Documentary movies

The first German-language documentary to critically examine the zeitgeist phenomenon of "transsexuality." In a 90-minute journey, authors Judith Sevinç Basad and Jan A. Karon combine reportage with investigative research, attending demonstrations, speaking with activists, and meeting desperate parents, as well as teachers, transsexuals, youth therapists, feminists, and publicists. They conclude: Trans activism is perhaps the most dangerous zeitgeist phenomenon, one that is still completely downplayed.

Documentary about the music ensemble Folklang, where diverse voices unite through the universal language of music. The documentary showcases the heart of Folklang, an open ensemble that brings people of all backgrounds together. Here they will learn songs from around the world by ear, fostering a deep connection through music. Language is no barrier; tunes are learned in German, English, Spanish, etc, making this musical journey accessible to everyone.

While many consider the birth of the civil rights movement to be 1955, when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on an Alabama bus, the stage had been set decades before by activists of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Some of the NAACP leaders are familiar, including W.E.B. Du Bois and Thurgood Marshall, but Walter White, head of the NAACP from 1929 to 1955, has been all but forgotten. With his blond hair and blue eyes, Walter White looked white; he described himself as “an enigma, a Black man occupying a white body.” Like virtually all light-skinned African Americans of his day, White was descended from enslaved Black women and powerful white men. But he was Black — by law, identity, and conviction and spent his entire life fighting for Black civil rights. Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP traces the life of this neglected civil rights hero and seeks to explain his disappearance from our history.

Chronicles the experiences of England’s emerging football stars as they navigate the immense pressure and glory of representing their country. The film provides intimate access to these players’ journeys, from their grassroots beginnings to the cauldron of the European Championships.

From Executive Producer Debra Messing and Director Wendy Sachs, OCTOBER H8TE is a documentary about the explosion of anti-Semitism on college campuses, on social media and in the streets of America in the aftermath of October 7th. High profile people featured the film include: Debra Messing, Michael Rapaport, Mosab Yousef (son of Hamas's co-founder), Sheryl Sandberg, Scott Galloway, US Rep. Ritchie Torres, US Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, U.S. Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt, Dan Senor, Noa Tishby, Bari Weiss, and a survivor from Nir Oz.

A behind the scenes look at the making of "A Complete Unknown" featuring interviews with the cast and filmmakers.

Students flooded Columbia University’s lawn to create the Gaza Solidarity Encampment in order to pressure their university to divest from the US and Israeli weapons companies. THE ENCAMPMENTS follows the central organizers of the encampment as they are thrust into the spotlight, face violent police repression and suspension, congressional pressure, and a media firestorm, all while fighting to attain their goal of divestment at any cost.

In the family of photographer-turned-filmmaker Misha Vallejo no one ever talks about his grandfather. He only hears about him for the first time as an adult, thanks to an abandoned photo collection. Who was this shadow? And what legacy looms over the family? In his debut film Light Memories, Vallejo shows how the effects of neglect can persist across generations.

In a little town of the Venezuelan Andes, two firefighters recorded a video of a donkey as if it were the President of Venezuela visiting their rundown facilities. That same day the firefighters were taken to prison, but little is known of what happened to the donkey.

Chorrojumo’s body in ruins has been wandering silently through the streets of Granada for one hundred and eighty-three years. Under the scorching sun, he waits, with his hand raised, for some currency. The infinite limbo in which he lives is interrupted with the arrival of a young Moroccan who brings an ancient key in his hands. Together they begin a search through the Ruins, spaces that have disappeared or are in transition, of present-day Granada, in search of the house of the young man’s ancestors; the last expelled Moriscos, of whom he still retains memories.

With never-before-seen images and interviews, this documentary explores the life of Quino, one of Argentina's most important humorists.

4th February 1975. It's the first day of the historic actors strike that would bring the country's theatre activity to a halt for nine days. They demand one day off a week. What started out as a demand develops into political challenge. Concha Velasco, Ana Belén, Tina Sainz, Juan Diego and José Sacristán are some of the artists who risked their careers and their freedom. This is the story, narrated by its protagonists, as it has never been told before.

A corpse appears in the underground tunnels of a house, or perhaps they're the dark corridors of the subway. The dead man doesn't speak, yet stories are woven around him. Just like in a novel, the characters create their own fiction, a story to tell to children, to society, or a way to imagine the missing passages of recent Argentine history. Félix the pool attendant and Kike the subway employee, both writers, take us, not without humor, to a narrative beyond the daily life: What remains to be resolved? How do you clean a pool full of frogs? Who is the dead man in the trunk? Is he one of the many people who disappeared during the dictatorship?

The childhood memories of writer Martín Kohan are intertwined with the unreleased archive from the Channel 9 newscast between 1973 and 1980. Through this, a key period of Argentine history is reconstructed, exploring the relationship between personal memory and the public discourse of the time

Genealogy, uncomfortable questions and reams of archival material are Tavares-Abel’s tools in discovering the political truths of her family and the Dominican Republic. Election fraud and dictatorship are frighteningly topical. Activism suggests itself.

David Riondino, an Italian film director, is coming to Spain to document the Atocha massacre of 1977, to make a film on its 50th anniversary. He will be helped by Alejandra, a young documentary filmmaker who urges him to contextualise the past with the current rise of the far right. By investigating the Atocha attack, David will recover a part of that recent past and at the same time will witness a reality that encourages reflection on some burning issues such as the advance of the far right, problems of access to housing and job insecurity.

The life of Dominican teacher, patriot and activist Ercilia Pepín.