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Le Capital au XXIE Siecle

Documentary

En mélangeant références à la pop culture et interventions d’experts parmi les plus influents de notre époque, le film est un voyage à travers l’histoire moderne de nos sociétés.

The Land of Azaba

Earth Day · Documentary

Addressing climate change is the existential question of our time, but climate change and bio-diversity loss are two sides to the same coin. The Land of Azaba is the first feature documentary on the subject of ecological restoration, and it is set in one of the world’s first “hot spots&r…

Landscape Film: Roberto Burle Marx

Earth Day · Art Documentaries · Documentary

A journey through the art and life of the Brazilian landscape architect and painter best known for the iconic black-and-white mosaic promenades that line Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana Beach.

¡Las Sandinistas!

World Cinema · Documentary

¡Las Sandinistas! reveals the extraordinary and untold story of a group of Nicaraguan women who led rebel Sandinista troops in battle, and went on to create groundbreaking social reform during Nicaragua’s 1979 Sandinista Revolution - and who continue to lead popular movements for democra…

The Last Resort

Art Documentaries · Photography · Documentary

The Last Resort resurrects Miami Beach of the 1970s, home to a vibrant population of Jewish retirees, through vivid photographs captured by a pair of young artists who dedicated themselves to documenting this unique and fleeting chapter in the city’s history.

Legacy

Documentary · African-American

For four generations, the Collins family was trapped in urban poverty, depending upon welfare and living in one of the oldest and most dangerous public housing projects in America-Chicago's Henry Horner Homes. Yet, unlike tens of thousands in their situation, they found the community support structu…

Let There Be Light

War · Documentary

Labeled too disturbing and controversial for its time, John Huston's legendary film about the effects of war and post-traumatic stress returns with fully restored sound and visual quality.

Let's Get Lost

Documentary

Traveling with the elusive jazz vocalist and trumpeter Chet Baker, Bruce Weber weaves together the life story of a jazz great. The film uses excerpts from Italian B movies, rare performance footage, and candid interviews with Baker, musicians, friends, battling ex-wives, and his children in what tur…

London in the Raw

Culture · Documentary · Cult

“The world’s greatest city laid bare!”, roars the tagline to LONDON?IN?THE?RAW (1964), a salacious documentary that tours the strip-clubs and underground dives of the still-swinging city.

The Lost Film Of Nuremberg

Film Documentaries · Documentary

Inspired by Sandra Schulberg’s decade-long research into the making of and suppression of Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today, The Lost Film of Nuremberg re-traces the hunt for film evidence used to convict the Nazis at the Nuremberg Trial. The searchers were two sons of Hollywood — Budd &am…

Louvre City

Fine Art · Art Documentaries · Documentary

LOUVRE CITY takes the form of one of the classic symphonies of the 1920s, which begin at daybreak, end at nightfall, and chronicle the lives of urban dwellers at work and at play. Rather than focus on its familiar role as a monument to high culture, director Nicolas Philibert shows us the everyday l…

Love, Sweat & Tears

Documentary

Death, taxes, and menopause are unavoidable facts of life. Love, Sweat & Tears is a groundbreaking, inspiring, and humorous look at a long-taboo subject that will impact both women and men during their lifetimes.

Loving Highsmith

Lesbian · Documentary

Based on Patricia Highsmith’s personal writings and accounts of her family and lovers, the film casts new light on the famous thriller writer’s life and oeuvre, permeated by themes of love and its defining influence on identity.

Lucha Mexico

Documentary

In Mexico, the war between good and evil has been waged each week for decades, thrilling generations of fans with the spectacle of Lucha Libre.

Lust for Gold : A Race Against Time

SenArt · Historic Drama · Documentary

A true story is about obsession, greed, and the hunt for gold. Boyhood dreams of treasure lead to a lifelong search when a retired missile scientist makes a monumental discovery and tempts fate for fortune as he hatches a secret plan to prove his claim.

Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over

Academy Award Winners · Music Documentaries · Documentary

Filmmaker Beth B accompanies the legendarily boundary-pushing No Wave musician and underground performance artist Lydia Lunch on her latest tour and, through interviews with her collaborators and Lunch herself, examines the qualities that have been present in her provocative and powerful art since t…

M.C. Escher: Journey to Infinity

Biography · Artists · Documentary

The story of world famous Dutch graphic artist M.C Escher. Robin Lutz’s entertaining, eye-opening portrait gives us the man through his own words and images.

Machines

World Cinema · Sundance Film Festival · Documentary

Marrying stunning visuals with social advocacy, this award-winning documentary takes audiences into the labyrinthine passages of an enormous Indian textile factory.

Made for Each Other: A History of the Bond Between Humans and Dogs

Documentary

Where did dogs come from and how did evolving alongside humans shape both them and us? Made for Each Other considers the history of the remarkable bond between humans and dogs and the many ways that dogs make our lives better.

The Magic Box: The Films of Shirley Clarke

Documentary · Experimental · Drama

This three-disc set collects the vast array of Shirley Clarke's astonishing short, dance, and avant-garde films along with her Oscar®-winning documentary Robert Frost: A Lover’s Quarrel with the World

La Maison de la Radio

Art Documentaries · Documentary

LA MAISON DE LA RADIO is a vibrant portrait of Radio France, that nation's equivalent of NPR or the BBC. Directed by Nicolas Philibert (To Be and To Have), a master of the documentary genre, LA MAISON shows the day-to-day of a beloved cultural institution, as radio hosts, producers and journalists p…

Makala

Documentary · World Cinema · Cannes Film Festival

Featuring stunning cinematography, Makala (Swahili for "charcoal") is a powerful testament to one man's commitment to his family, and his endurance in working to provide them with a brighter future.

Man With A Movie Camera

World Cinema · Avant Garde · Documentary

This dawn-to-dusk view of the Soviet Union offers a montage of urban Russian life, showing the people of the city at work and at play Considered one of the most innovative and influential films of the silent era. USSR. 1929. 68min. B&W.

The Man You Loved To Hate

Biography · Film Documentaries · Documentary

A full-length documentary on von Stroheim’s life and career. Filled with rare photographs and excerpts from Stroheim’s legendary and lesser-known works, it is the definitive documentary profile of this most fascinating artist. U.S. 1979. 78 min. Color/B&W.

Mantra: Sounds Into Silence

Documentary

An uplifting documentary exploring the growing music and social phenomenon of chanting Mantras.

Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore

Documentary

In 1987, Marlee Matlin became the first Deaf actor to win an Academy Award and was thrust into the spotlight at 21 years old. Reflecting on her life in her primary language of American Sign Language, Marlee explores the complexities of what it means to be a trailblazer.

Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World

Art Documentaries · Documentary

If poetry had a pop icon, Mary Oliver would be it. Celebrated best-selling poet, Pulitzer Prize-winner, lover of dogs and long walks in the woods, openly queer but intensely private, Oliver was America’s unlikely contemporary mystic, stalking the ponds and forests of Cape Cod for nearly fifty …

Matter Of Heart

Biography · Health and Healing · Documentary

The original, compelling and inspiring portrait of Carl Gustav Jung, whose extraordinary genius and humanity projected his voice far beyond the realm of psychiatry, redefining the essential nature of who we are and what we hope to become. Stirring score by John Adams.

Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

Art Documentaries · Documentary

The first documentary about Maya Angelou celebrates her life and reveals new insight into the life of this legendary performer, writer, poet and activist. 

Maybe This Year

Sports · Documentary

The story of the Philadelphia Eagles and their improbable Super Bowl winning 2017 season from the perspective of their most die-hard fans. The film offers an intimate and nuanced view of the NFL’s most notorious fanbase.

Meet the Fokkens

Documentary

Meet Louise and Martine Fokkens: 69-year-old identical twins who have worked as prostitutes in Amsterdam's red light district for over 50 years.

The Messenger

Science · Earth Day · Environment

For thousands of years, songbirds were regarded by mankind as messengers from the gods. Today, these creatures have woven inextricably into the fabric of our environment and are vanishing at an alarming rate.

Millay at Steepletop: Two Films by Kevin Brownlow

Biography · History · Documentary

MILLAY AT STEEPLETOP aims to recapture the joyous fire of Edna St. Vincent Millay's work by combining readings of her poetry with rare archival footage, while THE LAST TRAM offers a poetic farewell to Glasgow's trolleys.

Mingus: Charlie Mingus 1968

Documentary

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Minimalism

Art Documentaries · Documentary

Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things examines the many flavors of minimalism by taking the audience inside the lives of minimalists from all walks of life

Moana With Sound

Documentary

Seeking to make another "Nanook of the North", Robert Flaherty chose Samoa for the docu-fiction film "Moana" in 1924. Fifty years later, Flaherty's daughter Monica returned to Samoa to produce a unique sound version. In 1924, documentary film pioneers Robert and Frances Flaherty and family traveled …

Money Man

Biography · Art · Documentary

Is a dollar worth anything on paper, or is it simply in the eye of the beholder… or the spender? Filmed by director Philip Haas, Money Man followed artist J.S.G. Boggs as he created drawings dangerously close to legal currency.

Monk With a Camera

Culture · Photography · Buddhism

Nicholas Vreeland walked away from a worldly life of privilege to become a Tibetan Buddhist monk in 1972.

The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation

Biography · Animation · Documentary

John Canemaker’s Academy Award®-winning animated documentary enlists actors Eli Wallach (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly) and John Turturro (Barton Fink) to explore a difficult father/son relationship.

More Than Honey

Food & Wine · Environment · Earth Day

Oscar-nominated director Markus Imhoof (The Boat is Full) tackles the vexing issue of why bees, worldwide, are facing extinction. With the tenacity of a man out to solve a world-class mystery, he investigates this global phenomenon, from California to Switzerland, China and Australia. Exquisite macr…

Moving From Emptiness: Zen Dude

Documentary

Zen calligraphic painter Alok Hsu Kwang-han proposes that it arises from emptiness, the silent space that houses the intelligence prior to thought. Armed with rice paper, ink, brush and a collection of Zen teaching and Koans, Alok opens the door to a world of magical brush strokes and enchanted stud…

Moving from Emptiness: The Life and Art of a Zen Dude

Biography · Culture · American Independent

With brush, ink, and rice paper, Zen painter Alok Hsu Kwang-han uses the play of light and dark to explore energy, creativity, and the art of life. On the verge of his 75th birthday, with a new love in his life, Alok employs his teachings to confront his personal history.

Mozart: A Chilhood Chronicle

Biography · Drama · Documentary

Traces the development of the young composer from age seven to his death at thirty-five, combining personal letters, period art, historic locations, and his finest music.

Mr. Nobody Against Putin

Academy Award Winners · Academy Award Nominees · Peabody Award Winners

2026 Oscar® Winner for Best Documentary Feature — As Russia launches its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, primary schools across the country are transformed into recruiting grounds for the war. Facing the ethical dilemma of working in a system defined by propaganda and violence, one brave t…

Museum Town

Architecture · Art Documentaries · Documentary

Directed by Jennifer Trainer, a former journalist and one of MASS MoCA's original builders, and narrated by Academy Award® winner Meryl Streep, the documentary tells the story of an unconventional museum, the small town of North Adams, MA it calls home, and the great risk, hope, a…

Mutantes: Punk Porn Feminism

Film Documentaries · Lesbian · Documentary

MUTANTES is a documentary about pro-sex feminism, a movement that seeks to redefine how we understand pornography and its role in media. Through interviews with sex workers, porn actresses, and other members of the sex industry, the film demystifies and explores the various sexual niches of punk por…

The Mystery of Picasso

Biography · Art · Documentary

Filmmaker Henri-Georges Clouzot and painter Pablo Picasso used experimental and innovative techniques to create an entirely new kind of art documentary — one that is both joyous and suspenseful.

NOTFILM

Biography · Documentary

After restoring the short Film, Ross Lipman wanted to explore its surprising history. He ended up making a mesmerizing feature-length essay about Samuel Beckett, Buster Keaton and other luminaries! 

Name of the Game

Documentary

Name of the Game follows the lives of several past and current male exotic dancers from South Central Los Angeles. In interviews and performances, we learn the behind-the-scenes reality of the male exotic industry as it's never been told before: unfiltered, uncensored, and uncut.

Nationtime

Documentary

Best known for his avant-garde meta-documentary Symbiopsychotaxiplasm, William Greaves (1926–2014) was also the director of over 100 documentary films, the majority focused on African American history, politics, and culture. Nationtime is a report on the National Black Political Conv…

No Maps on My Taps

Jazz · Music & Dance · Documentary

Featuring performances by tap legends Bunny Briggs, Chuck Green, and Howard “Sandman” Sims, along with music by the inimitable Lionel Hampton, No Maps on My Taps vibrates with the love of dance.

Nuremberg

Documentary

One of the greatest courtroom dramas in history, Nuremberg: Its Lessons For Today shows how the international prosecutors built their case against the top Nazi war criminals using the Nazis’ own films and records. The trial established the “Nuremberg principles,” laying the foundat…

Obit.

RT Certified Fresh · Documentary

Every day, editorial obituary writers deposit the details of a handful of extraordinary lives into the cultural memory. Obit. explores their world, inviting essential questions about life, history, and the inevitable passage of time.

Oeconomia

World Cinema · Documentary

What is money? What are debts? What are the consequences of both? And how can images be found for them? Layer by layer, Oeconomia reveals how the rules of the contemporary capitalist game systematically precondition growth, deficits, and concentrations of wealth. 

Of Fathers and Sons

Sundance Film Festival · Academy Award Nominees · Documentary

Winner of the Grand Jury Prize for World Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival, Of Fathers and Sons shares the daily life of a radical Islamist family with unparalleled intimacy, capturing the chilling moment when childhood dies and jihadism is born.

The Olive Thomas Collection

Biography · Documentary · Comedy

Beautiful, talented and charismatic, Olive Thomas reigned as a Hollywood star briefly but magically… and her untimely death was mourned worldwide. Also features her charming comedy, The Flapper

Omar & Pete

Documentary · African-American

Omar & Pete are determined to change their lives. Both had been in and out of prison for more than 30 years – never out longer than six months. This intimate and penetrating film follows these two long-time friends for several years after what they hope will be their final prison release. …

On Broadway

Performing Arts · Performance · Documentary

For anyone who loves theater, this contemporary history of Broadway is a pure joy! It takes us behind the scenes of Broadway’s most groundbreaking shows, from A Chorus Line to Hamilton, and is packed with interviews and performances by legendary stars like Helen Mirren, Chr…

On Meditation

Biography · Culture · Buddhism

ON MEDITATION explores the deeply personal practice of meditation through an exploration of extraordinary people and their practices including David Lynch, Giancarlo Esposito, Russell Simmons, Congressman Tim Ryan, Peter Matthiessen, Mark Epstein and others.

On the Adamant

Documentary

Winner of the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, this affecting, enlightening documentary invites viewers to come aboard the Adamant, a floating refuge on the Seine River in the heart of Paris that offers care with dignity for adults with mental illnesses.