Documentary Short Movies

In the summer of 1968, a group of people assembled in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. They were making a film of John Barth's 1958 novel The End of...

This documentary short, produced for West Virginia public TV's "Different Drummer" series, introduces us to Jesco White, a hard-living, tap-dancing...

A photoshoot on the roofs and in the streets of Paris, under the astonished eyes of the inhabitants.

Alexis is a 32-year-old white woman married to Alain, an African from Rwanda. This documentary focuses on Alexis giving birth in her parents home. As...

People of different age, profession and social status answer two simple questions: who they are and what they want from life.

In recent years, more than 2,500 books have been removed from school districts around the US, labeled as banned, restricted, or challenged, and made...

Directors Errol Morris and Werner Herzog describe and discuss the film The Act of Killing (2012).

In the following conversation, recorded remotely in 2020, filmmakers Martin Scorsese and Ari Aster discuss the mission, evolution, and ongoing work...

“Peroni 7” talks about the transformative impact of Kosovo’s liberalized visas and migration. Through personal stories of new...

A documentary behind the scenes of Peter Bogdanovich's 'The Cat's Meow' (2001).

A group of Miskito Indians use Nicaraguan child soldiers in their resistance against the Sandinistas.

A man wanders around an abandoned hospital. Years after their last encounter, someone whose life he saved seeks him out in his old office, so that...

Chris Renfro doesn’t just grow and harvest grapes on a hillside high above San Francisco’s Highway 280 to make delicious local wine. He...

In this featurette, ART + COM members join the cast and crew of the show to discuss its factual basis and the development of the court case.

Comments from composers Richard and Robert Sherman.

If you think you know everything there is to know about John Lennon, think again. Genius will open your eyes.

Short documentary about the making of the 1938 film "Jezebel."

Almost 50 years after the film’s release, all the Overlook Hotel’s sets are thought to have been destroyed, but one last filming site...

'Ink and Gold: An Artist's Journey to Olympic Glory' is a short form documentary that follows the journey of New Zealand artist and athlete, Zakea...

This promotional short for 2010 (1984) shows moviegoers how some of the film's visual effects were created. This includes makeup for Keir Dullea's...