Observational Documentary Movies

“Closer Than Yesterday" is an intimate documentary that offers a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the journey of two young San Francisco Ballet...

Every year, the most beautiful, best and proudest representatives of German youth meet in Dresden to take to the streets together.

Sixteen best friends from across the planet meet for the first time and experience loss, love, and grief through the power of live music. Can they...

The film is a documentary on the day April 17, 2013, when West, a small farm community in Texas was changed forever by a devastating explosion.

A documentary exploring the relationship between devotion, dairy, and modern Hindu practice through the lens of Krishna consciousness in contemporary...

An observational documentary that follows dairy farmer Sophie Gregory at Home Farm.

Gowanus Current is a documentary feature film about a neighborhood asking what is truly valuable in their community, and who gets to decide.

An observational documentary, shot on high-contrast black and white 16mm film, about a largely undeveloped river in southeastern North Carolina that...

An observational documentary follows a pack of canines inhabiting the dynamic crossroads between the urban landscape and the natural world along the...

In the coastal village of Amed, Bali, life moves to a rhythm set by the sea and the volcano. However, an unexpected change is taking shape on the...

A retired bricklayer wants his grandson, who lives hundreds of miles away, to stay with him. Will he convince the young man despite the lack of...

A sun-dappled Super 8 document of the first Moseley Folk Festival, captured through the quiet lens of Broadcast's Trish Keenan.

Joyce Poole fell in love with wild Africa when she was only seven years old. As a scientist working in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro, she made...