Forbidden City, U.S.A.
A documentary about Forbidden City, a San Francisco Chinese-American nightclub open from the 1930s to the 1960s.
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Genre: Documentary, Music
Director: Arthur Dong
Actors: Charlie Low, Dorothy Toy Fong, Dottie Sun, Frances Chun, Jackie Mei Ling, Larry Ching, Mary Mammon, Noel Toy, Tony Wing, Toy Yat Mar
Helvetica
Helvetica is a feature-length independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It looks at the proliferation of one typeface (which will celebrate its 50th birthday in 2007)…
Water Birds
Water Birds is a 1952 short documentary film directed by Ben Sharpsteen. The film delves into the still waters of lagoons and marshes to the wild blue wilderness of the…
mySELFie
At the age of 12 Maya lost all of her hair. Within a couple of weeks she turned completely bald. The diagnosis: Alopecia areata. It causes Maya’s body to reject…
Bixas Pretas: Entre o Amor e Afetos
The documentary mixes reenactments with true accounts from four characters/actors who tell the stories of six black gay men, their experiences and their romantic relationships crossed by racism and homophobia.
The Automat
The 100-year story of the iconic restaurant chain Horn & Hardart, the inspiration for Starbucks, where generations of Americans ate and drank coffee together at communal tables. From the perspective…
Untold: Hope Solo vs. U.S. Soccer
World Cup champion Hope Solo opens up about her turbulent rise to the top of women’s soccer amid public scandals and tension with former teammates.
Miss Thompson Goes Shopping
Adaptation of Martin Armstrong’s poem about an elderly lady who becomes perturbed by something we can’t see. It becomes apparent that she is looking for her past, lost in a…
Mr. SOUL!
On the heels of the Civil Rights Movement, one fearless black pioneer reconceived a Harlem Renaissance for a new era, ushering giants and rising stars of black American culture onto…
A Cop Movie
This documentary walks the line between fact and fiction, delving into corruption in the Mexican police through the experiences of two officers.
Clarkson: The Italian Job
It’s The Italian Job so obviously, I head to Kent in England for the race of a lifetime. But first I have to get ready. So, it’s the Fiorano test…
I Go Gaga: Welcome Home, Mom
This is a story about the elderly and caregiving, about the life of a 98-year-old father and 90-year-old mother (*at the time of filming) who suffered from dementia. With the…
It Ain’t Over
The life and times of Yankee Yogi Berra, whose unique personality and unforgettable Yogi-isms sometimes got in the way of his being recognized as one of baseball’s very greatest catchers.