As If
2024, Movie

William Kentridge begins to paint black curved brushstrokes that align, but only from one point of view, into the shape of a horse. He debates with his doppelgänger, who sits on a tall wooden horse. The artist and a team of collaborators start to work on a large abstract sculpture.

Finding One's Fate
2024, Movie

Remembering a story his father told him when he was a child, of Perseus killing his grandfather by accident, William Kentridge reflects on the inescapability of one’s destiny. He explores the story of the Cumana Sibyl, who revealed people’s fate inscribed on leaves that fell from a tree.

Harvest of Devotion
2024, Movie

William Kentridge recreates rehearsals for previous performance pieces. He reads a phonetic poem with performers Hamilton Dlamini, Mncedisi Shabangu, Nhlanhla Mahlangu and Mica Manganye. In contrast, they read John Chilembwe’s 1915 letter to the Nyasaland Times, arguing for equal standing in Malawi.

Metamorphosis
2024, Movie

As William Kentridge explores metamorphosis, sounds are visualized through painting, a shadow turns into a sculpture, time morphs into a film strip, and an abstract blotch becomes an image. Meanwhile, the performers Joanna Dudley and Ann Masina act out a myth from Ovid’s Metamorphoses.

Hey Sweet Pea
2023, Movie

Parental aging and an existential wave collide in the suburbs of LA. Dislocated B-roll, meandering voicemails, and readings from the 1984 children’s sci-fi movie The Neverending Story combine to situate collective grief in the mundanities of everyday life.

Untold Hours
2022, Movie

Visual artist Alicia Nauta embarks on a new project, in which she is both the creator and the canvas. In her apartment-studio, the artist silently works away at her latest showstopping creation, from conceptualisation to public display.

It's What Each Person Needs
2022, Movie

Artist Becca Willow engages in a series of phone calls to two very different sets of clients. There are the lonely men who crave female companionship, and there are the elderly who require kindness and sometimes a nostalgic old song.

Rewind & Play
2022, Movie

In December 1969, legendary pianist and composer Thelonious Monk ended his European tour in Paris. Before the show, Monk appeared on French TV to perform and speak with French jazz pianist Henri Renaud. Newly discovered footage reveals the disconnect between Monk and his interviewer.

2008
2019, Movie

Images of cherry blossoms, luminous fields bursting with color, and miscellaneous domestic ephemera are photographed from the screen of an obsolete televisual device.

Black Sun
2016, Movie

Like the black sun of an eclipse, Antonia is a lyrical singer of exuberant and dark beauty. Recovering from a suicide attempt in a rehabilitation institution, all her family ties are irreparably broken. But her sister remains deeply affected by what happened. May they reunite once again?

Something Horizontal
2015, Movie

Stroboscopic glimpses of Victorian domestic surfaces and geometric shadows transform the physical world into an impressionistic fantasia. Elsewhere, a specter emerges from the depths of German expressionist cinema.

City of Gold
2014, Movie

Celebrated restaurant critic Jonathan Gold has a deep and complex relationship with the food and culture of his city, Los Angeles. He tours his city looking for new food experiences, uncovering hidden culinary treasures, and casting light upon the city’s thriving migrant culture.

My Name Is Kahentiiosta
1995, Movie

1990. A young Kahnawake Mohawk woman named Kahentiiosta is arrested after the Oka Crisis’ 78-day armed standoff. She is detained four days longer than the other women. Her crime? The prosecutor representing the Quebec government did not accept her Indigenous name.

Amisk
1977, Movie

In 1973, a group of Montreal citizens organized a festival to raise funds in support of the Cree Indigenous people, who were losing their land because of a local hydroelectric project. Spectacular performances alternate with community meetings where locals talk of their past to defend their future.

Christmas at Moose Factory
1971, Movie

At a residential school in James Bay, northern Ontario, Cree children share stories of their families and community at Christmas time. Incidents both big and small are illustrated and described through the children’s words and in their crayon drawings.

You Hide Me
1970, Movie

Buried deep in the basement of the British Museum, hidden in plastic bags and wooden boxes, lies a wealth of ancient and rare African artifacts. Over one day, the valuable objects are unveiled for the first time, revealing the vast expanse of African art stolen by colonial forces.

Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance
1993, Movie

In the summer of 1990, an armed standoff over a planned golf course on Kanien’kéhaka land unfolded. Filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin embedded herself on the front lines of this conflict for 78 days to film the discord between the protesters, police, and military.

The Melt Goes On Forever: The Art & Times of David Hammons
2022, Movie

The singular career of elusive African-American art star David Hammons is chronicled from Watts rebellion-era 1960s L.A. to his global prominence today. Artists, curators, and critics uncover Hammons’ category-defying practice, rooted in a deep critique of American society and the elite art world.

Geoff McFetridge: Drawing a Life
2023, Movie

Geoff McFetridge’s art is everywhere—on your Apple watch, in countless galleries, and in title designs for films by Sofia Coppola. Unprecedented access into Geoff’s multifaceted world reveals his obsessive quest to balance family with a creative life, and a man guided by intention and authenticity.

Kim's Video
2023, Movie

Kim’s Video, an iconic video store in New York City, mysteriously closed its doors and sent its legendary film archive to a Sicilian village for “safekeeping.” But what starts as an homage to cinema quickly becomes a rescue mission to ensure the eternal preservation of the beloved video collection.