Former Sudanese child soldier Emmanuel Jal is an international rap artist on the rise. He sings about his past but brings a message of peace to the world. First-time director Chrobog travels with Jal back to Sudan, and follows Jal on tour as he bonds with audiences around the globe. More...

The presidential race between George W. Bush and Al Gore in November 2000 is re-enacted through first person accounts of campaign workers, advisors, confidants and Al Gore ‘s speechwriters. The confusion over the Florida polls is deconstructed to explain the event that some experts have called the first American presidential “selection.” More...

In 2003, Norma Khouri conned the literary world with her bestseller about honor killings. In 2004, she was caught. Now Khouri may be conning the filmmaker documenting her story. This mesmerizing character study struggles to maintain a division between fact and fiction, but it is not entirely immune to the machinations of a sociopath. More...

How can we affect the system if we are only exposed to incomprehensible fragments of it? Foreign-born custodial workers at The Reichstag in Germany guide us through this stunning contemplation of the significance—or insignificance—of one person amid institutions and nation-states. More...

A lively, humorous and candid account of The Beatles’ arrival in America in 1964. The Maysles use their signature verité style to chronicle the Fab Four’s lives as fame descended upon them. We see the crazed arrival at JFK airport, unguarded moments in the Plaza Hotel, and the band’s frenzied homecoming. More...

Considered by many to be the definitive documentary on Hurricane Katrina, this film earned acclaimed filmmaker Spike Lee the much-deserved Peabody Award. WHEN THE LEVEES BROKE is a masterful, riveting and devastating document of this modern American tragedy and an elegy for the lost culture of New Orleans. More...

This visually absorbing film looks at the seminal avant-garde composer, singer-songwriter, cellist and disco producer Arthur Russell. Before his AIDS-related death, Russell created music that spanned pop and the transcendent possibilities of abstract art—a legacy that richly deserves this hip and hypnotic visual tone poem. More...

Thousands of Liberian women peacefully ended the civil war that claimed over 250,000 lives.  Using non-violent protests and organizational acumen, they leveraged the cultural respect that men confer on mothers and grandmothers to shame those who would threaten them. Their efforts paved the way for Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf to become Africa’s first democratically-elected female president.  More...