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FILM LIBRARY
ALL editions, films by category (1444)
DOCUMENTARY
PATERNAL RITES
Dir: Jules Rosskam, United States, 82 min, 2018, Documentary
Paternal Rites is a first-person essay film that examines the secret underbelly of a contemporary Jewish American family as they grapple with the af... more »
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THE ARC OF A LIFE
Dir: Christian Doherty, United States, 65 min, 2018, Documentary
The story of four friends, who met in grade school and began imagining a new world. It was a world of the written word, of Super-8 film, and audiota... more »
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THE WASHING SOCIETY
Dir: Lynne Sachs, Lizzie Olesker, United States, 44 min, 2018, Documentary
When you drop off a bag of dirty laundry, who's doing the washing and folding? THE WASHING SOCIETY brings us into New York City laundromats and the... more »
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A MIRACLE A DAY
Dir: Deborah Harse, United States, 76 min, 2017, Documentary
The documentary film, "A Miracle A Day", is a portrayal of All Bengal Women's Union Welfare Home For Girls in Kolkata, India. The home is a progress... more »
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BETWEEN THE SHADES
Dir: Jill Salvino, United States, 81 min, 2017, Documentary
This feature length documentary that explores the many shades of being gay by what connects us all: love. The film looks at love though 360 degrees... more »
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LIGHT
Dir: Suela Bako, Yllka Gjollesha, Albania, 53 min, 2017, Documentary
The " LIGHT" film documentary deals with the life and work of well known Albanian photographer Gjon Mili, his beginnings as an
immigrant in Americ... more »
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REISOLATED (AISLADO)
Dir: Jo Müller Zoltan M. Geller, Dominican Republic, 82 min, 2017, Documentary
Many Dominicans of Haitian descent are facing harsh times since the conservative wing is pushing for a law which would have serious consequences for... more »
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THANK YOU AND GOODNIGHT
Dir: Jan Oxenberg, United States, 83 min, 1991, Documentary
Much more than a mere documentary about the filmmaker’s experience of the aging and death of her grandmother, Thank You and Good Night premiered at... more »
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HERR VON BOHLEN
Dir: Andre Schaefer, Germany, 90 min, 2015, Documentary
The film tells the story of the last offspring of a powerful German family, whose cannons killed countless people in two world wars: Arndt von Bohle... more »
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LATE BLOSSOM BLUES
Dir: Wolfgang Pfoser-Almer & Stefan Wolner, Austria, 89 min, 2017, Documentary
A 1932-born hard-working poor black man from the Mississippi backwoods who becomes an internationally acclaimed Blues star after he releases his deb... more »
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NO HUMAN INVOLVED
Dir: Pj Starr, United States, 75 min, 2016, Documentary
In 2009 after she was sentenced to more than two years imprisonment for prostitution, Marcia Powell was locked in a metal cage in the desert sun at... more »
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NOT BLACK ENOUGH
Dir: Tracey Anarella, United States, 82 min, 2015, Documentary
A Film by Tracey Anarella Not Black Enough is a film about class warfare and the cross-tides that African-Americans are dealing with within the bl... more »
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PROJECT BAYGANDA
Dir: Montaigne Massac, United States, 60 min, 2016, Documentary
Project BayGanda is a documentary about Bay Area fashion designer Erica Varize's ( "Evarize" ) 10 plus year youth program the "Sew What Sewing Camp"... more »
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THE PROMISE
Dir: Zeljko Mirkovic, Serbia, 74 min, 2016, Documentary
A century ago Rogljevo was incredibly prosperous for a remote village in far eastern corners of Serbia. The wines of Rogljevo were to be found at ex... more »
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THOU ART: DUBLIN
Dir: Camille Wainer, Ireland, 56 min, 2016, Documentary
Thou Art: Dublin is a documentary that attempts to paint an intimate portrait of the creative life of Dublin. Set in post-Celtic Tiger Ireland, the... more »
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UNDOCUMENTED
Dir: Patricia Shih, United States, 72 min, 2016, Documentary
A documentary produced by first-time filmmaker Patricia Shih, written from the autobiographical book by the subject Dr. Harold Fernandez. A compelli... more »
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AFTER THE FAIR
Dir: Ryan Ritchey, United States, 102 min, 2014, Documentary
In 1964, the world gathered in Queens. People came together and demonstrated technology, ideas, and cultures that continue to influence our lives to... more »
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BIG VOICE
Dir: Varda Bar-Kar, United States, 83 min, 2015, Documentary
BIG VOICE chronicles a year in the life of a determined public high school choir director who overcomes challenges to push his students to achieve... more »
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COMING AND GOING
Dir: Tianlin Xu, United States, 89 min, 2015, Documentary
Two orphaned teenage brothers leave their remote mountain village behind to seek their fortune in two separate major cities. Meanwhile, their young... more »
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I AM HAITI
Dir: Raúl de la Fuente, Haiti, 66 min, 2014, Documentary
In Haiti, ancestors say if something is foretold, it will happen no matter how, and nobody can change that. Artist Celeur is inspired by his Voodoo... more »
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POMONOK DREAMS
Dir: Terry Katz, United States, 60 min, 2015, Documentary
It was just after World War II. Our boys were home from the war and starting families. Affordable housing was a priority, so the New York City Hous... more »
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REUNIFICATION
Dir: Alvin Tsang, United States, 85 min, 2015, Documentary
As he examines the legacy of his family's immigration to Los Angeles from Hong Kong-fraught with vulnerabilities and betrayal and splintered with ec... more »
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YOU SEE ME
Dir: Linda J. Brown, United States, 71 min, 2015, Documentary
Filmmaker Linda Brown's father embodied 1960s masculinity. But when a devastating stroke leaves him vulnerable and dependent, Linda decides to confr... more »
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DESTINATION HOME
Dir: Maria Seppälä & Veera Lehto-Michaud, Finland, 45 min, 2014, Documentary
A Liberian refugee SAM REAYAH and his family have been separated for five years and live in uncertainty waiting for family reunion. While Sam and hi... more »
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MEMORY OF FORGOTTEN WAR
Dir: Deann Borshay Liem, Ramsay Liem, United States, 37 min, 2013, Documentary
Memory of Forgotten War conveys the human costs of military conflict through deeply personal accounts of the Korean War (1950-53) by four Korean-Ame... more »
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STOP
Dir: Spencer Wolff, United States, 88 min, 2014, Documentary
The feature length documentary STOP follows three years in the life of David Ourlicht, one of the plaintiffs in Floyd v. City of New York, the clas... more »
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TRUTH HAS FALLEN
Dir: Sheila M. Sofian, United States, 60 min, 2013, Documentary
The documentary examines the cases of three individuals who were wrongfully incarcerated for murder and sheds light on weaknesses in the US justice... more »
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WE CAME TO SWEAT
Dir: Kate Kunath & Sasha Wortzel, United States, 71 min, 2014, Documentary
For fifty years the Starlite Lounge catered to every race, creed, and orientation. When this pre-Stonewall safe haven is ordered to vacate, the comm... more »
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BREAKIN L.A.
Dir: Karla Lemus & Boris Castro, Germany, 76 min, 2012, Documentary
A group of bicycle aficionados from Hamburg, Sankt Pauli traveled to Los Angeles, to cross the
city for 12 days into all cardinal directions. They... more »
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FORGIVE US
Dir: Anthony Haden-west, France, 78 min, 2013, Documentary
I lost 83 colleagues on September 11th 2001. I was running an investment firm in New York at the time. The events left me stunned. The anti-Muslim... more »
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MEXICAN DREAM
Dir: Alex Ruiz Euler & Jon Wetterau, Mexico, 54 min, 2014, Documentary
This documentary is about indigenous Mixtec immigrants from a remote pueblo in the Oaxaca (Mexico) who go to Austin (Minnesota, U.S.A.) to work for... more »
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MIGRATIONS OF ISLAM
Dir: Swarnavel Eswaran Pillai, United States, 60 min, 2013, Documentary
A documentary on the representations of American-Muslim identity in popular culture post 9/11. Through cultural events like the performance of the t... more »
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MONDO BANANA
Dir: Ryan White, Canada, 60 min, 2013, Documentary
Deep in the forests of Sumatra, a Finnish sea captain seeks an elusive banana. In a Kolkata kitchen, Bengali chefs prepare scrumptious banana stalk... more »
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MY KASHMIR
Dir: Madhuri Mohindar & Vaishali Sinha, United States, 31 min, 2013, Documentary
A documentary about being young in Kashmir, one of the most contentious and militarized regions in the world. For two
college students Javaid and I... more »
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THE ACT OF KILLING
Dir: Joshua Oppenheimer, Denmark, 159 min, 2012, Documentary
Anwar Congo and his friends have been dancing their way through musical numbers, twisting arms in film noir gangster
scenes, and galloping across p... more »
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THE GRAND HOTEL
Dir: Douglas Massell, United States, 36 min, 2012, Documentary
Single room occupancies are a housing phenomena created in New York City during the 1930's. A majority of these buildings are hotels built in the la... more »
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THE SECOND MEETING
Dir: Zeljko Mirkovic, United States, 86 min, 2013, Documentary
In March 1999 during the Balkan conflict, Dale Zelko, US pilot of the 'invisible' F117A aircraft, was shot down by Zoltan Dani, missile officer in t... more »
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BORN IN GOMA
Dir: Chris Carpenter, United States, 48 min, 2012, Documentary
Dr. Chris Carpenter travels to Goma, a war-ravaged city in the Democratic Republic of Congo, to work at the HEAL Africa hospital. Each day, he cares... more »
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HUMAN SKAB
Dir: Bret Woods & Frank Gunderson, United States, 105 min, 2012, Documentary
'Human Skab,' the brainchild of Travis Roberts, is a proto-grunge, psychotic, post-apocalyptic, hardcore, punk-rock blues band based in the Pacific... more »
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NO REGRETS, BUT
Dir: Heather Freudenthal, United States, 59 min, 2012, Documentary
Emily, Dahlia, and Kimberly are all women at a pivotal age for women when it comes to relationships- their mid-late 20's. But they all want differen... more »
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RETURN TO THE SEA
Dir: Genevieve Mcgill, Ireland, 66 min, 2012, Documentary
A temporal bricolage that documents a vulnerable, indigenous Irish speaking community on the island of Inish Bofin off the north west coast of Co.Do... more »
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SET FOR LIFE
Dir: Susan Sipprelle & Samuel Newman, United States, 67 min, 2012, Documentary
Three Baby Boomers, who believed they were set for life, struggle to recover from the devastating impact of losing their jobs in the Great Recession... more »
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