Les Blank

A playful, intimate portrait that celebrates the beauty and individuality of women with gap teeth

Bonnie Friedman & Deborah Shaffer

An intimate depction of two young single mothers who cohabit with their children to form a non-traditional family unit.

Forugh Farrokhzah

Documents the daily lives of residents in a leper colony in northern Iran

Jano Willians & Kim Longinotto

Profiles Kazuki, Tatsu, and Gaish, three trans masculine hosts working at the New Marilyn Club in Tokyo.

Chantal Akerman

Interviews with elderly women who survived the Holocaust, touching on themes of memories, loss, and survival.

Les Blank

A quirky and affectionate portrait of garlic’s cultural and culinary importance through its lively festival scenes and passionate enthusiasts.

Carlos Aparicio & Susana Aikin

Explores the lives of three transgener women — Sara, Gigi and Giovanna — who live in the Manhattan salt deposits.

Mira Nair

Offers an intimate glimpse into the world of female cabaret dancers in Mumbai by following performers at a Bombay strip club, alongside the story of a frequent patron and his stay-at-home wife

Terence Dixon

A British film crew’s attempt to create a straightforward literary portrait of James Baldwin in Paris. Deliberately ignoring his political activism, they became subject to a tense, confrontational, yet beautifully revealing (and very warranted) clash with Baldwin.

Lisa Udelson

A butch lesbian Jewish folksinger uses her musical talents to navigate a career transition into being a tupperware salesman.

Harrod Blank

A humorous and insightful look into art cars: customized vehicles that showcase the unique personalities and creativity of their owners.

Sofia Bohdanowicsz

A profile of Juliane Sellam, a 77-year old Parisian astrologer who has been a resident of the same Montmartre apartment for over 50 years

Kazuo Hara

Follows the members of a Japanese activist group made up of people with cerebral palsy.

Tony Silver

A portrait of graffiti culture and its artists in New York City.

RaMell Ross

Weaves together moments from the daily lives of Black residents in rural Alabama, exploring both the social consequences of race and the power and beauty found in community.

Agnès Varda

The lives, dreams, and rituals of the business owners and shops of Paris' rue Daguerre.

Cinda Firestone

Revisits the 1971 Attica prison uprising, exposing the brutal conditions that led to the revolt and the devastating state-led massacre that followed.

John O’Hagan

A satirical portrait of the Levittown community, an affordable housing suburb in Long Island created after WWII.

Chantal Akerman

Pairs long, static shots of 1970s New York City with voiceover readings of letters from Akerman’s mother in Belgium

Margot Benecarraf

The lives of the Venezuelan workers who dry out and transport salt from the marshes.

Tamara Kotevska & Ljubomir Stefanov

Follows Hatidze, a Macedonian beekeeper as she struggles against her new neighbors who threaten to upend her livelihood by practicing beekeeping against her environmentally conscious methods.

David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin & Albert Maysles

Follows a group of door-to-door Bible salesmen, exposing the emotional toll and quiet desperation behind their pursuit of success in mid-century America

Agnès Varda

A portrait of those who scavenge, which becomes an exploration of a diverse group of subjects searching for meaning.