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Once Upon a Time in the Bronx

by Ela Troyano

Exploration of the the bicultural and bilingual experiences of Latinos and Latinas living in New York.

Ralph Ellison: An American Journey

by Avon Kirkland

A vivid portrait of one of the seminal — and too often overlooked — intellectual figures of our time, Ralph Ellison explores the life and legacy of the man whose writings continue to send reverberations through America's cultural life.

American Masters

Stolen

by Rebecca Dreyfus

In 1990, two thieves dressed as police officers gained entrance to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, successfully executing the largest art heist in modern history.

Independent Lens

To Be Heard

by Roland Leigardi-Laura, Eddy Martinez, Deborah Shaffer, and Amy Sultan

A look at a unique poetry class in the Bronx for at-risk kids where anything could be said or shared.

Top Dog Diaries: Suzan-Lori Parks

by Oren Jacoby

Top Dog Diaries takes an inside look at the creative process and at the challenges, opportunities, and personal milestones Suzan-Lori Parks encounters over two years that lead to the production of her 2002 Pulitzer prize-winning play.

Great Performances

True to the Game

by Robert Young and Sandy Kazan

Written by a 16-year-old high school student, True to the Game dramatizes the story of a teenage African American girl in New York City, torn between her life as a drug and gun dealer and her desire to become a writer.

Two Square Miles

by Barbara Ettinger and Sven Huseby

Two Square Miles tracks the conflicts in the small town of Hudson, New York as a proposed multinational coal-fired cement plant threatens to reshape the community.

Independent Lens

Water Flowing Together

by Gwendolen Cates

In 2005, the remarkable dancer Jock Soto retired from the New York City Ballet at age 40, after a 24-year career. His journey as an openly gay man of Navajo and Puerto Rican descent provides a rare glimpse into the life of a dancer and the disparate influences that shaped him.

Independent Lens