Our School
Three Roma children from a small Transylvanian town participate in a project to desegregate the local school, struggling against indifference, tradition and bigotry with humor, optimism and sass.
Choke
Welcome to the world of no-holds-barred freestyle fighting…the fastest growing “sport” in the United States, Brazil, and Japan. CHOKE follows undisputed World Freestyle Fighting Champion Rickson Gracie as he prepares…
Penthesilea: Queen of the Amazons
Penthesilea, the first of six films made by Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen, traverses thousands of years to look at the image of the Amazonian woman in myth. It asks,…
Where Gods Are Dead
A Norwegian TV-worker tries to prevent her son, which she has with her former husband, a Serb now living in Jugoslavia, to become a soldier in the starting civil war.
Alaska: Spirit of the Wild
Alaska… Here, in this vast and spectacularly beautiful land teeming with abundant wildlife, discover the “Spirit of the Wild.” Experience it in the explosive calving of glaciers, the celestial fires…
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.
Definitely Dusty
Documentary looking at the life and work of soul and pop diva Dusty Springfield.
Socorro Nobre
When the inmate Maria do Socorro Nobre reads an article about the Polish artist Franz Krajcberg in Veja magazine, she decides to write a letter to him. Socorro was sentenced…
Gimme Shelter
A detailed chronicle of the famous 1969 tour of the United States by the British rock band The Rolling Stones, which culminated with the disastrous and tragic concert held on…
Nitrate Kisses
Essay documentary explores eroded emulsions and images for lost vestiges of lesbian and gay culture. First feature by a pioneer of lesbian cinema, Hammer weaves gay and lesbian couples with…
Tracey Ullman: Live and Exposed
After inhabiting dozens of comical alter-egos over the course of her award-winning career, Tracey Ullman finally “takes on” the one role that spawned all of her characters — herself.
U2: Live at Red Rocks – Under a Blood Red Sky
Recorded at the breathtakingly beautiful Red Rocks Amphitheater in Colorado in 1983, this concert features Irish rock sensation U2 and front man Bono in their early glory days. Including five…
Vernon, Florida
Early Errol Morris documentary intersplices random chatter he captured on film of the genuinely eccentric residents of Vernon, Florida. A few examples? The preacher giving a sermon on the definition…
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