Documentary

This precursor to Monterey Pop and Woodstock is the granddaddy of all concert films, a chronicle of the 1958 Newport, Rhode Island Jazz Fest where music greats like Louis Armstrong, Thelonious Monk, Anita O'Day, Chuck Berry, Mahalia Jackson, George...

One of the most important artists of our era, Ryuichi Sakamoto has had a prolific career spanning over four decades. From techno-pop stardom to Oscar½-winning film composer, the evolution of his music has coincided with his life journeys. Following the...

Sometimes, a documentary filmmaker is present at precisely the right moment to capture lightning in a bottle. It happened with Bob Dylan in Don't Look Back, Chet Baker in Let's Get Lost, and it happened with 1976 s Heartworn Highways. This iconic outlaw...

VCI is pleased to present this iconic documentary in a new 2K restoration from the original 35mm negative! Based on Erich Von Daniken's book purporting to prove that throughout history aliens have visited earth. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and...

Crafted to mark the golden anniversary of "Fiddler on the Roof" reaching movie theaters, Daniel Raim's affectionate making-of opus offers comprehensive insights from director Norman Jewison on his crafting of the beloved Broadway adaptation, from the...

An ironic and darkly funny documentary look at the "Cold War" mentality of the '40s and '50s. U.S. government films, newsreels, contemporary songs and Hollywood clips show America's naive attitudes towards nuclear power, the A-bomb, and World War III...

From filmmakers Allen and Albert Hughes ("Menace II Society") comes a gritty documentary about the life of a pimp. Several professional flesh peddlers describe their seamy world as they see it in a series of interviews mixed with surveillance footage and...

The Language of the Unknown enters to the universe of one of the last living saxophone legends of Jazz. Wayne Shorter's maxim is to reinvent his music in each concert always again in the radical originality. After his legendary work with the Art Blakey's...

Cody Webb, America's greatest and most accomplished hard enduro athlete, has dedicated his life to mastering obstacles on two wheels that to any average person would be implausible.

In her documentary Country Roads" Schroeder, Marieke embarks on a search for the authentic America - a country at a turning-point. It is a search for the substantial: the morale, the pioneering spirit that holds the nation and it's population together in...

Summertime follows the intersecting stories of 27 young spoken word poets over a single day in Los Angeles. Director Carlos L?pez Estrada's (Blindspotting, Raya and the Last Dragon) ground-breaking vision began at a poetry showcase where performers from...

In the most provocative film of 2004, Academy Award? winner Michael Moore (2002, Best Documentary, Bowling for Columbine) presents a searing examination of the role played by money and oil in the wake of the tragic events of 9/11. Moore blends...