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For Institutions

Many of our films are available for educational license.

We are proud to partner with legendary filmmakers and the freshest talents. All of our films come from groundbreaking voices in both documentary and narrative cinema to create entirely unique worlds.

Tarnation

Widely considered one of the milestones of 21st century non-fiction cinema, "Tarnation" is an autobiography unlike any other.

Down and Out in America

Down and Out in America

Winner of the 1987 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, legendary actress/director Lee Grant's groundbreaking portrait of Regan Era America is as freshly terrifying and contemporary as ever,

Wallowitch & Ross: This Moment

Wallowitch & Ross: This Moment

Shortlisted for the 1999 Academy Award, this documentary musical explores the partnership of acclaimed artists John Wallowitch and Bertram Ross, both onstage and off.

What Sex Am I?

Lee Grant's acclaimed exploration of the Trans experience in 1980's America rings as proheotic and true as if it had been made today.

Battered

Academy Award Winner Lee Grant's acclaimed 1989 investigation of domestic violence in American Homes is a powerful, if harrowing portrait of life lived in constant fear of the people closest to you.

Living With The Tiger

Living With The Tiger

The children's lives at Baan Gerda orphanage in Thailand change when a musical stranger comes to town.

When Women Kill

When Women Kill

Granted exclsuive access to a series of women's prisons, "When Women Kill" explores a woman's life behind bars and the events that lead them there. Most often the killing of a violent partner, but in one partiularly harrowing case, following Charles Manson.

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