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Mr. Somebody
Archived Festival Film
Mr. Somebody
A former member of the Crips searches for redemption after 14 years behind bars. read more
Larry Flynt for President
Archived Festival Film
Larry Flynt for President
Assembled from never before seen footage shot in 1983, this fascinating film documents controversial Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt’s unlikely bid for the White House after a gunman’s bullet left him partially paral... read more
Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
While the country was embroiled in a divisive election with racial tensions flaring, civil rights activist Harry Belafonte guest hosted The Tonight Show for one week in 1968 transforming it into a multicultural political experience. read more
P.S. Burn This Letter Please
Archived Festival Film
P.S. Burn This Letter Please
A box found in an abandoned storage unit unearths a time capsule of correspondences from a forgotten era: the underground drag scene in 1950’s New York City. Firsthand accounts and newly discovered footage help cast a long overdue spotlig... read more
Miracle Fishing: Kidnapped Abroad
Archived Festival Film
Miracle Fishing: Kidnapped Abroad
In 1994, Tom Hargrove was kidnapped in Colombia by the FARC. With a $6M ransom price and without support from the authorities, Tom’s wife and sons pick up the phone (and a Video8 camcorder) to negotiate directly with the largest terrorist... read more
Television Event
Archived Festival Film
Television Event
With great detail, Jeff Daniels traces the production, controversy and impact felt by the 1983 airing of the TV movie The Day After, a fictional account of a Soviet nuclear attack on the US. read more
Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn
Archived Festival Film
Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn
In 1989, a black youth was murdered in Brooklyn when he was misidentified as the boyfriend of a local white girl. The aftermath of Yusuf Hawkins' death exploded into a social movement, exposing racial prejudices that continues to plague us toda... read more
Dear Mr. Brody
Archived Festival Film
Dear Mr. Brody
In 1970, eccentric hippie millionaire Michael Brody, Jr. decided to give $25 million away to anyone who needed it, sparking a media frenzy and thousands of letters from strangers all requesting his help. read more
Girls Can't Surf
Archived Festival Film
Girls Can't Surf
Under the radical glow of Australian sun, peroxide hair and fluorescent surf-shorts, a dark wave of male chauvinism crashed down on 1980’s surf culture. Girls Can’t Surf shares the untold story of pioneering women who surfed against this ... read more
Radical Love
Archived Festival Film
Radical Love
Radical Love explores the subversive political activism and deep connection of Michael and Eleanora Kennedy, a husband-and-wife legal team who represented a who’s who of the 1960s’ politica... read more
Esther In Wonderland
Archived Festival Film
Esther In Wonderland
Drawn to the expressiveness of hip hop and breakdance, Esther (Naian González Norvind) tests the boundaries of her restricted existence as a young married woman in a Hasidic community in 1990s Crown Heights. read more
Magnolia Bloom
Archived Festival Film
Magnolia Bloom
In 1950s Las Vegas, a black singer (Lex Scott Davis) is on the verge of her big break, but she risks it all when she learns her audience won't be integrated. read more
Takeover
Archived Festival Film
Takeover
In 1970, a group of young Puerto Rican activists took over a decrepit hospital in New York City, launching a battle for their lives, their community, and healthcare for all. read more
Kata
Archived Festival Film
Kata
A fantastical and dramatic journey through the mind of 13-year-old Mahiro Takano, a long-time undefeated national kata karate form champion, who comes face-to-face with her greatest enemy yet. read more
12 Mighty Orphans
Archived Festival Film
12 Mighty Orphans
12 Mighty Orphans tells the true story of the Mighty Mites, the football team of a Fort Worth orphanage who, during the Great Depression, went from playing without shoes—or even a football—to playing for the Texas state cha... read more
Accepted
Archived Festival Film
Accepted
The ambitious students of the TM Landry Prep School enjoyed a remarkable 100% acceptance rate into the country’s most elite colleges until an explosive NY Times article exposed the controversial teaching methods of its dynamic founder. read more
Kids
Archived Festival Film
Kids
26 years after indie cult classic Kids was released to an unsuspecting nation, this documentary explores the divergent paths of the original cast, delivering an unflinching look back at one of the most iconic films of the 1990’s.... read more
19 Seventy Free: Part 1
Archived Festival Film
19 Seventy Free: Part 1
19 Seventy Free is a visual EP celebrating the complexities of black love and artistic freedom with music as its primary voice. read more
American Pickle
Archived Festival Film
American Pickle
The film, directed by Brandon Trost, is based on Simon Rich’s New Yorker novella and stars Seth Rogen as Herschel Greenbaum, a struggling laborer who immigrates to America in 1919 with dreams of building a better life for his beloved family. One d... read more
Be Water
Archived Festival Film
Be Water
In 1971, after being rejected by Hollywood, Bruce Lee returned to his parents’ homeland of Hong Kong to complete four iconic films. Charting his struggles between two worlds, this portrait explores questions of identity and representation through ... read more
Wizard of Oz
Archived Festival Film
Wizard of Oz
A young farm girl and her little dog are magically transported into the enchanted land of Oz via a Kansas tornado. As they travel down Oz's Yellow Brick Road to find the Wizard and ask him to send them home, they encounter a wonderful, funny, terr... read more
Inside Out
Archived Festival Film
Inside Out
When 11-year-old Riley moves to a new city, her Emotions team up to help her through the transition. Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness work together, but when Joy and Sadness get lost, they must journey through unfamiliar places to get back h... read more