MOVING AND PROFOUND DOCUMENTARIES
TALLER THAN THE TREES
Masami Hayata is a Tokyo man delicately balancing his roles as ad executive, father, husband and devoted son to his ailing mother.
DANCING TOWARDS THE LIGHT
The contestants of this annual dance competition in a small arctic town battle for their survival and the survival of the town
THE CHINESE PRISONER’S CHILDREN
Three Chinese kids are shunned by their relatives after their father accidentally kills a child. In this powerful short doc, we see the fate of parentless children across China.
STOPPING TIME
Dancer Lindsay Kemp taught David Bowie and Kate Bush how to move, and now at 77 is still teaching and dancing.
A VIEW FROM THE WINDOW
A poetic and immersive glimpse of a school day through the eyes of deaf children.
HOW TO MAKE A RAINBOW
How to Make a Rainbow is the story of a young girl and her mother, as they move together through transitions of home, identity and name.
DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAINS
Across China, millions of rural parents flock to major cities to work for most of the year while their children remain home.
HAVE YOU EVER REALLY SEEN THE MOON?
An amateur astronomer invites passerby to look at the moon and reconnect with their shared humanity.
MOTHER EARTH
Jane Goodall, best known for her 55-year study of Chimpanzees, discusses how to live a good life.
FULL TIME PARKING
Enter the transient world of airline workers living in an Los Angeles airport parking lot. Is everything in life so temporary?
LAKOTA IN AMERICA
Genevieve Iron Lighting and other young Lakota Native Americans are trying to find a better future while remaining grounded in their past.
DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAINS
Across China, millions of rural parents flock to major cities to work for most of the year while their children remain home.
SUU THE STREET SWEEPER
Suu Ngo, 67, marched into city hall one day and asked for a job to support her grandkids. This is amazing tale of resilience and love.
IN THIS WORLD
Struggling to find his place in the urban South, 15-year-old Courvosier Cox undertakes a relentless quest to escape into the spotlight.
THE POODLE TRAINER
Irina Markova is a poodle trainer with a tortured past. This beautiful and poignant short doc explores the magical world Irina and her poodles live in.
MINDLESS CROWD
In this beautiful and meditative documentary, philosopher, Alan Watts, contemplates what’s wrong with modern life and how this problem reflects itself in our environment.
THE FALLING MAN
Most images of 9/11 depict destruction on a massive scale. But Richard Drew’s quiet picture of one man falling from the towers conveys the tragedy of every life lost that day.
GATEKEEPER
A retired police detective dedicates his life to preventing deaths at Japan’s suicide cliffs.