Villages in the Sky

Vessel

March 2014 •English

A fearless sea captain, Dr. Rebecca Gomperts, sails a ship through loopholes in international law, providing abortions on the high seas, and leaving in her wake a network of emboldened activists who trust women to handle abortion on their own terms.

Lady Valor: The Kristin Beck Story

March 2014 •English

A former U.S. Navy Seal seeks life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness living life as a transgender woman.

Seeds of Time

November 2013 •English

Seeds of Time follows agriculture pioneer Cary Fowler's global journey to save the eroding foundation of our food supply in a new era of climate change.

Evaporating Borders

March 2014 •English

Evaporating Borders is a poetically photographed and rendered film on tolerance and search for identity. Told through 5 vignettes portraying the lives of migrants on the island of Cyprus, it passionately weaves themes of displacement and belonging.

American Interior

March 2014 •English

Two men. Two quests. Two centuries apart. Four ways to experience the search for a lost tribe. Film. Book. Album. App.

Let's Ask Nostradamus

June 1953 •English

Nostradamus writes a letter to his young son, and his prophecies are compared to events of the French Revolution.

The Feminist on Cellblock Y

April 2018 •English

A convicted felon builds a feminist movement from behind bars at an all-male prison in Soledad, California.

Dykes, Camera, Action!

June 2018 •English

The film examines the ways that women directors have contributed to this genre and emphasizes the role that the media play in representation of sexuality and gender, underscoring the power that film has to shape our perceptions of one another. Visually, this documentary comes to life on screen through compelling and intimate original interviews, intercut with emotionally-charged archival footage, photographs, ephemera, inspired music, and film clips.

Bethwood Buds

July 2021 •English

Three friends journey through several US states in order to legally purchase marijuana

Research and Crime: the Reich University of Strasbourg

June 2018 •German

Strasbourg was home to one of three Reich Universities founded by the Nazis, known as a project close to Hitler's heart. The university, founded in 1941, is infamous for the human experiments performed on KZ prisoners by the professors of the medical faculty. What did its dean, Johannes Stein, grandfather of documentarian Kirsten Esch, know of these crimes?

Victoria

October 2021 •Spanish

In a small and conservative city in Jalisco, Alex builds his identity and defends his dreams: fatherhood, music, being a man.

Son para tres

October 2021 •Spanish

At the east of Mexico City, three people have decided to break the stereotypes set by society and build a new reality; where love, solidarity and dance are the axes.

My age, yours, and the age of the world

August 2022 •Spanish

After the earthquake, my grandmother is facing the loss of her apartment.

Egg

June 2018 •English

A woman is locked in her home with an egg, which she is both attracted to and scared of. She eats the egg, she repents. She kills it. She lets the egg die of hunger. EGG is a poetic short film based on a small yet significant moment of the director’s own life. It portrays a moment of shame, defeat and yet of victory.

Dom starych kobiet

November 1957 •Polish

Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'

June 2002 •English

Panel discussion about the original Broadway production of Lorraine Hansbury's "A Raisin in the Sun."

Tango

August 1985 •German

A brief history of the emergence and artistic innovations of tango in 19th-century Argentina and Europe. The film offers a mosaic of tango melodies, art works, dance performances, historical footage, photographs of Buenos Aires at the turn of the 20th century, and texts by Celedonio Flores and Enrique Santos Discépolo.

Obsessed with Jews

April 2000 •English

Suburban DC accountant Neil Keller has amassed a collection of over 9000 items tracing the genealogy of every famous jew on earth.

Desert Brides

April 2008 •Hebrew

This is the story of three Bedouin women, struggling within a polygamous system. Living in the Negev desert in Israel, the story is told through the eyes of a wedding photographer, Mariam Al-Quader. She herself is living under constant fear that her husband will marry "over her" (the expression used when a man chooses an additional wife). The other two women are pushed into marrying already married men, and become "second wives", forced to cooperate within a structure they despise or are afraid of.

Far from the Tree

September 2019 •English

Parents of children who have Down syndrome, dwarfism or autism share intimate stories of the challenges they face. Tracing their joys, challenges, tragedies, and triumphs.