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The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
(2003) [G]

In San Francisco, there are at least two flocks of largely wild parrots who flock around the city. This film focuses on the flock of cherry-headed conures (and a lonely blue-headed one named Connor) who flock around the Telegraph Hill region of the city and their closest human companion, Mark...  More

Mad Hot Ballroom
(2005) [PG]

Tango, foxtrot, swing, rumba, and meringue may seem to represent the last vestiges of a dying art to some, but director Marilyn Agrelo proves this is far from true in MAD HOT BALLROOM. Agrelo reveals that the New York City public school system runs a ballroom dance programme for fifth graders, in...  More

Grizzly Man
(2005) [M]

Werner Herzog's persistent inquiry into the motivations of human obsession focuses this time on the self-proclaimed kind warrior Timothy Treadwell. A passionate wildlife preservationist and grizzly bear devotee, Treadwell lived unarmed among the grizzlies in a remote section of Alaska for 13...  More

Voices of Iraq
(2004) [MA]

150 digital video cameras were distributed among the people of Iraq to create this ground-breaking and critically acclaimed documentary. The producers of Voices of Iraq distributed over 150 digital video cameras across the entire country to enable everyday people - mothers, children, teachers,...  More

Genesis
(2004) [G]

In the tradition of March of the Penguins from the directors of Microcosmos From the creators of MICROCOSMOS comes their stunning and highly ambitious new project GENESIS. GENESIS tells the story of the creation of the universe abd the evolution of life. The birth of the universe and the...  More

Dogora: Ouvrons les Yeux
(2004) [G]

Acclaimed French director Patrice Leconte presents a series of striking images of the land and people of modern Cambodia, set to the composer Etienne Perruchon's piece 'Dogora.'  More

Moolaade
(2004) [M]

This acclaimed film from the legendary director Ousmane Sembene, widely regarded as the father of African cinema, brilliantly tackles his most controversial subject to date – female circumcision. In a small village in Burkina Faso, four young girls have fled the ritual of "purification" and...  More

March of the Penguins
(2005) [G]

Set against the barren splendour of the Antarctic, March Of The Penguins captures in extraordinary detail the remarkable lengths that Emperor penguins go to every year to breed their young. This most grueling of courtship rituals begins with a long, long walk and slide across hundreds of miles of...  More

And the Pursuit of Happiness
(1986) [PG]

Malle's interpretation of the American dream. And The Pursuit of Happiness begins with Louis Malle reflecting on his own status as a new Amercian. That reflection leads him to seek out other new immigrants to America. Malle soon realizes how much the face of U.S. immigration has changed: the new...  More

The Miracle of Candeal
(2004) [G]

Bebo Valdes, the great 85-year-old Cuban pianist who's spent the last 40 years exiled in Stockholm, travels to Salvador de Bahia in Brazil, where Africa's music and religions have been preserved in their purest forms. Once there, he meets Mateus, a Bahian musician who acts as his guide,...  More