Breakwater Studios Movie Trailers
Most Popular Breakwater Studios Trailers
Total trailers found: 44
Rust Trailer (2015)
02 June 2015
Part of the Life's Work series. Rust is a portrait of master iron artist Gordon Kennedy.
The Ox Trailer (2013)
11 November 2013
A portrait of master woodworker and Vietnam veteran Eric Hollenbeck
Turns Trailer (2015)
15 May 2015
Part of the Life's Work series. Turns is a portrait of master woodturner Steven Kennard.
The Unchosen One Trailer (2021)
03 September 2021
Part of the Almost Famous series. It was the late 1990s, and 3,000 young actors around the world were scouted for the role of a lifetime.
A Love Letter to Lisbon Trailer (2017)
18 October 2017
A documentary love letter to Lisbon, Portugal.
Mother Earth Trailer (2015)
15 April 2015
Part of the Life's Work series. Mother Earth is a portrait of Louise Pentz, a production potter turned feminist sculptor.
The Last Repair Shop Trailer (2024)
16 February 2024
In a warehouse in the heart of Los Angeles, a dwindling handful of devoted craftspeople maintain more than 80,000 student musical instruments, the largest remaining workshop in America of its kind.
The First Rain Trailer (2025)
21 March 2025
A record in 35mm film of the first drenching rain on Los Angeles after the devastation of the wildfires.
The Best Chef in the World Trailer (2022)
03 September 2022
Film reveals the true origins of The French Laundry, which Schmitt shaped into one of the world’s great restaurants before selling it to the now-legendary Thomas Keller .
The Beauty President Trailer (2021)
20 March 2021
In 1992, at the height of the AIDS pandemic, activist Terence Alan Smith made a historic bid for president of the United States as his drag queen persona Joan Jett Blakk.
If You Have: The Untold Story of UNICEF Trailer (2022)
25 April 2022
Oscar®-winning director Ben Proudfoot brings the inspiring untold story of UNICEF to life through first-person interviews and UNICEF’s never-before-seen archive.
Still Here Trailer (2018)
02 April 2018
Fifty years later, the real Melvin Dismukes chronicles his first-hand experience of the infamous Algiers Motel Incident, for which he was wrongly charged with first-degree murder in 1967.
That's My Jazz Trailer (2019)
13 June 2019
A world-renowned pastry chef, reflects on his relationship with his deceased father Milton Abel Sr., famed Kansas City jazz musician.
Dinner With Fred Trailer (2011)
06 March 2011
During World War II, Fred Conrad was taken from a troop train in Europe and sent home to Canada to use his pre-war chicken raising skills to stop war-time food shortages.
A Concerto Is a Conversation Trailer (2020)
24 November 2020
A virtuoso jazz pianist and film composer tracks his family's lineage through his 91-year-old grandfather from Jim Crow Florida to the Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Angela Trailer (2021)
11 January 2021
Part of the Cause of Life series. Angela Chaddlesone McCarthy was a teenage mother raised on a Native American reservation who overcame great odds to become a Kiowa tribe legislator in Oklahoma.
The Eyes of Ghana Trailer (2025)
05 September 2025
93-year-old documentarian Chris Hesse—personal cinematographer to forgotten African icon Kwame Nkrumah—races against blindness and time to rescue and repatriate a secret trove of over 1,300 films that captured the birth of African independence in the fifties and sixties.
The Queen of Basketball Trailer (2021)
10 June 2021
Part of the Almost Famous series. She was arguably the greatest women's basketball player. She won three national trophies; she played in the ’76 Olympics; she was drafted to the NBA.
The King of Fish and Chips Trailer (2019)
20 August 2019
In the late 1960s, Haddon Salt built a fast-food empire. Then Kentucky Fried Chicken came knocking.
Rosary Trailer (2020)
21 December 2020
Part of Cause of Life series. Rosary Castro-Olega was a retired nurse who returned to the frontlines to fight the virus, ultimately becoming one of the Filipino-American nurses who were disproportionately killed by the virus.
The Turnaround Trailer (2024)
18 October 2024
A devoted Philadelphia Phillies fan inspires his city to give a struggling shortstop a game-changing standing ovation in this rousing short documentary.
Humberto Trailer (2020)
21 December 2020
Part of Cause of Life series. A hard-working bricklayer from the projects, Humberto Trujillo helped build the main Phoenix post office — and rose to become his city’s first Hispanic postmaster.
Calvin Trailer (2020)
28 December 2020
Part of the Cause of Life series. When his son-in-law was killed in a tragic car crash, World War II veteran Calvin Haworth became a surrogate parent and an activist against drunk driving in Minnesota.
Jerry Trailer (2021)
04 January 2021
Part of the Cause of Life series. A devout Christian, Jerry Givens was Virginia’s chief executioner, before he became an advocate of abolishing the death penalty.
Mink! Trailer (2022)
23 June 2022
Told by her daughter Wendy, MINK! chronicles the remarkable Patsy Takemoto Mink, a Japanese American from Hawai'i who became the first woman of color elected to the U.
Kim I Am Trailer (2019)
16 December 2019
Part of the Almost Famous series. Kim Hill was a rising singer when she met a young rapper named will.
The Silent Pulse of the Universe Trailer (2021)
24 July 2021
Part of the Almost Famous series. Jocelyn Bell was a graduate student at Cambridge in 1967 when she pushed through the skepticism from her superiors to make one of the greatest astrophysical discoveries of the twentieth century.
The First Report Trailer (2022)
24 August 2022
Part of the Almost Famous series. As an investigative reporter, Jason Berry exposed the church’s systematic cover-up of sexual abuse.
The Other Fab Four Trailer (2019)
17 December 2019
Part of the Almost Famous series. In the mid-1960s, four teenagers from Liverpool were changing the face of pop music.
Love, Chinatown Trailer (2025)
13 November 2025
Longtime resident Cynthia Yee embarks on an open-hearted walking tour of Boston’s Historic Chinatown in all its vibrancy—welcoming neighborhood newcomers while boldly confronting ghosts of her past with the help of an unexpected local compatriot: optimistic college student Gwen.
I Got My Brother Trailer (2026)
14 March 2026
Jarrett Harper and his younger brother Baylon share raw memories of abuse in LA's foster system, their unshakeable bond tested when the elder takes violent revenge on their abuser and faces life behind bars.
The Final Copy of Ilon Specht Trailer (2024)
10 June 2024
The Final Copy of Ilon Sprecht is an intimate deathbed account of the unsung advertising genius who coined L'Oréal's iconic "Because I'm Worth It" slogan in 1971, a four-word feminist manifesto that, against all odds, changed advertising forever.
The Lost Astronaut Trailer (2019)
18 December 2019
Part of the Almost Famous series. In 1963, Ed Dwight Jr. was poised to be NASA’s first African-American astronaut, until suddenly he wasn’t.
Ladybug Trailer (2015)
27 May 2015
Part of the Life's Work series. Ladybug is a portrait of Elizabeth Goluch, a metalworker whose art solely focuses on the overlooked world of insects.
Motorcycle Mary Trailer (2024)
07 June 2024
Mary McGee became the first American woman to race motorcycles. Mary’s pioneering journey of conquering sexism and her own fears paved the way for the next chapter in motorsports.
The Catalyte Story Trailer (2018)
01 July 2018
Mike Rosenberg’s story of how he founded the revolutionary software development and artificial intelligence firm, Catalyte.
Ink & Paper Trailer (2011)
08 December 2011
McManus & Morgan is the oldest (and once most prosperous) paper shop in Los Angeles. Aardvark Letterpress is a family-run printing business dating back to the 1940s.
Lost at Sea Trailer (2017)
18 August 2017
Bill Durden fell off his boat while fishing 25 miles off of Florida’s Gulf Coast. What happens next is hard to believe.
Beautifully Savage Trailer (2019)
27 February 2019
Boxing gym owner Joe Buckner recalls his troubling history and how that's shaped him into the man he is today.
Fibre & Wood Trailer (2015)
22 May 2015
Part of the Life's Work series. Fibre & Wood is a portrait of felting artist Sanna Rahola and woodcarver Douglas Drdul, who have formed a harmonious partnership as artists and as a couple.
Stone Trailer (2015)
21 April 2015
Part of the Life's Work series. In an industry forever dominated by men, Heather Lawson defied expectations and stereotypes to become the first and last female trained to be a production stone mason in Canada.
George Trailer (2018)
24 October 2018
Memories of the first World War told by an elderly man who remembers moments from the past while he wanders around his Nova Scotia farm.
Paper Ruscha Trailer (2015)
01 January 2015
Renowned Los Angeles artist Ed Ruscha prints his newest work,”ZOOT SOOT” at Aardvark Letterpress.
Kunstglaser Trailer (2017)
15 September 2017
A veteran glassmaker explains his work in avant-garde stained glass designs.
