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Parade
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Parade

Jul. 30, 1972

Parade

A short film on the first Gay Pride March in San Francisco in 1971 the year after the Stonewall Riots. This film was lost for 50 years before it ...
Pearl Jam: Single Video Theory
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Pearl Jam: Single Video Theory

This video is not your typical collection of music videos. Rather than being simply a straightforward presentation of videos, Single Video Theory ...
Black Panthers
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Black Panthers

Dec. 01, 1968

Black Panthers

A film shot during the summer of 1968 in Oakland, California around the meetings organised by the Black Panthers Party to free Huey Newton, one ...
Report from Millbrook
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Report from Millbrook

Sep. 06, 1966

Report from Millbrook

Jonas Mekas documents Timothy Leary’s Millbrook estate in the wake of a police raid, juxtaposing serene images of the property with audio of ...
Notes for Jerome
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Notes for Jerome

Jul. 03, 1978

Notes for Jerome

During the summer of 1966 Jonas Mekas spent two months in Cassis, as a guest of Jerome Hill. Mekas visited him briefly again in 1967, with P. ...
Cassis
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Cassis

Jan. 01, 1966

Cassis

Filmed during a visit to Jerome Hill in Provence, Jonas Mekas sets his Bolex to capture a single day overlooking the port of Cassis. Shot frame ...
Regrouping
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Regrouping

Dec. 08, 1976

Regrouping

In this experimental film, Borden explores the dynamics among the members of a woman’s group. As she interviews people who know them, such as ...
You Got to Move
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You Got to Move

Nov. 01, 1985

You Got to Move

A documentary that follows people from communities in the Southern United States in their various processes of becoming involved in social ...
Contras’ City
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Contras’ City

Jan. 01, 1969

Contras’ City

A fictional documentary that portrays the city of Dakar, Senegal, as we hear the conversation between a Senegalese man (the director, Djibril ...
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
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Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

Also known as Walden, Jonas Mekas’s first diary film is a six-reel chronicle of his life in 1960s New York, interweaving moments with family, ...
Fidel
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Fidel

Jun. 25, 1971

Fidel

This film provides a unique view of Cuba’s leader, containing fascinating archive footage of the Bay of Pigs invasion and scenes of Che ...
Wallowitch & Ross: This Moment
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Wallowitch & Ross: This Moment

Documentarian Richard Morris examines both the onstage and offstage lives of veteran cabaret entertainers John Wallowitch and Bertram Ross. Since ...
Buena Vista Social Club
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Buena Vista Social Club

In this fascinating Oscar-nominated documentary, American guitarist Ry Cooder brings together a group of legendary Cuban folk musicians (some in ...
The Real Bruce Lee
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The Real Bruce Lee

Jan. 13, 1977

The Real Bruce Lee

The Real Bruce Lee is a martial arts documentary. It begins with a brief biography of Bruce Lee, and shows scenes from four of his childhood ...
Get Bruce!
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Get Bruce!

Jan. 01, 1999

Get Bruce!

Affectionate tribute to Bruce Vilanch, who writes material for celebrities who make public appearances, from Oscar hosts and award recipients to ...
The Source
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The Source

Jan. 23, 1999

The Source

Traces the Beats from Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac’s meeting in 1944 at Columbia University to the deaths of Ginsberg and William S. ...
An Untitled Portrait
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An Untitled Portrait

Jan. 04, 1993

An Untitled Portrait

Filmmaker Cheryl Dunye’s relationship with her brother is examined in this mixture of appropriated film footage, super 8mm home movies and ...
Vanilla Sex
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Vanilla Sex

Jun. 19, 1992

Vanilla Sex

A short exploring what the term ‘Vanilla Sex’ means in black and queer communities through polaroid photographs.
She Don’t Fade
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She Don’t Fade

Jun. 19, 1992

She Don’t Fade

She Don’t Fade chronicles the sexual pursuits of Shae Clarke, an African American lesbian. Clarke, played by Dunye herself, defines and ...
Schindler
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Schindler

Oct. 01, 1983

Schindler

The true story of German-Czech businessman Oskar Schindler (1908-74) as told by some of the Jews — more than a thousand people — whose lives he ...
Sam Kinison: Banned
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Sam Kinison: Banned

Jan. 01, 1990

Sam Kinison: Banned

Sam Kinison live at the Felt Forum, 2/14/89. Also has opening act Carl Labove plus Sam’s 3 MTV videos.
Janine
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Janine

Jan. 01, 1990

Janine

The story of a black lesbian’s relationship with a white, upper middle class high school girl.
Hitler – Never Heard of Him
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Hitler – Never Heard of Him

In 1963, 22-year-old Bertrand Blier invited 11 of his peers to come to a film studio and talk about their lives. The record of what was said is a ...
Uncle Yanco
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Uncle Yanco

Oct. 01, 1967

Uncle Yanco

While in San Francisco for the promotion of her last film in October 1967, Agnès Varda, tipped by her friend Tom Luddy, gets to know a relative ...
Style Wars
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Style Wars

Jan. 23, 1984

Style Wars

Tony Silver and Henry Chalfant’s PBS documentary tracks the rise and fall of subway graffiti in New York in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Six Days in Roswell
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Six Days in Roswell

Jan. 02, 1998

Six Days in Roswell

This award-winning documentary probes UFO fanatics, government cover-ups, and top alien experts Stanton T. Friedman, Robert O. Dean, Budd ...