Directed by Alice Elliott • Documentary • With Larry Selman • 2001 • 34 minutes
The Collector of Bedford Street is an Academy Award® nominated 34 minute documentary about Alice’s neighbor, Larry Selman. In the film Larry collects thousands of dollars for charities while living at the poverty line. Larry is a community activist and a fundraiser who has an intellectual disability. When Larry’s Uncle Murray becomes unable to care for him, his New York City neighbors come together and establish an adult trust fund to ensure that he continues to live independently in his own apartment.
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If A Tree Falls
Directed by Marshall Curry • Documentary • 2011 • 85 minutes
In December 2005, Daniel McGowan was arrested by Federal agents in a nationwide sweep of radical environmentalists involved with the Earth Liberation Front — a group the FBI has called America's 'number one domestic terrorism threat.' ...
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Americas in Transition
Directed by Obie Benz • Documentary • With Ed Asner • 1982 • 29 minutes
[ 01/03/2026: Forgive us for feeling it's déjà vu all over again! So, maybe it's a good time to revisit this Oscar-nominated doc from the 80s? ]
AMERICAS IN TRANSITION provides a concise and fast-paced history of the volat...
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5 Broken Cameras
Directed by Guy Davidi & Emad Burnat • Documentary • 2011 • 90 minutes
An extraordinary work of both cinematic and political activism, 5 Broken Cameras is a deeply personal, first-hand account of non-violent resistance in Bil'in, a West Bank village threatened by encroaching Israeli settleme...
