It is a documentary on one of the Japanese “karayuki-san,” who were women that were taken from their homes in Japan and used as prostitutes in the post-war period. Read More »
Documentary
Pine Flat (2006) Sharon Lockhart, Amy Bates, Jessica Blain, Matthew Blain, Drama, Experimental, Documentary
Set in a small town in the Sierra Nevadas, Pine Flat is a look at youth and a meditation on nature, socialization, and solitude. Read More »
The Love Epidemic (1975) Brian Trenchard-Smith, Michael Laurence, Rosalind Speirs, Peter Reynolds, Documentary, Comedy
This Australian educational documentary concerns venereal disease in the pre-AIDS era and reveals that it is a problem that should be taken seriously by everyone — whether young or old, gay or straight. Read More »
Flying Clipper – Traumreise unter weissen Segeln (1962) Hermann Leitner, Rudolf Nussgruber, Hans Clarin, Graham Hill, Burl Ives, Documentary
A spectacular bit of cinema, a Geography lesson of the Mediterranean Sea second to none. Read More »
De andre (2012) Margreth Olin, Goli Mohammed Ali, Husein Ali, Khalid Faquiri, Documentary, Drama
In 2009 the Norwegian government introduced several measures to restrict immigration. One of the measures was to provide unaccompanied asylum seeking children temporary residence permits. Read More »
Yvy Maraey (2013) Juan Carlos Valdivia, Elio Ortíz, Felipe Román, Drama, Documentary
A filmmaker tracing the steps of Swedish explorer Erland Nordeskiold travels with a Guarani Indian from the highlands of La Paz to the swamps in the forests of South Eastern Bolivia, a place where uncontacted indigenous still exist. Read More »
South (1919) Frank Hurley, Ernest Shackleton, Frank Worsley, J. Stenhouse, Documentary, Adventure
The story of the 1914-1916 Antarctic exploration mission of Sir Ernest Shackleton. The ship sails south, breaking the ice, and ultimately getting trapped by the fast-changing weather. Read More »
Postwar History of Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess (1970) Shôhei Imamura, Chieko Akaza, Etsuko Akaza, Tami Akaza, Documentary
The star of this documentary is a quintessential Imamura heroine: a hard-nosed, ruthless survivor, with a sense of loyalty and an earthy sense of humor. Read More »
Degenerate Art (1993) David Grubin, David McCullough, Sander Gilman, Peter Guenther, Documentary
Narrated by David McCullough, this program examines the infamous Entartete Kunst (degenerate art) exhibition mounted by the Nazis in Munich in 1937 and their far-reaching attacks on avant-garde art in Germany. Read More »
The Love Goddesses (1965) Saul J. Turell, Carl King, Agnes Ayres, Theda Bara, Documentary
This insightful documentary features some of the major and most beautiful actresses to grace the silver screen. Read More »
It Came from Hollywood (1982) Malcolm Leo, Andrew Solt, Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Cheech Marin, Documentary, Comedy
Dan Ackroyd, John Candy, Gilda Radner and Cheech and Chong present this compilation of classic bad films from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. Read More »
Hasret: Sehnsucht (2015) Ben Hopkins, Isa Çelik, Bilge Güler, Serhat Saymadi, Drama, Documentary
A European director is commissioned to make a documentary about Istanbul. Read More »
Privilege (1990) Yvonne Rainer, Daniel Martin Berkey, Blaire Baron, Gabrielle Made, Drama, Documentary
Privilege is an intelligently conceived, boldly anarchic, and wickedly insightful exposition on the culturally ingrained and socially divisive malaise of isms that artificially define Read More »
Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam (1995) Nick Broomfield, Nina Xining Zuo, Madam Alex, Documentary, Biography
A documentary crew from the BBC arrives in L.A. intent on interviewing Heidi Fleiss, a year after her arrest for running a brothel but before her trial. Read More »
Sweetgrass (2009) Ilisa Barbash, Documentary, Adventure, Western
In the summer of 2003, a group of shepherds took a herd of sheep one final time through the Beartooth Mountains of Montana, in the extreme northwest of the United States. Read More »