Kino Lorber - Experience Cinema

After Parkland

Documentary

Filmed in the days after the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that killed 17 people, this intimate chronicle weaves together interviews, vérité footage, and personal videos into a moving portrait of one community's crusade to turn tragedy into progress.

Common Threads: Stories From the Quilt

Biography · Documentary · History

The Memorial Quilt was started by the NAMES Project in the summer of 1987...and by the fall of '88, the quilt had grown to include 8,288 panels. Through on-the-scene documentation, filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman wove the NAMES Project's efforts to memoralize AIDS victims into an emotion…

A Day on the Grand Canal with the Emperor of China

Art · Documentary · History

Director Philip Haas and artist David Hockney bring the bustling streets of three-hundred-year-old China to life through their analysis of the 72-foot-long seventh scroll of "The Kangxi Emperor's Southern Inspection Tour" by Wang Hui.

Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay

Art Documentaries · Documentary

DECEPTIVE PRACTICE traces Jay's achievements and influences, from his apprenticeship at age 4 with his grandfather, to such now-forgotten legends as Al Flosso, Slydini, Cardini and his primary mentors, Dai Vernon and Charlie Miller.

Great Directors

Art Documentaries · Documentary

Ten of the greatest filmmakers in the world passionately discuss their craft in Angela Ismailos' hugely entertaining documentary GREAT DIRECTORS. Bernardo Bertolucci, David Lynch, Stephen Frears, Agnes Varda, Ken Loach, Liliana Cavani, Todd Haynes, Catherine Breillat, Richard Linklater and John Say…

Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction

Film Documentaries · Art Documentaries · Music & Dance

Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction is a personal documentary about the iconic actor in his intimate moments, with clips from some of his 250 films and his own heart-breaking renditions of American folk songs.

Have You Heard About Greg?

Documentary

Have You Heard About Greg? puts a human face on the most terrifying disease of Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. The film features amazing experts committed to the fight against Alzheimer’s who share their experience and wisdom about how to deal with an invisible enemy that is qui…

Heartworn Highways

Music Documentaries · Music & Dance · Documentary

In the mid-70’s, James Szalapski captured lightning in a bottle, a fleeting moment in music history. Namely, the birth of Outlaw Country Music, heralding a new, close-knit generation of renegade musicians, inspired by Willie and Waylon. Typically, they gathered at Guy and Susanna Clark&r…

I Am Chris Farley

Biography · Documentary

Chris Farley lived his life full speed and committed to make everyone around him laugh out loud. His hilarious, touching and wildly entertaining story - from his early days in Madison, Wisconsin, through his work at the legendary Second City to his rapid rise to the top of the comedy world on &ldquo…

Lust for Gold : A Race Against Time

Historic Drama · SenArt · 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.

Mr. Nobody Against Putin

Academy Award Nominees · Documentary · 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…

On Meditation

Meditation · Buddhism · Documentary

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.

One Hand Don't Clap

Documentary

ONE HAND DON’T CLAP captures the vibrant story of calypso and the emergence of soca, through the eyes of two legendary artists, Lord Kitchener, the Grandmaster of the music and Calypso Rose, the first woman to break through in a traditionally male arena. Forging onscreen the connections betwee…

Sir! No Sir!

War · Documentary

This is the story of one of the most vibrant and widespread upheavals of the 1960’s–one that had profound impact on American society, yet has been virtually obliterated from the collective memory of that time. SIR! NO SIR! tells an almost entirely forgotten story of the military men and …

The Super 8 Years

Documentary · Cannes Film Festival

The French writer and 2022 Nobel Prize awardee Annie Ernaux, whose novels and memoirs have gained her a devoted following, opens a treasure trove with this delicate journey into her family’s memory, compiled from gorgeously textured home movie images taken from 1972 to 1981.

Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation

LGBTQ · Documentary

The brilliant work, personal struggles, and cultural impact of iconic American writers Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams explodes onto the screen in this innovative dual-portrait documentary featuring vibrant voiceover work from Jim Parsons and Zachary Quinto.