Documentaries

Abacus: Small Enough to Jail by Steve James nominated for an Academy Award in the Documentary Feature Category sends an alarm to every thinking citizen in our culture. Indeed, the film reminds Americans of what remains crucial for a democracy to function. Equitable justice and accountability must thrive. Often it …

How well do you know the effervescent Itzhak Perlman? Alison Chernick's documentary about the great violinist is a delightful portrait of the man and the myth.

The documentary, 4 Quarters of Silence, explores what at first might seem be an unlikely activity for students at this school: football. To the contrary, the school has a darn good football team.

What is the controversy surrounding Andrew Wakefield and the MMR vaccine?

What do you know about the great American playwright Arthur Miller?

What if an earthquake, hurricane made you homeless? What if it was a war?

How is a film about Sammy Davis, Jr.'s life vital for today?

Who is Sam Pollard? Why was he interested in Sammy Davis, Jr.?

“Go to where the light is” may seem a strange directive for someone seeking to escape from a totalitarian regime until one sees a photo of North Korea and its neighbors taken from a satellite. Yeonmi Park’s tale of her escape reveals that not only is the darkness physical, but spiritual as well.

Alice had to step through the looking glass to discover a strange world where everything was backwards and made no sense. Filmmaker Kevin Bowe only had to go to New Hampshire during the 2015 presidential primary. His film, Democracy Through the Looking Glass: Media & Politics in the Post-Truth Era, screened at the Anthem Film Festival, part of FreedomFest. FreedomFest, a libertarian political and financial conference, now in its tenth year, bills itself as the worlds “largest gathering of free minds."