42 Up
A Film by Michael Apted. In 1964 director Michael Apted interviewed a group of seven year old children for the documentary Seven Up. He's been back to film them every seven years...now they are 42.
Agnes and His Brothers
Agnes and his brothers have little in common except an eccentric father, relationship problems that are screwing up their lives, and a suspicion that there is a distinct possibility those two things are connected.
Beyond Hatred
In this deeply moving, award-winning documentary, a French family reflects on the vicious murder of their 29-year-old gay son by neofascist skinheads and courageously tries to move beyond feelings of hatred and revenge.
Camden 28, The
An award-winning documentary that tells the story of the group of 28 activists, mostly conscientious objectors from the Catholic left, who broke into a draft board office in Camden, New Jersey in the summer of 1971.
Constantine's Sword
This astonishing exploration of the dark side of Christianity follows former priest and National Book Award winner James Carroll on a journey of remembrance and reckoning.
Dreaming Lhasa
Karma, a Tibetan filmmaker from New York, goes to India to make a documentary about former political prisoners who have escaped from Tibet. There she embarks on a journey into Tibet's fractured past and a voyage of self-discovery.
Electric Shadows
From one of China's newest cinematic voices comes a charming tale about the days when the cinema enchanted China's masses, and audiences breathed and dreamed as one.
Fidel
A unique look at one of the most influential and controversial figures of our time through exclusive interviews with Castro himself, Alice Walker, Harry Belafonte, Nelson Mandela, and many more.
Gendernauts
An illuminating and compassionate look at the world of transgender identity, as
seen through portraits of some of San Francisco's leading gender mixers.
Homo Sapiens 1900 Homo Sapiens 1900 is a stunning exploration of the history of eugenics, race hygiene and the quest to improve the human race featuring startling archival footage and long-hidden documents.
Howling with the Angels
When Hitler’s army marched into Prague in 1938, Jan Bodon, a young captain with a secret in the Czech Army was “asked” to join the Nazis. He promptly fled and joined the Czech Resistance Movement instead.
Internationale, The The Internationale tells the story of a legendary song that has been a rallying cry of the oppressed and exploited in nearly every nation on earth, and explores the power of music as a force for change.
L'Iceberg
After Fiona, the manager of a fast-food restaurant, gets accidentally locked into a walk-in freezer, she develops an obsession for everything cold and icy. One day she drops everything and leaves home- for a real iceberg.
La Petite Lili
Ludivine Sagnier, the sexy siren from Swimming Pool, stars as Lili,
the love and muse of an idealistic young filmmaker in this modern adaptation
of Chekov’s classic play The Seagull, directed by French master
Claude Miller (Alias Betty).
Lenny Bruce Without Tears
The outrageous, groundbreaking comic whose iconoclastic material in a conservative era got him into tragic trouble is here profiled by a close friend who prefers to remember the laughs Lenny Bruce's memory evokes instead of the tears.
Let's Get Frank
A film about one of America’s most well loved and outspoken politicians, Rep. Barney Frank. This is a hilarious and insightful look at modern politics, gay life and political hypocrisy.
Meeting Resistance
This daring, eye-opening film raises the veil of anonymity surrounding the Iraqi insurgency by meeting face to face with individuals who are passionately engaged in the struggle against coalition forces.
Mystery of Eva Peron, The
Actress, seductress, political powerhouse and cultural icon of Argentina and the world, the life and legend of María Eva Duarte de Perón, or Evita, as she came to be known, endures to this day.
On the Rumba River
In 1948, Antoine ‘Wendo’ Kolosoy's first album made him the superstar of Congolese Rumba. But as Congo suffered under the dictator Mobutu, he was reduced to beggarhood. In the late 1990s, older and wiser, Wendo made his comeback.
Open Road: America Looks at Aging, The The Open Road examines
the personal and social impact of the impending retirement of America's 77 million
Baby Boomers and probes the important social, economic, and cultural issues at stake.
Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times
A Film by John Junkerman. POWER AND TERROR presents the latest in Noam Chomsky's incisive and controversial thinking, through interviews and talks given in the spring of 2002.
Save Me
A World Premiere at Sundance, this acclaimed drama is a nuanced and sympathetic look at both sides of one of the most polarizing debates in America: the conflict between homosexuality and Christianity.
Save Me (theatrical cover)
A World Premiere at Sundance, this acclaimed drama is a nuanced and sympathetic look at both sides of one of the most polarizing debates in America: the conflict between homosexuality and Christianity.
Secret Things
Two young women discover the power of sex to get what they want in the male-dominated business world. Starring Sabrina Seyvecou, and told in voiceover by her character Sandrine.
Silent Waters Silent Waters is set in 1979 in Pakistan, when General Zia-ul-Haq took
control of the country and stoked the fires of Islamic nationalism.
Something to Do With the Wall
In 1986, Ross McElwee and Marilyn Levine were making a film about the Berlin Wall. But in 1989, as the original film neared completion, the Wall came down. They returned to Berlin, this time to capture the radically different atmosphere of the city.
Somewhere in the City
A Film by Ramin Niami. This hilarious underground comedy deftly threads the overlapping stories of six strange but lovable residents of a NYC tenement apartment building. With Sandra Bernhard.
Tickle in the Heart, A
An international smash hit and the world's most popular film about klezmer music, A Tickle in the Heart captures the story of the Epstein Brothers - Max, Willie and Julius - klezmer legends on a joyous (and hilarious) international tour.
Wetlands Preserved
This insightful and entertaining documentary tracks the history of Wetlands, the first-ever activist nightclub, a place that was as devoted to environmental and political issues as it was to great music.
