
The Sun’s Gonna Shine
A lyrical recreation of Lightnin’ Hopkins’ decision at age eight to stop chopping cotton and start singing for a living. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.

Jimi Hendrix
Made shortly after his death, this documentary explores the brief life and remarkable legacy of guitarist Jimi Hendrix. After finding fame in the U.K., Hendrix brought his act back to…

Saludos Amigos
A whimsical blend of live action and animation, “Saludos Amigos” is a colorful kaleidoscope of art, adventure and music set to a toe-tapping samba beat. From high Andes peaks and…

Cease Fire!
A sometimes uncomfortable marriage between fact and fiction, this film is part documentary and part drama, mixing actual war footage with reenactments in which real veterans of the Korean War…

Shoot for the Contents
Reflecting on Mao’s famous saying, “Let a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend,” Trinh T. Minh-ha’s film — whose title refers in part to a Chinese…

That’s Entertainment, Part II
Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical numbers.

Maxton Hall: Reunion
Before class returns, the Maxton Hall cast reunites to reminisce about the filming of the series at iconic Marienburg castle and look forward to the Season 2 premiere.

Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
This Academy Award-winning documentary short Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist, narrated by Sidney Poitier, traces the career of Paul Robeson through his activism and his socially charged performances of…

Blade Runner
Dateline NBC, or simply Dateline, is a weekly American television newsmagazine series. It was previously the network’s flagship newsmagazine, but now focuses mainly on true crime stories with only occasional…

Shake! Otis at Monterey
Renowned documentary filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker captures Otis Redding in his ascendancy, singing at the historic Monterey International Pop Festival in June 1967. Comedian Tom Smothers introduces Redding to a crowd…

Ciao! Manhattan
Fiction and documentary mingle in a freewheeling portrait of Susan Superstar, a New York celebrity on a drug-fueled downward slide that mirrors Edie Sedgwick’s own self-destructive spiral.

Why Dinosaurs?
A dinosaur-obsessed teen and his filmmaker father travel the world interviewing paleontologists about the latest discoveries, tracking down the crew of Jurassic Park, digging up 150-million-year-old bones, and meeting dino…
