Capturing Reality

Monte Hellman was born in 1932. By 1986 he made eight features, but had not directed for six years. I had made as many documentaries, but had not...

Before compiling your next grocery list, you might want to watch filmmaker Deborah Koons Garcia's eye-opening documentary, which sheds light on a...

A film about the Tibetan Freedom Concert in San Francisco in 1996.

The eight-year Iran-Iraq War was one of the most brutal conflicts to devastate the region in the 20th century. Zahed was 13 years old when he...

Underwater Dreams, narrated by Michael Peña, is an epic story of how the sons of undocumented Mexican immigrants learned how to build...

Re-framing the U.S. gun violence debate from Second Amendment rights to public health prevention.

An archival documentary about the U.S. military’s response to the political and racial injustices of the late 1960s: take a military base,...

Kristina, a self-named Hungarian female lion tamer, arrives in New York to become a dance choreographer. Kristina, now a middle-class NYC artist...

A short documentary on the chateaux of the Loire in France was commissioned by the French Tourist Bureau.

The last day of Patrizia Cavalli’s home. Before it’s all gone.

The Devil's Playground is a fascinating and moving documentary about a little-known aspect of Amish life. Amish are not permitted to join the church...

By the People: The Election of Barack Obama is a documentary film produced by Edward Norton broadcast in November 2009 on HBO, which follows Barack...