America Works...America Sings

Four sexually hungry high school students preparing for their university entrance exams meet up with an inebriated teacher singing bawdy drinking songs. This encounter sets them on a less than academic path.

Runtime

1h 43m

Director

Nagisa Ōshima

Cast

Ichiro Araki, Jūzō Itami, Kōji Iwabuchi

For First Nations communities, the headdress bears significant meaning. It's a powerful symbol of hard-earned leadership and responsibility. As filmmaker JJ Neepin prepares to wear her grandfather's headdress for a photo shoot she reflects on lessons learned and the thoughtless ways in which the tradition has been misappropriated.

Runtime

6m

The Shipibo-Konibo people of Peruvian Amazon decorate their pottery, jewelry, textiles, and body art with complex geometric patterns called kené. These patterns also have corresponding songs, called icaros, which are integral to the Shipibo way of life. This documentary explores these unique art forms, and one Shipibo family's efforts ...

Runtime

54m

Nepalese folk songs danced and sung by everyone.

Runtime

17m

Cast

Mousam Gurung, Sanchita Shahi, Sachin Pariyar

An intimate look into the lives of one of the most iconic folk-rock bands in America - the Indigo Girls. With never-before-seen archival and intimate vérité the film dives into the songwriting and storytelling of the music that transformed a generation.

Runtime

2h 4m

Cast

Amy Ray, Emily Saliers, Winona LaDuke