Horatio’s Drive: America’s First Road Trip
In the spring of 1903, on a whim and a fifty-dollar bet, Dr. Horatio Nelson Jackson set off from San Francisco in a 20-horsepower Winton touring car hoping to become…
Wheeler Dealers
Experienced car dealer Mike Brewer is joined by multi-talented mechanics in a monumental motoring mission: to find and restore iconic cars to later sell for a profit at their LA-based…
The Making of ‘Kill Bill: Vol. 1’
The documentary of the Blockbuster sleeper, Kill Bill Vol. 1, and how it was made. There is Quentin Tarrantino, the director and writer of the movie, Uma Thurman, who plays…
The Net
More of a film essay – of the type pioneered by Orson Welles and Chris Marker – than a standard documentary, German filmmaker Lutz Dammbeck’s The Net: The Unabomber, the…
Discovering Treasure: The Story Of ‘The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre’
An overview of the making of the 1948 John Huston classic The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre.
Stockholm – 75
In April 1975 Commando Holger Meins occupies the West German Embassy in Stockholm. In exchange for the hostages they want to force the release of RAF-prisoners in Germany; Andreas Baader,…
Oscar’s Black Odyssey: From Hattie to Halle
Between 1939 and 2002, Black actors and Actresses received a combined total of 30 Academy Award nominations – only a handful made the odyssey to the podium to possess the…
The Making of ‘Lawrence of Arabia’
Chaplin Today: Monsieur Verdoux
A short documentary in the Chaplin Today series about Chaplin’s ‘Monsieur Verdoux’. Includes an interview with Claude Chabrol, whose 1963 film ‘Landru’ concerns the same serial killer that inspired Chaplin’s…
Breaking the Silence: Truth and Lies in the War on Terror
A critical documentary about the war on terror since 9-11.
Lost and Found
Lost and Found depicts a life of a man with no homeland. 10 years ago Konstantin G fled the persecutions of homosexuals from Moscow to Finland. He lives now in…
Bye Bye Malmö
George Wilson came to Malmö to dismantle the worlds largest crane. No big deal: “just a piece of steel” he says confidently. Five months and five accidents later George admits…
The Corporation
Since the late 18th century American legal decision that the business corporation organizational model is legally a person, it has become a dominant economic, political and social force around the…
Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer
British documentarian Nick Broomfield creates a follow-up piece to his 1992 documentary of the serial killer Aileen Wuornos, a highway prostitute who was convicted of killing six men in Florida…
Touching the Void
A documentary based on the book of the same name by Joe Simpson about Simpson’s and Simon Yates’ disastrous and near-fatal attempt to climb 6,344m Siula Grande in the Cordillera…
Innocents Betrayed
Documentary showing that “gun control” has historically been used to disarm citizens and make them helpless before governments commit genocide. Dramatically covers major genocides in the Soviet Union, Germany, Uganda,…
Unseen + Untold: National Lampoon’s Animal House
On 25th anniversary of one of the greatest comedies, the filmmakers and casts tell about their work on the cult classic: Animal House
Game Over: The True Story to the movie Paid In Full
You saw the movie PAID IN FULL. Now here is the uncut documentary of the rise and fall of Richard Porter, AZ, and Alpo. Living by the code of the…
National Geographic: Air Force One
National Geographic takes you on an exclusive tour inside Air Force One, part luxury hotel, part super-secret military command post. From its beginnings with President Roosevelt making a secret wartime…
Bugs!
Explore the extraordinary hidden world of insects, where a leaf weighs more than a car, rain drops feel like exploding hand grenades and a blade of grass soars like a…
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush
African filmmaker Idrissa Ouedraogo (YAABA) discusses the influence that Charlie Chaplin has been on his work, along with archival footage of interviews with several of Chaplin’s co-stars.
Chaplin Today: Modern Times
Award-winning filmmakers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne profess their love for the classic “Modern Times”. The directors expose their views on the many aspects of the film, Chaplin’s brilliancy and they…
Chaplin Today: Limelight
A short documentary about the making of Chaplin’s ‘Limelight’.
The Story of the Weeping Camel
When a Mongolian nomadic family’s newest camel colt is rejected by its mother, a musician is needed for a ritual to change her mind.
NASA 50 Years of Space Exploration: Volume 1
Volume 1 of this extraordinary series explores the beginnings of the American space program from the early Mercury flights to the breathtaking Moon landing on July 20, 1969.
NASA 50 Years of Space Exploration: Volume 2
Volume 2 traces the epic Apollo missions that transformed the space program, especially the courageous story of Apollo 13. Plus, it’s détente in space with the docking of Apollo and…
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
A look at the history of fame in the world through the eyes of pop star impresario, Rodney Bingenheimer
Overnight
Alternately hilarious and horrifying, Overnight chronicles one man’s misadventures of making a Hollywood movie. It starts out as a rags to riches story as Troy Duffy, a Boston-bred bartender, sells…
Capturing the Friedmans
An Oscar nominated documentary about a middle-class American family who is torn apart when the father Arnold and son Jesse are accused of sexually abusing numerous children. Director Jarecki interviews…
Chaplin Today: The Circus
This documentary is featured on the Warner Bros. Chaplin Collection DVD for The Circus, released in 2004.
U2: An Unforgettable Journey
Starting as four plucky teenagers at a Dublin school and finishing as arguably the world’s greatest rock band, music gods U2 have charted an unforgettable journey indeed, as this absorbing…
Deep Blue
Deep Blue is a major documentary feature film shot by the BBC Natural History Unit. An epic cinematic rollercoaster ride for all ages, Deep Blue uses amazing footage to tell…
Charlie Chaplin: The Forgotten Years
While silent-film star Charlie Chaplin may have charmed American audiences with the onscreen antics of his lovable “Tramp” character, the actor’s private life was marred by a series of public…
S21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine
Documentary of the S-21 genocide prison in Phnom Penh with interviews of prisoners and guards. On the search for reasons why this could have happened.
Chaplin Today: City Lights
In 1928, as the talkies threw the film industry and film language into turmoil, Chaplin decided that his Tramp character would not be heard. City Lights would not be a…
The Truth and Lies of 9-11
In the wake of the September 11th attacks, Mike Ruppert was among the first to be publicly critical of a number of transparent flaws in the official story presented by…
Children Full of Life
Mr. Kanamori, a teacher of a 4th grade class, teaches his students not only how to be students, but how to live. He gives them lessons on teamwork, community, the…
Catch Me If You Can: Behind the Camera
A behind the scenes look at the making of Stephen Spielberg’s Catch Me If You Can.
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
Brilliant, long in-the-works story of the life and art of the world’s greatest comedian and the cinema’s first genius, Charlie Chaplin. Produced, written and directed by renowned film critic Richard…