Movies: Documentary filmmaking

A personal and intimate documentary in which Maria Cleusa dos Santos, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother tells her life story and about the houses where she had lived and lives today....

A short documentary about the community within and history surrounding a historically Black Brooklyn mosque, produced in collaboration with the Jacob Burns Film Center....

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

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 continuing to drive, work, sing and dance, however, with the loss of his wife Miriam, his positive nature i...

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

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A slice-of-life documentary shot handheld without a viewfinder, MRT City captures the chance encounters of a diverse range of people on the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system from October to November 2023. A pair of convent girls, migrant workers, squid...

In September 2014 Zinacantepec Mexico City hosted the World Basque Pelota Championships . Gold at a world title is the maximum that can suck a woman in this sport. It is the roof of pelota . No professional women , can not earn a living from the pedi...

Filming for this picture took place in Russia over the course of a quarter of a century: in 2000, 2010 and 2022. The film is preceded by an epigraph: “The fate of every person depends on the country where they live, just as the fate of a country depe...

Many years ago, a group of friends started a journey. This documentary looks back at unique hobby that forged an unbreakable brotherhood....

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 interviews with Professor Nate Thomas and Equipment Technician George Johnson. Nate Thomas shares his e...

Spending a whirlwind afternoon with Ayo Mama, Jandrice, and Victor for their Coney Island photo shoot. Filmed on Super 8 mm....

A short documentary on a family holiday to New York, put together by two siblings....