The Presence III
Two rabbis show the ruins of an abandoned synagogue to a group of primary school-age Jewish children, and stand by as the children dip bread in honey, drink wine, pray, and sing.
Making Fashion
The Long Way Home
The story of the post World War II Jewish refugee situation from liberation to the establishment of the modern state of Israel.
We Must Have Music
A short history of movie music is presented, from silent films accompanied by a single piano, to the elaborate song scores for musicals (with scenes from MGM’s musicals) and background…
Homo Sapiens
HOMO SAPIENS is visionary documentarian Nikolaus Geyrhalter’s exploration of the finiteness and fragility of human existence, the end of the industrial age, and what it means to be a human…
MLK/FBI
Based on newly declassified files, the film explores the US government’s surveillance and harassment of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Mankiller
About the life of Wilma Mankiller, the first woman to be elected Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation.
In the Middle
Told from the centre of the playing field, In The Middle follows a diverse group of match officials as they attempt to cope with the rigours of running matches in…
Leaning Into the Wind: Andy Goldsworthy
Thomas Riedelsheimer’s landmark Rivers and Tides inventively documented artist Andy Goldsworthy as he created his wondrously ephemeral site-specific sculptures, spun from nature. Fifteen years later, Goldsworthy is still appealingly engaged…
To Be Takei
Over seven decades, actor and activist George Takei journeyed from a World War II internment camp to the helm of the Starship Enterprise, and then to the daily news feeds…
Das Purpurmeer
Made from images filmed by the Syrian artist Amel Alzakout after the boat on which she was fleeing Syria sank off the coast of Lesbos, Purple Sea reports on the…
Sunshine Superman
Documentary portrait of Carl Boenish, the father of the BASE jumping movement, whose early passion for skydiving led him to ever more spectacular -and dangerous- feats of foot-launched human flight.
Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait
Halfway between a sports documentary and an conceptual art installation, “Zidane” consists in a full-length soccer game (Real Madrid vs. Villareal, April 23, 2005) entirely filmed from the perspective of…