Documentary Short Movies

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on March 18th, 1918.

Two children are directed by a cinemaker.

Released on July 9th, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

1906, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

A documentary following a West London barber, as he reminisces on his entry into his profession and how it saved him from other fates.

This personal film is made up of landscape photos from the archive of the director's father, through which he returns to his life while exploring the...

In this film, a group of women and children gather sweet, fresh /ole berries and sha roots. The younger women, led by N!ai, bait a nest of wasps. As...

A man and a woman in a mountaineering tour on the Blackfoot Glacier in the Glacier National Park. They cross the glacier, negotiating big crevasses...

A short black-and-white silent documentary film featuring the life-cycle of the Barn Owl.

Children of lesbian mothers talk frankly about their mothers' coming out, their own homophobia, and how they feel about being raised by lesbian...

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

A brief history of the emergence and artistic innovations of tango in 19th-century Argentina and Europe. The film offers a mosaic of tango melodies,...

The Shrimp is a lush visualist's documentary that follows the life cycle of a shrimp along the marshes of Savannah, Georgia. Beautifully etched...

Poor pedestrian, horse drawn carts, wagons and bus travel across bridge at Sunderland, Tyne and Wear.

Brenda Way, founder and artistic director of ODC, is a recipient of the San Francisco Foundation Community Awards "for creating a community hub...

"Grow a Better Dallas" is a short documentary film showcasing South Dallas' Restorative Farms, a registered non-profit offering restorative justice...

Gabriel Lynch is an Australian singer-songwriter who has been in the industry since 2006. Gabriel reflects on his career including how he started,...

This two-part visual essay features the son of director Don Siegel, Kristoffer Tabori, who reads from his father book A Siegel Film. The bulk of the...

Jane Garcia, winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2007 Community Leadership Awards (the Robert C. Kirkwood Award). Jane's visionary advocacy...