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1. Soul of Justice: Thelton Henderson's American Journey (2005)
57 min | Documentary
Henderson's decisions on affirmative action, environmental protection and prison reform --and the furors that surrounded them --serve as a prism on these changes and what they mean for American society.
Director: Abby Ginzberg | Stars: Carl Lumbly, Andrew Young, Thelton E. Henderson, Jackie Robinson
Votes: 23
2. States of Grace (2014)
74 min | Documentary, Drama
After surviving a near-fatal head-on collision on the Golden Gate Bridge, a revered physician struggles to come to terms with her injuries and discover new meaning in her radically altered ... See full summary »
Directors: Helen Cohen, Mark Lipman
Votes: 31
3. Downside Up (2002)
56 min | Documentary
"Downside UP" is about America's largest museum of contemporary art, the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA), which opened in 1999 in an enormous abandoned factory in the ... See full summary »
Director: Nancy Kelly
Votes: 10
4. Independent Lens (1999– )
TV-14 | Documentary
Independent Lens is an award-winning PBS documentary series that streams on the PBS App and airs on public television. Independent Lens documentaries focus on stories of underrepresented ... See full summary »
Stars: America Ferrera, Terrence Howard, Stanley Tucci, Mary-Louise Parker
Votes: 635
5. P.O.V. (1988– )
60 min | Documentary
POV, a cinema term for "point of view," is television's longest-running showcase for independent non-fiction films. Since 1988, POV has presented more than 300 of the best, boldest, and ... See full summary »
Stars: Stacey Abrams, Rashida Tlaib, Lucy McBath, Veronica Escobar
Votes: 245
6. Radical Grace (2015)
86 min | Documentary, News
Today, Pope Francis is changing the Vatican's conservative tone. But for decades, U.S. nuns have been bucking the Church hierarchy by living a gospel of love, social justice and inclusion. ... See full summary »
Director: Rebecca Parrish
Votes: 61
7. Between Two Worlds (2011)
70 min | Documentary, History, News
'Between Two Worlds' is a personal exploration of the community and family divisions that are redefining American Jewish identity and politics. The filmmakers own families are battlegrounds... See full summary »
Directors: Deborah Kaufman, Alan Snitow
Votes: 9
8. Smitten (2005)
Not Rated | 27 min | Documentary, Short
Rene di Rosa is smitten by art. Rene is unusual because his goal is neither about interior decorating nor increasing his social status, but about the pure joy of discovery. He has the ... See full summary »
Director: Nancy Kelly | Stars: Rene di Rosa, Mildred Howard, Michele Pred
Votes: 19
9. The Intermission (2013)
112 min | Comedy
On the eve of the closure of a cinema, an examination of what this means for film and for Japan as a whole from the point-of-view of the viewing public and the cast who staffed many of the ... See full summary »
Director: Naofumi Higuchi | Stars: Kumiko Akiyoshi, Bin Furuya, Yôko Hatanaka, Shinji Higuchi
Votes: 14
10. Thousand Pieces of Gold (1990)
PG-13 | 105 min | Romance, Western
In 1880s China, a girl is sold into marriage by her father. Rather than becoming a bride, Lalu ends up in a gold-mining town where she forges a path for her own freedom and, ultimately, true love.
Director: Nancy Kelly | Stars: Rosalind Chao, Chris Cooper, Michael Paul Chan, Dennis Dun
Votes: 735 | Gross: $0.72M
11. National Geographic Presents: Mystery of the Romanovs (2007 TV Movie)
Documentary
Directors: Dan Krauss, Pam Rorke Levy | Stars: Gregg King, Penny Wilson, Vladimir Soloviev, Peter Sarandinaki
Votes: 30
12. Breach of Contract (1982)
89 min
A husband and wife, both of whom are career-oriented, agree never to step on the other's ambitions. Unfortunately, both become too ambitious for their own good, and, true to the film's title, their verbal "contract" is shattered.
Director: Andre R. Guttfreund | Stars: Peter Coyote, Monique van de Ven, Cindy Pickett, George DiCenzo
Votes: 33
13. Rebels with a Cause (2013)
74 min | Documentary, History
REBELS WITH A CAUSE provides the David and Goliath origin for one of America's most visited, and arguably it's most beautiful, urban national parks - Point Reyes National Seashore and ... See full summary »
Director: Nancy Kelly | Star: Frances McDormand
Votes: 30
14. Thirst (2004)
65 min | Documentary
The control over public water supply is significant policy issue around the world. Documentarians Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman take a close look at the global business trend of privatizing water supplies.
Directors: Deborah Kaufman, Alan Snitow | Stars: Mahmoud Abu-Zeid, Bill Alexander, Dezaraye Bagalayos, Maude Barlow
Votes: 48
15. Trust: Second Acts in Young Lives (2010)
78 min | Documentary, Drama, Family
The story of Chicago's Albany Park Theater Project, an immigrant youth theater company.
Votes: 6
16. Shadow Play (1986)
R | 97 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A playwright staying with the mother of her deceased fiance, who is believed to have committed suicide, is haunted by his spirit, .
Director: Susan Shadburne | Stars: Dee Wallace, Cloris Leachman, Ron Kuhlman, Barry Laws
Votes: 229
17. The Business of America... (1984)
Not Rated | 45 min | Documentary
THE BUSINESS OF AMERICA is the first film to probe one of our most treasured economic assumptions: that private corporations can be trusted to make the investments upon which all Americans ... See full summary »
Director: Larry Adelman
18. The Mediterranean (1982)
87 min
The Mediterranean is the story of an artist who dreams of his formerly-happy life ten years earlier in Antibes on the south of France where he first met his wife, fell in love and created ... See full summary »
Director: Yan Nascimbene | Stars: Ernie Fosselius, Julia Freiberg, Moemie Nascimbene, Joan Parazette
19. Aspect Ratio (2010– )
28 min | Talk-Show
Stars: John Morrison, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, David Jeffery, Philip Carr Neel
20. Right to Risk: A 15 Day Journey Through Arizona's Grand Canyon (2006)
60 min | Documentary
RIGHT TO RISK accompanies eight individuals with disabilities and their guides as they face the daunting challenges of rafting down 225 miles of the Colorado River and wilderness of Grand ... See full summary »
Director: John Michael Ryan
21. Sarah Squared (2023)
3 min | Short
Meeting Dr. Sarah Allen, the esteemed Point Reyes National Seashore Marine Ecologist, opened up a whole new world for Sarah Codde. The first day of Sarah's internship, Dr. Sarah took her to... See full summary »
Director: Nancy Kelly
22. Cowgirls: Portraits of American Ranch Women (1985)
29 min | Documentary, Short
The cowgirls in this documentary are modern-day women aged six to sixty, who ride, rope and tough out the elements just as well as their more famous cowboy counterparts. The film spans ... See full summary »
Director: Nancy Kelly | Stars: Norma Hapgood, Melody Harding, Cricket Long, Nondi Long
23. Acres of Magic (2023)
Short
As Head of the San Francisco Park Stewardship Program in the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, YAKUTA POONAWALLA combines habitat restoration and storytelling to connect urban ... See full summary »
Director: Nancy Kelly
24. Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi: Dai jukuya (2011 Video)
60 min | Horror
21th installment in Broadway's "Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi" series.
Director: Kenji Yamamoto | Stars: Sayaka Hashimoto, Minami Sengoku, Yuri Yamasaki
25. I'm a Burner (2022)
3 min | Short
Like her elders, Trina, a member of the Mountain Maidu tribe, deal with fire by thinning out excess fuel with cultural burns. Trina teaches some wild land fire fighters how to care for the landscape with a cultural burn.
Director: Nancy Kelly
26.
Independent Lens (1999– )
Episode:
Downside Up
(2003)
TV-14 | Documentary
Director: Nancy Kelly | Star: America Ferrera
27.
Independent Lens (1999– )
Episode:
Tulia, Texas
(2009)
TV-14 | Documentary
Directors: Cassandra Herrman, Kelly Whalen | Star: Terrence Howard
29.
Aspect Ratio (2010– )
Episode:
MVFF October 9th, 2010
(2010)
Talk-Show
John Morrison does his first interview of the 2010 Mill Valley Film Festival with Nancy Kelly and Kenji Yamamoto on their film "Trust".
Stars: Nancy Kelly, John Morrison, Kenji Yamamoto