World Circus
Watch clowns, acrobats and sword swallowers train and compete for the top prize at the grandest of circus festivals held in Monte Carlo. A FilmBuff Presentation.
The Wisdom of Trauma
1 in 5 Americans are diagnosed with mental illness every year. Suicide is the second most common cause of death in the US for youth aged 15-24, and kills over…
Visions of Light
Cameramen and women discuss the craft and art of cinematography and of the “DP” (the director of photography), illustrating their points with clips from 100 films, from Birth of a…
Strike a Pose
In 1990, seven young male dancers joined Madonna on her most controversial world tour. Their journey was captured in Truth or Dare. As a self-proclaimed ‘mother’ to her six gay…
Rewind This!
Home video changed the world. The cultural and historical impact of the VHS tape was enormous. This film traces the ripples of that impact by examining the myriad aspects of…
The American Meme
Paris Hilton, the Fat Jew, and Brittany Furlan have all used social media to achieve massive internet fame. But, American Meme explores, is it worth it?
Bete Weg
In the 1970s, five men struggling with being gay in their Evangelical church started a bible study to help each other leave the “homosexual lifestyle.” They quickly received over 25,000…
John Mellencamp: Plain Spoken Live from The Chicago Theatre
John Mellencamp tells his story & performs live in Chicago.
Underwater Dreams
Underwater Dreams, narrated by Michael Peña, is an epic story of how the sons of undocumented Mexican immigrants learned how to build underwater robots. And go up against MIT in…
Fear No Fruit
A chronicle of Frieda Caplan’s rise from being the first woman entrepreneur on the L.A. Wholesale Produce Market in the 1960s, to transforming American cuisine by introducing over 200 exotic…
Waterloo, l’ultime bataille
Jasper Mall
A year in the life of a dying shopping mall located in Jasper, Alabama, United States. Opened on August 8, 1981, it currently is approximately 350,000 square feet.
Lost Songs: The Basement Tapes Continued
A documentary that goes behind the scenes with some of today’s most talented songwriters as they make new music based on long-lost, newly discovered lyrics from Bob Dylan’s legendary Basement…