Documentary Short Movies

The sites and sounds at the 800-year-old Horenji Temple in Kyoto — electro music, English, takoyaki, a kaleidoscopic elephant — would...

What does being a woman really mean? How do women live the status society reserves for them? A group of women, beautiful or not, young or not, gifted...

This Ukrainian-Jewish teenager immigrated to San Francisco as a young child. Now on the brink of adulthood, she interviews her grandparents about...

Three arrested and detained undocumented immigrants must navigate the system to fight impending deportation.

An extended Black family living in View Park-Windsor Hills, California experience changes due to gentrification and reflect on their shifting...

An examination of the 60's trend of top-of-skyscraper revolving restaurants. First an overview of Europe's best then it's a detailed look at the...

Director Francis Ford Coppola, cast and production crew explore the making of the 1992 masterpiece.

Geisha performance, with umbrella and fans, in Kyoto.

Murray Sinclair's acceptance speech for an award in honor of his role as chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, intercut with...

A program on the relationship between the filmmaking couple Larisa Sheptiko and Elim Klimov.

The Making of feature for the George Lucas movie 'THX 1138'.

In the summer of 1968, a group of people assembled in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. They were making a film of John Barth's 1958 novel The End of...

Mats Öberg, born 1971 in Umeå, Sweden, has been living in Stockholm for many years, where he moved when he entered the Royal Academy of...

A documentary about the making of, and legacy of, the Forbidden Planet movie.

A 38 minute documentary that investigates why antisemitism exploded in Bay Area High Schools after Hamas attacked Israel on October 7. This comes...

"Maravich's 68" is a documentary short that revisits the NBA legend Pete Maravich and his 68-point performance on February 25th, 1977. It includes...

Football or Soccer has had an interesting journey in America but one thing is for certain, there would be no Beckham, Rooney or Ibrahimovic in the...

A short film warning the unaware housewife of the dangers of “dry cleaning” with gasoline at home.

A fond farewell to London's trams - whose peculiarly endearing qualities were discovered only at the threat of their disappearance.