Our interview with interdisciplinary artist Rashaad Newsome, co-director and protagonist of Assembly and creator of Being the ...

From a 1960s barbershop doo-wop group to 1970s masters of funk, through pitfalls, comebacks, to becoming the world's most sampled band, Parliament Funkadelic continues to perform, record, and funk on ...

In a celebration of urban wildness, The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill follows formerly homeless street musician Mark Bittner into San Francisco’s avian subculture, where a remarkable flock of wild ...

In King Corn, two recent college graduates plant a single acre of corn and set out to follow it on its journey from the seed to the dinner plate.

We Believe in Dinosaurs is an exploration of the scientific and historical veracity of the Bible and the construction of an authentic likeness of Noah’s Ark in Williamstown, Kentucky. Known as “The ...

Herskovits at the Heart of Blackness examines the life and work of the Jewish-American anthropologist, Melville Herskovits, whose writings challenged prevailing notions of race and culture.

About the Documentary Long before people began posting their homemade video mashups on the Web, hip-hop musicians were perfecting the art of audio montage through sampling. Sampling — or riffing — is ...

The Atom Smashers tells the story of the quest of a group of scientists to find the most elusive sub-atomic particles ever theorized: the Higgs boson.

July '64 explores the genesis and outcome of a three-night riot that erupted in two predominantly black neighborhoods in downtown Rochester, NY in 1964, a significant event in the Civil Rights era.

We count on indie filmmakers to sniff out the conspicuous absences in mainstream media. Journalist and investigative reporter Amy Goodman once said, “The role of independent media is to go to where ...

This piece is part of an ongoing Independent Lens series exploring documentary film history. Check out the previous entry, Silent Real-Life Adventure Films, and stay tuned for more installments. The ...