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The son of acclaimed cinematographer Haskell Wexler confronts his complex father by turning the camera on him. What results is a portrait of a...
Tell Them Who You Are
This is a documentary about an unfinished movie. Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention try to film the sci-fi epic "Uncle Meat."
Uncle Meat
Pablo blends documentary and animation elements to tell the saga of "famous unknown" Pablo Ferro, a man with a personal journey that spans from...
Pablo
The Los Angeles Times Critics' Pick Something’s Gonna Live is an intimate portrait of life, death, friendship and the movies, as recalled by...
Something's Gonna Live
The artistry, triumph and lifelong friendship of the great cinematographers Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond. With film school equipment, they shoot...
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
A very special encounter between legendary American cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond and young French director Pierre Filmon. A personal journey with...
Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond
Cameramen and women discuss the craft and art of cinematography and of the "DP" (the director of photography), illustrating their points with clips...
Visions of Light
Rosy-Fingered Dawn is a film on Terrence Malick. It is about the making of BADLANDS, DAYS OF HEAVEN, THE THIN RED LINE and the personal involvement...
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
A Biography of George Lucas.
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
Laymen as well as celebrities in the sciences and creative arts give their views and values regarding their creative efforts and technological...
Wondering About Things
John Cassellis is the toughest TV news reporter around. After extensively reporting about violence and racial tensions in poor communities, he...
Medium Cool
In 1968 California, a Marine officer's wife falls in love with a former high school classmate who suffered a paralyzing combat injury in the war.
Coming Home
The Big Empty is a 2005 short film starring Selma Blair about a woman with an unusual condition that baffles scientists and laymen alike. It was...
The Big Empty
Thousands of activists arrive in Seattle, Washington in masses to protest the WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999 (World Trade Organization). Although...
Battle in Seattle
A documentary that highlights the deadly combination of sleep deprivation and long days of work, focusing on the American film industry.
Who Needs Sleep?
Friends, family, co-stars and admirers of actor Steve McQueen talk about his life and his movie career.
Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
Documentary celebrating the centenary of cinema which looks at how technological innovations - from widescreen to 3D, Cinerama to Showscan and IMAX -...
The Reality Trip
In the video John Hanlon, producer/recording engineer says: "Neil just captures the moment, he gives it his all, he goes for the throat. If he is not...
Neil Young - Haskell Wexler - Teatro Session
A documentary feature that reveals the creative process of Chicago moviemakers. Using the city's famous river as a location, directors are placed in...
Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River
What began as a video master class evolved into a film about the political documentaries of Oscar-winning cinematographer Haskell Wexler. Comprised...
Rebel Citizen
“Look out Haskell, it’s real!” details the production of Haskell Wexler‘s 1969 feature Medium Cool. It features interviews...
Look Out Haskell, It’s Real!: The Making of Medium Cool
Underground is a 1976 documentary film about the Weathermen, founded as a militant faction of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), who fought...
Underground
In the early 1900s, Ellen, an aspiring actress, tries to find her lucky break in a studio where everything goes wrong.
The Moving Picture Co. 1914
Reveals the courageous lives of pioneer camerawomen from Hollywood to Bollywood, from war zones to children’s laughter, in a way that has never...
Women Behind the Camera
Hal Ashby's obsessive genius led to an unprecedented string of Oscar®-winning classics, including Harold and Maude, Shampoo and Being There. But...
Hal
Haskell Wexler revisits the themes of his previous work "Medium Cool" on the occasion of the Occupy demonstrations in Chicago in 2012.
Medium Cool Revisited
A group portrait of filmmakers attend the 1995 Sundance Film Festival. Featuring Matthew Harrison, Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke, Todd Haynes, Greg...
At Sundance
Documentary featuring interviews with director Norman Jewison and others providing an in-depth look at the production of the 1967 film IN THE HEAT OF...
Turning Up the Heat: Movie Making in the 60's
NOTFILM is a feature-length experimental essay on FILM -- its author Samuel Beckett, its star Buster Keaton, its production and its philosophical...
Notfilm
Documentary about the impact left by John Sayles’ 1987 film Matewan, about a shooting between company gun thugs and union organizers in...
Them That Work
Documentary that features many interviews and other footage of the cast and crew for the film American Graffiti (1973)
The Making of 'American Graffiti'
Cinematographer John A. Alonzo was one of the driving creative forces in the resurgence of expressionistic American movies of the late 1960s and...
The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo
A look at the extraordinary achievements and contemporary legacy of Oscar Micheaux, a pioneer of the African-American film industry.
Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
A Cinematic Life: The Art and Influence of Conrad Hall
John Sayles came to West Virginia to make his film MATEWAN, about the gun fight over labor in the coal fields. The film has had a lasting impact on...