The Autobiography of a ‘Jeep’
The invention and use of a jeep are described, from the viewpoint of one of the vehicles.
Genre: Documentary, Short, War
Director: Irving Lerner
Actors: Claire Chennault, Desi Arnaz, King George VI
The Moviemakers: Scorsese
60 years since his directorial debut, Martin Scorsese’s life has been dedicated to the past, present and future of cinema. 26 feature films later, the aptly named Caretaker of Cinema…
A Place at the Table
Using personal stories, this powerful documentary illuminates the plight of the 49 million Americans struggling with food insecurity. A single mother, a small-town policeman and a farmer are among those…
Becoming Marilyn
Marilyn wasn’t born Marilyn, she became it. This unique portrait reveals her in her own words: a lucid and determined woman, shifting image of the diktats that still define feminity.
Your Mum and Dad
The film follows Michael Moskowitz’s work with a New York-based therapist named Kirkland Vaughns, one of the few African-American Freudian therapists in the United States, while the director reveals her…
Bending the Light
From acclaimed director Michael Apted (The Up Series, Masters of Sex, The World is Not Enough) comes a revealing look at the art of filmmaking and photography. A journey of…
G is for Gun: The Arming of Teachers in America
A growing program in Ohio is training school staff to respond to active shooter situations with guns. Often reflecting a multitude of social issues, explore what both sides have to…
Divorce Corp
More money flows through the family courts, and into the hands of courthouse insiders, than in all other court systems in America combined – over $50 billion a year and…
King on Screen
1976, Brian de Palma directs Carrie, the first novel by Stephen King. Since, more than 50 directors adapted the master of horror’s books, in more than 80 films and series,…
Satan Wants You
The story of how the Satanic Panic of the 1980s was ignited by “Michelle Remembers”, a memoir by psychiatrist and his patient. The book relied on recovered-memory therapy to uncover…
The Cold Blue
A meditation on youth, war and stunning bravery, featuring footage, taken from the National Archives, from the documentary filmed in 1943 by legendary Hollywood director William Wyler about the famous…
Bankrupt Billionaire
Sean Quinn was the world’s biggest single loser in the 2008 global financial collapse. He’d gambled his business empire on a single investment and lost everything. Now he wants it…
Silver Dollar Road
The story of the Reels family who are valiantly attempting to protect the land their family bought one generation after slavery. This documentary, based on the 2019 ProPublica article, highlights…