Emerging from the Archives
In these films, filmmakers repurpose archival images and footage to remake a world of visual history. From fiction films to documentaries to something in-between, these films meditate on the possibilities and meanings of time in motion.
Mariner of the Mountains
(Algerien par accident)
Filmmaker Karim Aïnouz returns to his father's homeland Algeria for the first time to trace stories of travel, family, and belonging.
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- Brazil, France, Germany • 2021
- Director Karim Aïnouz
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
I Am Not Your Negro
A study of race in America then and now, inspired by James Baldwin's unpublished writings.
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- Switzerland, France, Belgium • 2017
- Director Raoul Peck
- Cast Samuel L. Jackson, James Baldwin, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Medgar Evers, Ray Charles
- Genre Documentary, History
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, FlixFling, Kanopy, Hoopla
Off Frame AKA Revolution Until Victory
(Kharej Al-Itar aw Thawra Hata el Nasser)
An archival look at the Palestinian people's struggle to produce their own image.
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- Palestine, France, Jordan • 2016
- Director Mohanad Yaqubi
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Amazon Video
Amy
An intimate and delicate portrait of Amy Winehouse's rise to fame.
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- United Kingdom • 2015
- Director Asif Kapadia
- Cast Amy Winehouse, Mark Ronson, Tony Bennett, Pete Doherty, Blake Fielder
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Kanopy
A World Not Ours
(A'lamun laysa lana)
A glimpse into the lives of refugees, and how dispossession has impacted them and their connections with one another.
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- United Kingdom, Lebanon, Denmark • 2012
- Director Mahdi Fleifel
- Cast Mahdi Fleifel
- Genre
- Available on Netflix, DocAlliance Films, Netflix basic with Ads
Stories We Tell
Every family has a story.
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- Canada • 2012
- Director Sarah Polley
- Cast Michael Polley, Harry Gulkin, Susy Buchan, John Buchan, Mark Polley, Joanna Polley
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, The Roku Channel, Freevee, Kanopy, Hoopla
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
An examination of the evolution of the Black Power Movement in American society from 1967 to 1975.
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- Sweden, United States • 2011
- Director Göran Olsson
- Cast Abiodun Oyewole, Talib Kweli, Angela Davis, Harry Belafonte, Stokely Carmichael, Erykah Badu
- Genre Documentary
- Available on AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel , IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
The Beaches of Agnès
(Les Plages d'Agnès)
Filmmaking icon Agnès Varda turns the camera on herself.
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- France • 2008
- Director Agnès Varda
- Cast Agnès Varda, André Lubrano, Blaise Fournier, Vincent Fournier, Rosalie Varda, Mathieu Demy
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Criterion Channel, DocAlliance Films, Kanopy
Mirror
(Зеркало)
The thoughts, emotions, and memories of 40 year-old Alexei, reflecting on his life experiences in different time periods.
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- Soviet Union • 1975
- Director Andrei Tarkovsky
- Cast Margarita Terekhova, Ignat Daniltsev, Larisa Tarkovskaya, Alla Demidova, Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Nikolay Grinko
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Plex, Plex Channel
Memories of Underdevelopment
(Memorias del subdesarrollo)
After his wife and family leave for Cuba, Sergio stays behind in Cuba to confront a new society and a new self.
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- Cuba • 1968
- Director Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
- Cast Sergio Corrieri, Daisy Granados, Eslinda Núñez, Omar Valdés, René de la Cruz, Yolanda Farr
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV
Hiroshima Mon Amour
(Hiroshima mon amour)
The story of a young French actress and her affair with a Japanese man while on assignment in Hiroshima.
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- France, Japan • 1959
- Director Alain Resnais
- Cast Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji Okada, Stella Dassas, Pierre Barbaud, Bernard Fresson
- Genre Drama, History, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Night and Fog
(Nuit et brouillard)
Filmmaker Alain Resnais documents the atrocities behind the walls of Hitler's concentration camps.
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- France • 1955
- Director Alain Resnais
- Cast Michel Bouquet, Reinhard Heydrich, Heinrich Himmler, Adolf Hitler, Julius Streicher
- Genre Documentary, History, War
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Amazon Video