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A brother and sister attempt to bring their divorced parents back together for Christmas.

A deformed bell-ringer must assert his independence from a vicious government minister in order to help his friend, a gypsy dancer.

A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected, but which one?

A young man hears a chance phone call telling him that a nuclear war has started and missiles will hit the city within 70 minutes.

Interrogated by a customs officer, a young man recounts how his life was changed during the making of a film about the Armenian genocide.

Beginning at a 30-year reunion for members of a military nuclear bomb unit, flashbacks are presented that follow the attempts of Major Jesse Marcel to discover the truth about strange debris found on a local rancher's field in July of 1947. Told by his superiors that what he has found is nothing more than a downed weather balloon, Marcel maintains his military duty until the weight of the truth, however out of this world it may be, forces him to piece together what really occurred. Adapted from real-life events portrayed in the book _UFO Crash at Roswell_ by Kevin Randle and Donald Schmitt.

New parents Adrienne and Matteo are forced to reckon with trauma amidst their troubled relationship. They must revisit the memories of their past and unravel haunting truths in order to face their uncertain future.

In this Story by Richard Price, Lionel Dobie is an acclaimed artist who finds himself unable to paint before a gallery exhibition and uses his messy lifestyle to create artwork.

Mixing animation with live-action, Saul Bass' "Why Man Creates" is an eight-part meditation on the nature and struggle of creativity.

This famous Chinese scroll painting traces the Emperor Kangxi's second tour of his southern empire in 1689. Painted by Wang Hui (1632-1717) and assistants, it was executed before Western perspective was introduced into Chinese art. Hockney contrasts the more fluid spatial depictions of this scroll with a later scroll painted by Xu Yang and assistants, The Qianlong Emperor's Southern Inspection Tour (1764-1770), scroll four. This scroll illustrates the same tour, but now taken by the Qianlong emperor, grandson of the Kangxi emperor. Influenced by Western perspective, the Qianlong scroll presents the emperor in a single tableau, whereas the Kangxi scroll depicts a continuous travel narrative filled with details of daily life in the towns and countryside along the route. Reference is also made to the use of perspective in Capriccio: Plaza San Marco Looking South and West (1763) by Italian painter Canaletto (1697-1768). Director Philip Haas (Angels and Insects and Up at the Villa), and artist David Hockney take you on a magical journey through China via a marvelous 72-foot long 17th-century Chinese scroll entitled The Kangxi Emperor's Southern Inspection Tour (1691-1698), scroll seven. As Hockney unrolls the beautiful and minutely detailed work of art, he traces the Emperor Kangxi's second tour of his southern empire in 1689. Hockney's charming and fascinating narration helps bring the bustling streets and waterfronts of three hundred years ago to life. Hockney spins a dazzling discourse on eastern and western perceptive and their relationship to his own artistic vision. His trip through one of China's most magnificent artworks is a joyous adventure for all!

This short documentary is about James Turrell, a key artist in the Southern California Light and Space movement of the 1960s and 70s. While highlighting the bodies of work Turrell is known for such as his Skyspaces and immersive installations the film also includes footage of his masterwork in process, Roden Crater, a site-specific intervention into the landscape just outside Flagstaff, Arizona.

A look at the life and influence of acclaimed sixties writer Ken Kesey. Features archive footage of his 1964 Magic Bus Tour with The Merry Pranksters.

A riveting short film about the work of artist Mark Bradford. Directed by Dime Davis with cinematography by Isiah Donté Lee the film is set to the intensely beautiful percussive sounds of Chief WaKIL. Bradford's voice drives the narrative, a rumination on the formative moments in his life, the process of his work, and what it means to be an artist.

This profile of celebrated artists Amy Sherald and Kehinde Wiley provides insight into why they make art and their unique perspectives on painting portraits.

A collection of event industrials, documentary segments, art shows and stage performances captured as only Sypher Arts Studio can. Bringing magic to every evening of art and entertainment.

For over six decades, Robert Irwin has explored perception as the fundamental issue of art. A pioneer of the "Light and Space" movement in the 1960s Irwin regards the role of art as conditional, responding directly to the site. This film captures his life and work in seven minutes.

Artist Ryan Gander explores Japan's highly sophisticated visual culture, expressed through images and symbols. He makes unexpected connections between everything from geisha to tattoo art.

Raphael Montañez Ortiz tells a story about an elderly Jewish couple that didn't watch television or listen to the radio. Instead they used to talk lovingly to each other for every day of their long marriage. And in a sense there was a glow around them. When the couple were young their daughter died from polio. And so this energy or glow, in a kabbalistic sense, was their guardian angel, their daughter. Therefore.

There's no stopping the legendary artist Betye Saar, even at age 93. Pushing boundaries for 70 years, this portrait of artist Betye Saar shows she isn't done fighting inequality in her personal and powerful work. Inside her LA studio, Saar talks about collecting objects, African American history, art as a weapon, and making people think.