The Sailor
Eighty-year-old Paul Earling Johnson is a man most people might walk past, never guessing he was once a seafaring adventurer and famous boat designer.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Lucia Kašová
Actors: Christian Bernier, Paul Erling Johnson, Silke Carstensen
The Gold Machine
Inspired by the writings of Iain Sinclair, a father and daughter trace the footsteps of their colonialist ancestor to the Peruvian jungle. Their journeys flip between continents and centuries to…
34th Hispanic Heritage Awards
My Name Is Kahentiiosta
This documentary short by Alanis Obomsawin tells the story of Kahentiiosta, a young Kahnawake Mohawk woman arrested after the Oka Crisis’ 78-day armed standoff in 1990. She was detained 4…
Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade
1982’s Video Game World Champions share their philosophies on joysticks, groupies and life.
Hoop Dreams
This documentary follows two inner-city Chicago residents, Arthur Agee and William Gates, as they follow their dreams of becoming basketball superstars. Beginning at the start of their high school years,…
The Sarnos: A Life in Dirty Movies
A love story about the legendary sexploitation director Joe Sarno and his loyal wife and business partner Peggy. The film relates their part in the history of sex film, their…
Fursonas
A look inside the furry community – who’s a part of it, why, and what it’s really all about
The Tinder Swindler
Posing as a wealthy, jet-setting diamond mogul, an Israeli conman wooed women online then conned them out of millions of dollars. Now some victims plan for payback.
9/11: Stories in Fragments
How do you grasp an event as enormous as September 11? At the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, you start small: A briefcase, a Blackberry, a victim’s sweatshirt, and…
George Michael: Freedom
This documentary covers the span of George Michael’s entire career, concentrating on the formative period in the late Grammy® Award winner’s life and career, leading up to and following the…
Way Beyond Weight
Today, one third of Brazilian children are overweight. This is the first generation to introduce diseases previously restricted to adults, such as depression, diabetes and cardiovascular problems. This documentary examines…
It Will be Chaos
Part road-movie and part intimate portrait of lives in transit, IT WILL BE CHAOS unfolds between Italy and the Balkan corridor, intercutting two unforgettable refugees stories of human strength and…