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About Tap

Documentary · Music & Dance · Music Documentaries

About Tap features stylistic performances and recollections by three of America’s leading male tap dancers: Steve Condos, Jimmy Slyde and Chuck Green. By introducing viewers to a unique history of dance, director George Nierenberg strives to answer the question, “How does an artist disco…

Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq

Ballet · Documentary · Art Documentaries

Of the great ballerinas, Tanaquil Le Clercq may have been the most transcendent. She was the foremost dancer of her day until it suddenly all stopped. At age 27, Tanny was struck down by polio and paralyzed. She never danced again.

Daytime Revolution

Music · Documentary · Music Documentaries

Daytime Revolution takes us back in time to the week that John Lennon and Yoko Ono descended upon a Philadelphia broadcasting studio to co-host the iconic Mike Douglas Show, at the time the most popular show on daytime television with an audience of 40 million viewers a week. What followed was five …

George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus

Architecture · Documentary · Art Documentaries

A feature documentary as mercurial as its subject: the impresario of the international avant-garde art movement Fluxus (1962-78). Featuring interviews with Yoko Ono, Jonas Mekas, and Nam June Paik.

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…

In Balanchine's Classroom

Artists · Ballet · Documentary

In Balanchine's Classroom takes us back to the glory years of Balanchine’s New York City Ballet through the remembrances of his former dancers and their quest to fulfill the vision of a genius. Opening the door to his studio, Balanchine’s private laboratory, they reveal new facets of the…

M.C. Escher: Journey to Infinity

Artists · Documentary · Biography

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.

The Mystery of Picasso

Documentary · Art · Biography

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.

No Maps on My Taps

Documentary · Jazz · Music & Dance

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.

Regina

Documentary · Jewish Interest

Diana Groó’s documentary tells the story of Regina Jonas (1902-1944) a strong woman, who made history by becoming the first properly ordained woman rabbi in the world.

Say Amen, Somebody

Music · Documentary · National Film Registry

SAY AMEN, SOMEBODY is a joyous, funny, and deeply emotional celebration of Gospel music from director George Nierenberg featuring an earth-shaking line-up of performers.

The Singing Sculpture

Performing Arts · Documentary · Art

Captured by director Philip Haas, THE SINGING SCULPTURE offers contemporary audiences a glimpse into the wild and hilarious night that spawned Gilbert & George's cult following.

The Sorrow and the Pity

History · Documentary · War

What did French people of do during WW II? Marcel Ophüls' Oscar-nominated documentary shattered the myth of an undivided and universally resistant France under the Vichy government.

To Be and to Have

Documentary · World Cinema

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The Woodmans

Photography · Art Documentaries · Fine Art

A fascinating, unflinching portrait of the late photographer Francesca Woodman, told through the young artist's work (including experimental videos and journal entries) and remarkably candid interviews with her artist parents Betty and George (a ceramic sculptor and painter/photographer).

The World of Gilbert & George

Architecture · Documentary · Art

Art superstars Gilbert & George explored the dreariness of London under Margaret Thatcher while powerfully evoking the desires and tensions of its disillusioned youth —  alongside their own eccentricities — in this absurdist feature-length odyssey from producer Philip …