In one Pakistani tailor’s cramped store in Barcelona, the customer is always wrong. This brief meditation on a man of incredibly ill temperament brings to mind every belligerent personality you have ever battled fruitlessly. It also offers the slightest glimpse of humanity hiding within an exploitative curmudgeon. More...

THEATER OF WAR is a riveting document of The Public Theater’s modern staging of Bertolt Brecht’s anti-war classic, Mother Courage and Her Children. The play, directed by George C. Wolfe from a new translation by Tony Kushner, features Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline. The film, directed by John Walter, is a mesmerizing glimpse into the creative process; it offers a multi-layered examination of war and capitalism and illuminates the power of storytelling to help us make sense of the incomprehensible. More...

Documentary film salutes documentary audio. In a darkened room, listen to the best, most compelling and most entertaining documentary programs made for radio and the Internet. More...

Separation and isolation cast a shadow over the Our Lady of Sorrows nursing home as an Israeli dividing wall creeps up around it. As the wall grows, residents find it increasingly difficult to see their family members and are left without recourse. This sober examination of political barriers manages to find levity amid the oppressive circumstances. More...

American banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck travels to Africa to explore the little-known roots of the instrument and record an album. Fleck’s riveting journey takes him through Uganda, Tanzania, The Gambia, and Mali, where he transcends the barriers of language and culture through a shared passion for music. More...

Oscar-winner Ruby Yang offers a riveting examination of repressed homosexuality in modern China. Torn between the lure of big-city life and the obligations of Confucian culture, three men must keep their desires secret and bear the burdens passing on the family name in China’s “one child per family” culture. More...

When most fled Rwanda, Dr. James Orbinski flew in. Such bravery earned him the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of Doctors Without Borders. TRIAGE is a deeply personal film about the man at the center of the imperfect system that our world has devised to care for victims of our political failures. More...

Kimberly Roberts bought a camcorder off the street for $20 just a week before Hurricane Katrina hit her hometown of New Orleans. Veteran filmmakers Tia Lessin and Carl Deal weave together Roberts’ footage with their own into an evocative dialogue that reveals a powerful, heart-wrenching, infuriating and ultimately inspiring survival story. More...