Once Upon a Time in Venezuela
Once upon a time, the Venezuelan village of Congo Mirador was prosperous, alive with fisherman and poets. Now it is decaying and disintegrating—a small but prophetic reflection of Venezuela itself.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Anabel Rodríguez Ríos
Hold Your Fire
In 1973, four young African-American men stealing guns for self-defense in Brooklyn were cornered by the NYPD. A violent gun battle killed a police officer, beginning the longest hostage siege…
aka Mr. Chow
With his signature circular glasses and mustache, Michael Chow is an exuberant force at the crossroads between eccentricity and sophistication. The famed restaurateur defined “The Moment” with the openings of…
Every Second Counts
Every Second Counts takes an inside look at the CrossFit culture and community, where time on a stopwatch reigns as the supreme measure of performance. Those who reach the elite…
16 Shots
Documentary examining the 2014 shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald by Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke and the cover-up that ensued.
Laws of the Lizard
Few creatures have revealed as many biological secrets about the workings of life on Earth as the backyard lizard known as the anole. Join biologists Neil Losin and Nate Dappen…
Nazi Sunken Sub
For nearly seventy years the fate of the lost Nazi submarine U-745 remained a mystery. After a decade of painstaking research and exploration, a Finnish diving team has finally solved…
Attenborough’s Life That Glows
Luminous beings, creatures with their own internal light, enchant and astonish us. Anyone who has seen a firefly or a glow-worm cannot help but fall under their spell. The sea…
Louis Theroux: Louis and the Brothel
Louis stays with the residents of a soon to open brothel in Nevada for a few weeks.
The Wind Sculpted Land
The Wind Sculpted Land is a film about Estonian nature. The nature of this Northern country might not seem anything special at a first glance, but digging deeper one can…
All Together Now
George Harrison’s friendship with Cirque founder Guy Laliberté led them to an inspired idea: bring together the 20th Century’s most popular music with the world’s greatest circus performers. Though George…
Moby Doc
A surrealist biographical documentary about trailblazing electronic musician and animal rights activist Moby.
Scared Straight!
The filmed depiction of a program where convicts tell troubled kids about the horrors of prison life.