Lessons of the Hour
Isaac Julien's visionary film Lessons of the Hour explores the incomparable achievements of Frederick Douglass, America’s foremost abolitionist figure. After escaping slavery in Maryland, Douglass gained prominence on th
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Lessons from the Night
As dusk approaches and workers stream out of the city, thousands of individuals are about the begins their day’s work. They shuffle through subterranean car parks, sprawling shopping centers and soaring office towers, le
Lessons in Love
Lawyer Hanover Priestley plots with his friend Henry Winkley to marry off young heiress Leila Calthorpe to Winkley's nephew, John Warren. When John refuses, preferring to select his own wife, they lure him east by a fals
Japan Inc: Lessons for North America?
Discipline and productivity are more regimented in Japan than in many other parts of the world. For the Japanese, survival means doing things together rather than asserting North-American-style individualism. Japan's ind
Lessons in Pretending
Former teen film star Arun Khan's career has collapsed into scandal. Agreeing to lead a drama school masterclass as a crisis-management exercise, he finds the controlled setting rapidly overtaken by addiction, sexual imp
Ukrainian Lessons
The appearance of a young teacher shakes a degraded mining town from its sleepy trance. When the sparks of feeling ignite between her and a young miner, the local youths, battered by the violence all around them, respond
In No Great Hurry: 13 Lessons in Life with Saul Leiter
Saul Leiter could have been lauded as the great the pioneer of color photography, but was never driven by the lure of success. Instead he preferred to drink coffee and photograph in his own way, amassing an archive of be
Never Catch Pigeons: And Eleven More Hard Lessons from Mr. Paul Van Doren
How a hardscrabble shoemaker from New England defied expectations and invented the ultimate Southern California lifestyle brand: Vans. Paul Van Doren never skateboarded, surfed, snowboarded, or flipped a BMX bike, but hi
Lessons from the Sunflower
The beauty and resilience of the humble sunflower inspires an artist's life, work and commitment to helping others face their own challenges following a devastating diagnosis.
Curious People: An Incomplete History of Nine Lessons & Compendium
Almost two decades after comedian Robin Ince’s original idea to mash up science with comedy, music and culture in a new variety show, Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless/Curious People and Robin and Brian's Christmas Com
Shamanic Lessons for Beginners
American psychologist of Russian descent Alex comes to Tuva to open his third eye and learn shamanic practices. Chochagar Kes-Kam becomes his “teacher of shamanism”. Together, the master and the student visit the famous
Straight Boy Lessons
Straightboy Lessons is an experimental documentary that reenacts a conversation, and a friendship, between a transitioning transman and a non-transsexual man.
Lessons
The morning after a one night stand, Dan and Tommy engage in an interesting and unexpected conversation about relationships, sexuality and themselves.
Lessons in Smoking
Produced for the release of the Gasbook 'Dinner Time' DVD, published in Tokyo, 2002.
Life Lessons
In a marginalized neighborhood of Mexico City lives Justino, who works at a shop and has little time left to live. One day, he's surprised at gunpoint by Silverio, a young man who attempts to rob him.
Drowning Lessons
When Jeremy and Barbara spot the new neighbor, the first question is which sibling is he more attracted to?
Kazakh Lessons
The film tells the love story of a successful Sabine and a Kazakh language teacher Arman, who is expecting the birth of his son with his fiancee. Language lessons for Sabina become lessons of love that she must understan
First Lessons
A teenager experiences his first taste of physical intimacy with the opposite sex, courtesy of an elder, worldly-wise woman.
Chekhov's Lessons
A film based on the letters of A. P. Chekhov.
Lessons in Self-Defense
Ben wants nothing more than to have his estranged 15-year-old daughter, Victoria, back in his life. When Victoria asks to meet with him, Ben eagerly seizes the opportunity, but quickly realizes that her reasons for comin