Look Closer: The Rise and Fall of Robert Benfer

Stop the Movie (Cruising)

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A short film documenting street protests against the filming of William Friedkin's Cruising (1980)

The Beginner's Guide to Spinning in Loops

July 2022 •English

From June 2021 to June 2022, Justin "Jastun" Bland records whatever that is in front of him. He presents an abstract montage of collected videos varying from onscreen recordings to filming special, intimate & mundane in-real-life moments. This short captures our daily routines in life and how we choose to spontaneously record them.

Meaning of Robots

March 2012 •English

This short film profiles the benevolent Mike Sullivan, who has been in the process of shooting a stop-motion robot sex film in his New York City apartment for the last ten years. Obsessed with the meticulous construction of the miniature robot porn stars, his apartment now overflows with thousands, leaving him only tiny paths to navigate and no place to film his epic.

Return

February 2023 •Spanish

Documentary about emigration between the Canary Islands and Cuba during the late 19th century and early 20th century.

Made in the USA

September 1993 •English

A Paul Joyce documentary on the American independent film scene.

The Hunt for America's Deadliest Hitman

November 2023 •English

The gripping YouTube video delves into the intense pursuit of America's deadliest hitman. Filled with suspense and investigative depth, it explores the challenges faced by law enforcement in tracking down this elusive figure. The video provides a chilling glimpse into the criminal underworld and the tireless efforts to bring a dangerous individual to justice.

Alexa Boulton: Cinema

January 2023 •French

Alexa Boulton interviews the students and teachers of Kelvin High School to uncover the possibilities for the future of cinema

Les Espions du Général

June 2020 •French

Esoteric agenda 2

May 2020 •English

Nel silenzio del parco

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The Neverending Party

January 2023 •French

A look-back at popular French movie "La Boum" (The Party).

Dents Meadow: The Final Days of John Wilkes Booth

August 2020 •English

This short documentary follows historian Kate Taylor as she recounts John Wilkes Booth's final attempt to escape across the Potomac River.

Fieldwork Footage

January 1928 •English

Under the tutelage of anthropologist Franz Boas (her former Columbia professor) and Harlem Renaissance arts patron Charlotte Osgood Mason, Zora Neale Hurston spent nearly two years, from 1927 to 1929, studying the folkloric customs, work songs, spirituals, and vernacular language of African American communities along the River Road and from New Orleans to Florida.

Nothing As It Seems: The Films of Nicolas Roeg

January 1982 •English

Documentary on Nicolas Roeg

There’s No Such Thing as Ghosts?

February 2020 •English

Do ghosts exist? In this new documentary, a filmmaker travels to rumored haunted places interviewing psychics, scientists, and skeptics in search of the truth. Along the way, his crew captures unexplained phenomena including a box that allows the dead to speak.

VVe Being Donna: The Light, the Dark

August 2020 •English

"VVe Being Donna: The Light, The Dark," is a documentary that revolves around the life of Lt. Smt. Dr. Veerbala focusing on the painful moments and the happy ones.

The Shoplifter

January 1964 •English

This film details the techniques used by amateur and professional shoplifters to steal over $6 billion in merchandise annually. Emphasizing how much of this stealing could be prevented ... A convicted shoplifter displays stealing methods under actual conditions and explains how employees could have prevented the thefts.

Agnes Martin: With My Back to the World

March 2003 •English

A groundbreaking documentary on the internationally renowned painter, designated by ARTnews Magazine one of the world's top-ten living artists. This documentary was shot over a period of four years, from 1998 through 2002, Agnes Martin's ninetieth year. Interviews with Martin are inter-cut with shots at work in her studio in Taos, New Mexico, with photographs and archival footage, and with images of her work from over five decades. It is a venue for Martin to speak about her work, her working methods, her life as an artist, and her views about the creative process. She also discusses her film, "Gabriel" and reads from her poetry and lectures. In keeping with Martin's chosen life of solitude, she alone appears in the documentary.

Raising Bertie

June 2017 •English

Raising Bertie is a longitudinal documentary feature following three young African American boys over the course of six years as they grow into adulthood in Bertie County, a rural African American-led community in Eastern North Carolina. Through the intimate portrayal of these boys, this powerful vérité film offers a rare in-depth look at the issues facing America's rural youth and the complex relationships between generational poverty, educational equity, and race. The evocative result is an experience that encourages us to recognize the value and complexity in lives all too often ignored.

The Sidemen Story

February 2024 •English

The pioneering British collective of internet personalities and content creators take a look back at their journey over their first decade together.