Documentary Filmmaking Movies

Dimitris Pistiolas, a retired employee for the Greek Post Office, is the owner of the largest cinema museum in the world. In two tiny venues in...

This short documentary follows historian Kate Taylor as she recounts John Wilkes Booth's final attempt to escape across the Potomac River.

SWARAM is an experimental cinematic documentary film that explores the transformative power of music and sound. Through vivid field recordings and...

Freddie Manseau is a painter and instructor at Santa Monica College's Emeritus Campus. This short form documentary details his teachings,...

A short film exploring the joy and importance of Morris dancing for a group of young people.

On April 20 of 1988, six young people stormed the central Banamex branch in Los Mochis and held hostage the people inside the location. 30 years...

Filming for this picture took place in Russia over the course of a quarter of a century: in 2000, 2010 and 2022. The film is preceded by an epigraph:...

Telugu Film Director Vamsy, reminisces about his early days as an Assistant Director Working at "Seethakoka Chilaka" sets with his Mentor Bharathi...

Through an intimate conversation, Steph Jane, age 28, shares the struggles and lessons her second diagnosis of stage-4 cancer has taught her. From...

Unsatisfied with college, a filmmaker leaves everything behind to join two friends on their bike trip across the world.

A glimpse into the parkour journey of Malik Osborn.

A short film documenting street protests against the filming of William Friedkin's Cruising (1980)

A documentary about a cat cafe for a film class

An aspiring photojournalist takes a trip to Julian, CA to learn about the history of two wolf species and what caused their population decline...

On July 4th, 1946, the crowd in Kielce, Poland, slaughtered forty-two Jews and wounded many others. Forty years later, in 1987, Marcel...

This film shot by Michael Pilz between 1964 and 2005 is a meditative documentary in which personal images can be read as the director's way to...

At 90 years old, Larry shows us that life does not need to stop, but rather can flourish at any age. Larry pushes the boundaries of his age by...

Alexa Boulton interviews the students and teachers of Kelvin High School to uncover the possibilities for the future of cinema

Smithsonian Magazine once asked the rhetorical question, 'Can a weekly paper in rural New Mexico raise enough hell to keep its readers hungry for...