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The Apology

THE APOLOGY investigates an incident in the 1960s in which the entire community of Russell City was dismantled, pushing 1,400 residents out of their homes and off their land – all to claim the 200 acres for an industrial park.

GOOD DOCS | 2024 | 75 minutes

Bomb It 2!

Jon Reiss and his crew travel to Asia, Australia, the Middle East and beyond, exploring the local graffiti scenes and artists. Follow-up to the groundbreaking street art documentary Bomb It!.

Collective Eye Films | 2010 | 83 minutes

Bomb It!

Tells the story of contemporary graffiti, tracing its roots in ancient rock paintings through Picasso to its place in hip-hop culture in 1970's New York City.

Collective Eye Films | 2007 | 93 minutes

Building Visions - Rotterdam

The Netherlands is always up to its neck in water. In Rotterdam, urban planners and architects are developing visions for life with water.

Autlook | 2022 | 26 minutes

Building Visions - Vienna Seestadt

Blocks of flats instead of magnificent imperial buildings. A new Vienna is growing around a lake, a megacity with an innovative transport concept and promising ideas.

Autlook | 2022 | 26 minutes

Casa Bloc

Casa Bloc, a landmark of Spanish rationalist architecture, repurposed as a Civil Guard residence, now being rehabilitated for social housing

GOOD DOCS | 2023 | 80 minutes

Chi-Town Guns, Gun Violence & The NRA

In this feature documentary with an original song by Macy Gray, delves into where the guns are coming from that produce “mass shootings” in the U.S. by focusing on the 3rd largest city (Chicago) and by sharing solutions

GOOD DOCS | 2022 | 85 minutes

Chinatown

Three senior activists fight for housing rights in DC’s historic Chinatown

GOOD DOCS | 2016 | 26 minutes

Clotheslines

The symbolic and artistic role of laundry in womens' lives.

Roberta Cantow | 1981 | 32 minutes

Cooked: Survival by Zip Code

* New title added January 2023 *

Judith Helfand investigates a tragic 1995 heat wave in which 739 citizens died, most of them poor,elderly, and African American. Behind the shocking headlines she finds, a “slow-motion disaster” fueled by poverty, economics, social isolation, and racism.

Face to Face Media | 2020 | 54 minutes