Documentary Short Movies

  • 1957
    The Constitution and the Labor Union

    The Constitution and the Labor Union

    The Constitution and the Labor Union

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    Shows the relationship of the Constitution to organized labor. Presents the case of Whitaker et al. v. North Carolina, in which a group of unions...

    The Constitution and the Labor Union
  • 1970
    Gary's Story - No Second Best

    Gary's Story - No Second Best

    Gary's Story - No Second Best

    01970HD

    Gary's Story is part of a collective filmmaking project that looks at relationships between teenagers and their grandparents in families that have...

    Gary's Story - No Second Best
  • 1970
    Live this Loudly: Afatasi

    Live this Loudly: Afatasi

    Live this Loudly: Afatasi

    01970HD

    Afatasi The Artist is a San Francisco based mixed-media conceptual artist and futurist. Her artwork—which includes textiles and fine art...

    Live this Loudly: Afatasi
  • 1922
    The Cuckoo's Secret

    The Cuckoo's Secret

    The Cuckoo's Secret

    01922HD

    The film shows a cuckoo caught in the act of laying an egg in the nest of two titlarks. The egg is hatched by the foster-mother, and she and her mate...

    The Cuckoo's Secret
  • 2025
    Melissa Kelly Boudoir Photographer

    Melissa Kelly Boudoir Photographer

    Melissa Kelly Boudoir Photographer

    102025HD

    Melissa Kelly, a Hamilton-based boudoir photographer helps women to feel powerful, confident, and embraced in their own skin. Through candid...

    Melissa Kelly Boudoir Photographer
  • 1970
    Jordan Simmons: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 2011

    Jordan Simmons: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 2011

    Jordan Simmons: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 2011

    01970HD

    The San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards presents Jordan Simmons, artistic director of the East Bay Center for Performing Arts, with...

    Jordan Simmons: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 2011
  • 1970
    AVA

    AVA

    AVA

    01970HD

    Breaking a centuries-old taboo, Ava stands as the first woman in Iran to master the male-dominated craft of carpentry. Within the grit and clamor of...

    AVA
  • 2025
    A Última Sala

    A Última Sala

    A Última Sala

    02025HD

    A Última Sala
  • 2010
    Sylvia Rosales-Fike

    Sylvia Rosales-Fike

    Sylvia Rosales-Fike

    02010HD

    Sylvia Rosales-Fike is the founder, president and chief executive officer of AnewAmerica Corporation. She has earned the Robert C. Kirkwood Award...

    Sylvia Rosales-Fike
  • 2024
    The World Turning Honest With Liv Edwards

    The World Turning Honest With Liv Edwards

    The World Turning Honest With Liv Edwards

    02024HD

    Interview with multi-disciplinary artist Liv Edwards discussing her work The World Turning Honest which focuses on Women's reproductive rights,...

    The World Turning Honest With Liv Edwards
  • 2019
    This Is Nicholas: Living with Autism Spectrum Disorder

    This Is Nicholas: Living with Autism Spectrum Disorder

    This Is Nicholas: Living with Autism Spectrum Disorder

    02019HD

    A mother determines to see her son faced with autism and depression overcome challenges, along with support from family, the community and teachers.

    This Is Nicholas: Living with Autism Spectrum Disorder
  • 2015
    You Better Take Cover

    You Better Take Cover

    You Better Take Cover

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    A film about Men At Work, their hit single Down Under, and the Kookaburra controversy. The band were sued for copyright infringement and faced the...

    You Better Take Cover
  • 1974
    Face & Body Parts

    Face & Body Parts

    Face & Body Parts

    01974HD

    Fred Parke's thesis film on facial modeling at the University of Utah is an early landmark in computer animation.

    Face & Body Parts
  • 1970
    Back On Track - Out Of The System

    Back On Track - Out Of The System

    Back On Track - Out Of The System

    01970HD

    Low-level narcotics offenders too often cycle in and out of jail, re-offending soon after they hit the streets. District Attorney Kamala D. Harris...

    Back On Track - Out Of The System
  • 1970
    Dark Matter

    Dark Matter

    Dark Matter

    01970HD

    Audiovisual footage from the 54,000 page report, divided into 85 volumes (with 13 appendices) about the Iguala Case (the disappearance and presumed...

    Dark Matter
  • 2023
    ENCRUZILHADAS DO SOM

    ENCRUZILHADAS DO SOM

    ENCRUZILHADAS DO SOM

    02023HD

    The documentary adresses the meaning of music and the musical diversity present in Umbanda (a Brazilian religion with afroindigenous roots). With...

    ENCRUZILHADAS DO SOM
  • 1909
    Wild Birds in Their Haunts

    Wild Birds in Their Haunts

    Wild Birds in Their Haunts

    01909HD

    The picture shows various kinds of birds in their natural environments, and in their natural colors, and at such close range that the very eyes of...

    Wild Birds in Their Haunts
  • 2012
    Menhaden: The Most Important Fish in the Bay

    Menhaden: The Most Important Fish in the Bay

    Menhaden: The Most Important Fish in the Bay

    62012HD

    Menhaden: The Most Important Fish in the Bay examines the role of a little-known, oily, little fish in the Chesapeake Bay. From its original concept...

    Menhaden: The Most Important Fish in the Bay
  • 1972
    Good and Ugly

    Good and Ugly

    Good and Ugly

    01972HD

    The film raises the problem of moral development of a child. It explores how the social environment shapes children's moral feelings.

    Good and Ugly
  • 2018
    The Crowds of Chernobyl

    The Crowds of Chernobyl

    The Crowds of Chernobyl

    02018HD

    The Crowds of Chernobyl explores the reasons behind people's fascination with the (arguably) most famous exclusion zone in the world, the Chernobyl...

    The Crowds of Chernobyl