Film Library

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 let bright light stream in, “Miss Representation” uncovers a glaring reality we live with every day but fail to see. Written and directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the film exposes how mainstream media contribute to the…

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.

This first-person documentary-memoir follows a very personal and poignant mother-daughter investigative journey that seeks to find out why genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are not labeled on food products in the United States and Canada, despite being labeled in 64 countries around the world.

There are unexpected moments that stay with you. Little breaths that make you feel alive. Anne, a young professional is getting ready for her day when two men show up at her door and her calm morning is filled with anticipation.

Two-dimensional clay animations melding and merging the work of 35 famous artists.

Sisters Cynthia and Rachel watched their mother suffer the indignities and pain of struggling with cancer when they were younger. Now the owners of a beauty salon in Islip, Long Island, the sisters open their doors every third Monday of the month to women living with cancer. With great compassion and support, the women undergoing treatment face their fears together and rediscover their beauty in a whole new way.

MOONLIGHT SONATA is a deeply personal memoir about a deaf boy growing up, his deaf grandfather growing old, and Ludwig van Beethoven the year he was blindsided by deafness and wrote his iconic sonata. Their lives weave a story about what we discover when we push beyond loss.

Mugeni’s story starts with the sound of bombs when she awakes in the night in her small village in the Congo. Separated from her family at fourteen, she struggles to survive while also trying to find her family and maintain some stability.