Documentary

Counting’s fifteen linked chapters conjoin city symphony, diary film, and personal/political essay (documentary’s unruly stepchildren) to build a vivid portrait of contemporary life. In Cohen’s 30 year exploration of documentary as a path of open inquiry, the film is perhaps his most personal reckoning.

Counting’s fifteen linked chapters conjoin city symphony, diary film, and personal/political essay (documentary’s unruly stepchildren) to build a vivid portrait of contemporary life. In Cohen’s 30 year exploration of documentary as a path of open inquiry, the film is perhaps his most personal reckoning.

In 1945, when the Allies liberated the concentration camps, they discovered thousands of secretly created artworks. These drawings, hidden from the Nazis, offer an unparalleled view of life during the war. Because I Was a Painter conducts a gripping and fascinating investigation into art that captures, reflects and inspires in difficult times.

Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa, Maidan chronicles the civil uprising that toppled the government of Ukrainian president Victor Yanukovich and has since developed into an international crisis.

A film about starring in the movie of your life, Robert Greene's acclaimed documentary follows Brandy Burre, a former actress-turned-housewife (Burre had a recurring role on HBO's "The Wire") looking to make a comeback as the world she's carefully created begins to crumble around her.

From filmmaker Thom Andersen (director of Los Angeles Plays Itself) and author Noel Burch (author of To The Distant Observer), Red Hollywood is a must for anyone interested in the history of film and the studio system. Remastered and re-edited, this fascinating documentary offers a radically different perspective on the films made by the victims of the Hollywood Blacklist.

Portugal's official submission to the 2015 Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language film, What Now? Remind Me is a stunning documentary by Joaquim Pinto - an instrumental figure in Portuguese cinema, who has been living with HIV for more than twenty years - as he looks back at his life in film, at his friendships and loves, and at the mysteries of art and nature.

Never before released on home video, Thom Andersen's landmark documentary "Los Angeles Plays Itself," a fascinating look at the tangled relationship between the movies and their fabled hometown - as seen entirely through the films themselves - is finally available to own in a new remastered edition.

Never before released on home video, Thom Andersen's landmark documentary "Los Angeles Plays Itself," a fascinating look at the tangled relationship between the movies and their fabled hometown - as seen entirely through the films themselves - is finally available to own in a new remastered edition.

A film by Stephanie Spray and Pacho Velez
A stunning documentary, set entirely inside a cable car, high above a jungle in Nepal, as it carries pilgrims, villagers and the occasional American tourist to an ancient Hindu temple. Produced at the Sensory Ethnography Lab (Leviathan, Sweetgrass).