Léthé

On the island of Amorgos, during summer. Small monuments were erected at the scene of a fatal accident: a photograph, a few words, flowers, religious or pagan objects. The deceased "stayed there": dead in transit, on a road, frozen forever.

2020-03-14 | fr

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

The Romans saw the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World as the crowning achievements of their predecessors. Through stunning on-location and re-created visuals, learn how and why they were built and how they dazzled the ancients.

2002-08-20 | en

The Real Thing

A smaller scale Eiffel Tower and the Champs-Elysées can be found just outside Shanghai; a copy of St. Peter’s in Rome can be found in Yamoussoukro, in the Ivory Coast: a journey over three continents to see the architecture of imitation, the uncanny world of the fake.

2018-05-01 | fr

16 Acres

The dramatic inside story of the monumental collision of interests at Ground Zero in the decade after 9/11.

2012-09-23 | en

MIT: Regressions

A documentary on the history of the Institute and America, spanning from World War 2 to COVID-19. Features AI-enhanced archival footage of MIT from throughout the past century. View now at https://regressions.net.

2022-10-12 | en

Anulloje Ligjin

A documentary that investigates the complexity of a nation, Albania, through the narration of the convoluted history of its monuments. What happens to the statues when they are destroyed, what are they replaced with and where do their marble shreds end up? What happens to their expensive bronze? And again: what do the sculptors who made these statues think of these destructions, what is their opinion. And today? Which statues are being destroyed in Albania today?

2023-11-25 | it

Under the Protection of the State

The film was shot in an old, decrepit building where dozens of guest-workers' families live. The owner, a local influential politician, has avoided paying for the maintenance of the building under the legal standards by using his connections to proclaim the building a national cultural heritage. However, the rent he has been charging was as if the building were an object that offered standard comfort. The only German tenant takes the crew around and speaks of his battle against the landlord’s manipulation.

1975-04-01 | de

Disgraced Monuments

Filmmakers Laura Mulvey and Mark Lewis use rare archival footage and interviews with artists, art historians, and museum directors to examine the fate of Soviet-era monuments during successive political regimes, from the Russian Revolution through the collapse of communism. Mulvey and Lewis highlight both the social relevance of these relics and the cyclical nature of history. Broadcast on Channel Four as part of the 'Global Image' series (1992-1994).

1994-06-06 | en

Voices from the South

A listening journey into South Africa's stories and memories of the past, challenges of the present and dream of the future.

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Spare Parts

With the help of their high school's newest teacher, four Hispanic students form a robotics club. Although they have no experience, the youths set their sights on a national robotics contest. With $800 and parts scavenged from old cars, they build a robot and compete against reigning champion MIT. Along the way, the students learn not only how to build a robot but something far more important: how to forge bonds that will last a lifetime.

2015-01-16 | en

Signé Furax

The notorious and mysterious criminal Furax steals France's famous monuments, replacing them with replicas.

1981-04-01 | fr

Le Weekend

A young, cynical French film student comes to London for the weekend to make a film project for his course. Disillusioned by his London experience, he's befriended by a stranger who shows him a side of the city, and himself, that he never would have seen. The story unfolds through his Super 8 film footage, and his voice-over narration gives us an insight into his thoughts and feelings throughout the journey.

2007-03-24 | fr

THE ABSOLUTE NIXONVERSE

In an alternate universe, three super-humans are treated so harshly by humanity, they each go mad in their own way.

2023-10-01 | en

Log Log Land

Log Log Land is a 2024 Musical film. The film follows different MIT college students as they navigate choosing between their passions and stable careers. The movie has an original soundtrack that draws inspiration from the 2016 Oscar-winning film La La Land. Log Log Land was written, directed, and edited by Reuben Fuchs and features MIT's premiere A Cappella group, the MIT Logarhythms.

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Patrice O'Neal: Killing Is Easy

A documentary about the life and career of controversial stand-up comedian, Patrice O'Neal, who released only one special before his death in 2011.

2021-02-19 | en

Pythéas, l'astronome voyageur

2013-11-13 | fr

Buster Williams Bass to Infinity

Imagine hanging out with Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, hearing them jam together, trading riffs, then riffing with words and trading stories. Bird and Diz are gone, but giants still walk among us. One of those giants is Buster Williams. Buster has played with everyone - Miles, Sarah Vaughan, Nancy Wilson, Art Blakey, and on. In this intimate portrait, Buster trades stories, and plays, with some of the world's greatest musicians - Benny Golson, Herbie Hancock, Christian McBride and others, and takes us on a journey through his life, legacy, and America's greatest art form - the truly universal music called Jazz.

2019-11-12 | en

Remembering RBG: A Nation Ugly Cries

“Remembering RBG: A Nation Ugly Cries with Desi Lydic” follows Lydic on a journey through the five stages of grief—denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and… what's the opposite of the acceptance? —as she comes to terms with the passing of the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg and where to go from here.

2020-10-30 | en

Charli XCX: Alone Together

Discover the process behind Charli XCX’s 2020 quarantine album "how i'm feeling now", created in 40 days during the COVID-19 pandemic, including its semi-collaborative nature with her community of online fans.

2022-04-14 | en

Introducing, Selma Blair

In a quest to take control of her personal health, actor Selma Blair adapts to new ways of living while pursuing an experimental medical procedure, after revealing her diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis in 2018.

2021-10-15 | en