Urban Life Movies

Young members of 3 New Orleans school marching bands grow up in America's most musical city, and one of its most dangerous. Their band directors get...

A student finds out he is late for his train.

A celebration of one of Britain's great civic squares. A ceaseless flow of buses and people crisscross the beating heart of the city.

Determined to hold on to their moniker of "the Mural Kings," world-renowned artists Tats Cru produce a wall painting for Harlem's Graffiti Hall of...

Yannick Bellon's documentary paints a portrait of a city torn between the problem of unsanitary housing, pollution corroding walls and statues, and...

Two strangers develop an unexpected relationship after a chance meeting at a party. Inspired by David Ives' 'Sure Thing'.

Hong Kong marked twenty years since its hand over; halfway through the planned forty year "one country, two systems" transition. Taiwan, once...

"Kara", in an attempt to extinguish the fire that burns him and to flee from drugs and his own frustration, sets out on a train journey. On his trip...

When love has turned cold and the best dish served cold is done with passion. A new killer is in town strangling those who seem to be connected in...

This short documentary follows three Indigenous women as they practice ancestral forms of worship: drumming, singing, and using sweetgrass. These...

This documentary explores the complexities of Los Angeles. Blending a highly structured montage of shots exploring the city with interviews of...

Toronto filmmaker Charles Officer profiles the young people of Villaways Park, a housing project on brink of historic change.

The construction of the Obelisco in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

What chance does a young hustler from Anchorage, Alaska have after a long prison sentence that feeds him back to the same violent street life?

Arriving in the US with a background in abstract art, opera, and film—including work with German director Werner Schroeter—Vogl began...

A migrant working-class couple, after losing their daughter to an ill-fated destiny, seeks friends in each other.