The library is temporarily taking an intermission from screening documentaries. If you are interested in the many other opportunities on campus to watch documentaries, check out the MOA, the International Cinema, and Peery films.
Birders reveals the extraordinary array of wild birds who grace Manhattan’s celebrated patch of green and the equally colorful, full-of-attitude New Yorkers who schedule their lives around the rhythms of migration.
Only sixteen and living every girl’s dream. After signing a contract with Elite Model Management New York, Rosemary Card traveled the world modeling for top industry names like Gucci, Zac Posen, Miss Sixty, Vogue, Lucky Magazine, WWD, Jill Stuart, and Junko Koshino. In Runway to Nowhere, Rosemary returns to New York to call attention to some of the ugly practices within the most beautiful industry.
Pelada follows two former college soccer stars who didnʼt quite make it to the pros. Not ready for it to be over, they take off to over twenty countries around the world, chasing the game—the global phenomenon spanning gender, race, religion, and class. The film tells the stories of the players they meet along the way. This screening is part of Brazil Beneath the Surface, sponsored by the Kennedy Center and Department of Spanish and Portuguese.
An affectionate documentary guided by the same principles championed by its subjects, Design Is One, takes an efficient, minimalist approach to portraying the careers of the Vignellis, two of the world’s most influential and important designers.
This deeply human documentary examines the subjects of environmental destruction from two distinct angles. Impoverished migrant workers are chopping down the Amazon rainforest to create charcoals for pig iron used primarily in the automobile industry. The film examines their daily lives and work as they struggle to get ahead. This screening is part of Brazil Beneath the Surface, sponsored by the Kennedy Center and Department of Spanish and Portuguese. Portuguese with English subtitles.
Besides being an eye-popping film of twenty years of action footage of U.S. champion snowboarder Kevin Pearce, The Crash Reel is also a tale of family and unconditional love, of loyal friends and fierce competitors, of broken dreams and the courage to keep going. An uplifting and redemptive film about fate’s unexpected twists and turns, and life’s universal questions: why are we here and what’s our purpose?
Eduardo Coutinho, Brazil’s master of documentary, intimately records the daily lives of the residents of a gargantuan Copacabana apartment block over the course of seven days. The building, know as “Master”, has a grand total of 267 apartments, housing approximately 500 people. Interviews of 37 residents reveal an array of rich and varied life stories. This screening is part of Brazil Beneath the Surface, sponsored by the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. Portuguese with English subtitles.