From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China

One of Les Blank's industrial films, which follows a Holly Farms "broiler" chicken from factory incubation to the county fair barbecue pit. A...

Musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, a classic tale of an orphan who runs away from the workhouse and joins up with a group of boys...

A film's art director is in charge of the set, from conception to construction to furnishing. This short film walks the viewer through art directors'...

Kris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow at Macy's following his performance in the...

Albert and David Maysles (Gimme Shelter) directed this 53-minute documentary about movie tycoon Joseph E. Levine (1963). Preserved by the Academy...

Short documentary extolling the virtues and necessity for women to participate in America's preparation for war, showing women working in scientific,...

This short film takes a look at the off-screen personas of screen actors. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.

A documentary about four African-American comediennes set in 1984. Restored in 2021 by the Academy Film Archive. 

Satyajit Ray's poetic documentary was commissioned by the Chogyal (King) of Sikkim at a time when he felt the sovereignty of Sikkim was under threat...

Mixing narrative and documentary, the film retells a 16 year old girl's experience of a date rape.

This fragmentary documentary was prepared at the request of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences by Yoshio Osawa of the J.O. Studios in...

This fascinating making-of documentary investigates the controversy and political atmosphere surrounding the production of Salt of the Earth,...