Community Movies

A woman struggles to keep her fading family restaurant alive, stuck upholding its legacy alone. When Meng Po — the old goddess who serves soup...

Upon graduating college, a brokenhearted aspiring writer, without a dime or connections, packs his bags and heads to Los Angeles in the hopes of...

Fifty years ago, aspiring thespians Terry and Carole Ann Gill arrived in Australia from England seeking fame and fortune. But they never quite made...

Connection | Isolation presents eight intimate portraits of trans and post-gender individuals navigating the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic....

Keur Simbara is an intimate, lyrical short documentary that follows a group of women community organizers in a rural Senegalese village as they build...

Step aboard a wooden vessel built in 1970 that became a cherished family tradition for over 50 years. Set against the stunning Rhode Island coast,...

In the same vein as Meri's other documentations, this one takes advantage of the glasnost policy to discuss the social and ecologic impact of the...

At L'Abri, a short-term "hospitality community" in the English countryside, five strangers spend a summer together exploring their big questions...

A performance film following the young ballerinas of Na Ponta dos Pés, an art school founded by Tuany Nascimento in Rio de Janeiro.

Parjo and Gundul are having a conversation at night about a boy, Udin, who is able to communicate with God by messaging His cellphone.

The internal journey of eight men, who, through a theater workshop, go through the different prisons they inhabit. Practicing the art of seeing...

This short documentary examines an innovative educational program developed by John and Gerti Murdoch to teach Cree children their language via Cree...

The inspiring true story of a pastor and his family building a new church and an afflicted carpenter who becomes their unlikely source of hope,...

A tough young man, who helps to kick poor people out of their houses, falls in love with a girl. She lives with her father in the building about to...

A documentary chronicling the history and final days of the Crayola House, a legendary DIY punk venue in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Through archival...

An Amish minister buys a crippled championship steeplechase horse and nurses him back to health. But the horse has not lost his yearning for the...

Lady Chief introduces Nana Afoakwa Kyerewa I, the only female clan chief in her hometown Kukurantumi, Ghana — and only the second woman in her...

The women of the first Garífuna community in Honduras work hard for the future of their daughters. Surrounded by a dazzling landscape, they...

Terpsichore is a captivating exploration of dance as an art form, illuminating the passion, discipline, and vulnerability that transform movement...

Stranded in an alien environment, a community struggles and perseveres to mend itself.