Directing
Christine Turner
Christine Turner is a filmmaker whose portraits of artists, activists and everyday people capture the beauty and struggle of life.
Known For
Lynching Postcards: Token of a Great Day · 2021Lynching Postcards: Token of a Great Day
★ 8.02021
MovieDocumentary
This chilling reflection examines the horrific history of lynchings as cultural events and celebrations that included souvenirs and postcards.
Sun Ra: Do the Impossible · 2025Sun Ra: Do the Impossible
★ 6.32025
MovieDocumentaryMusic
A biographical, musical, illuminating journey into the work and vision of Sun Ra, exploring his jazz roots, endless innovations, and ceaseless artistic and social quests.
The Barber of Little Rock · 2023The Barber of Little Rock
★ 6.42023
MovieDocumentary
Explores the racial wealth gap in America through the story of People Trust, a homegrown community bank in Little Rock, Arkansas, working to uplift a community that has been largely excluded from the financial engines that create wealth.
You Can Go · 2016You Can Go
★ 5.02016
MovieDramaThriller
A school administrator talks down a troubled student.
Free Angela and All Political Prisoners · 2012Free Angela and All Political Prisoners
★ 7.12012
MovieDocumentaryHistory
The story of how, in 1970, the social activism of young UCLA philosophy professor Angela Davis led her to become involved in a failed kidnapping attempt that ended in a shootout, four deaths, and her name on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list.
Expression of Illness · 2024Expression of Illness
2024
MovieDocumentary
After a routine follow up appointment, documentary filmmaker and thyroid cancer survivor, Bryn Silverman learns her treatment isn’t over. What begins as a solo investigation into the thoroughness of her healthcare, evolves into a larger re-imagining of the metrics we use to measure our well-being and the importance of community in healing.
Blackout · 2015Blackout
★ 6.82015
MovieDocumentary
First responders, journalists, shop owners, those inside the pressure-packed control center of Con Edison on West End Avenue, and other New Yorkers tell about what happened when the lights went out on July 13, 1977.
Homegoings · 2013Homegoings
★ 6.52013
MovieDocumentary
Through the eyes of funeral director Isaiah Owens, the beauty and grace of African-American funerals are brought to life. Filmed at Owens Funeral Home in New York City's historic Harlem neighborhood, Homegoings takes an up-close look at the rarely seen world of undertaking in the black community, where funeral rites draw on a rich palette of tradition, history and celebration. Combining cinéma vérité with intimate interviews and archival photographs, the film paints a portrait of the dearly departed, their grieving families and a man who sends loved ones "home."
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