Documentary Short Movies

  • 1970
    The Craftsman - Part 1

    The Craftsman - Part 1

    The Craftsman - Part 1

    01970HD

    This short documentary focuses on traditional wood-working skills in the Cree community of Chipewyan Lake, Alberta. This first part of the film...

    The Craftsman - Part 1
  • 1978
    Genesis: Four Billion Years in the Making

    Genesis: Four Billion Years in the Making

    Genesis: Four Billion Years in the Making

    01978HD

    The Great Valley in Africa - a crack of more than 6,500 kilometers in the earth's crust - is the result of the continental fracture that began about...

    Genesis: Four Billion Years in the Making
  • 2019
    The Boxers of Brule

    The Boxers of Brule

    The Boxers of Brule

    02019HD

    Devastated by her best friend's suicide, a young Lakota woman creates a girls' boxing team with urgent hope that sport, sisterhood and tradition will...

    The Boxers of Brule
  • 2017
    The Fire, a Fowl and an (Un)Forgotten Past

    The Fire, a Fowl and an (Un)Forgotten Past

    The Fire, a Fowl and an (Un)Forgotten Past

    02017HD

    From 1884 to 1914, a small belt of land between the British Gold Coast Colony and French-governed Dahomey was part of the German overseas empire in...

    The Fire, a Fowl and an (Un)Forgotten Past
  • 2005
    Existence

    Existence

    Existence

    02005HD

    After reading I Am the Sultan of the Law of Existence by Youssef Idris, a five-day journey through Egypt’s Western Desert, traveling from north...

    Existence
  • 1970
    Swords to Plowshares

    Swords to Plowshares

    Swords to Plowshares

    01970HD

    Swords to Plowshares, winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2007 Community Leadership Awards (the John R. May Award). Swords to Plowshares is a...

    Swords to Plowshares
  • 2023
    Slow Steady Threads

    Slow Steady Threads

    Slow Steady Threads

    02023HD

    A short documentary about local and sustainable fashion in Denmark.

    Slow Steady Threads
  • 1957
    Craftsmen of Canada

    Craftsmen of Canada

    Craftsmen of Canada

    01957HD

    Man's need to create beauty, to interpret the world around him in image and color, has found expression in many forms, from the days of primitive...

    Craftsmen of Canada
  • 2025
    Rami Ram Kirani

    Rami Ram Kirani

    Rami Ram Kirani

    02025HD

    Rami Ram Kirani
  • 2009
    Insight Prison Project

    Insight Prison Project

    Insight Prison Project

    02009HD

    Insight Prison Project, winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2005 Community Leadership Awards (John R. May Award) - for its dedication to breaking...

    Insight Prison Project
  • 2019
    Hilinski's Hope

    Hilinski's Hope

    Hilinski's Hope

    02019HD

    Seven months after the death of Washington State quarterback Tyler Hilinski, his parents cope with their grief and memories.

    Hilinski's Hope
  • 2023
    Citizens of Nowhere

    Citizens of Nowhere

    Citizens of Nowhere

    02023HD

    Millennials in the US discover their lack of legal nationality, sparking a search for recognition and belonging that unites them and offers hope for...

    Citizens of Nowhere
  • 2017
    Life Will Smile

    Life Will Smile

    Life Will Smile

    02017HD

    Zakynthos is a Greek island on the Ionian Sea famed for its beauty. It also has the unique distinction of having saved all 275 of its Jewish...

    Life Will Smile
  • 2024
    Wonders of the Wolf

    Wonders of the Wolf

    Wonders of the Wolf

    02024HD

    Wonders Of The Wolf is a short documentary exploring the dynamic lives of the Yellowstone wolves. From their historic recovery in 1995 to today's...

    Wonders of the Wolf
  • 1970
    The Nut Cracking Chimpanzees of Taï Forest

    The Nut Cracking Chimpanzees of Taï Forest

    The Nut Cracking Chimpanzees of Taï Forest

    01970HD

    Shows chimpanzees in the Tai National Forest of the Ivory Coast in their daily life of feeding on nuts (Coula edulis and Panda oleosa) and social...

    The Nut Cracking Chimpanzees of Taï Forest
  • 1964
    The Whaling Station

    The Whaling Station

    The Whaling Station

    01964HD

    short documentary film on an Icelandic whaling station

    The Whaling Station
  • 2023
    A Couple of Screws Loose

    A Couple of Screws Loose

    A Couple of Screws Loose

    82023HD

    Adventure bike-packers Matt Schweiker and Luke Swab decide to take on three of the hardest gravel bike rides in the southeast in three consecutive...

    A Couple of Screws Loose
  • 2004
    porridge pulleys and Pi: two mathematical journeys

    porridge pulleys and Pi: two mathematical journeys

    porridge pulleys and Pi: two mathematical journeys

    02004HD

    A portrait of two very different mathematicians, porridge pulleys and Pi features Fields medalist Vaughan Jones, one of the world's foremost knot...

    porridge pulleys and Pi: two mathematical journeys
  • 1973
    Hinterland Who's Who: Trumpeter Swan

    Hinterland Who's Who: Trumpeter Swan

    Hinterland Who's Who: Trumpeter Swan

    01973HD

    This very short documentary from the Hinterland Who’s Who series introduces viewers to the trumpeter swan.

    Hinterland Who's Who: Trumpeter Swan
  • 2012
    I'm Never Afraid!

    I'm Never Afraid!

    I'm Never Afraid!

    82012HD

    Mack is a 8 year old streetwise boy wants to win all the time. With his mirrored heart he has to perform on the motorcrosstrack while death watches...

    I'm Never Afraid!