Documentary Short Movies

Sir Ernest Shackleton is a poignant absence in this fragment from the closing chapter in the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. The...

1901, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on September 14th, 1919.

West Coast of England, redshanks wander through wetlands in search of food while facing constant threats from loose dogs.

Travelogue released on the 22nd of January, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

A documentary profiling transgender athlete Tyler Wilde and his story with the Gillis beach Bodysurfing Association. It navigates the tumultuous...

From Jaipur to Agra and Calcutta is a wonderful trip, and Burton Holmes shows some of the quaintest and queerest sights in the world, among them the...

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

The film shows a cuckoo caught in the act of laying an egg in the nest of two titlarks. The egg is hatched by the foster-mother, and she and her mate...

A short black-and-white silent documentary film featuring the life-cycle of the Barn Owl.

Born in Ozan, Arkansas in 1933, White traveled the world observing and documenting the Black experience from Nigeria to France to Chicago. He arrived...

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

The Gender Chip Project is the product of the unique vision of director Helen DeMichiel and an extraordinary collaboration with Media Working Group...

A movie director attemps to film the way he writes a screenplay.

Cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

A quickfire portrait of the New York City ballroom scene in the ‘80s.

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on May 20th, 1918.

A mountaineering tour on the Franz Josef Glacier, on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. After leaving the Fox Glacier Hotel, two...