Just Ancient Loops
‘Just Ancient Loops’ employs high resolution scans of ancient nitrate footage, as well as newly created CGI renderings of space to depict different views of heaven.
Jia Zhangke, A Guy from Fenyang
Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke returns to the shooting locations of his films, along with his actors, friends and close collaborators. Jia recalls the inspiration sources for his movies, such as…
Writing with Fire
In a cluttered news landscape dominated by men, emerges India’s only newspaper run by Dalit women. Armed with smartphones, Chief Reporter Meera and her journalists break traditions on the frontlines…
My Next Guest with David Letterman and John Mulaney
John Mulaney returns to his Chicago high school with David Letterman as they candidly discuss addiction, fatherhood and the state of stand-up comedy.
The Life and Death of Owen Hart
“The Life and Death of Owen Hart” chronicles the short but eventful life of pro-wrestling superstar Bret “Hitman” Hart’s brother Owen Hart, May 7, 1965 – May 23, 1999.
Before We Are Forgotten
In 2006 Mexico declared war on drug trafficking and since then, violence spread like wildfire throughout the country. Until today more than 120,000 people have died violently and thousands were…
Hockney
Kim Novak: Hollywood’s Golden Age Rebel
Kim Novak never dreamed on being a star, but she became one. Most famous for her enigmatic performance in Hitchcock’s Vertigo (1958), the Chicago-born actress never quite fitted into the…
Silencing the Song: An Afghan Fallen Star
In this follow-up to ‘Afghan Star,’ filmmaker Havana Marking returns to Afghanistan to check in on infamous contestant Setara from the popular Afghan talent show of the same name. The…
Architecture of Infinity
How can structures, which take up defined, rigid portions of space, make us feel transcendence? How can chapels turn into places of introspection? How can walls grant boundless freedom? Driven…
Shane
For a guy who grew up thinking only of Australian Rules football, it’s almost an accident that Shane Warne became the greatest cricketer of a generation, and one of the…
9/11: The Day That Changed the World
Ten years later, the events of September 11, 2001, still resonate – especially for the people who were in critical leadership positions on that fateful day. Hear intimate accounts from…
Waking Dream
DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) has provided nearly 800,000 undocumented young people a chance to work legally, go to college, start businesses, and pursue the “American Dream.” After DACA…