
The Last Party
A youthful perspective on the 1992 presidential campaign with a witty, cautionary message to young Americans to start participating in democracy or get the kind of government they deserve.
Genre: Documentary, History
Director: Marc Levin, Mark Benjamin
Actors: Ann Palmer, Bill Clinton, Robert Downey Jr.
Mandela
A documentary that chronicles the life of South African leader Nelson Mandela. Mandela is probably best known for his 27 years of imprisonment, and for bringing an end to apartheid….
How the Holocaust Began
Historian James Bulgin reveals the origins of the Holocaust in the German invasion of the Soviet Union, exploring the mass murder, collaboration and experimentation that led to the Final Solution.
40 Under 40
Some of them move. Others make noise. One weighs in at 700 pounds. Collectively, they represent the future of contemporary craft. Go behind the scenes of the “40 under 40:…
George Carlin: You Are All Diseased
Legendary comic Carlin comes back to the Beacon theater to angrily rant about airport security, germs, cigars, angels, children and parents, men, names, religion, god, advertising, Bill Jeff and minorities.
Chaos Glacier Country
An expedition to climb British Columbia’s highest mountain goes awry in the face of bad weather, a series of comic mishaps and the stubborn insistence of its leader on using…
American Gangster Presents: Big Fifty – The Delhronda Hood Story
Delrhonda “Big Fifty” Hood ends up running her own drug empire, becoming one of Detroit’s wealthiest and notorious women in the process. With her success, she discovers that money doesn’t…
Eating You Alive
How and why what we eat is the cause of the chronic diseases that are killing us, and changing what we eat can save our lives one bite at a…
Heavy Mental
The lack of snow in much of the world, and a lack of snowpack stability in most other places, made this winter exceptionally challenging. Mentally and otherwise. A bit like…
Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy
The comedy pioneer behind the Goon Show, Dr Strangelove and the Pink Panther series is explored in depth in this film, surveying his meteoric rise to fame and troubled personal…
Year One: A Political Odyssey
Bookended by Inauguration Day 2021 and the State of the Union speech of March 2022, this documentary is a front-seat account of the Biden administration’s tense first year, marked by…
Vitamania: The Sense and Nonsense of Vitamins
Dr Derek Muller takes us on an epic adventure, a world-spanning investigation of vitamin science and history, asking how do we decide whether to take vitamin supplements, or not?
Water Birds
Water Birds is a 1952 short documentary film directed by Ben Sharpsteen. The film delves into the still waters of lagoons and marshes to the wild blue wilderness of the…