Directing
Alexandra Shiva
Alexandra Elizabeth Shiva is an American documentary filmmaker.
Known For
I Am A Town · 2020I Am A Town
2020
MovieDocumentary
At the end of a remote peninsula, protected by a school of great white sharks, lies the remarkably diverse and free-spirited community of Provincetown, which has been clinging to a distinctly American - and yet increasingly rare - way of life. In his immersive documentary debut, Mischa Richter, whose artist family has been living in Provincetown for nearly a century, explores his home through shared moments and conversations with locals, pilgrims, outcasts, fishermen, drag queens and spirit guides in an exploration of what freedom and community mean in America today.
Stagedoor · 2006Stagedoor
★ 8.02006
MovieDocumentary
Pack your bags for a trip to a Catskills summer camp where the stars of tomorrow go to prepare for their shot at the big time as filmmaker Alexandra Shiva allows viewers a fly-on-the-wall perspective of Stagedoor Manor, the training ground for such notable Hollywood heavyweights as Robert Downey Jr., Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Natalie Portman.
Indigo Girls: It's Only Life After All · 2024Indigo Girls: It's Only Life After All
★ 8.52024
MovieDocumentaryMusic
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.
This Is Home: A Refugee Story · 2018This Is Home: A Refugee Story
★ 6.32018
MovieDocumentary
The lives of four Syrian families, resettled in Baltimore and under a deadline to become self-sufficient in eight months.
Love & Stuff · 2020Love & Stuff
★ 8.02020
MovieDocumentary
Seven months after helping her terminally ill mother during the end of her life in home-hospice, filmmaker Judith Helfand becomes a "new old" single mother at 50. Overnight, she's pushed to deal with her stuff: 63 boxes of her parent's heirlooms overwhelming her office-turned-future-baby's room, the weight her mother had begged her to lose, and the reality of being a half century older than her daughter.
How to Dance in Ohio · 2015How to Dance in Ohio
★ 6.62015
MovieDocumentaryDrama
In Columbus, Ohio, a group of autistic teenagers and young adults role-play this transition by going through the deceptively complex social interactions of preparing for a spring formal. Focusing on several young women as they go through an iconic American rite of passage, we are given intimate access to people who are often unable to share their experiences with others. With humor and heartbreak, How to Dance in Ohio shows the daily courage of people facing their fears and opening themselves to the pain, worry, and joy of the social world.
Holding Liat · 2025Holding Liat
★ 6.82025
MovieDocumentary
Liat Atzili was kidnapped from her kibbutz on October 7. What begins as a chronicle of her parents, sister, and children's efforts to secure her return, becomes a portrait of conflicting impulses towards anger, indifference, and compassion straining the bonds of one grieving family.
Bombay Eunuch · 2001Bombay Eunuch
★ 9.02001
MovieDocumentary
An intimate, moving portrait of one eunuch family's struggle to survive in today's changing India.
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