Documentary Movies

When Jules Verne was a child he used to dream of distant countries and continents, he tried to imagine what it was like there in those faraway places...

A 1988 documentary film directed by Alexander Sokurov, about the later life and death of Soviet Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky. The film was origi...

Video essay by filmmaker from Jon Spira

Beyond Imagining: Margaret Anderson and the 'Little Review' is a 1992 American short documentary film about Margaret Caroline Anderson, who founded t...

Biography of ski instructor, mountain guide, mountaineer and filmmaker-lecturer Lionel Terray. Film-portrait of an emblematic figure of French mountai...

Biography - Howard Robard Hughes, Jr. did more than dream. Yet behind the glamour, fame and fabulous wealth, there lurked a darker side: a sick, isola...

An intimate portrait of a newborn baby boy Tibor and his two mothers, Daja and Jedrt, who fight against the social discrimination of their family. The...

In January, 1997, a team of five nurses, four anesthesiologists, and three plastic surgeons arrive in Vietnam from the United States for two weeks' of...

Opening with the first day of rehearsals of the London production of "Sweeney Todd", this ninety-minute documentary focuses on the rehearsal process w...

Undaunted by a commission to make a film about his mentors and aesthetic exemplars, the filmmaking team of Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet, Cost...

The life journey of a Pontic refugee from Crimea, as seen through the eyes of his great-granddaughter, two decades after his death.

Forbidden to Wander chronicles the experiences of a 25-year-old Arab American woman traveling on her own in the occupied territories of the West Bank...

Through reports from people who live or have experienced the routine of fighting drug trafficking and the police, mixed with reports from security spe...

Follow ocean legend Sylvia Earle, renowned underwater National Geographic photographer Brian Skerry, writer Max Kennedy and their crew of teenage aqua...

A documentary on the importance of the Spiritism doctrine around the world, from its inception with Allan Kardec's works and experiences, first report...

In the second installment of the “Essentials of Dog Behavior” series, Cesar Millan builds on the foundation laid down by our understanding of dog soci...

A documentary that follows the story of Dario Pasquarella, deaf director and actor, and his company. Through his work, Dario seeks to bring together t...