Film Catalog

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, thousands of pets were left stranded on rooftops, or left behind by their displaced guardians who desperately wanted to take them, but couldn’t. A powerful, heart-felt story about the essential bond between humans and animals told against the backdrop of one of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history.

Told by her daughter Wendy, MINK! chronicles the remarkable Patsy Takemoto Mink, a Japanese American from Hawaii who became the first woman of color elected to the U.S. Congress, on her harrowing mission to co-author and defend Title IX, the law that transformed athletics for generations in America for girls and women.

A film about place and memory, a farmhouse in Japan, and the lives of the people who called it home.

Sometime love lasts a lifetime…

Tracking the country’s oldest beauty contest — from its inception in 1921 as a local seaside pageant to its heyday as one of the country’s most popular events — Miss America paints a vivid picture of an institution that has come to reveal much about a changing nation

Like drawing back a curtain to…

Two-time Academy Award-Winner® Barbara Kopple follows R&B dynamo Sharon Jones during the most courageous year of her life. Often compared to the legendary James Brown because of her powerful and energetic performances, Sharon Jones is no stranger to challenge. For years her music career struggled, and after decades of working odd jobs, Sharon had a middle-aged breakthrough when she joined forces with The Dap-Kings. In 2013, Sharon was diagnosed with a life-threatening illness. Miss Sharon Jones! is a triumphant crowd-pleaser that captures an irrepressible human spirit battling back to where she belongs- center stage.

The epicenter for migrant deaths in the United States isn’t on the border–it’s in Brooks County, Texas,70 miles north of the Rio Grande. Two families arrive here to search for their missing loved ones and find a haunted land and very few answers.

Civil rights legend James Meredith never fit in – not as the first Black person to attend the University of Mississippi, not surrounded by fellow activists on the Meredith March, not working for ultraconservative Jesse Helms or stumping for ex-Klansman David Duke. “Mississippi Messiah” is a nuanced exploration of Meredith’s complicated life as a public figure.

Mississippi Queen follows Paige, a southerner returning home, digging past the mask of hospitality examining the ex-gay ministry, interviewing southerners on both sides, including her parents who help convert homosexuals.

Modern Whore is a hybrid documentary that reimagines popular portrayals of sex work to stylishly explore the experiences of Toronto sex worker Andrea Werhun.