C’est à 30 ans, après avoir parcouru la planète, qu’Olivier et Mélanie réalisent qu’ils entretiennent des liens avec le bout du monde alors qu’ils n’ont jamais posé les pieds dans une réserve indienne, chez-eux, au Canada.…
Mélanie and Olivier decided to cycle the North Shore of Quebec, Canada, to better understand the complex relationships that exist between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people. This quest for identity would push them to travel deep inside themselves and to faraway lands. Their encounters, both…
C’est à la suite de nombreuses errances solitaires à travers les forêts automnales qu’Alexandre Deschaumes, photographe de paysage, a développé son propre univers. Guidé par les atmosphères oniriques et envoûtantes de la nature sauvage,…
GOSHEN is a powerful award winning documentary depicting the diet and active lifestyle of the indigenous Tarahumara, a light-footed running tribe, who are striving to maintain their ancient culture against all odds. The Tarahumara are renowned for their incredible long distance running endurance and…
Pray the Devil Back to Hell is the gripping account of a group of brave and visionary women who demanded peace for Liberia, a nation torn to shreds by a decades old civil war. The women's historic, yet unsung achievement finds voice in a narrative that intersperses contemporary interviews, archival…
For nearly thirty years, from 1962 to 1991, John Szarkowski served as Director of the Department of Photography at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. As organizer of more than 100 exhibitions - including landmark shows of the work of Andre Kertesz, Walker Evans, Jacques-Henri Latrigue, Gary Winogrand,…
his program offers a detailed look back on Tupac’s final year through the eyes of Rap legends Eric “Eazy-E” Wright, Russell Simmons and Tupac’s personal bodyguard, Frank Alexander. Featuring never-before-seen footage of the recording sessions for Tupac’s album “Until…
Tupac Shakur remains a controversial and misunderstood figure long after the shooting that ended his life. Featuring an in-depth, never before seen 1995 interview, rare footage and stills, interviews from manager Leila Steinberg and those that have studied the conflicts and contradictions that haunted…
In 2004 Checkerboard had the privilege of filming Carrie Mae Weems discussing her body of work, comprised of 17 projects spanning more than two decades (1981-2004). This dynamic presentation was accompanied by slides of the artist's photographs and excerpts from her video art. The result is a…
"My place in New Canaan is...a diary of an eccentric architect." Thus begins a fascinating look into the mind of one of our most creative and significant architects. Philip Johnson was always on the forefront of stylistic change, and his property in New Canaan, Connecticut, is a kind of…
Attraverso inediti filmati di repertorio e operazioni subacquee della US Navy, il documentario narra una storia sconosciuta della Seconda Guerra Mondiale che ha avuto luogo lungo la costa di Salerno e documenta la scoperta di una rivoluzionaria arma segreta.
C’est à 30 ans, après avoir parcouru la planète, qu’Olivier et Mélanie réalisent qu’ils entretiennent des liens avec le bout du monde alors qu’ils n’ont jamais posé les pieds dans une réserve indienne, chez-eux, au Canada.…
