One of Les Blank's industrial films, which follows a Holly Farms "broiler" chicken from factory incubation to the county fair barbecue pit. A...

A film's art director is in charge of the set, from conception to construction to furnishing. This short film walks the viewer through art directors'...

Primary is a documentary film about the primary elections between John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey in 1960. Primary is the first documentary to...

Based on the book by anthropologist Barbara Myerhoff, this Academy Award-winning short documentary offers a tender portrait of a community of elderly...

A documentary about four African-American comediennes set in 1984. Restored in 2021 by the Academy Film Archive. 

This short film takes a look at the off-screen personas of screen actors. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.

Short documentary extolling the virtues and necessity for women to participate in America's preparation for war, showing women working in scientific,...

Mixing narrative and documentary, the film retells a 16 year old girl's experience of a date rape.

A lyrical recreation of Lightnin’ Hopkins’ decision at age eight to stop chopping cotton and start singing for a living. Preserved by...

Every school day, African-American teenagers William Gates and Arthur Agee travel 90 minutes each way from inner-city Chicago to St. Joseph High...

A multi-part documentary about the making of the Jurassic Park trilogy. Each part walks through the making of part of one of the films, including the...

After Lisa's brother mysteriously dies, she and her college friends go to her family home for answers. They are shocked to discover that his killer...

With "little captain" Cambrai raising serious doubts about the reality of the so-called "super spy," Colonel Toulouse kidnaps Christine and forces...

Owen, a young man is dissatisfied with his life. He heads into the forest to escape and learns a lot during his time there.

The Goodies finally return to television after nearly 25 years with a compilation of classic clips, interviews and new material.

Scooby-Doo and his pals win an all-expense paid vacation and embark on a trip of a lifetime to a tropical paradise. Their destination however, turns...

A group of friends try to defeat an evil king, and meet some quirky characters along the way.

San Francisco filmmaker Konrad Steiner took 12 years to complete a montage cycle set to the late Leslie Scalapino’s most celebrated poem,...