Featured Films
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Painted Bride1990 | 25 mins
Painted Bride1990 | 25 minsThis 1990 video features the exquisite mehndi body painting tradition as it is practiced among Pakistani immigrants living in Queens, New York City. The film follows a mehndi artist, Shenaz Hooda,... -
Pilebutts2003 | 28 minsPilebutts2003 | 28 minsA union-produced documentary about pile drivers, courageous men and women better known as "pilebutts," who secure structures like bridges and skyscrapers to the earth. Pilebutts weaves history and... -
Water from Another Time1982 | 28 minsWater from Another Time1982 | 28 minsA film document of three elderly residents of Orange County, Indiana. Featured in the film are musician Lotus Dickey, clock builder and tinkerer Elmer Boyd, and self-taught artist Lois Doane. -
Everything Change Up Now: A View of the South Carolina Sea Islands0000 | 40 minsEverything Change Up Now: A View of the South Carolina Sea Islands0000 | 40 minsThis documentary explores what has happened to lifestyles of South Carolina sea slanders since slavery, through interviews with Gullah basket weavers, net makers, fishermen, educators, farmers, and... -
Style Wars1983 | 1 hr 9 minsStyle Wars1983 | 1 hr 9 minsNew York's legendary Kings of Graffiti own a special place in the hip hop pantheon. Style Wars is regarded by many as the definitive document of the emerging hip hop culture, an emblem of the...