It Is Good to Live

Twice: The Extraordinary Life of Tsutomu Yamaguchi

January 2010 •Japanese

Tsutomu Yamaguchi is a hibakusha. A survivor of both atomic bomb blasts in 1945. First at Hiroshima, then again at Nagasaki. Now nearing 90, Yamaguchi finally speaks out. Breaking taboos of shame and sorrow, he responds to a call to fight for a world without nuclear weapons by telling his story, so that no one else will ever have to tell one like it again. Twice reconstructs Yamaguchi’s experiences in 1945 Japan, interviews him on the after-effects of exposure and documents the last five years of the late-blooming activist’s life.

The Lost Generation

March 1982 •Japanese

Documentary about the victims and effects in the Hiroshima bombing. Part of the "Ten-Feet Movement"

No More Hibakusha!

February 1983 •English

Survivors of the 1945 bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki travel to New York for a UN conference on disarming nuclear weapons.

Barefoot Gen 2

June 1986 •Japanese

Three years after the Hiroshima bombing, a teenager helps a group of orphans to survive and find their new life.

Black Rain

May 1989 •Japanese

Shigematsu Shizuma, who lives with his family in a village near Fukuyama, was in Hiroshima with his wife and niece just after the devastating atomic bombing, a tragedy that cruelly took the lives of thousands of people and forever marked the harsh existence of the survivors.

Summer Lights

September 2016 •Japanese

On the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Akihiro, a native Japanese filmmaker living in Paris, travels to Japan to interview survivors for a documentary commemorating the victims of the attack. Deeply moved by the interviews, he decides to take a break to wander through the city during which he meets Michiko, a merry, enigmatic young woman. Michiko takes him for a joyful and improvised journey from the city towards the sea where the horrors of the past are mingled with the simplicity of the present.

Hiroshima - Nagasaki

August 2024 •Japanese

Voices from Tsutomu Yamaguchi, who was twice exposed to the atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki and later became a storyteller, as well as those who continue the storyteller activities with his daughters, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, and other people who were twice exposed to the atomic bombs. How will a storyteller who was not involved in the story pass on the memories in the future?

Come and See

October 2019 •Thai

The controversial Thai Buddhist temple "Dhammakaya" is in crisis as its abbot was charged with money-laundering and receiving stolen property. The film reflects the clash between politics and faith in modern Thai society.

The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature

November 2000 •English

Documentary on the making of Walt Disney’s Fantasia.

The Fantasia Legacy: Fantasia Continued

November 2000 •English

A documentary on the making of Fantasia 2000.

The Making of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea

May 2003 •English

With rare behind-the-scenes footage, a detailed look at the making of Walt Disney’s adaptation of the Jules Verne novel 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea.

Mother's Faith, My Destiny

June 2014 •Norwegian

Three Somali women's experiences, thoughts and attitudes on female circumcision.

The Virginia Tripping Film

January 1985 •English

Carlo McCormick was invited to curate an East Village Art show at a gallery in Richmond, Virginia. Filmmaker Tessa Hughes-Freeland took filmic evidence of the infamous exhibition that featured downtown artists such as David Wojnarowicz, Marilyn Minter, Luis Frangella and more painting naughty murals while on acid.

Stalingrad - Stimmen aus Ruinen

January 2023 •German

Featuring excerpts from diaries and letters written by local residents and soldiers from both sides, the documentary tells the story of the Battle of Stalingrad through the voices of those who lived it.

Scandalous: The Untold Story of the National Enquirer

November 2019 •English

The sensational true story of the most infamous tabloid in US history, a wild, probing look at how one newspaper's prescient grasp of its readers' darkest curiosities led it to massive profits and influence.

Making of Confessions of a Dog

March 2011 •Japanese

Documentary on the film "Confessions of a Dog"

Jan Potměšil: Nikdy bych neměnil

November 2019 •Czech

Making of Death Note

October 2009 •Japanese

Documentary on the first live action Death Note film.

Making of Death Note: The Last Name

October 2009 •Japanese

Documentary on the second live action Death Note film.

Itamaravilha

January 1973 •Portuguese