Documentary

Short silent documentary from 1931 about those working on the River Douro in Oporto.

A lyrical documentary on the lives of Coal miners in the Donbass who are struggling to meet their production quotas under the Five Year Plan.

A dramatized re-enactment and documentary of the Battle of Verdun as seen by both French and German soldiers, shot on site of the actual battle.

Bold and exhilarating documentary account of the building of the Turkestan-Siberian railway, presented as a heroic triumph of Soviet progress ...

A lyrical portrait of Amsterdam and its changing appearance during a rain-shower.

A silent film by John Grierson. It tells the story of Britain’s North Sea herring fishery.

A day in the city of Berlin, which experienced an industrial boom in the 1920s, and still provides an insight into the living and working ...

Commissioned by the Moscow Soviet as a documentary and information film for the citizens of Moscow prior to municipal elections, film is a ...

This documentary promoting the joys of life in a Soviet village centers on the activities of the Young Pioneers. These children are constantly ...

A pulsing, kaleidoscope of images set to an energetic soundtrack. This is a world in motion, dominated by mechanical and repetitive images, with ...

This pioneering documentary film depicts the lives of the indigenous Inuit people of Canada’s northern Quebec region. Although the ...

Grave robbing, torture, possessed nuns, and a satanic Sabbath: Benjamin Christensen’s legendary film uses a series of dramatic vignettes to ...

A chronicle of the Russian Revolution of 1917, from the bourgeois democratic February Revolution to the great socialist October Revolution and ...

In his need for self-identity, a filmmaker confronts his mother, a former political activist in the Philippines, about his feelings of ...

A feature film that chronicles a complete season of the International Gay Rodeo Association. Roping and riding across north America for the past ...

The remarkable first-person story of filmmaker Daniel Northcott, who documented his travels around the world, including a visit to a mysterious ...

Aimé Césaire – Le Masque des mots is a portrait of the Martinican writer who calls himself a rebellious negro and for whom the poetic act ...

After the India of Varanasi’s boatmen, the American desert of the dropouts, and the Mexico of the killers of drugtrade, Gianfranco Rosi has ...

1964 was the year the Beatles came to America, Cassius Clay became Muhammad Ali, and three civil rights workers were murdered in Mississippi. It ...

This is the master-crafted work of the legendary writer and artist Frank Miller. The film encapsulates, and celebrates the stunning achievement ...

This eye-opening documentary delves into Brett Favre’s controversial career, the dark side of sports stardom and the scandals that marred ...

Sweat, sun, rain, tears, and green thumbs are all part of the challenge for a young couple attempting to become full-time organic farmers in this ...

Ukraine’s topless feminist sensation Femen has created a media frenzy across Europe, but before they take the world by storm, these bold ...

Horror fan Tal Zimerman examines the psychology of horror around the world to find out why people love to be scared.

Do you have to be miserable to be funny? More than sixty comedians—including stand-ups, writers, actors, and directors from the US, Canada, and ...

Caroline Quentin narrates this heart-warming tale of a special group of baby animals born in some of the coldest and harshest places on Earth. We ...

From acclaimed directors Paul Diffley and Chris Alstrin comes a wild journey through the strange sub-culture of offwidth crack climbing. Join two ...

A history of the ill-fated 1994 production of “The Fantastic Four” that was executive produced by Roger Corman.

A documentary with fully AI-translated voices. Amid post-mobilization Russia Nov 2022, a man navigates personal and collective trauma, Soviet ...

This eye-opening documentary delves into Brett Favre’s controversial career, the dark side of sports stardom and the scandals that marred ...