Featured Projects

Make Me Famous
Genre: Documentary

An investigation of Edward Brezinski, an ambitious, charismatic Lower East Side painter hell-bent on sucess, who thwarted his own career with antics that roiled NYC’s art  +

The Veto
Genre: Documentary

A film about the permanent member veto in the UN Security Council – arguably the most important issue facing global peace and security.  +

Black Privilege. White Power.
Genre: Drama

After graduating high school, a young Smith College student joins up with an activist group to fight for civil rights in the Jim Crow era South and ends up taking part in one of  +

THE JANES
Genre: Documentary

“The Janes” is the story of an underground network of women who banded together to provide safe, affordable and illegal abortions in the late 1960s and early 70s in  +

To Live
Genre: Documentary

Spurred by her own desire to feel whole, a young filmmaker rushes against time to capture her grandmother’s life in a small village in Belarus when family secrets begin to  +

Dear Michelle
Genre: Comedy

A trio of pre-teen misfits must rally their small town Southern community to save their local ice rink from closing in the summer of 2002.  +

Le Faux Marin
Genre: Drama

A young woman and her father break down on the side of a desert road while en route to her wedding.  +

The Universe(s) of Us
Genre: Drama

When New Yorkers Sophie and Jill/Daniel crash into one another simultaneously (but separately), a multiverse love story emerges that changes each of them forever.  +

Nam June Paik & TV Lab: License to Create
Genre: Documentary

Video art becomes a world-wide phenomenon, portable video documentaries change broadcast television, experimental drama and diverse, ethnic voices influence new generations though  +

People's Theatre Project Documentary
Genre: Documentary

Art changes minds, hearts & policy. For over 15 years, People’s Theatre Project, based in Washington Heights, has made theatre with & for immigrant communities to  +

Misty
Genre: Drama

A middle-aged man stands in awe of his beloved Husky as she helps a community heal after a mass shooting.  +

Mass Romantic
Genre: Documentary

When filmmakers and scholars race against time to save 20,000 Indian films from extinction, they reveal how culture is lost—and found—in the digital age.  +

Jersey Boy
Genre: Drama

A Sikh boy growing up in suburban New Jersey struggles with his identity after a family tragedy in the aftermath of 9/11.  +

Sacred Animals
Genre: Drama

An estranged father and son revisit their deer hunting tradition in the Idaho mountains. Packing out their kill brings their wounds to the surface.  +

Ayahuasca Diaries
Genre: Documentary

Ayahuasca Diaries, made with Amazonian tribes and contemporary scientists, is a film about an elixir transforming personal lives and world culture.  +

Nine
Genre: Documentary

Nine is a poetic verité film chronicling Gerald and his father figure Henry who forged a powerful relationship in the harshest of environments. Now, Gerald is on  +

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