Documentary Short Movies

This documentary was produced by Citizen Film and Young Community Developers, in collaboration with a coalition of organizations, enterprises, city...

Although experiencing a lifelong battle with pain and trauma, Jerod Draper lived an average, normal life in Southern Indiana. During high school,...

Daphne, a transgender performer, and LGBTQ educator based in Milan, navigates two worlds: by day, she juggles work, friendships, and dating apps; by...

Swords to Plowshares, winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2007 Community Leadership Awards (the John R. May Award). Swords to Plowshares is a...

In a quiet village, a puppeteer works peacefully on a new project. This gains unexpected momentum when he decides to take in refugees from eastern...

A loving portrait of two motorcycle-riding lesbians.

This is a documentary of David Hammons prior to his leaving the Los Angeles arts community. This video covers the artist's creative strategies at...

Mark does a shaky weekend in Dallas after 80+ days. He's used to going up 3 times a night and on the road every weekend then Covid hit and forced him...

On the coast of the Arctic Ocean of Chukotka live people cut off from the world. Their life revolves around hunting walruses and whales and...

The past drags itself into the present day, taking us back to the era of the Dominican Republic's greatest dictator, while we explore the traces of...

In the fall of 1939, more than 600 fishermen and fish handlers in the tiny town of Lockeport, Nova Scotia walked the picket line in front of the...

The intimate life of the mythical Candy Dubois, from her childhood in a correctional facility to her success with the "Blue Ballet" in the great "BIM...

A mother overcomes the odds when she learns her son is autistic, by first of all educating herself in child care, helping her son get into mainstream...

Made from the official photos and declarations of the G7 summits. 40 years of celebrating economic growth.

Klaira presents a surprising vision of assimilation and a loving depiction of San Francisco. She and her grandparents explore how the experience of...

A documentary-comedy about insurmountable cross-cultural barriers

Set in Manipur, India, this is a unique story of girls and horses empowering each other. It is a story about saving an endangered breed of pony and...

A woman and her family reflect on her life and what it means to be a successful mother.

On the way to creating a new future, the New Jewish Filmmaking Project is rediscovering the past. 11 young storytellers, ages 15-25, collaborated...