Documentary Short Movies

A documentary about Colorado fly fisherwomen and their relationship with the river and its inhabitants, the sport, and their identities.

Mary Lou Breslin, co-founder of the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2009 Community Leadership...

Legendary short story writer Lucia Berlin (1936-2004) captured moments of grace in the cafeterias and laundromats of the American Southwest, in the...

A short documentary feature following young German troops in training,

Juskatla weaves together perspectives of the people who live on the islands of Haida Gwaii-an archipelago on Canada's Northwest coast, and the...

A discovery of the pictorial art that Ndebele women traditionally practice in South Africa: painting the walls of their houses.

A short anecdotal documentary about the nature of destruction, a debilitating deadlock of humanity.

Dr. Joseph Marshall, Jr., winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2006 Community Leadership Awards (The Robert Kirkwood Award) - for redefining youth...

The film describes the life of the last Macedonian nomadic ethnic group, so called Karakachani. In 18th century, their ancestors, ants of the...

In this documentary about the perception of perfection and beauty, three people share the stories of how they got their scars. Created by King Yaw...

“Are you a man, or a woman?” In a world built on binaries, this is the question every trans soul must learn to answer—again and...

A film shot in the early 1930s and revised in 1952 which covers Moscow, the tribal areas of the Caucasus Mountains, avant-garde and Jewish theatre...

Arabella Martinez, winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2005 Community Leadership Awards (The San Francisco Foundation Award), was recognized for...

Established by Warren & Chris Hellman and their children in 1994, the Hellman Fellows Program has supported more than 850 junior faculty members, who...

Some champion exhibits from the National Cat Club Show and the Combined Bird and Aquaria Show, described by W. Cox-Ife, F. Hopkins, and L.C....

This intimately photographed film offers a peak into the lives of a culturally diverse group of young American Jews.

Dancer Nonoko Sato at Gallery Kaos No Ma in Kyoto. Shot in ambient light on 30 year old Kodachrome and developed in Caffenol, each frame of the film...

Through the memories of three Scarborough residents, unhome explores the cultural identity of home and the impact of gentrification

Michael Morgan, winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2006 Community Leadership Awards for making symphonic music essential to the culture of the...