Docs

In Western Africa, a group of determined young men strive to open and promote Sierra Leone's first surfing club despite village politics and the ongoing threat of Ebola.

Jackson Heights, Queens is one of the most culturally diverse communities in the US where 167 languages are spoken. IN JACKSON HEIGHTS explores the conflict between maintaining ties to old traditions and adapting to American values.

Following the 2016 presidential election, Frederick Wiseman's documentary dissects small-town America to understand how its values impact and influence the political landscape of the nation.

In the months following the terrorist attacks in Paris, the youth has taken the night. A community has risen, that looks for belonging in a world they don't understand and seek to change the rules. Led by new faces and unheard groups, with their values and ideals, they open a new dialog, challenge the state and get ready for a new kind of revolution.

A feature length documentary on the acclaimed work and eclectic career of maverick filmmaker Larry Cohen.

"The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga" is a documentary film about the origins of Godzilla. It's connections with the Atomic Bomb and the Nuclear Threat are well known, but how has this affected 64 years of Godzilla movies?

Talal Derki returns to his homeland where he gains the trust of a radical Islamist family, sharing their daily life for over two years.

A kaleidoscopic and humanistic view of the Black community in Hale County, Alabama.

Documentary on the life and works of comic genius Buster Keaton, directed by Peter Bogdanovich.

In 1973, five men and six women drifted across the Atlantic on a raft as part of a scientific experiment studying the sociology of violence, aggression and sexual attraction in human behavior. Although the project became known in the press as 'The Sex Raft', nobody expected what ultimately took place on that three month journey. Through extraordinary archive material and a reunion of the surviving members of the expedition on a full scale replica of the raft, this film tells the hidden story behind what has been described as 'one of the strangest group experiments of all time.'

Composer Giacinto Scelsi believed his work came to him from the gods. Discover the mysterious beauty of his world and his music.

Game Girls follows Teri and her girlfriend Tiahna as they navigate their relationship through the chaotic world of Los Angeles' Skid Row, aka the "homeless capital of the U.S." A dilemma fuels the tension between the two women: while Tiahna seems comfortable being a player in the underground economy of Skid Row, Teri is driven by a powerful desire to get out. Together with other women from the neighborhood, they attend a weekly Expressive Arts workshop where they are looking to reflect, dream, and heal. Can their love survive the violence of their past and their current environment?

Medicine for divisive times about boys skating across boundaries to become men.

Documentary and fiction blend together in an essayistic collage exploring togetherness and the human self in the age of social media.

The history of Hong Kong martial arts cinema and its influence.

In post-industrial Ohio, a Chinese billionaire opens a factory in an abandoned General Motors plant, hiring two thousand Americans. Early days of hope and optimism give way to setbacks as high-tech China clashes with working-class America.

Shado'man is a cinematic journey undertaken by the filmmaker together with the street boys. The camera becomes a nucleus around which their life unfolds, unlocking a space for previously unshared pains, dreams and aspirations. The film delves into the inner world of each character to reveal the dignity of humans surviving under inhumane conditions.

A documentary that follows Dr. Penny Patterson's current scientific study of Koko, a gorilla who communicates through American Sign Language.

Four older Sudanese filmmakers with passion for film battle to bring cinema-going back to Sudan, not without resistance. Their 'Sudanese Film Club' have decided to revive an old cinema, and again draw attention to Sudanese film history.

Cherished daughter of a billionaire oil-tycoon, Taelor, age 26, grew up in one of those guilded ghettos of Houston, Texas. At 15, her father's sudden and mysterious death tolls the bell of an idyllic childhood, entailing a fall into a reckless life filled with drug-abuse and firearms. Her portrait serves as an insight into modern-day decadent America lead by Donald Trump, new hero of a young and yet so lost generation.

Laetitia, a Thai boxing champion, gifted but lazy, is preparing for her next fight - only, she's 12 kilos overweight.

A view of the religious tensions between Muslims and Buddhist through the portrait of the Buddhist monk Ashin Wirathu, leader of anti-Muslim movement in Myanmar.

In Brazzaville, an invisible world governs the visible world. The apostle Medard struggles to heal the sick victims of bad spells. But his life changes when he is publicly accused of practicing black magic.

In the late '80s and early '90s, two vibrant subcultures, skateboarding and hip hop, collided in downtown New York.

The story of a group of 1980s punk artists who started organizing and playing desert shows that later inspired Burning Man, Coachella, and Lollapalooza.