Documentary Short Movies

Explores the natural history of the otter, depicted through the fictitious account of a day in the life of Otto the Otter and his mother. The...

Pelicans frolic around and in a pool. A keeper comes to feed them.

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Set against a backdrop of spectacular neon footage of Vancouver, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas, the film is an illuminating exploration into the vibrant...

Pinki is a five-year-old girl from a village in the Mirzapur District, India, born into a desperately poor family, and with a cleft lip. Pinki never...

The story of two young single mothers who join forces to make a new kind of family unit for themselves and their children.

Sainath, age 25, is a film student in Pune, India and his grandmother, Sunila, age 80, lives far afield in the village of Merces in Goa, India. They...

Documentary talking about bravery in the context of Green Lantern, the hero, and the Green Lantern Corps.

Documentary on the Mayan culture.

Known also as 'The Crystal Ascension', the film chronicles an exploration of Mount Hood and its glaciers by a mountain-climbing party who explore the...

An examination of the 60's trend of top-of-skyscraper revolving restaurants. First an overview of Europe's best then it's a detailed look at the...

A movie that portrays a reflection about sense of being self, to love and to be loved.

A documentary behind the scenes of Peter Bogdanovich's 'The Cat's Meow' (2001).

The film 'Canterbury is One Hundred' was produced by the National Film Unit in 1950 to celebrate the region's centennial. Written and directed by...

Featuring the sites and sounds of the Isle of Man in 1958.

A picture of life in the West Australian capital of Perth in the mid 1960s. The social, business, sporting and other activities of an average...

The Dardenne brothers discuss their early documentary films, their relationship with Armand Gatti (who inspired them to become filmmakers), the...

This short film from the Perspective series highlights social and economic development in Haiti circa 1957. It depicts customs and traditions used to...

A community of Armenians, refugees from the Soviet Union during the Baku pogroms, live in a deep American province. Baku life, Armenian blood, Soviet...