Film Library

Aleida Gallangos has no memory of her parents. They “disappeared”

Two Spirits interweaves the tragic story of a mother’s loss of her son with a revealing look at the largely unknown history of a time when the world wasn’t simply divided into male and female and many Native American cultures held places of honor for people of integrated genders.

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.