Waiting for “Superman”
Gripping, heartbreaking, and ultimately hopeful, Waiting for Superman is an impassioned indictment of the American school system from An Inconvenient Truth director Davis Guggenheim.
Pothole Wars
Documentary on the challenges and various remedies for potholes in U.K. roads. But it probably applies to paved roads anywhere.
A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness
A woman in Pakistan sentenced to death for falling in love becomes a rare survivor of the country’s harsh judicial system.
Fight For Space
In 1962, spurred by the Cold War, President John F. Kennedy famously made the bold proclamation that NASA would send astronauts to the moon by the end of the decade,…
Monk
Part one of a two-part portrait of the great Jazz composer and pianist. In 1968, we had the opportunity to spend time with Thelonious Monk and his musicians, following him…
About a War
A feature length documentary exploring violence and social change through the stories of ex-fighters from the Lebanese Civil War.
U2: Rattle and Hum
A concert movie on an unprecedented scale, Rattle And Hum captures U2 – on and off the stage – during their triumphant Joshua Tree tour. From the giant technicolour stadium…
Zipper: Coney Island’s Last Wild Ride
When his rented lot is snatched up by an opportunistic real estate mogul, Eddie Miranda and his Coney Island ride the Zipper become casualties of a power struggle between the…
Particle Fever
As the Large Hadron Collider is about to be launched for the first time, physicists are on the cusp of the greatest scientific discovery of all time – or perhaps…
Mile… Mile & A Half
In an epic snow year, five friends leave their daily lives behind to hike California’s historic John Muir Trail, a 211-mile stretch from Yosemite to Mt. Whitney (the highest peak…
Robot Planet
For decades science fiction writers have amazed us and terrorized us with their portrayal of the world of artificial intelligence – from armies of cyborgs to legions of programmed zombies….
The Mars Underground
The Mars Underground is a landmark documentary that brings to life, through the use of state-of-the-art 3D animation, the daring first human mission to the red planet and explores the…
Never Stop Dreaming: The Life and Legacy of Shimon Peres
A look back on the life of Nobel Peace Prize winner, Shimon Peres, who served as prime minister of Israel twice and negotiated the 1994 Israel-Jordan peace treaty.