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Patti Smith: Dream of Life

by Steven Sebring

Premiere: December 30, 2009

Shot over 11 years by renowned fashion photographer Steven Sebring, this is an intimate portrait of the legendary rocker, poet and artist Patti Smith.

Jennifer

by Stewart Copeland

Premiere: September 22, 2009

Filmmaker Stewart Copeland explores his relationship with his late mother and the distance spaces between memory and history. (Short film shown with Bronx Princess.)

Ella Es el Matador (She Is the Matador)

by Gemma Cubero, Celeste Carrasco

Premiere: September 1, 2009

Two women matadors in Spain have a passion for bullfighting and are determined to pursue their dreams. What is it like for women to enter into this male-dominated arena?

POV Shorts

by Various Filmmakers

Premiere: August 18, 2009

POV presents a one-hour collection of acclaimed documentary shorts by established and emerging filmmakers.

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Belarusian Waltz

by Andrzej Fidyk

Premiere: August 12, 2008

The story of Alexander Pushkin, whose audacious, comical exploits against totalitarianism find him facing the hostility of the police and the consternation of his family.

Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music

by Robert Elfstrom

Premiere: August 5, 2008

Fresh on the heels of his Folsom Prison album, Cash reveals the dark intensity and raw talent that made him a country music star and cultural icon.

The Last Conquistador

by John J. Valadez, Cristina Ibarra

Premiere: July 15, 2008

Renowned sculptor John Houser has a dream: to build the world's tallest bronze equestrian statue for the city of El Paso, Texas.

Ars Magna

by Cory Kelley

Premiere: March 1, 2008

"Ars Magna," which means "great art" in Latin, is an anagram of the word "anagrams." This Emmy-nominated short enters the obsessive and fascinating world of anagrams. (8 minutes)

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Wrestling With Angels

by Freida Lee Mock

Premiere: December 12, 2007

Tony Kushner, whose epochal Angels in America won a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award, has emerged as one of the country's leading playwrights — and one of its fiercest moral critics. In the film, Oscar-winning director Freida Lee Mock followed Kushner for three tumultuous years, from September 11, 2001, up to the 2004 presidential election, to delve into the passions that keep him reaching for the great American play.