Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
This Academy Award-winning documentary short Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist, narrated by Sidney Poitier, traces the career of Paul Robeson through his activism and his socially charged performances of his signature song, “Ol’ Man River.”
Kim Novak: Hollywood’s Golden Age Rebel
Kim Novak never dreamed on being a star, but she became one. Most famous for her enigmatic performance in Hitchcock’s Vertigo (1958), the Chicago-born actress never quite fitted into the…
Objectified
A feature-length documentary about our complex relationship with manufactured objects and, by extension, the people who design them.
Oniroku Dan: Best of SM
Selected scenes from Roman Porno titles are put into the context of a story by adding book-end sequences that turn the film clips into something more than the average compilation…
Egypt’s Lost Queens
Professor Joann Fletcher explores what it was like to be a woman of power in ancient Egypt. Through a wealth of spectacular buildings, personal artefacts and amazing tombs, Joann brings…
The Ice King
The greatest skater of all time, John Curry transformed a dated sport into an art form. Coming out on the night of his Olympic win in 1976, he became the…
Sharkadelic Summer
Snoop Dogg breaks down the craziest encounters, marvels at the wild and unpredictable reactions, and meets with experts trying to unlock the secrets behind why great white sharks are taking…
The Drop Box
One winter, a pastor finds an abandoned infant on his church steps, and builds ‘a drop box’ to rescue any future foundlings.
Expedition Everest
Just inside Everest’s notorious death zone, a team of climate scientists who specialize in extreme weather weigh their next move.
Mountain Spirits
Having grown up in the mountains Chiayi, installation artist WANG Wen-chih weaves his memories of mountains and forests into his work. Using natural materials such as bamboo, rattan and wood,…
Louis Theroux: The Night in Question
Louis Theroux heads to American college campuses and comes face-to-face with students whose universities are accusing them of sexual assault.
The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned from a Mythical Man
One man’s journey to find meaning in Bill Murray’s many unexpected adventures with everyday people, rare and never-before seen footage of the comedic icon participating in stories previously presumed to…
Shoah
Director Claude Lanzmann spent 11 years on this sprawling documentary about the Holocaust, conducting his own interviews and refusing to use a single frame of archival footage. Dividing Holocaust witnesses…