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Popular Documentary

Tower - First Hand Accounts of the University of Texas' 1966 Shooting 83 mins2016 August 1st 1966 was the day our innocence was shattered. A sniper rode the elevator to the top floor of the iconic University of Texas…
Tower - First Hand Accounts of the University of Texas' 1966 Shooting
Not Without Us - Grassroot Activists Demonstrate at the United Nations' Climate Talks 58 mins2017 This documentary follows seven grassroots activists from around the world to the 21st U.N. Climate Talks in Paris. The effects of climate change on their…
Not Without Us - Grassroot Activists Demonstrate at the United Nations' Climate Talks
Unborn in the USA - A Riveting Look into the Pro-Life Movement 106 mins2007 Provocative and bracing, Unborn in the USA provides a riveting look into the deep secrets and deep pockets of the pro-life movement. Traveling across 35…
Unborn in the USA - A Riveting Look into the Pro-Life Movement
The Hornet's Nest - Two Journalists Follow US Troops in Afghanistan 97 mins2013 The Hornet's Nest is a groundbreaking and immersive feature film, using unprecedented real footage to tell the story of an elite group of U.S. troops…
The Hornet's Nest - Two Journalists Follow US Troops in Afghanistan
Out & Around - On the Not-So-Straight Journey Towards Equality 62 mins2015 When Jennifer Chang and Lisa Dazols first fell in love, they vowed to follow a life of adventure. The couple had no idea that their…
Out & Around - On the Not-So-Straight Journey Towards Equality
Bhutto - Democracy Was Her Greatest Revenge Against Extremism 107 mins2010 The epic story of Benazir Bhutto, the first woman in history elected to lead a Muslim nation. A favored daughter of the family often called…
Bhutto - Democracy Was Her Greatest Revenge Against Extremism
The Penguin Counters 68 mins2015 Armed with low-tech gear and high-minded notions that penguin populations hold the key to human survival, Ron Naveen lays bare his 30 year love affair…
The Penguin Counters

Criterion Collection

La Haine 98 mins1995 Mathieu Kassovitz took the film world by storm with La haine, a gritty, unsettling, and visually explosive look at the racial and cultural volatility in…
La Haine
The Battle of Algiers 122 mins1966 One of the most influential political films in history, The Battle of Algiers, by Gillo Pontecorvo, vividly re-creates a key year in the tumultuous Algerian…
The Battle of Algiers
Rashomon 89 mins1950 A riveting psychological thriller that investigates the nature of truth and the meaning of justice, Rashomon is widely considered one of the greatest films ever…
Rashomon
In the Mood for Love 99 mins2000 Hong Kong, 1962: Chow Mo-wan (Tony Leung Chiu-wai) and Su Li-zhen (Maggie Cheung Man-yuk) move into neighboring apartments on the same day. Their encounters are…
In the Mood for Love
The Official Story - La Historia Oficial 115 mins1985 In Argentina, Alicia lives the sheltered life of the wife of a wealthy businessman but her whole life changes when she discovers that her daughter,…
The Official Story - La Historia Oficial
Paris, Texas 146 mins1984 New German Cinema pioneer Wim Wenders brings his keen eye for landscape to the American Southwest in Paris, Texas, a profoundly moving character study written…
Paris, Texas
Breathless 91 mins1960 There was before Breathless, and there was after Breathless. Jean-Luc Godard burst onto the film scene in 1960 with this jazzy, free-form, and sexy homage…
Breathless

New to Kanopy - Movies

East Side Sushi 107 mins2015 This critically acclaimed indie favorite was the winner of awards at 9 different film festivals, including Best Narrative Feature at SF Indie Fest. Single mom…
East Side Sushi
Lavender 93 mins2016 After losing her memory, a woman begins to see unexplained things after her psychiatrist suggests she visit her childhood home in this chilling tale featuring…
Lavender
The Citizen 100 mins2013 Inspired by true events, filmmaker Sam Kadi's feature debut is a gripping tale of courage, love, and perseverance, the qualities of a true CITIZEN. Yearning…
The Citizen
The Last Film Festival 91 mins2016 In this hilarious satire of the film festival world, THE LAST FILM FESTIVAL brings Hollywood right into your own town. The late Dennis Hopper stars,…
The Last Film Festival
Fly Me to Minami - Koi suru minami 104 mins2013 This intimate and touching tale of two intersecting, international love affairs in Osaka is both dramatic and comic. When busy fashion editor Sherine loses her…
Fly Me to Minami - Koi suru minami
Kousayla 20 mins2015 A film festival favorite from Algeria, KOUSAYLA tells the story of an 11 year-old boy who has just lost his grandmother. He cannot not accept…
Kousayla
The Bravest, The Boldest 17 mins2014 A young mother in a Harlem housing project realizes the arrival of two Army officers brings news she can't allow herself to accept. Official Selection…
The Bravest, The Boldest

New to Kanopy - Documentaries

At the Fork - Grappling with the Morality of Farming Animals for Food 95 mins2016 A timely and refreshingly unbiased look at how farm animals are raised for our consumption, "At the Fork" follows filmmaker and omnivore John Papola, together…
At the Fork - Grappling with the Morality of Farming Animals for Food
El Paso - Independent Mexican Journalists Living in Exile 77 mins2015 This is a story about Mexican journalists and their families that were threatened and are now forced to live in exile, seeking political asylum. This…
El Paso - Independent Mexican Journalists Living in Exile
Trump's Road to the White House 54 mins2017 An investigation of how Donald Trump defied expectations to win the presidency, and what it suggests about how he will govern. Through interviews with key…
Trump's Road to the White House
The Man Who Discovered Capitalism - The Life and Ideas of Influential Economist Joseph Schumpeter 52 mins2016 Joseph Schumpeter (1883-1950) coined the term "creative destruction" and generations of economists have adopted it as a shorthand description of the free market's messy way…
The Man Who Discovered Capitalism - The Life and Ideas of Influential Economist Joseph Schumpeter
Becoming Anita Ekberg - The Life and Career of Actress and Sex Symbol, Anita Ekberg 18 mins2014 Anita Ekberg became an international symbol of lush beauty and unbridled sensuality in the 1960 Federico Fellini film "La Dolce Vita." Fellini cast Ms. Ekberg…
Becoming Anita Ekberg - The Life and Career of Actress and Sex Symbol, Anita Ekberg
Going Back (De Volta) - Brazillian Prisoners Experience Four Days of Freedom 78 mins2013 Four days of freedom. The greatest gift a prisoner can receive, and the greatest challenge. GOING BACK follows four Brazilian convicts serving hard time who…
Going Back (De Volta) - Brazillian Prisoners Experience Four Days of Freedom
Divide in Concord - A Fiery Octogenarian Sparks a Revolutionary Movement Towards Democracy 82 mins2014 Jean Hill, a fiery octogenarian, is deeply concerned about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch - the world's largest landfill. She spends her golden years attending…
Divide in Concord - A Fiery Octogenarian Sparks a Revolutionary Movement Towards Democracy

World Cinema

Bad Hair - Pelo Malo 94 mins2013 A nine-year-old boy's preening obsession with straightening his hair elicits a tidal wave of homophobic panic in his hard-working mother, in this tender but clear-eyed…
Bad Hair - Pelo Malo
Machuca 116 mins2005 Santiago, Chile, 1973: Pedro Machuca is a poor boy of tribal descent, brought into an upper class private school during Chile's brief socialist era. Gonzalo,…
Machuca
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night 101 mins2014 Strange things are afoot in Bad City. The Iranian ghost town, home to prostitutes, junkies, pimps, and other sordid souls, is a place that reeks…
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
The First Beautiful Thing - La Prima Cosa Bella 124 mins2010 This film follows a strong and optimistic mother raising her two children against all odds. Throughout grief and pain she teaches her family to remain…
The First Beautiful Thing - La Prima Cosa Bella
Welcome 110 mins2009 Bilal, a 17 year-old Kurdish refugee, has struggled his way through Europe for 3 months, trying to reunite with his girlfriend, who recently emigrated to…
Welcome
Stalker 155 mins2 videos One of Andrei Tarkovsky's (Solaris, The Sacrifice) most acclaimed films, Stalker is an unforgettable film experience that evokes the spiritual lucidity of Carl Dreyer and…
Stalker
Girlhood - A Parisian Coming of Age Story about Race, Gender and Class 114 mins2014 Fed up with her abusive family situation, lack of school prospects and the "boys' law" in the neighborhood, Marieme starts a new life after meeting…
Girlhood - A Parisian Coming of Age Story about Race, Gender and Class

Independent Film

The Watermelon Woman - 20th Anniversary High Definition Restoration 85 mins1996 Cheryl Dunye plays a version of herself in this witty, nimble landmark of New Queer Cinema. This beautiful high definition, digital restoration was created from…
The Watermelon Woman - 20th Anniversary High Definition Restoration
Born in Flames 80 mins1983 The movie that rocked the foundations of the early Indie film world, this provocative, thrilling and still-relevant classic is a comic fantasy of female rebellion…
Born in Flames
Balcony 17 mins2015 Tina, a troubled teenage girl, is attracted to Dana, an Afghani girl. Initially, we trust Tina and admire her protectiveness of Dana from the kids…
Balcony
Da Sweet Blood of Jesus 124 mins2015 Spike Lee's stylized thriller DA SWEET BLOOD OF JESUS is a new kind of love story. Dr. Hess Green becomes cursed by a mysterious ancient…
Da Sweet Blood of Jesus
Gabi on the Roof in July 103 mins2010 A portrait of young New York and the misguided hopefuls who can't afford to live there but do anyway, GABI ON THE ROOF IN JULY…
Gabi on the Roof in July
Memoria 71 mins2016 Based on James Franco's "Palo Alto Stories" and "A California Childhood", Ivan Cohen is a young boy living in Palo Alto, California. Unsatisfied by his…
Memoria
Almost Adults 90 mins2017 This comedy feature follows two best friends in their final year of college while they transition into adulthood. One embraces her sexuality and tries to…
Almost Adults

Immigrant Stories

Precious Knowledge - Fighting for Mexican American Studies in Arizona Schools 70 mins2011 Precious Knowledge reports from the frontlines of one of the most contentious battles in public education in recent memory, the fight over Mexican American studies…
Precious Knowledge - Fighting for Mexican American Studies in Arizona Schools
Who Is Dayani Cristal? 90 mins2013 The body of an unidentified immigrant is found in the Arizona Desert. In an attempt to retrace his path and discover his story, director Marc…
Who Is Dayani Cristal?
Becoming American 31 mins2008 Recent Mexican immigrants, although poorer, tend to be healthier than the average American. They have lower rates of death, heart disease, cancer, and other illnesses,…
Becoming American
The Immigration Paradox - Diverse Stories Reveal Root Causes of Mass Migration 90 mins6 videos The Immigration Paradox takes a critical and in depth look at one of the most divisive issues in human global history-immigration. After encountering an immigrant…
The Immigration Paradox - Diverse Stories Reveal Root Causes of Mass Migration
I Learn America 144 mins2 videos In I Learn America, five resilient immigrant teenagers come together at the International High School at Lafayette and struggle to learn their new land. The…
I Learn America
First Person Plural 60 mins2000 In this Emmy Award-nominated documentary, filmmaker Deann Borshay Liem explores themes of race, identity, assimilation, and birth family reunion. In 1966, Deann was adopted by…
First Person Plural
Seeking Asian Female 82 mins2012 Steven is a 60-year-old white American man who works as a cashier in a garage and dreams of marrying a young Asian woman. Debbie, a…
Seeking Asian Female

70 Years of the Cannes Film Festival

The Great Beauty (La Grande Bellezza) 142 mins2013 For decades, journalist Jep Gambardella has charmed and seduced his way through the glittering nightlife of Rome. Since the legendary success of his only novel,…
The Great Beauty (La Grande Bellezza)
Girlhood - A Parisian Coming of Age Story about Race, Gender and Class 114 mins2014 Fed up with her abusive family situation, lack of school prospects and the "boys' law" in the neighborhood, Marieme starts a new life after meeting…
Girlhood - A Parisian Coming of Age Story about Race, Gender and Class
A Touch Of Sin 131 mins2013 The film revolves around four threads set in vastly different geographical and social milieus across modern-day China, ranging from the bustling southern metropolis of Guangzhou…
A Touch Of Sin
Madame Tutli Putli 18 mins2007 Madame Tutli-Putli boards the night train, weighed down by all her earthly possessions and the ghosts of her past. She travels alone, facing both the…
Madame Tutli Putli
Ave Maria 15 mins2015 An Israeli settler family crash their car outside an isolated convent in the occupied West Bank. Their only hope of getting home rests with five…
Ave Maria
Neither Heaven Nor Earth - Ni le ciel ni la terre 105 mins2015 French Army Captain Antares Bonassieu and his squad are assigned to monitor a remote valley of Wakhan, Afghanistan on the border of Pakistan. Negotiating control…
Neither Heaven Nor Earth - Ni le ciel ni la terre
Pelle the Conqueror - Pelle erobreren 151 mins1987 Lasse, an elderly and widowed farmer, and his young son Pelle, join a boat-load of immigrants to escape from impoverished rural Sweden to Denmark's Baltic…
Pelle the Conqueror - Pelle erobreren
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