Distant Close

How do you entertain yourself while entertaining others? A short documentary about a nighttime projectionist passing the time.

There are many legends associated with the voodoo religion. Her rituals are surrounded by an aura of mystery. The small West African state of Benin...

A woman narrates the thoughts of a world traveler, meditations on time and memory expressed in words and images from places as far-flung as Japan,...

Film about the singing and dancing culture of the Ingush people

This film is a portrait of unique cultural space for Spirits, Gods and People. While permanent theatres are commonly built in most cosmopolitan...

The film recounts the life of children living on the street in Gondar, Ethiopia, by witnessing the interaction between two children and the...

A moving portrait of traditional Finnish American culture in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, highlighting that fragile community of memory...

Follow the rise, fall, and reinvention of controversial and revered '90s television psychic Miss Cleo. Featuring interviews with celebrities and...

The slave ships during the XVII and XVIII century transported millions of colored people from Africa to America carried within it the seed of a...

Why are there so many ghosts on the island of Jamaica? Why is the island so notoriously haunted by tales of voodoo and dark mystical lore? "Haunted...

India has one of the largest populations of Indigenous people in the world, known locally as adivasis or tribals. As India's current Hindu...

The Danube Delta in Romania - the 'Last European Sanctuary’ - is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. While major efforts are made to protect...