Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films (Kino Cult #50)
This unique documentary recounts the history of the shock-value driver's education films that haunted American teens. Throughout the 1960s and 70s, these grisly movies used unflinching color footage of fatal accidents to scare young drivers.
King: A Filmed Record...Montgomery to Memphis
King: A Filmed Record...from Montgomery to Memphis is the landmark 3-hr documentary that chronicles the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., from the beginnings of the Civil Rights movement in Montgomery, Alabama, and culminating with his assassination in Memphis in 1968. Academy Award nomi…
Nationtime
Best known for his avant-garde meta-documentary Symbiopsychotaxiplasm, William Greaves (1926–2014) was also the director of over 100 documentary films, the majority focused on African American history, politics, and culture. Nationtime is a report on the National Black Political Conv…
The Red Chapel
In this Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winning film, a trio of Danish comedians, who call themselves "The Red Chapel," pretend to be regime sympathizers and mount an absurd variety show in Pyongyang. The result is an unconventional, hilarious and damning peek into a totalitarian regime.
Walk With Me
With unprecedented access, ‘Walk With Me’ takes us deep inside the world-famous monastery of Zen Buddhist master Thich Nhat Hanh, and captures the life of a monastic community who have given up all their possessions for one common purpose – to practice the art of mindfulness. Narra…