Joan Churchill

This short film centers around a debate between three important activist artists: Haskell Wexler - legendary cinematographer and filmmaker, Hubert Sauper - award winning documentarian, and Susan Meiselas - world renowned photojournalist. What’s truth? Is it truth, fact or fiction? Who tells the story? Whose story is it? Interspersed with their films and photographs.

Filmmaker Joan Churchill, who is being honored this year with DOC NYC’s Lifetime Achievement Award, collaborates with Alan Barker on this personal portrait of legendary filmmakers Haskell Wexler, D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus. Over a rollicking evening, they discuss filmmaking and what it means to be an artist, interwoven with reflections on Wexler’s work as an activist.

One in five Americans is taking a psychiatric drug, including millions of children. Pharmaceutical companies have over-hyped the benefits of these drugs, while hiding the risks and severe side effects including physiological dependence. "Medicating Normal" explores what happens when for- profit medicine intersects with human beings in distress.

A psychiatrist makes rounds in ERs, jails, and homeless camps to tell the intimate stories behind one of the greatest social crises of our time. A personal and intense journey into the world of the seriously mentally ill.

En los últimos días de la guerra de Vietnam a algunos oficiales americanos les surge un dilema moral: seguir órdenes y evacuar sólo a compatriotas o salvar a los vietnamitas con quienes han convivido.

A journey that takes the viewers across the icy mid-winter snows of Alaska to meet her school friends, family, and Republican colleagues, to try and discover the real Sarah Palin.

Miller's Tale is a personal journey into the life of playwright and actor Jason Miller and his relationship with his hometown, Scranton, Pennsylvania. Best known for his performance as Father Karras in The Exorcist, Miller experienced a brief but brilliant period of national acclaim, then curiously abandoned Hollywood to return to his hometown. After Miller died in a local bar Scranton, at the age of 62, filmmaker and fellow Scranton native Rebecca Marshall Ferris set out with her camera to find out why did this exceptional playwright, who achieved such phenomenal early success, never write a Broadway play again? And what happened to Miller in Hollywood that would make him run away from a promising acting career?

From cinema-verite; pioneers Albert Maysles and Joan Churchill to maverick movie makers like Errol Morris, Werner Herzog and Nick Broomfield, the world's best documentarians reflect upon the unique power of their genre. Capturing Reality explores the complex creative process that goes into making non-fiction films. Deftly charting the documentarian's journey, it poses the question: can film capture reality?

9 de noviembre de 2005, Haditha (Irak). Los insurgentes iraquíes bombardean un convoy americano, matando al oficial más apreciado por la tropa. Enfurecidos por esta pérdida, los soldados llevan a cabo una brutal venganza. El violento registro de las casas desemboca en una masacre con 24 muertos, entre ellos mujeres y niños.Sin embargo, los marines también son víctimas de esta guerra, atacados, heridos y obligados a dar una respuesta acorde a su instrucción. Pero cuando las cosas suceden a gran velocidad y bajo extrema presión, ¿se puede acusar de asesinato a los marines en la línea de fuego?

Documentary on the civil rights activist, Viola Liuzzo, who was murdered in 1965 as she campaigned for black suffrage in Selma, Alabama, and its effect on her family.

This rousing world-famous concert is regarded by critics to be one of Jimi Hendrix's finest performances ever. Taking footage from two separate performances at the Berkeley Community Theater on May 30th, 1970, these incendiary shows help illustrate the student uprisings in Berkeley, by setting footage to the stunning backdrop of some awe-inspiring Hendrix material. Tracks include "Purple Haze," "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)," "Star Spangled Banner," "Hey Joe," and many others. This is a never-to-be-forgotten musical experience you will enjoy over and over again.

Amigos, familiares y compañeros de George Harrison le rinden tributo en un concierto aniversario, un año después de su fallecimiento.

Segundo documental de Nick Broomfield sobre Aileen Carol Wuornos, una prostituta de carretera que fue ejecutada en 2002 por asesinar a siete hombres en el estado de Florida. Incluye la declaración del propio Broomfield en el juicio de Wuornos. Su caso se hizo conocido mundialmente en el 2003, cuando Charlize Theron interpretó a la propia Wuornos en el film "Monster", actuación que le valió el Oscar a la mejor actriz.

Segundo documental de Nick Broomfield sobre Aileen Carol Wuornos, una prostituta de carretera que fue ejecutada en 2002 por asesinar a siete hombres en el estado de Florida. Incluye la declaración del propio Broomfield en el juicio de Wuornos. Su caso se hizo conocido mundialmente en el 2003, cuando Charlize Theron interpretó a la propia Wuornos en el film "Monster", actuación que le valió el Oscar a la mejor actriz.

El documental investiga las muertes de los raperos Notorious BIG y Tupac Shakur, que algunas personas afirman que fueron orquestadas por Suge Knight, jefe de Death Row Records. (FILMAFFINITY)

On May 24, 2000, the historic Ryman Auditorium was booked to offer Nashvillians an evening of sublime beauty. Label executives and soundtrack producers so loved the music of O Brother, Where Art Thou? that they brought it to life as a benefit concert for the Country Music Hall of Fame. Filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen loved it so much that they hired famed documentary filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker to record the show for posterity. The concert that unfolded that night was one of the greatest musical moments in the annals of Music City. Performers: John Hartford, Alison Krauss, Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch, Chris Thomas King, The Cox Family, Fairfield Four, Union Station, Colin Linden, The Nashville Bluegrass Band, The Peasall Sisters, Ralph Stanley, David Rawlings, The Whites.

Anna Deavere Smith transforms herself into scores of individuals -- using only their words and duplicating their speech patterns, mannerisms, dress, and attitudes -- in a mosaic set in the violent aftermath of the 1992 Rodney King trial and verdict. These verbatim portrayals bring together adversaries, victims, eyewitnesses, and observers who have never stood within the same four walls, let alone spoken to each other. In her signature performance style, Smith embodies and gives voice to scores of real-life "characters" -- from LAPD Police Chief Daryl Gates to a gang member, from Korean store owners to a white juror, from Reginald Denny to Congresswoman Maxine Waters -- black, white, Asian, Latino. Because she is able to speak the words and convey the deeply held sentiments of so many different people, Smith enables her audience members to hear what they might otherwise discount.

A look at the life and influence of acclaimed sixties writer Ken Kesey. Features archive footage of his 1964 Magic Bus Tour with The Merry Pranksters.

El 8 de abril de 1994 un electricista encontró el cadáver del músico Kurt Cobain. Junto a él había una pistola, una jeringa y un gran charco de sangre. Desde ese momento comenzó la polémica: ¿Suicidio o asesinato? Inmediatamente las informaciones sobre la muerte del ídolo grunge comenzaron a circular por la incipiente Internet, hasta que acabaron en el libro "¿Quién mató a Kurt Cobain?" escrito por los canadienses Max Wallance y Ian Halperin, y en la película "Kurt & Courtney", dirigida por Nick Broomfield. Motivado por todas las dudas que había detrás de la muerte del cantante Kurt Cobain, Broomfield comenzó en 1997 a recopilar material para realizar su película. Contactó para ello con familiares y amigos del guitarrista de Nirvana. El film desarrolla, desde distintos puntos de vista, la vida del líder de Nirvana, la tumultuosa relación que mantuvo con su esposa Courtney Love y su polémica muerte. (FILMAFFINITY)

A film about the noted American linguist/political dissident and his warning about corporate media's role in modern propaganda.

Nick Bloomfield's sequel documentary reacquaints us with the lives of the children and officers and examines the scars left by the stark events of Part I.

En el siglo 20, en Norteamerica, no hay medio artístico, con potencial para la expresión creativa, que haya tenido una historia más turbulenta y con menos respeto que los libros de historietas. A través de montajes animados, lecturas y entrevistas, esta guía a través de la historia del medio desde la década de 1930 y 1940 con la primera explosión de la popularidad de los superhéroes creados por grandes talentos como Jack Kirby y que alcanzó su cénit artístico de primera con Will Eisner "Espíritu". A continuación, se desplaza a la posguerra, con la creciente popularidad de los cómics de terror y de delincuencia, hasta que ha llegado el aumento de la censura con la imposición del Comics Code. En su paso por la devastación de la libertad creativa del medio, también explora la supervivencia desafiante de EC Comics con la creación de la singular "Mad Magazine" por Harvey Kurtzman.

Backstage record of how Lily Tomlin, Jane Wagner and their associates put together "The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe," Miss Tomlin's one-woman Broadway play.

A documentary about women's basic training in Fort Georgia.

A documentary about women's basic training in Fort Georgia.

Rush premiered at the 18th New York Film Festival, and was the first film of Evelyn Purcell.

An intimate, hands on encounter with a maximum security juvenile correctional facility in Chino California.

This 1979 documentary depicts the daily life of gangs in the South Bronx. It deals primarily with two African American and Puerto Rican gangs known as the "Savage Skulls" and the "Savage Nomads".

"Evening Land muestra acontecimientos "ficticios" en la Europa de aquel momento comenzando con una huelga en un astillero de Copenhague causada por la construcción de cuatro submarinos para el ejército francés no sólo porque la dirección ha propuesto una congelación salarial para asegurar el contrato, sino porque se descubre que los submarinos han de ser equipados con misiles nucleares. Al mismo tiempo, tiene lugar una cumbre de ministros de la Comunidad Económica Europea en Copenhague, y un grupo de manifestantes radicales secuestran al ministro danés en protesta por la producción de submarinos nucleares en Dinamarca, y en apoyo de las demandas de los huelguistas. La policía danesa no sólo los ataca brutalmente durante una manifestación, también localizan y rescatan al ministro secuestrado y capturan o matan a los "terroristas"." (FILMAFFINITY)

Juvenile Liaison is about the day-to-day assignments of the juvenile liaison section of the Blackburn, Lancashire police force. The documentary provides a captivating snapshot of how juvenile offenders were dealt with in the '70s.

Juvenile Liaison is about the day-to-day assignments of the juvenile liaison section of the Blackburn, Lancashire police force. The documentary provides a captivating snapshot of how juvenile offenders were dealt with in the '70s.

Juvenile Liaison is about the day-to-day assignments of the juvenile liaison section of the Blackburn, Lancashire police force. The documentary provides a captivating snapshot of how juvenile offenders were dealt with in the '70s.

Juvenile Liaison is about the day-to-day assignments of the juvenile liaison section of the Blackburn, Lancashire police force. The documentary provides a captivating snapshot of how juvenile offenders were dealt with in the '70s.

1970. Se intensifica la Guerra de Vietnam. Hay masivas protestas públicas en Estados Unidos y en todo el mundo. El presidente Nixon declara un estado de emergencia nacional y las autoridades federales tienen potestad para detener a personas que supongan un riesgo para la seguridad interna...

A 1973 portrait of three women.