Caryn Capotosto

Producer

Long Live Montero follows trailblazing rapper, singer and songwriter, Lil Nas X, as he embarks on his first ever tour. This diaristic film is an intimate portrait of an artist navigating identity, family, expectations and acceptance.

Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero

Welcome Space Brothers

Artist Matt Furie, creator of the comic character Pepe the Frog, begins an uphill battle to take back his iconic cartoon image from those who used it for their own purposes.

Feels Good Man

A thirteen-year-old aspiring journalist investigates his father's tragic murder within the boundaries of one of Kenya's largest wildlife conservancies.

Searching for Amani

Filmed in Los Angeles over a school year, this groundbreaking social experiment features a diverse group of LA teens who open up their lives and phones to offer an intimate glimpse into how social media has reshaped childhood.

Social Studies

Nathan Hilu is an “outsider artist” whose drawings depict his time as a young American soldier guarding Nazi war criminals during the Nuremberg trials. Tasked with keeping them from committing suicide, his assignment granted him intimate access to top Nazi officials and a remarkable perspective on a historical event. For 70 years, he’s been compelled to illustrate his experiences. The son of Syrian Jewish parents who migrated to the US, he holds fast to these critical memories that influence his life and work. Now 90, his desire to share his story grows more urgent, but will the world listen? More important, can his waning memories be trusted?

Nathan-ism

Comedian, disrupter extraordinaire Lizz Winstead (co-creator of The Daily Show) and her team of activists crisscross the U.S. to support abortion clinic staff and bust stigma.

No One Asked You

An exploration of the life, lessons, and legacy of iconic children's television host Fred Rogers.

Won't You Be My Neighbor?

Chef David Chang travels around the world tasting food from different cultures.

Ugly Delicious

Over the course of 60 years two married entomologists, Charlie and Lois O'Brien, traveled to more than 67 countries and quietly amassed the world's largest private collection of insects, with more than 1 million specimens. But as Charlie's battle with Parkinson's becomes increasingly pronounced, he and Lois, 90, must make the difficult decision to give away their drawers full of iridescent weevils and planthoppers. This humorous and poignant film explores the Love of Nature - and the Nature of Love - and what it means to devote oneself completely to both.

The Love Bugs

A feature documentary that follows Lil Nas X as he embarks on his first ever global tour. The diaristic film is a remarkably intimate portrait of an artist on tour navigating identity, family, expectations and acceptance, all while reflecting on his place within the legacy of Black, queer performers.

LIL NAS X: Long Live Montero

"Westermann: Memorial to the Idea of Man If He Was an Idea" is a 3-D documentary film about the life and work of artist and marine H.C. ("Cliff") Westermann, voice-acted by four-time Academy-Award nominee Ed Harris, conceived and directed by Leslie Buchbinder, and featuring interviews with Ed Ruscha, Frank Gehry, and many others.

Westermann: Memorial to the Idea of Man If He Was an Idea

Anna Nicole Smith, featuring never before seen footage of the iconic Playboy and Guess jeans model, who blazed a trail through the 90s before her tragic death at the age of 39.

Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me

As China trains its first generation of Olympic surfers, two promising young athletes - Alex and Lolo - navigate adolescence, freedom and their love of the sport.

Surf Nation

In 1985, Willem de Kooning's "Woman-Ochre," one of the most valuable paintings of the 20th century, was cut from its frame at the University of Arizona Museum of Art. 32 years later, the painting was found hanging in a New Mexico home.

The Thief Collector

A Mystery To Me

Weaves together in-depth interviews, archival footage, and raw recordings as each artist breaks down their song, layer by layer, sharing intimate insight into the personal inspiration behind the music and lyrics.

Song Exploder

Chang accompanied by a different celebrity guest exploring a single city, its culture and its cuisine. As the pair travels through each city, they will also uncover new and surprising things about themselves.

Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

This four-part docu-series focusses on creative conversation and the emotional side of music-making, using legendary music producer and Def Jam Records co-founder Rick Rubin's iconic Malibu, CA studio as the backdrop.

Shangri-La

Following a new generation of young Afghan women cyclists, Afghan Cycles uses the bicycle to tell a story of women's rights - human rights - and the struggles faced by Afghan women on a daily basis, from discrimination to abuse, to the oppressive silencing of their voices in all aspects of contemporary society.

Afghan Cycles

Top talent from the Hollywood and independent film communities come together to celebrate artist-driven films. Nominated projects are recognized for their uniqueness of vision and economy of means.

34th Film Independent Spirit Awards

When retired talent manager Al Hart is reunited with his first client, Buddy Green, a comic who quit show business 50 years ago, he convinces Buddy to escape their retirement community and hit the road for a cross-country comedy tour.

The Last Laugh

In the final fifteen years of the life of legendary director Orson Welles, he pins his Hollywood comeback hopes on a film, The Other Side of the Wind (2018), in itself a film about an aging film director trying to finish his last great movie.

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

A look beyond blueprints and computers into the art and science of design, showcasing great designers from every discipline whose work shapes our world.

Abstract: The Art of Design

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma and other international artists of The Silk Road Project discuss their philosophies on music and culture.

The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble

The best independent and artist-driven films are celebrated by the members of the not-for-profit arts organization, Film Independent.

31st Film Independent Spirit Awards

Comedienne and writer Chelsea Handler discusses the topics of marriage, racism, Silicon Valley, and drugs.

Chelsea Does

A portrait of Keith Richards that takes us on a journey to discover the genesis of his sound as a songwriter, guitarist and performer.

Keith Richards: Under the Influence

A documentary on the series of televised debates in 1968 between liberal Gore Vidal and conservative William F. Buckley.

Best of Enemies: Buckley vs. Vidal

Some bands deserve another shot, and another...and another...and another.

Quiet Riot: Well Now You're Here, There's No Way Back

Long before punk inflicted its puncture wound on the mainstream, the Descendents were in a van brewing a potent concoction of pop, angst, love and coffee.

Filmage: The Story of Descendents/All

CHASING BEAUTY provides a rare glimpse into the intriguing and complex world of modeling. Behind the glossy covers of Vogue and Glamour lie the rarely talked about, uncensored stories of what models endure and sacrifice to become a top model. CHASING BEAUTY examines body image and the psychological effects of the beauty business on young women and men.

Chasing Beauty

Backup singers live in a world that lies just beyond the spotlight. Their voices bring harmony to the biggest bands in popular music, but we've had no idea who these singers are or what lives they lead, until now.

20 Feet from Stardom

Legendary British rock band The Rolling Stones mark their 50th year together.

Crossfire Hurricane

Different celebrity hosts present new independent documentaries..

Independent Lens

The one-of-a-kind rock'n'roll icon who shaped the world of music.