Documentary about women working in factories during WWII and resultant loss of jobs after the war. Read More »
Documentary
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still (1972) Groupe Dziga Vertov, Jean-Luc Godard, Marlon Brando, Moshe Dayan, James Dean
The film’s subject is a photograph of Jane Fonda visiting Hanoi during the Vietnam War. Read More »
Streetwise (1984) Martin Bell, Roberta Joseph Hayes, Baby Gramps, Erin Blackwell
Portrays the lives of nine desperate teenagers. Thrown too young into a seedy grown up world Read More »
Storm Children: Book One (2014) Lav Diaz
On 8 November 2013, the city Tacloban on Leyte Island, Philippines, was largely destroyed by Typhoon Haiyan, causing the death of 6,201 people. Read More »
Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the American Drive-in Movie (2013) April Wright, Charles Bruss, Riley Cooke, Roger Corman
Once a vibrant part of American culture, drive-ins reached their peak in the late 50s with almost 5,000 dotting the nation. Read More »
Law and Order (1969) Frederick Wiseman, Richard Nixon
LAW & ORDER surveys the wide range of work the police are asked to perform: enforcing the law, maintaining order Read More »
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (2010) Werner Herzog, Dmitry Vasyukov, Nikolay Nikiforovitch Siniaev, Gennady Soloviev
In the center of the story is the life of the indigenous people of the village Bakhtia at the river Yenisei in the Siberian Taiga. Read More »
Human Remains (1998) Jay Rosenblatt, Eva Braun, Francisco Franco, Adolf Hitler
We see a gravedigger’s shovel at work. Then, we watch archival footage that, for the most part Read More »
A Face of War (1968) Eugene S. Jones, Michael Mileham
A Face of War is a 1968 documentary about the Vietnam War, by Eugene S. Jones. Read More »
Savage Man Savage Beast (1975) Antonio Climati, Mario Morra, Giuseppe Rinaldi, Pit Dernitz
Here’s a National Geographic style documentary that’s alternately exploitive and informative. Read More »