Documentary Feature

A documentary film is a nonfictional motion picture intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record. Such films were originally shot on film stock—the only medium available—but now include video and digital productions that can be either direct-to-video, made into a TV show or released for screening in cinemas. “Documentary” has been described as a “filmmaking practice, a cinematic tradition, and mode of audience reception” that is continually evolving and is without clear boundaries.

U.S. and foreign films

The English film title, original title, country of origin and production year are listed. Foreign-language films are subtitled in English.

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At Rainbow’s End II

At Rainbow’s End is a documentary feature following the everyday lives of 7 HIV-positive youth who live under the care of a humble foster home in a small town in Selangor’s outskirts. Ranging in age from 16 to 8 years old, these kids were abandoned and neglected, abused and shamed, as a result of having… Read more »

South Shore People Power, Fore River Residents Say NO Fracked Gas Weymouth Compressor Station

Robert Flame Lamothe | United States | 01:07:00 | 2021 English South Shore People Power is a documentary film about the fight to stop Enbridge Corporation from building a dangerous and destructive 7,700 horsepower fracked gas compressor station in a highly populated area of Weymouth and Quincy. Cast All the People of FRRACS the Fore… Read more »

SERGEY TANIN -THE PIANIST WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD

Helen Stehli Pfister | Switzerland | 00:52:12 | 2021 German, Russian Young Sergey Tanin from Yakutia resolved early on with all the tenacity of a Siberian to pursue a solo career as a pianist. We show how he succeeds in making the leap from his icy homeland to Moscow and then to Switzerland and get… Read more »

SA24 – Two Dozen Songs from Now

Brian Allen | United States | 00:56:03 | 2021 English A group of San Antonio poets, composers, and performers collaborates to create twenty-four songs “from now” in this quietly powerful tribute to the creative process. Cast Wendy Barker Jenny Browne Darrell Pittman Octavio Quintanilla Carol Coffee Reposa Harold Rodinsky Nathan Felix William Gokelman Charles Goodhue… Read more »

The Cost of Denial

Huw Christi | United States | 01:22:00 | 2021 English From 1981 to 2021, the world has confronted a terrible scourge that has impacted countless individuals with fear, pain and death. Hundreds of billions of dollars have been spent on our war against AIDS. The medical industry has focused on antiretroviral drugs to combat the… Read more »

Will you still meet me in a digital world

Monika Funke Stern | Germany | 01:00:06 | 2023 English, German, Russian Digitalization changes our life and will change it even more radically. There is the promise of eternal life, but also the prediction that we have to emigrate from the planet. The film shows aspects of digitalization in medicine, art, architecture, biology, astrophysics. Writer… Read more »

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Last of the Lakers

Terry Ayrault | United States | 01:05:46 | 2022 English A film that proves how–even after 40 years–teammates from a Catholic middle school team are shaped by their experiences, their memories and the time they spent together during their 1980 football season. Cast Keats Dolgin Writer Terry Ayrault Producer Hans Groper Music Composer Gary Nester

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Freshwater

Ian Planchon | United States | 00:51:12 | 2022 English Freshwater is a documentary that dives into the cold waters of Lake Superior along Minnesota’s North Shore. It contains 10% of Earth’s freshwater, yet this massive force of nature remains largely unexplored. One group of people, however, is intimately aware of its power. From the… Read more »

Springtime Odyssey

Dale Jakubowski | United States | 01:04:38 | 2022 A documentary, exhibiting Nature in her most beautiful setting.

il Messaggero

Pete L Ferraro | United States | 01:03:34 | 2022 English “il Messaggero” is a documentary about an Italian immigrant’s mission in 1966. The story of this unique Italian-American experience was created for the 2021 Russo Brothers Film Forum and made possible through a grant awarded to only 8 filmmakers around the country and from… Read more »