Newly restored, and on Blu-ray for the first time ever! The epic chronicle of Chile's open and peaceful socialist revolution, and of the violent counter-revolution against it in 1973.
Patricio Guzmán | 2023 | 275 minutes | English subtitles
Against the wishes of the authorities, 60-year-old Yuri Dmitriev searches for mass graves from the era of Stalin’s terror against his own people - until one day he is arrested and sentenced to 15 years in a penal colony. Following Yuri closely, the film paints a shocking picture of the way the Russian state rewrites history and treats its citizens.
Jessica Gorter | 2024 | 96 minutes | Color | Russian | English subtitles
Short films from the French New Wave — the earliest works of its most emblematic auteurs. Including Jean-Luc Godard, Agnès Varda, Maurice Pialat, and more.
2023 | 348 minutes | Color | French | English subtitles
Focuses on Christians in Latin America who engaged in political struggles in the name of their faith.
François-Xavier Drouet | 2024 | 116 minutes | Color | Spanish; French; Portuguese | English subtitles
Arlane Mnouchkine, the founder of the Théâtre du Soleil, travels to Ukraine to work with actors as an act of solidarity during the Russian invasion.
Duccio Bellugi-Vannuccini and Thomas Briat | 2024 | 59 minutes | Color | English; French; Ukrainian | English subtitles | Closed Captioned
The story of a city that once connected Palestine to the world – what it once was, what it is now, and what it could have become.
Rami Younis and Sarah Ema Friedland | 2024 | 79 minutes | Color | Arabic; Hebrew | English subtitles
Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Rosine Mbakam's narrative film debut about a seamstress facing a series of misfortunes.
Rosine Mbakam | 2023 | 93 minutes | Color | French; Bamileke; Cameroon Pidgin | English subtitles
Captures the uncertainty of a young woman living in the Uyghur region, who is at a personal crossroads.
Bastien Ehouzan and Mukaddas Mijit | 2022 | 56 minutes | Color | Uygur | English subtitles
A box set of films by acclaimed filmmaker Natalia Almada.
Natalia Almada | 2023 | Color | Spanish; English | English subtitles | Closed Captioned
Too controversial to be shown on French TV when first released, this is the story of Eastern Europeans, mostly Jews, who fought the German occupation of Paris during World War II.
Mosco Boucault | 2024 | 71 minutes | Color | French | English subtitles
An emotional follow up to Mosco Boucault’s 1983 documentary Terrorists in Retirement.
Mosco Boucault and Ruth Zylberman | 2024 | 38 minutes | Color | French | English subtitles
79 years old and overlooked since the 1970’s, abstract artist Peter Bradley reflects on life and shares his artistic process on the cusp of his rediscovery.
Alex Rappoport | 2024 | 86 minutes | Color | English | Closed Captioned
Individual and collective stories unfold in Zhili's textile workshops, becoming ever more dramatic as the seasons go by. The second installment of Wang Bing's epic profile of Chinese garment workers.
Wang Bing | 2024 | 226 minutes | Color | Mandarin | English subtitles
In the final installment of YOUTH, Wang Bing starts out in Zhili's deserted textile workshops on New Year’s Eve, before travelling to Shiwei's marriage in the Yunnan mountains.
Wang Bing | 2024 | 160 minutes | Color | Mandarin | English subtitles
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Profiles the home funeral movement, and the complex psychological, cultural, legal and financial issues surrounding families choosing to prepare loved ones at home for burial or cremation.
Elizabeth Westrate | 2003 | 56 minutes | Color | English
An innovative independent thriller, shot in New York City, which centers on a revolutionary group plotting to attack a fascistic political regime.
Robert Kramer | 2011 | 128 minutes | Color | English
A journey up the Danube River, this film takes up some of the most challenging paths in Martin Heidegger's thought. With the philosophers Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe, Jean-Luc Nancy, Bernard Stiegler, and filmmaker Hans-Jürgen Syberberg.
David Barison and Daniel Ross | 2005 | 189 minutes | Color | English; French | English subtitles
An engaging and searing examination of the hitherto unexplored relationships between Pan-African culture, science fiction, intergalactic travel, and rapidly progressing computer technology. (from the Jan., 1998 Catalog Supplement)
John Akomfrah | 1997 | 45 minutes | Color | English
A Cuban filmmaker explores her parents' memories of the USSR.
Carla Valdés León | 2024 | 19 minutes | Color | Spanish; Russian | English subtitles
A lilting, free-associative masterpiece that follows dozens of characters as they try to reconcile their ideals with the realities of American life.
Robert Kramer and John Douglas | 2011 | 195 minutes | Color | English
Follows four children on their long and challenging journeys to school, in Kenya, Morocco, India and Argentina.
Pascal Plisson | 2017 | 77 minutes | Color | English; French | English subtitles
At a Viennese conservatory, a seductive singing teacher seduces his students, with both dramatic and near-tragic results. Stars Brigitte Bardot.
Marc Allégret | 2022 | 96 minutes | English subtitles
An intimate portrait by Camila Guzmán Urzúa about growing up in Cuba during the "golden years" of the Cuban Revolution.
Camila Guzmán Urzúa | 2007 | 80 minutes | Color | Spanish | English subtitles
The first installment of Wang Bing's epic profile of Chinese garment workers.
Wang Bing | 2023 | 215 minutes | Color | Mandarin | English subtitles