Ellen Kuras Movies

A portrait of musician David Johansen from Martin Scorsese and David Tedeschi featuring a live performance at Café Carlyle in New York City,...

A early 1990s documentary that examines the AIDS epidemic and its effects on women.

The film takes a look at the life of NFL hall-of-famer Jim Brown. The film delves into his life—past, present and future—focusing on his...

The story of how the radical Huey P. Newton developed the Black Panther Party based on his 10-point program for social reform.

Behind the scenes look at Dave Chappelle's Block Party.

Lou Reed recorded the album Berlin in 1973. It was a commercial failure. Over the next 33 years, he never performed the album live. For five nights...

This very special film consists of truly electrifying video footage from Bob Dylan’s “born again” period, shot on the last leg of...

An exploration of Jewish American identity in a multilayered portrait of the immigrant experience. A series of first-person addresses delivered by a...

A father and his gay son use the opportunity of a car ride to have a sometimes uncomfortable conversation.

Reveals the courageous lives of pioneer camerawomen from Hollywood to Bollywood, from war zones to children’s laughter, in a way that has never...

Co-directed by acclaimed cinematographer Ellen Kuras and subject Thavisouk Phrasavath, this haunting documentary chronicles a refugee family’s...

Reveals the history of camerawomen around the world, celebrating not only the survival of pioneer women in a male-dominated field, but a new...

This bizarre parody of the animated religious children’s show Davey and Goliath uses actors but looks like Claymation because of the stop...

Guerrillas In Our Midst takes a look behind the scenes of New York's blue chip art market, and reveals how a contemporary art movement is "created."...

When Jill Godmilow’s movie Roy Cohn/Jack Smith premiered at the 1994 Toronto International Film Festival, the number of AIDS-related deaths was...

The World According to John Coltrane is a documentary film about saxophonist John Coltrane

Made as a relief worker's master's thesis, this documentary chronicles the difficulties of rebuilding a community in post-Pol Pot Cambodia