Documentary Filmmaking Movies

EXTREME BEACHCOMBING is an intimate portrait of retired plumber John Anderson and his 46-year obsession with collecting manmade objects that wash up...

Deep in the heart of the Waveney valley, Master Thatcher Nick and his apprentice Olly work on the ancient roofs of east anglia. Keeping the craft...

Crying in public is something most people avoid. For some men it’s a calling. With the audition for Much Wenlock’s new Town Crier...

Delving into the world of funk from the outskirts of Belo Horizonte, Na Batida follows a participatory journey in which the filmmakers themselves...

Archives from Swarm's Involving Heritage 2024 tour with Piri Reis in five cities on the island of Java.

Boston’s subway is notorious for delays, but just how fast is it compared to the city’s own runners? In this unique race organized by Run...

In 1994, an earthquake hit Northridge. There was a lot of damage and the CSUN was also hit hard. This documentary shows what happened then through...

Discovered in 1990, the clandestine grave at the Dom Bosco cemetery in Perus is a symbol of the violence and repression of the 1964 military...

how many candles are in this club?

At 90 years old, Larry shows us that life does not need to stop, but rather can flourish at any age. Larry pushes the boundaries of his age by...

Fragments of interesting people and things amongst a handful of D train stops in Queens, New York. Filmed on Super 8 mm.

A documentary film about a 70-year-old man who has never in his life had his photo taken. So, one day, he asks a young man to take a picture of him...

An abstract documentary, in three parts, about the gradual process of an Ayahuasca ritual performed by the Shawãdawa "enchanted macaw"...

Award-winning documentary about kids who filmed Super 8 epics in the '70s, a time when dinosaurs, aliens, and killer sharks ruled the backyard!

A collaborative video and activism project between long-time community filmmaker Rebecca Garrett and Sanctuary, a church community drop-in, evolves...

This short documentary follows historian Kate Taylor as she recounts John Wilkes Booth's final attempt to escape across the Potomac River.

ONLY NOISE is a documentary that tries to rescue from oblivion a tale with Les Renards as protagonists, one of the many bands from the 60s that was a...