This creative documentary shows real-life characters recreating protest movements from Hong Kong's modern history.
Chan Tze Woon | 2022 | 98 minutes / Color | Yue Chinese (Cantonese); Mandarin; English / English subtitles
Six-part series. How much do we understand about how capitalism originated, and what makes it work?
Ilan Ziv | 2015 | 318 minutes / Color | English / Closed Captioned
Soviet-born Ukrainian director Vitaly Mansky explores Ukraine after the Maidan revolution.
Vitaly Mansky | 2016 | 114 minutes / Color | Russian; Ukrainian / English subtitles
A riveting story about the student strike that changed the face of higher education forever.
2023 | 74 minutes / Color | English / Closed Captioned
The two South African artists speak frankly about their work, their studio practice, their inspirations, and the challenges of success.
Catherine Meyburgh | 2022 | 72 minutes / Color | English / Closed Captioned
A provincial builder falls in love with an alluring shopgirl, oblivious to her crowded romantic past or that she’s waiting for a local politician’s wife to die so she can marry rich.
2022 | 108 minutes | French / English subtitles
Nikolaus Geyrhalter follows waste to the shores, mountains, and ocean floor.
Nikolaus Geyrhalter | 2023 | 105 minutes / Color | English / English subtitles / Closed Captioned
An explosive social revolution brought 1.5 million Chileans to their feet. It was the event Patricio Guzmán had been waiting for.
Patricio Guzmán | 2022 | 83 minutes / Color | Spanish / English subtitles
A hybrid film about life in Myanmar in the aftermath of its military coup.
Myanmar Film Collective | 2023 | 70 minutes / Color | Burmese / English subtitles
One evening in the 1980s, Qiu Fu, a leading clown-role actor in 20th-century Sichuan opera, is killed in an accident and must reluctantly set off for the Ghost City.
QIU Jiongjiong | 2022 | 180 minutes / Color | Mandarin / English subtitles
Director Su Friedrich tries to live in the moment, whether it's uplifting or devastating.
Su Friedrich | 2022 | 57 minutes / Color | English / Closed Captioned
Cinematic meditation on technology and motherhood.
Natalia Almada | 2022 | 81 minutes / Color | English; Spanish / English subtitles / Closed Captioned
Wang Bing's epic profile of Chinese garment workers.
Wang Bing | 2023 | 215 minutes / Color | Mandarin / English subtitles
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This creative documentary shows real-life characters recreating protest movements from Hong Kong's modern history.
Chan Tze Woon | 2022 | 98 minutes / Color | Yue Chinese (Cantonese); Mandarin; English / English subtitles
Soviet-born Ukrainian director Vitaly Mansky explores Ukraine after the Maidan revolution.
Vitaly Mansky | 2016 | 114 minutes / Color | Russian; Ukrainian / English subtitles
The two South African artists speak frankly about their work, their studio practice, their inspirations, and the challenges of success.
Catherine Meyburgh | 2022 | 72 minutes / Color | English / Closed Captioned
Director Su Friedrich tries to live in the moment, whether it's uplifting or devastating.
Su Friedrich | 2022 | 57 minutes / Color | English / Closed Captioned
Cinematic meditation on technology and motherhood.
Natalia Almada | 2022 | 81 minutes / Color | English; Spanish / English subtitles / Closed Captioned
