Public Enemies, Leo Regan returns to three members of the gang to…
The Diary of an Unknown Soldier
A short story narrated by an unknown British soldier who reveals his hopes, fears, and disillusionment while heading into battle against the German army.
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