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Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.

King: A Filmed Record...Montgomery To Memphis 2 videos Constructed from a wealth of archival footage, KING: A FILMED DOCUMENTARY is a monumental documentary that follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from 1955 to…
King: A Filmed Record...Montgomery To Memphis King: A Filmed Record...Montgomery To Memphis
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr: A Historical Perspective - An Authorized Biography of a Civil Rights Hero 61 mins He was the conscience of the struggle for civil rights--and one of its many heroic martyrs. this documentary offers a one-of-a-kind examination of Dr. King's…
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr: A Historical Perspective - An Authorized Biography of a Civil Rights Hero Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr: A Historical Perspective - An Authorized Biography of a Civil Rights Hero
Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise 4 videos This series looks at the last five decades of African American history through the eyes of Henry Louis Gates, Jr., exploring the tremendous gains and…
Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise
Martin Luther King, Jr: I Have A Dream 23 mins This historical compilation features highlights of major speeches given by the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C. - August 28, 1963 Brown…
Martin Luther King, Jr: I Have A Dream Martin Luther King, Jr: I Have A Dream
The March 55 mins This is the story of the making of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, told by the people who organized and participated in…
The March The March
Eyes on the Prize - America's Civil Rights Movement 1954-1985 14 videos Produced by Blackside, EYES ON THE PRIZE tells the definitive story of the civil rights era from the point of view of the ordinary men…
Eyes on the Prize - America's Civil Rights Movement 1954-1985 Eyes on the Prize - America's Civil Rights Movement 1954-1985
In Remembrance of Martin 58 mins Personal comments from family, friends, and advisors fill this remarkable documentary honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Coretta Scott King joins the Reverend Ralph Abernathy,…
In Remembrance of Martin In Remembrance of Martin
At the River I Stand - The Climax of the Civil Rights Movement 59 mins Memphis, Spring 1968 marked the dramatic climax of the Civil Rights movement. AT THE RIVER I STAND skillfully reconstructs the two eventful months that transformed…
At the River I Stand - The Climax of the Civil Rights Movement At the River I Stand - The Climax of the Civil Rights Movement
Freedom Summer 114 mins In the hot and deadly summer of 1964, the nation could not turn away from Mississippi. Over 10 memorable weeks known as Freedom Summer, more…
Freedom Summer Freedom Summer

Popular Movies

Lady Bird 94 mins Directed by Greta Gerwig and nominated for five Oscars, LADY BIRD is a warm, affecting comedy about a high schooler (Saoirse Ronan) who must navigate…
Lady Bird Lady Bird
The Miseducation of Cameron Post 92 mins Based on the celebrated novel by Emily M. Danforth, The Miseducation of Cameron Post follows the titular character (Chloe Grace Moretz) as she is sent…
The Miseducation of Cameron Post The Miseducation of Cameron Post
First Reformed 114 mins Reverend Ernst Toller (Ethan Hawke) is a solitary parish pastor at a small church in upstate New York on the cusp of celebrating its 250th…
First Reformed First Reformed
Hearts Beat Loud 98 mins In the hip Brooklyn neighborhood of Red Hook, single dad and record store owner Frank (Nick Offerman) is preparing to send his hard-working daughter Sam…
Hearts Beat Loud Hearts Beat Loud
Boy 88 mins Acclaimed director Taika Waititi (Hunt for the Wilderpeople) presents a creative coming-of-age comedy set in 1984, following an eleven-year-old Michael Jackson fanatic nicknamed "Boy" (James…
Boy Boy
Beeswax 100 mins From director Andrew Bujalski, BEESWAX revolves around the personal and professional entanglements of twin sisters Jeannie and Lauren living in Austin, Texas. Charming and intimate,…
Beeswax Beeswax
Madeline's Madeline 94 mins While her mom sees Madeline as a fragile, emotional teen, the director of her theater workshop sees her as a raw talent with a troubled…
Madeline's Madeline Madeline's Madeline
Howards End 143 mins Margaret Schlegel (Emma Thompson) and her sister Helen (Helena Bonham Carter) become involved with two couples: a wealthy, conservative industrialist (Anthony Hopkins) and his wife…
Howards End Howards End
Loving Vincent 95 mins In the first fully painted feature film, 2018 Oscar-nominated LOVING VINCENT tells the story of the mysterious and tragic death of the world's most famous…
Loving Vincent Loving Vincent

A24

Morris from America 91 mins A heartwarming and crowd-pleasing coming-of-age comedy with a unique spin, MORRIS FROM AMERICA centers on Morris Gentry, a 13-year-old who has just relocated with his…
Morris from America Morris from America
The Children Act 106 mins Smart, elegant, and deeply moving, THE CHILDREN ACT stars two-time Academy Award-winner Emma Thompson in a powerful and riveting performance as Fiona Maye, a British…
The Children Act The Children Act
Woman Walks Ahead 103 mins Based on a true story, this riveting western follows a headstrong New York widow (Jessica Chastain) as she journeys west to meet Sioux chief Sitting…
Woman Walks Ahead Woman Walks Ahead
A Ghost Story 93 mins Academy Award winner Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara star as a young couple who -- after being separated by loss -- discover an eternal connection…
A Ghost Story A Ghost Story
The End of the Tour 107 mins A funny and touching exploration of fame, success, and friendship, as we follow journalist David Lipsky (Jesse Eisenberg) during 5 days he spent on the…
The End of the Tour The End of the Tour
Good Time 102 mins Robert Pattinson stars in this fast-paced heist thriller about a bank robber who will stop at nothing to free his brother from prison, launching him…
Good Time Good Time
Locke 85 mins Ivan Locke (Tom Hardy) is a successful businessman dedicated to his loving wife and children. But tonight, everything will change, as a series of phone…
Locke Locke
De Palma - The Work of Director and Screenwriter Brian De Palma 110 mins A funny, illuminating look at legendary filmmaker Brian De Palma (Carrie, Scarface), in which he shares both candid wisdom and hysterical no holds-barred stories based…
De Palma - The Work of Director and Screenwriter Brian De Palma De Palma - The Work of Director and Screenwriter Brian De Palma
The Witch - The VVitch: A New-England Folktale 93 mins In this exquisitely made and terrifying horror film, the age-old concepts of witchcraft, black magic and possession are innovatively brought together to tell the intimate…
The Witch - The VVitch: A New-England Folktale The Witch - The VVitch: A New-England Folktale

Popular World Cinema

The 100-Year-Old Man - Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared 116 mins Powered by the antics of a mischievous centenarian on the run, comic fable THE 100-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO CLIMBED OUT THE WINDOW AND DISAPPEARED (Hundraaringen som…
The 100-Year-Old Man - Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared The 100-Year-Old Man - Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
Custody 94 mins A broken marriage leads to a bitter custody battle with an embattled son at the center in this thrilling domestic drama. Miriam and Antoine Besson…
Custody Custody
Victoria 139 mins Shot in a single uninterrupted take, Victoria, a young woman from Madrid meets four local guys outside a nightclub. Sonne and his friends are real…
Victoria Victoria
What Will People Say - Hva vil folk si 107 mins Sixteen-year-old Nisha lives a double life. When out with her friends, she's a regular Norwegian teenager. At home with her family, she is the perfect…
What Will People Say - Hva vil folk si What Will People Say - Hva vil folk si
Bad Lucky Goat 76 mins After accidentally killing a bearded goat with their father's truck, two incompatible siblings in their teenage years, embark on a journey of reconciliation. Official Selection…
Bad Lucky Goat Bad Lucky Goat
Hannah Arendt 114 mins In the award-winning HANNAH ARENDT, the sublime Barbara Sukowa reteams with director Margarethe von Trotta for a brilliant new biopic of the influential German-Jewish philosopher…
Hannah Arendt Hannah Arendt
Truman 109 mins Diagnosed with terminal cancer, Julian (Ricardo Darin) has decided to forgo treatment and spend his final days tying up loose ends. When childhood friend Tomas…
Truman Truman
Return of the Hero - Le Retour Du Heros 91 mins France 1809. The charming Captain Neuville (Jean Dujardin) is set to marry the naive Pauline (Noemie Merlant) when the war breaks out, forcing Neuville to…
Return of the Hero - Le Retour Du Heros Return of the Hero - Le Retour Du Heros
Prince - Prins 78 mins Seventeen-year-old Ayoub has a lot on his plate: his father is a junkie, his mother is a lonely divorce, and his sister is falling in…
Prince - Prins Prince - Prins

Popular Documentaries

Los Angeles Plays Itself - A Cinematic History of Los Angeles 174 mins Thom Andersen's landmark documentary LOS ANGELES PLAYS ITSELF explores the tangled relationship between the movies and their fabled hometown as seen entirely though the films…
Los Angeles Plays Itself - A Cinematic History of Los Angeles Los Angeles Plays Itself - A Cinematic History of Los Angeles
Marwencol - Recovering from a Brutal Attack, an Artist Creates a Miniature World 83 mins Jeff Malmberg's landmark documentary MARWENCOL follows the story of Mark Hogancamp, a victim of a brutal beating, who in response created a fantastic miniature world.…
Marwencol - Recovering from a Brutal Attack, an Artist Creates a Miniature World Marwencol - Recovering from a Brutal Attack, an Artist Creates a Miniature World
Of Fathers And Sons - A Day In The Life Of A Radical Islamist Family 99 mins After making his Sundance award-winning documentary, Return to Homs, Talal Derki returned to Syria where he gained the trust of a radical Islamist family, sharing…
Of Fathers And Sons - A Day In The Life Of A Radical Islamist Family Of Fathers And Sons - A Day In The Life Of A Radical Islamist Family
Amy - The Tragic Story of Amy Winehouse 128 mins An Oscar-winner for Best Feature Documentary, AMY is a deeply moving portrait of 6-time Grammy winner Amy Winehouse using powerful first-hand footage to bring her…
Amy - The Tragic Story of Amy Winehouse Amy - The Tragic Story of Amy Winehouse
Faces Places - A Road Trip with Legendary Filmmaker Agnes Varda and Photographer J.R. 90 mins 89-year old Agnes Varda, one of the leading figures of the French New Wave, and acclaimed 33 year-old French photographer and muralist JR teamed up…
Faces Places - A Road Trip with Legendary Filmmaker Agnes Varda and Photographer J.R. Faces Places - A Road Trip with Legendary Filmmaker Agnes Varda and Photographer J.R.
The King - The Rise and Fall of Elvis Presley 109 mins Driving a Rolls-Royce once owned by Elvis Presley - with a revolving crew of musicians in the backseat - director Eugene Jarecki embarks on a…
The King - The Rise and Fall of Elvis Presley The King - The Rise and Fall of Elvis Presley
Our New President - The Russian Media and American Politics 79 mins This is the story of Donald Trump's election told entirely through Russian propaganda. Horrifying and hilarious, this is a satirical portrait of Russian meddling in…
Our New President - The Russian Media and American Politics Our New President - The Russian Media and American Politics
Grace Jones - Bloodlight And Bami 116 mins This electrifying journey through the public and private worlds of pop culture mega-icon Grace Jones contrasts musical sequences with intimate personal footage, all the while…
Grace Jones - Bloodlight And Bami Grace Jones - Bloodlight And Bami
Life Itself - The Life of Roger Ebert 121 mins Acclaimed director Steve James (Hoop Dreams) and executive producer Martin Scorsese (The Departed) present LIFE ITSELF, a documentary film that recounts the inspiring and entertaining…
Life Itself - The Life of Roger Ebert Life Itself - The Life of Roger Ebert

New to Kanopy - Movies

Jauja 111 mins An astonishingly beautiful and gripping Western starring Viggo Mortensen, JAUJA (pronounced how-ha) begins in a remote outpost in Patagonia during the late 1800s. Captain Gunnar…
Jauja Jauja
Last Year at Marienbad - L'année dernière à Marienbad 95 mins This French New-Wave classic features stunning imagery, while deliberately avoiding conventional plot and character development. In a vast and opulent hotel, an unnamed man attempts…
Last Year at Marienbad - L'année dernière à Marienbad Last Year at Marienbad - L'année dernière à Marienbad
Norte, The End of History - Norte, Hangganan ng Kasaysayan 251 mins An embittered law student commits a brutal double murder; a family man takes the fall and is forced into a harsh prison sentence; a mother…
Norte, The End of History - Norte, Hangganan ng Kasaysayan Norte, The End of History - Norte, Hangganan ng Kasaysayan
The Wild Boys - Les Garçons Sauvages 111 mins The debut feature from Bertrand Mandico tells the tale of five adolescent boys (all played by actresses) enamored by the arts, but drawn to crime…
The Wild Boys - Les Garçons Sauvages The Wild Boys - Les Garçons Sauvages
Yella 90 mins Narrowly escaping her volatile ex-husband, Yella flees her small hometown in former East Germany for a new life in the West. She finds a promising…
Yella Yella
Winter Brothers - Vinterbrødre 94 mins An odyssey set in a rural chalk-mining community during a cold winter. WINTER BROTHERS follows two brothers working in this harsh environment focusing on the…
Winter Brothers - Vinterbrødre Winter Brothers - Vinterbrødre
Brighton Rock 93 mins Pinky, the psychotic, razor-toting gang leader, romances and marries a teenage waitress in order to keep her silent about one of his nefarious crimes. Richard…
Brighton Rock Brighton Rock
Touch Me Not 124 mins On the fluid border between reality and fiction, TOUCH ME NOT follows a group of people on an emotional journey to unlock intimacy in their…
Touch Me Not Touch Me Not
The Death of Louis XIV - La Mort de Louis XIV 116 mins Versailles, August 1715. Back from hunting, Louis XIV feels pain in his leg. A serious fever erupts, which marks the beginning of the agony of…
The Death of Louis XIV - La Mort de Louis XIV The Death of Louis XIV - La Mort de Louis XIV

SFMOMA: Turn it On: China on Film 2000-2017

Disturbing the Peace - An Artist Investigatigates Corruption in China 80 mins On the afternoon of May 12, 2008, an 8.0-magnitude earthquake hit Wenchuan County in northern Sichuan Province, devastating a vast area of mountainous terrain and…
Disturbing the Peace - An Artist Investigatigates Corruption in China Disturbing the Peace - An Artist Investigatigates Corruption in China
Plastic China - The Lives of Recycling Plant Workers in China 83 mins This film documents a plastic recycling facility in a small town dedicated to the business of processing plastic waste. The facility is operated by two…
Plastic China - The Lives of Recycling Plant Workers in China Plastic China - The Lives of Recycling Plant Workers in China
Dream Walking - Chinese Artists Living in Poverty 86 mins This film follows four artists living on the margins of society whose passionate discussions belie their stark and impoverished living conditions. The subjects are performance…
Dream Walking - Chinese Artists Living in Poverty Dream Walking - Chinese Artists Living in Poverty
Falling from the Sky - Rocket Debris Falling From the Sky and Disrupting the Residents of Hunan Province 145 mins The little-known county of Suining in Hunan Province is an ordinary yet magical place. As the site of the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, the area…
Falling from the Sky - Rocket Debris Falling From the Sky and Disrupting the Residents of Hunan Province Falling from the Sky - Rocket Debris Falling From the Sky and Disrupting the Residents of Hunan Province
Garden in Heaven - Fighting for Women's Rights in China 179 mins "Garden in Heaven" is the name of a memorial website for the date-rape and murder victim Huang Jing. When Huang was found dead, she was…
Garden in Heaven - Fighting for Women's Rights in China Garden in Heaven - Fighting for Women's Rights in China
Sanlidong - A Portrait of Coal Miners in China 172 mins In 1955 more than three hundred impassioned youths traveled from Shanghai to the Sanlidong coal mine in Tongchuan, Shaanxi Province, with the hope of assisting…
Sanlidong - A Portrait of Coal Miners in China Sanlidong - A Portrait of Coal Miners in China
Readymade - The Lives of Chairman Mao Impersonators 79 mins Mao Zedong died in 1976, but his impersonators are alive and well. This film documents the lives of two people who resemble Mao and assume…
Readymade - The Lives of Chairman Mao Impersonators Readymade - The Lives of Chairman Mao Impersonators
Storm Under the Sun - The Persecution of a Writer Fighting for Artistic Freedom 137 mins This film documents the persecution of Hu Feng, a renowned writer and literary critic who championed artistic freedom and was jailed and purged in the…
Storm Under the Sun - The Persecution of a Writer Fighting for Artistic Freedom Storm Under the Sun - The Persecution of a Writer Fighting for Artistic Freedom
Silver City - Villagers in Northwest China, Forced to Relocate 98 mins Because of the West-East Gas Pipeline project and the so-called village urbanization campaign, the people of a long-isolated town in north-west China are removed, by…
Silver City - Villagers in Northwest China, Forced to Relocate Silver City - Villagers in Northwest China, Forced to Relocate

The Criterion Collection

Bicycle Thieves 90 mins Hailed around the world as one of the greatest movies ever made, the Academy Award-winning BICYCLE THIEVES, directed by Vittorio De Sica, defined an era…
Bicycle Thieves Bicycle Thieves
Rashomon 90 mins This riveting psychological thriller that investigates the nature of truth and the meaning of justice is widely considered one of the greatest films ever made.…
Rashomon Rashomon
The Seventh Seal 99 mins Disillusioned and exhausted after a decade of battling in the Crusades, a knight (Max von Sydow) encounters Death on a desolate beach and challenges him…
The Seventh Seal The Seventh Seal
Playtime 126 mins Jacques Tati's gloriously choreographed, nearly wordless comedies about confusion in an age of high technology reached their apotheosis with PLAYTIME. For this monumental achievement, a…
Playtime Playtime
Pather Panchali 126 mins With the release in 1955 of Satyajit Ray's debut film, an eloquent and important new cinematic voice made itself heard all over the world. A…
Pather Panchali Pather Panchali
Journey to Italy 86 mins Among the most influential films of the postwar era, Roberto Rossellini's JOURNEY TO ITALY (Viaggio in Italia) charts the declining marriage of a couple from…
Journey to Italy Journey to Italy
The Rules of the Game - La règle du jeu 107 mins THE RULES OF THE GAME, considered by many to be one of the greatest films ever made, is a scathing critique of corrupt French society…
The Rules of the Game - La règle du jeu The Rules of the Game - La règle du jeu
L'avventura 144 mins Michelangelo Antonioni invented a new film grammar with this masterwork. An iconic piece of challenging 1960's cinema and a gripping narrative on its own terms,…
L'avventura L'avventura
Seven Samurai 2 videos One of the most thrilling movie epics of all time, SEVEN SAMURAI (Shichinin no samurai) tells the story of a sixteenth-century village whose desperate inhabitants…
Seven Samurai Seven Samurai
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