Documentary Filmmaking Movies

WORDS FROM HOME is a poetic documentary that explores the kinds of affection and identity in the portuguese language spoken in Brazil. Through...

A documentary about the rise and fall of the Cannon Film Group, the legendary independent film company helmed by Israeli cousins Menahem Golan and...

A journalist and his girlfriend get pulled in while they investigate a cult whose leader claims to be from the future.

This film takes us on an emotional journey from sacred ground above Byron Bay to Antarctica, Indonesia to Pakistan, and is sure to light a fire under...

A cynical anti-American Hollywood filmmaker sets out on a crusade to abolish the 4th of July holiday. He is visited by three spirits who take him on...

Since the invention of cinema, the standard format for recording moving images has been film. Over the past two decades, a new form of digital...

By delving into the life of the girl behind the fighter, Shadow Boxing illuminates the heart of a true warrior, showcasing her courage and resilience...

By the mid-1980s, the fabled animation studios of Walt Disney had fallen on hard times. The artists were polarized between newcomers hungry to...

An unsung pioneer of 1970s Texas Progressive Country, Steven Fromholz had a knack for snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Revered by legends...

A collection of restored prints from the Lumière Brothers.

The story of three men with a shared dream: James Bond franchise producers Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, and Bond creator and author Ian...

1976, Brian de Palma directs Carrie, the first novel by Stephen King. Since, more than 50 directors adapted the master of horror's books, in more...

In 1975, as America faced social and political upheaval, filmmakers turned chaos into art.

Emerging from the depths of the film industry, the Mad Max saga became an instant cult classic after the release of the first film in 1979. These...

A poignant, sometimes sad, sometimes painful, sometimes humorous, often absurd story of a multiple journey: the journey of loss as the...

In one of those wonderful coincidences of history, lumière, the French word for “light,” was also the last name of brothers...

A short documentary about the community within and history surrounding a historically Black Brooklyn mosque, produced in collaboration with the Jacob...

A documentary about the comedy clubs reopening in NYC and getting back to some sense of normalcy.

After serving thirteen years for the murder of his high school girlfriend, an ex-con struggles to reenter society while being documented by two film...