Documentary Short Movies

  • 2001
    Sing!

    Sing!

    Sing!

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    Sing! is a 2001 American short documentary film about the Los Angeles Children's Chorus, directed by Freida Lee Mock. How do squeaky-voiced 8 year...

    Sing!
  • 2026
    Return to Mortville

    Return to Mortville

    Return to Mortville

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    Special feature from Criterion’s release of Desperate Living, where writer-director John Waters tours the Baltimore location that served as the...

    Return to Mortville
  • 2023
    OnBoard

    OnBoard

    OnBoard

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    OnBoard is a brilliant chronicle of the rise of Black women on America's boards and the evolution of board diversity from Patricia Roberts Harris in...

    OnBoard
  • 1957
    The Towers

    The Towers

    The Towers

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    Documentary about the Watts Towers. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2009.

    The Towers
  • 2023
    The Metal Detector

    The Metal Detector

    The Metal Detector

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    Georg is an Austrian retiree whose mother witnessed the crash of an Allied B-17 near their home during World War II. When he takes up metal detecting...

    The Metal Detector
  • 2017
    Discovering Heaven

    Discovering Heaven

    Discovering Heaven

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    A documentary about Captain Dale Black, a pilot who died in a famous airplane crash in Burbank, California which was covered by the LA Times. After...

    Discovering Heaven
  • 2024
    planet v

    planet v

    planet v

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    Fidgeting fish, dancing on the train, big stages – we scroll through a phone gallery. How do you find your own identity between ever-changing...

    planet v
  • 2022
    Two Daughters

    Two Daughters

    Two Daughters

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    Mina Smallman’s daughters were murdered. As their killer and police who took selfies with the bodies come to trial, she shares her journey of...

    Two Daughters
  • 1964
    Under Stress

    Under Stress

    Under Stress

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    Shows new methods in treating those afflicted with mental health issues. Contrasts past treatment regimes where people were locked away out of sight...

    Under Stress
  • 2025
    Becoming Ruby

    Becoming Ruby

    Becoming Ruby

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    Follow Ruby Chopstix, Canada’s first drag artist-in-residence, as they navigate the complexity of being an underrepresented drag performer...

    Becoming Ruby
  • 2003
    Saint Paul

    Saint Paul

    Saint Paul

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    This one hour documentary, presented by former Olympian Jonathan Edwards, dissects the story of St Paul, and aimed to reveal the background to the...

    Saint Paul
  • 1949
    White Fortress

    White Fortress

    White Fortress

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    This short 1949 documentary studies the impact Canada's National Health Program has had on people who might otherwise not had been able to obtain...

    White Fortress
  • 2019
    The Tower

    The Tower

    The Tower

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    Agrokor is the largest privately owned company in Croatia and a symbol of modern-day success of Croatian economy. The corporation headquarters is...

    The Tower
  • 2008
    The Sherman Brothers: The Aristocrats of Disney Songs

    The Sherman Brothers: The Aristocrats of Disney Songs

    The Sherman Brothers: The Aristocrats of Disney Songs

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    Comments from composers Richard and Robert Sherman.

    The Sherman Brothers: The Aristocrats of Disney Songs
  • 2019
    Refuge(e)

    Refuge(e)

    Refuge(e)

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    Refuge(e) traces the incredible journey of two refugees, Alpha and Zeferino. Each fled violent threats to their lives in their home countries and...

    Refuge(e)
  • 1937
    Snow Flight

    Snow Flight

    Snow Flight

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    The film was produced by Jerome Hill as 'a document of skiing according to the principles of Hannes Schneider.' It features Otto Lang, director of...

    Snow Flight
  • 1970
    The Horsemen

    The Horsemen

    The Horsemen

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    'The Horsemen' captures the traditions and values of the noble Almonte Horsemen. For over 500 years these men have annually driven over 1000 horses...

    The Horsemen
  • 2023
    Inside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer

    Inside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer

    Inside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer

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    A look behind the scenes of Christopher Nolan's film "Oppenheimer" about an American scientist and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.

    Inside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer
  • 2024
    Tradewinds

    Tradewinds

    Tradewinds

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    Tradewinds in an intimate portrait and examination of the life of CHamoru jazz pianist, Patrick Palomo, whose musical style has combined CHamoru...

    Tradewinds
  • 1988
    Hunting Season

    Hunting Season

    Hunting Season

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    Hunting Season deals with the wave of homosexual murders that plagued São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro in the 1980s. With street statements and...

    Hunting Season