Downpour Resurfacing
Blending experimental images with an intimate interview with therapist Robert Hall, this short film chronicles how one man transformed a childhood of abuse into a life of confidence and strength. Read More
Make ‘Em Dance: The Hackberry Ramblers’ Story
From their days as a teenage duo in the Depression to recent gigs on MTV and the Grand Ole Opry stage, The Hackberry Ramblers have been the life of the party since 1933, with their energetic blend of Cajun music and western swing. Read More
Man Bites Shorts
Combining humor, insight, and brevity, six short films explore love, basketball, bicycles, and what it means to be a man. Read More
Loaded Gun: Life, and Death, and Dickinson
Recruiting a stand-up comic, a rock band, feuding academics, and Hollywood actresses to his cause, an irreverent filmmaker searches for the secret something that gave Emily Dickinson her poetic power. Read More
Eroica!
Meet the world-class chamber ensemble the Eroica Trio as they navigate longtime friendships, work, home, and the pressure leading up to the premiere of a new symphony. Read More
Shaolin Ulysses: Kungfu Monks in America
Armed with the celebrated Shaolin training of body and mind made popular in kungfu movies, five Zen Buddhist monks set out to make new lives teaching their craft in unlikely parts of America. Read More
Worst Possible Illusion: The Curiosity Cabinet of Vik Muniz
Part Sesame Street, part Andy Warhol, Brazilian-born Vik Muniz uses charm, bulldozers, chocolate sauce, and chartered planes to create and explain his celebrated conceptual art. Read More
Hansel Mieth: Vagabond Photographer
A look at the life of one of America’s great women photographers, one of the first staff photographers at LIFE magazine, whose Depression-era photos and commitment to social justice inspired concerned artists everywhere. Read More
Bird by Bird with Annie: A Portrait of Anne Lamott
A profile of bestselling author, laugh-out loud humorist, recovering alcoholic, born-again Christian and single mother Anne Lamott, this film follows her through a year of writing, teaching, and mothering. Read More
Strange Fruit
An exploration of the history and legacy of "Strange Fruit," the song first recorded by Billie Holliday in 1939 which has become an enduring anthem of American civil rights. Read More
Downside Up
Downside Up tells the story of how a blue-collar town in rural Massachusetts reinvented itself in the post-industrial economy by opening the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art. Read More
On This Island
On an isolated island off the coast of Maine, a disagreement about arts education threatens to tear apart a once close-knit community until a former Broadway producer attempts to heal the rift with an original musical based on the islanders' stories. Read More