Downtown Community Television Center Movie Trailers

Life of Crime: 1984-2020 Trailer (2021)

06 September 2021

An intimate documentary that looks at the vicious cycles of drug addiction and street crime in one of the roughest parts of New Jersey.

Surveilled Trailer (2024)

15 November 2024

Uncover the insidious ways in which our daily lives are being surveilled by the state. In a gripping chase, Ronan Farrow travels across the world following breadcrumbs and finally exposing a dark world of spywares, hacking, and peddling of private information, where activists and journalists are persecuted, and no one is protected from the watchful and vicious eyes of authoritarianism.

She Runs the World Trailer (2025)

05 June 2025

Allyson Felix is the most decorated track and field athlete of all time. At the peak of her career, she faced a life-threatening pregnancy and saw her sponsorships slashed by 70% by companies with no maternal protections.

No Contract, No Cookies: The Stella D'Oro Strike Trailer (2010)

20 August 2010

Follows the struggle of 138 mostly immigrant workers who strike to save their jobs at a famous bakery in the Bronx when a private equity firm buys the bakery and demands wage cuts of up to 30%.

Curtain Up! Trailer (2020)

30 September 2020

Curtain Up! follows elementary school kids in New York’s Chinatown as they prepare for a production and begin to discover themselves.

Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud Trailer (2025)

09 March 2025

On March 13, 2022, filmmaker Brent Renaud was killed by Russian soldiers, the first American journalist to die while reporting on the war in Ukraine.

Banking on Bitcoin Trailer (2016)

30 December 2016

Not since the invention of the Internet has there been such a disruptive technology as Bitcoin. Bitcoin's early pioneers sought to blur the lines of sovereignty and the financial status quo.

Section 60: Arlington National Cemetery Trailer (2008)

13 October 2008

It has been called "the saddest acre in America." It is also one of the most sacred. Section 60 in Arlington National Cemetery is the final resting place for young men and women who died fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Dirty Driving: Thundercars Of Indiana Trailer (2008)

13 November 2008

Auto racing is an obsession in Anderson, Indiana. Even with local auto factories closing down and jobs being lost, the town's residents continue to flock to the local speedway every Friday night--and its drivers continue to pour their dwindling resources into their Thundercars.

When Life Hands You Lemons Trailer (2014)

21 June 2014

Homeless student in New York City documents her family struggles.

Halfway Home: A Father's Story Trailer (2020)

22 January 2020

A father exits prison and tries to integrate with his two children and girlfriend while living in a halfway house and on parole.

Cinemania Trailer (2002)

06 July 2002

This documentary about the culture of intense cinephilia in New York City reveals the impassioned world of five obsessed movie buffs.

The Story of Junkie Junior Trailer (1987)

15 July 1987

A five-year portrait of Junior Rios' descent into the black hole of drug addiction which will ultimately cost him everything.

A Cinderella Season: The Lady Vols Fight Back Trailer (1998)

26 March 1998

The University of Tennessee lady volunteer basketball team is followed during their 1996 season.

Papa Trailer (2002)

16 June 2002

Filmmaker Jon Alpert turns the camera on his own family in this intimate portrait of his aging father.

Healthcare: Your Money or Your Life Trailer (1978)

01 January 1978

"Healthcare: Your Money or Your Life" (1977) is a DCTV investigative documentary examining the impact of budget cuts and resource shortages on a Brooklyn public hospital.

All For One: Media Enabled Musketeers Trailer (2018)

10 August 2018

American and Russian filmmakers with disabilities collaborate through an international exchange program to create films about their lives, using media as a tool for empowerment, advocacy, and cross-cultural connection.

Third Avenue: Only the Strong Survive Trailer (1980)

03 November 1980

The stories of six "ordinary" people who live or work along New York City's Third Avenue, which runs for sixteen miles through Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx, cutting through the complex social strata of the city to reveal wildly different economic and ethnic subcultures.

The Philippines: Life, Death and Revolution Trailer (1986)

01 January 1986

During the upheaval surrounding the fall of Ferdinand Marcos in 1986, filmmaker Jon Alpert travels across the Philippines documenting everyday life amid political crisis.

Can't Look Away: The Case Against Social Media Trailer (2025)

08 August 2025

An intimate exposé of the dark side of social media and its devastating impact on young users. Directors Matthew O'Neill and Perri Peltz take viewers inside the high-stakes legal battle to hold tech companies accountable for the harm caused by their negligence and dangerous algorithms.

Shut Up and Paint Trailer (2022)

08 June 2022

Painter Titus Kaphar looks to film as a medium in the face of an insatiable art market seeking to silence his activism.

Chinatown: Immigrants in America Trailer (1976)

01 November 1976

Produced by DCTV in response to what its makers saw as distorted media portrayals of New York City’s Chinatown, "Chinatown: Immigrants in America" (1976) offers an unvarnished portrait of an immigrant community confronting poverty, labor exploitation, and cultural displacement.

Cuba: The People Trailer (1974)

01 January 1974

As the first American television crew allowed into Cuba since the 1959 revolution, filmmakers Jon Alpert and Keiko Tsuno travel across the island documenting daily life under Fidel Castro.

Hard Metal Disease Trailer (1984)

01 November 1984

Examines "hard metals disease," cobalt poisoning among workers in the tungsten carbide machine tool industry.

Access Denied?: The Fight for Corporate Accountability Trailer (2008)

01 November 2008

When Diana Levine went to the hospital in April 2000 seeking relief for a severe migraine headache, the professional musician and children's record producer never imagined that faulty drug labeling would result in the amputation of her arm.

Bridge to Baghdad II Trailer (2003)

01 November 2003

Days after the U.S. declared the war officially over, Next Next Entertainment and DCTV sent a crew to a now smoldering Baghdad to rediscover the young Iraqis.

Bridge to Baghdad Trailer (2003)