Film Library

Three young dancers and musicians prepare for a national contest in spite of the war atrocities around them. They gain their confidence enough to discuss the horrors and fears they experienced and express their hopes and dreams. Nominated for the 2008 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

Set against a harsh backdrop of the poor, white American South of the 1950s, Two Or Three Things But Nothing For Sure is the condensed story of critically acclaimed author Dorothy Allison. Interweaving evocative imagery with powerful performance footag…

Filmed over nearly three years, WASTE LAND follows renowned artist Vik Muniz as he journeys from his home base in Brooklyn to his native Brazil and the world’s largest garbage dump, Jardim Gramacho, located on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. There he photographs an eclectic band of “catadores” — self-designated pickers of recyclable materials. Muniz’s initial objective was to “paint” the catadores with garbage. However, his collaboration with these inspiring characters as they recreate photographic images of themselves out of garbage reveals both the dignity and despair of the catadores as they begin to re-imagine their lives. Director Lucy Walker (DEVIL’S PLAYGROUND, BLINDSIGHT, COUNTDOWN TO ZERO) has great access to the entire process and, in the end, offers stirring evidence of the transformative power of art and the alchemy of the human spirit.

A young woman’s personal journey into her family’s past. The filmmaker travels to Poland to see the attic where her parents and relatives hid for two years during the war.

As part of their correctional school programs, five troubled teenage girls ride bikes from Canada to Mexico. As they struggle up the mountains of Canada and Colorado, they mature in ways visible, thought provoking and completely unexpected.

Based on the filmmaker’s award-winning memoir “Beneath A Tall Tree,” This film is a powerful documentary about the filmmaker’s search and reunion with her birth mother and grandmother.