Documentary Short Movies

A Ghanaian maintenance technician at a Virginia retirement community dreams of becoming an American citizen to provide a better life for his family....

25 years after 9/11, discover how Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal transformed an ambitious effort to revive Lower Manhattan into one of the world's...

Amber Heard and Nicole Kidman discuss their characters Mera and Atlanna.

GUERRILLA HABEAS tells their inspiring yet maddening tale, as they rescue a few and many others are swept up by the system.

In interviews, various actors and directors discuss their careers and their involvement in the making of what has come to be known as "cult" films....

A journalist and a photographer set out to memorialize the bedrooms left behind by children killed in school shootings.

Documentary film written by music critic Artemiy Troitskiy. It depicts the variety of Soviet and Baltic rock music and offers its viewer an idea that...

In 2001, satellite imagery captured a mysterious “thermal anomaly” on an unexplored volcano at the ends of the Earth. What lies inside...

Eleven major film makers from Europe, America and Asia talk about Akira Kurosawa and discover surprising influences on their own work.

About the country of Bolivia.

In a warehouse in the heart of Los Angeles, a dwindling handful of devoted craftspeople maintain more than 80,000 student musical instruments, the...

Special feature from Criterion’s release of Desperate Living, where writer-director John Waters tours the Baltimore location that served as the...

During the summer of 2012, a secret meeting took place. But this was no ordinary gathering; instead, a monumental choice was to be made. Reuniting...

In 1988, Abdul Ahad Momand became Afghanistan's first and only astronaut. From orbit, he called his mother, making Pashto the fourth language spoken...

A daughter struggles to speak with her father about her grandmother, revealing the quiet distances — and shared inheritances — that shape...

At the height of the AIDS crisis, many gay men sold their life insurance policies to investors for quick cash. This documentary charts the rise and...

A short documentary made on location during the filming of John Schlesinger's 1969 film "Midnight Cowboy."

The story of The Beatles' last song featuring exclusive footage and commentary.

Stanley Kubrick’s first color film, commissioned by the Seafarers International Union to promote the benefits of union membership. Shot inside...