Documentary Short Movies

Preschool to Prison is a compelling examination of how the United States public school system is built and operated like prisons. Zero-tolerance...

A BAFTA award nominated documentary looking at methods of pig breeding in Denmark.

How to make porridge using a haybox.

Sydney's population had just reached three million, and while its skyline was not as tall as it is today, it was already on its way to become a...

Dark matter, which makes up 85% of the matter in the Universe, remains one of the greatest mysteries in physics. A team of scientists are using...

Filmmaker Peter Hegedus embarks on the challenging journey to make Sorella's Story, an immersive 360° film set on the beaches of Latvia in...

Soon enough humankind will ascend to space. Who can join that mission? Who has to stay behind? In some places it has already started. Men and...

Travelogue released on December 4th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

In this documentary Edo Maajka, Bosnian hip hop star talks about war, his life as a refugee, war crimes, forgiving and making peace, nationalism,...

Historic look at the Columbia River and its development. This film contains rare footage of Grand Coulee Dam construction, Indian fishing at Celilo...

This 1944 newsreel documents arrivals at a Wellington wharf from the Middle East: New Zealand soldiers and Polish children. For the refugees it was...

In 1992, at the height of the AIDS pandemic, activist Terence Alan Smith made a historic bid for president of the United States as his drag queen...

A study of nocturnal butterflies and their mating habits.

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Released on the 8th of May, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

A historical documentary documenting the rise, function, and abandonment of a 17 story building that once housed The Rochester Psychiatric Center. ...

An electric doorbell, a cylindrical lock on the entrance door, and a peephole. A single-phase socket. A faience toilet bowl, a cistern, and a toilet...

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on May 27th, 1918.