Cultural Preservation Movies

  • 2023
    Against the Grain

    Against the Grain

    Against the Grain

    5.52023HD

    A glimpse at how genre film-focused home video companies have taken the charge in preserving, restoring, and releasing so many works which otherwise...

    Against the Grain
  • 2022
    Beyond Paper

    Beyond Paper

    Beyond Paper

    82022HD

    At a critical moment in the history of the written word, as humanity’s archives migrate to the cloud, one filmmaker goes on a journey around...

    Beyond Paper
  • 2016
    Lost World Of Pompeii

    Lost World Of Pompeii

    Lost World Of Pompeii

    02016HD

    What life was like in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii moments before it was devastated by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79.

    Lost World Of Pompeii
  • 2023
    Nos restaurants : Une grande histoire française

    Nos restaurants : Une grande histoire française

    Nos restaurants : Une grande histoire française

    82023HD

    Nos restaurants : Une grande histoire française
  • 2022
    La Grotte Cosquer, un chef-d'œuvre en sursis

    La Grotte Cosquer, un chef-d'œuvre en sursis

    La Grotte Cosquer, un chef-d'œuvre en sursis

    7.82022HD

    A short distance from Marseille, at Cape Morgiou, in the depths of the Calanques massif, lies the Cosquer cave, discovered only about thirty years...

    La Grotte Cosquer, un chef-d'œuvre en sursis
  • 2023
    Les Îles Canaries, nées du feu et bercées par l'océan

    Les Îles Canaries, nées du feu et bercées par l'océan

    Les Îles Canaries, nées du feu et bercées par l'océan

    82023HD

    Les Îles Canaries, nées du feu et bercées par l'océan
  • 2021
    The Wikipedia Promise

    The Wikipedia Promise

    The Wikipedia Promise

    6.72021HD

    In 2001, Jimmy Wales published the first article on Wikipedia, a collaborative effort that began with a promise: to democratize the spreading of...

    The Wikipedia Promise
  • 2021
    Saving Venice

    Saving Venice

    Saving Venice

    7.22021HD

    Rising sea levels and sinking land threaten to destroy Venice. Leading scientists and engineers battling the forces of nature to try to save this...

    Saving Venice
  • 2024
    National Trust: Living in Our Historic Homes

    National Trust: Living in Our Historic Homes

    National Trust: Living in Our Historic Homes

    02024HD

    Explore the lives of the lucky few who call Britain's most magnificent mansions home. Meet the custodians of Castle Ward, Croft Castle, and Castell...

    National Trust: Living in Our Historic Homes
  • 2003
    Death of a Skyline

    Death of a Skyline

    Death of a Skyline

    02003HD

    A group of citizens lobbied to save the landmark Alberta Wheat Pool grain elevator, one of the defining features of Mayerthorpe’s landscape,...

    Death of a Skyline
  • 2003
    Dan Cruickshank & The House That Wouldn't Die

    Dan Cruickshank & The House That Wouldn't Die

    Dan Cruickshank & The House That Wouldn't Die

    02003HD

    This unique recreation of an 18th-century home, in London's Spitalfields, has to be seen to be believed. Dan Cruickshank smells the rotting food and...

    Dan Cruickshank & The House That Wouldn't Die
  • 2012
    After Winter, Spring

    After Winter, Spring

    After Winter, Spring

    12012HD

    Family farmers in southwest France practice an ancestral way of life under threat in a world increasingly dominated by large-scale industrial...

    After Winter, Spring
  • 2025
    33 Photos from the Ghetto

    33 Photos from the Ghetto

    33 Photos from the Ghetto

    6.62025HD

    The film traces two families, one of which is Jewish, who preserved the images for decades but hadn’t brought them to light. 80 years after...

    33 Photos from the Ghetto
  • 2013
    Zipper: Coney Island's Last Wild Ride

    Zipper: Coney Island's Last Wild Ride

    Zipper: Coney Island's Last Wild Ride

    72013HD

    When his rented lot is snatched up by an opportunistic real estate mogul, Eddie Miranda and his Coney Island ride the Zipper become casualties of a...

    Zipper: Coney Island's Last Wild Ride
  • 2021
    Spain: The First Globalization

    Spain: The First Globalization

    Spain: The First Globalization

    7.82021HD

    A new reading of the historical period that began with the reign of the Catholic Monarchs (1479-1516) and the discovery of America (1492), as well as...

    Spain: The First Globalization
  • 2021
    Boblo Boats: A Detroit Ferry Tale

    Boblo Boats: A Detroit Ferry Tale

    Boblo Boats: A Detroit Ferry Tale

    72021HD

    For over 85 years, steamship Ste. Claire transported generations of Detroiters to Boblo Island, an amusement park nestled in the waters between the...

    Boblo Boats: A Detroit Ferry Tale
  • 2025
    Mayor of Lowell

    Mayor of Lowell

    Mayor of Lowell

    02025HD

    This short documentary chronicles the culture and arts of Cambodian Americans and the Lowell, MA community through the eyes of Sokhary Chau, the...

    Mayor of Lowell
  • 2021
    Arctic Summer

    Arctic Summer

    Arctic Summer

    02021HD

    ARCTIC SUMMER is a poetic meditation on Tuktoyaktuk, an Indigenous community in the Arctic. The film captures Tuk during one of the last summers...

    Arctic Summer
  • 2017
    The Way of the Shaman Drum

    The Way of the Shaman Drum

    The Way of the Shaman Drum

    92017HD

    During the Cultural Revolution in China in the late 20th century, ethnic Manchu people were persecuted and forced to give up such cultural traditions...

    The Way of the Shaman Drum
  • 2024
    Marqueetown

    Marqueetown

    Marqueetown

    02024HD

    Through booms and busts, Delft Theatres and its innovative gem The Nordic endured in Marquette, Michigan for almost 100 years. Bernie...

    Marqueetown