Archival Movies

Celebrating the splendor and grandeur of the great cinemas of the United States, built when movies were the acme of entertainment and the stories...

Mixing animation with a wealth of archival footage, Chris Auchter’s film explores the 1985 dispute over clearcut logging on Haida Gwaii. On one...

X-ray images were invented in 1895, the same year in which the Lumière brothers presented their respective invention in what today is...

Cinema came to lead humanity to salvation, Christ-like, akin to a wild horse... and on this path, it faced many hardships and was ultimately...

The National Library of France is the guardian of priceless treasures that tell our history, our illustrious thinkers, writers, scholars and artists....

WINHANGANHA (Wiradjuri language: Remember, know, think) - is a lyrical journey of archival footage and sound, poetry and original composition. It is...

A sock puppet explores a family history told from the perspective of a mother and father.

At the end of the Vietnam War, Hoa Thi Le and Hue Nguyen Che fled to the Philippines in a makeshift boat. The couple were then recruited as extras...

When the strongest earthquake in a century hit Mexico in 2017, everyone had eyes on the rescue of 12-year old Frida - until the story took a very...

A 16mm experimental film that analogizes the discourse of racialized criminality and the carceral apparatus, which surveils and delimits the...

A short documentary and character study about a woman's complex relationship with religion and family.

From the Marx Brothers to Schindler's List, this compilation of Jewish film trailers offers a glimpse at the history of Jews in American cinema. A...

An undocumented immigrant explores his and his family's immigration trauma while grasping hope through a voicemail.

A darkly beautiful visual essay that explores human emotion in response to societal standards. With a lone cello providing the soundtrack, this...

The Choco area in Colombia remains isolated between sea and forest. There, religious missions, military operations, and touristic projects have come...

Film archivist and former director of the San Francisco Lesbian and Gay Film Festival Jenni Olson created this fast-paced and often funny, campy...

A feature-length documentary from Canadian Geographic Films, and presents a powerful and emotional story celebrating the 100-year history of the...

The film delves into the work processes of an archaeological team from the Aranzadi Science Society at the San Adrián Tunnel site....

A short documentary about a trailer weighing over 300 tons that carries material for the construction of a dam toward Tokyo.

This spectacular showcase of vintage movie trailers offers a crash course in lesbian, gay, bi and transgender (LGBT) movie history and a colorful...