The Trials of Darryl Hunt This 2006 film chronicles the story of Darryl Hunt, a North Carolina man who spent 20 years in prison after being wrongly convicted of a…
Stolen Stolen recounts the story of the largest art heist in modern history in Boston in March of 1990. Two thieves disguised as police officers entered the Isabella Stewart Gardner…
Hit So Hard: The Life & Near Death Story of Patty Schemel Hit So Hard is a 2011 documentary that chronicles Patty Schemel’s (the drummer of Hole) struggles with substance…
Craigslist Joe Since its inception in 1995 as a service for friends to find local events in the San Francisco Bay Area, craigslist has expanded to numerous cities in the…
A Wink and a Smile: The Art of Burlesque This documentary follows the lives of ten students at Seattle’s Academy of Burlesque and explores not only “the art of burlesque” but…
Witness to Jonestown This made for TV documentary by MSNBC takes us back to the mass tragedy at Jonestown in November of 1978. The mass suicide was orchestrated by People’s…
Paris is Burning This superb documentary from 1990 is one of my personal favorites. Tragic, beautiful, honest, heartbreaking, and touching, this film explores the underground “House Ball” culture in…
Our Time Our Time is a fascinating documentary on America’s youth; four newly-graduated guys head out on a road trip across the lower 48 states and interview young Americans from…
The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia This 2009 documentary gives us a glimpse into the wild White family of Boone County, West Virginia who were first profiled in…
Garbage Warrior This film tells the story of visionary architect and sustainability pioneer Michael Reynolds. A “proponent of radically sustainable living,” Mike builds beautiful, unique homes and other structures (solar…
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