Documentary Movies

High School II

HIGH SCHOOL II is a film about Central Park East Secondary School (CPESS), a successful alternative high school in New York's Spanish Harlem, 85-95% of whose graduates go on to four year colleges. The film illustrates the school's emphasis on the “Habits of Mind” program (weighing evidence; awareness of multiple points of view; seeing connections and relationships; speculating on possibilities; and assessing values.) Sequences illustrating the school's approach to learning include: classroom activities in the humanities and sciences; family conferences; discussions of race, class, and gender; faculty meetings; disciplinary problems; sex education; conflict resolution by students; and student council meetings.

Inceste, le dire et l'entendre

Jacques Désiré Laval - Un homme parmi les autres

Daugava Delta

Just like in a focus of a lens the northern suburbs of Riga show the opportunities, the contradictions and risks characteristic for each highly developed civilization in its in-between zone of "post" - in this case - post-Soviet, post-industrial, postmodern period. And just like any other coastal area Daugava delta can offer not only fresh fish and wind but also wide horizon and endless sky.

Tip/Alli

In 1977, the outing of science fiction author James Tiptree, Jr. (as Alice B. Sheldon) shook the world’s sense of genre fiction as a male domain. Fifty years later, TIP/ALLI reveals the intricate life of expansive gender that produced some of the 20th century’s most celebrated speculations.

L'évangile de la femme de Jésus

Filmavis

The reason for the film is the continuous stream of reminders that we get more and more often about cruelty practiced in all parts of the world. The film reveals a society completely confused in its deepest value choices.

Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Open

The American composer and author Paul Bowles was a man with a great deal of charisma and influence. When he moved to Tangier, Morocco, in 1949, half the world followed him to the enigmatic city. His marriage with author Jane Bowles was a loving relationship of opposites, even though both were homosexual. Based on exclusive interviews with Bowles shortly before his death interwoven with anecdotes recounted by his friends and co-workers, the film portrays a daring and visionary life as well as a relationship shaped by an interdependency that encompassed much more than sexuality.

Hommage à Ho Chi Minh

The film documents Ho Chi Minh's life with unique film material. It is not a portrait of a private man, but a documentation of the theory and practice that Ho Chi Minh developed and which led to the construction of socialism in North Vietnam. General Giap and Prime Minister Pham Van Dong are also interviewed.

Happily Ever After

An unrelenting personal report of a faltering relationship in the aftermath of Egypt's Arab Spring.

Arctic Tale

Arctic Tale is a 2007 documentary film from the National Geographic Society about the life cycle of a walrus and her calf, and a polar bear and her cubs, in a similar vein to the 2005 hit production March of the Penguins, also from National Geographic.

Matusalem

Night of 100 Stars III

A celebrity benefit for The Actors' Fund of America, featuring music, songs, dance and comedy.

las Brigidas

A young heiress from a witch coven makes a movie as a counterspell to a course that weighs over her and her female ancestors. Chabela, María Isabel and Bárbara are the great-grandmother, grandmother and mother of this young witch filmmaker who, willing to help with the spell, open the doors of their home—an old family manor in Curacaví, a small town from the Chilean countryside.

HAAGUA

An Indigenous surf film that celebrates the timeless bond between humanity and the ocean, “Haagua” follows a group of Native American surfers as they revive ancestral traditions, blending cultural resilience with the cultural art of surfing to honor the past and inspire the future.

Dustards

Ukrainian feature documentary film about a cross country motorcycle journey through one of Europe's biggest countries. The film tells the story of four friends and follows them on their journey. The film also gives unique look in to the personal lives of the riders.

Be Legendary: A Devin Booker Documentary

The journey of Devin Booker is one of loyalty and patience. After years of being under the radar, receiving little national recognition due to playing for a team at the bottom of the NBA, Booker has helped lead the Phoenix Suns to the Western Conference Finals. Very few saw this transformation coming, but if you look back at his story...you wouldn't expect anything different.

The Women at Själö

"You who enter, leave all your hope behind." Själö was Finland's first mental hospital. The hospital opened in 1622. Intended for those suffering leprosy. But Själö hospital also had a secret ward. A house for the insane. The ungodly and mentally ill were deposited here forever and their property fell to the church. In 1889 Själö became a storage area for women with "unbearable insanity".

SIN FUTURO MIENTRAS TANTO

A DOGumentary

A very informative and rare documentary about training of rescue dogs. Not to be missed by any dog lover or dog owner who is keen to train.