Documentary
Forest of Oppression AKA Assatsu no mori (1967) Shinsuke Ogawa
The Oppressed Students focuses on the phenomenon of the struggle of university students Read More »
The Silent World AKA Le monde du silence (1956) Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Louis Malle, Frédéric Dumas, Albert Falco
This pioneering nature documentary investigates aquatic habitats in various locations around the world. Read More »
The Road of War AKA Taistelun tie (1940) Risto Orko, Hilkka Helinä, Kyösti Kallio, Turo Kartto
The film presented the background of the war, the war itself and the reconstruction work begun right after the war. Read More »
Prostitution (1975) Jean-François Davy, Claude Janna, Jocelyne Clairis, Dominique Erlanger
The director conducts a number of street interviews with prostitutes about their lives, and their costumers take a bashing out of this. Read More »
First Cousin Once Removed (2012) Alan Berliner, Eli Berliner, Stuart Blazer, Susan Brown
Acclaimed filmmaker Alan Berliner chronicles the deeply personal story of his mother’s first cousin–well-known poet/translator/professor Read More »
Ginger Baker in Africa (1973) Tony Palmer, Ginger Baker, Fela Kuti
The former Cream drummer travels to Nigeria to build a recording studio. Read More »
Sogobi (2002) James Benning
Many films by this master of landscape cinema are cinematic studies of specific landscapes Read More »
El Valley Centro (1999) James Benning
Employing natural sound and contemplative proscenium shots, Benning skillfully composes a series of pure Read More »
(Be)longing AKA Volta à Terra (2014) Laurence Ferreira Barbosa, João Pedro Plácido
Volta à Terra tells the story of an endangered community: farmers who practice subsistence farming in a mountainous Read More »
Wide Awake (2006) Alan Berliner, William C. Dement
Wide Awake is acclaimed documentary filmmaker Alan Berliner’s uniquely personal tour through a lifelong obsession with insomnia. Read More »
My Stills, 1952-2002 (2003) David Perlov
My Stills, 1952-2002, David Perlov’s last film, is based on his still photographs. Read More »
Before Summer Ends AKA Avant la fin de l’été (2017) Maryam Goormaghtigh, Arash, Ashkan, Hossein
After five years of study in Paris, Arash hasn’t adapted to French life and decides to return home to Iran. Read More »
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008) Valerie Spencer, John Landis, Jonathan Kuntz
Various film historians, film makers, and cultural commentators discuss the cultural, political, economic Read More »
Handsworth Songs (1987) John Akomfrah, Pervaiz Khan, Meera Syal, Yvonne Weekes
Documentary examining the 1985 riots in London and Birmingham’s Handsworth district that erupted in reaction to the repressive policing of black communities. Read More »