First Run Features Movie Trailers
Most Popular First Run Features Trailers
Total trailers found: 49
JFK: The Private President Trailer (2013)
01 January 2013
In January 1961, a new generation in the guise of John F. Kennedy moved into the White House. All of a sudden politics were youthful, dynamic and sexy.
After Stonewall Trailer (1999)
06 June 1999
This sequel to "Before Stonewall" documents the history of gay and lesbian life from the riots at Stonewall in 1969 to the present.
A Hungry Feeling: The Life and Death of Brendan Behan Trailer (1988)
02 May 1988
Colleagues and relatives reflect on the dynamic life of Irish writer Brendan Behan, beginning with his adolescent years as an activist and his affiliation with the IRA youth group, Fianna Éireann.
Fire on the Mountain Trailer (1996)
29 November 1996
A documentary film about the exploits of the 10th Mountain Division, an elite group of mountain climbers who fought decisive battles against the Nazis in the Italian Alps during the final days of World War II.
Casting By Trailer (2012)
01 November 2012
This essential new documentary pays tribute to the legacy of the late, legendary casting director Marion Dougherty and shines a light on one of the most overlooked and least understood crafts in filmmaking.
Germans & Jews - Eine neue Perspektive Trailer (2016)
10 June 2016
Following Germany's transformation as a society from the Holocaust to becoming the moral leader of Europe as the country embraces hundreds of thousands of refugees.
Imperfect Journey Trailer (1994)
31 December 1994
Haile Gerima and Ryszard Kapuscinski travel around Ethiopia talking to people about their current situations and what needs to be done for a prosperous country.
Behind the Bull Trailer (2000)
19 December 2000
When Forgotten Silver — the story of pioneer filmmaker Colin McKenzie — unspooled on 29th October 1995, in a Sunday TV slot normally reserved for drama, many believed the fable was fact.
To the Limit Trailer (2007)
09 February 2007
At the Limit is a documentary about extreme climbing. In this sports documentary, Pepe Danquart shows brothers Thomas and Alexander Huber climbing in Patagonia and on the granite rock "El Capitan" in Yosemite Valley (USA).
Six O'Clock News Trailer (1997)
20 January 1997
Filmmaker Ross McElwee trails characters whose stories have been fodder for television news and takes their tales of loss and longing further than the requisite sound bite.
Talent Has Hunger Trailer (2016)
11 March 2016
Documentary about the influence that master cello player Paul Katz has on four gifted cello players over the space of several years.
Midnight Dancers Trailer (1994)
09 September 1994
Joel, Dennis and Sonny are three poor, handsome brothers who support their parents by working as "macho" dancers in the lively gay club scene of Manila in this dramedy that was originally banned in the Philippines.
Moynihan Trailer (2018)
03 October 2018
A biographical portrait of Daniel Patrick Moynihan, twentieth century colossus: public intellectual, policy specialist, ambassador, and NY senator.
Erroll Garner: No One Can Hear You Read Trailer (2013)
09 April 2013
In a triumphant career that lasted forty years Erroll Garner pushed the playability of the piano to its limits, developed an international reputation, and made an indelible mark on the jazz world.
Sphinxes Without Secrets Trailer (1991)
29 August 1991
Since its inception, performance art provided a forum for those artists whose work challenges the dominant aesthetic and cultural status quo.
Acorn and the Firestorm Trailer (2017)
23 April 2017
For 40 years, the community-organizing group ACORN advocated for America’s poorest communities, while its detractors accused it of promoting the worst of liberal policies.
Mr. Pig Trailer (2016)
22 July 2016
On a mission to sell his last remaining prize hog and reunite with old friends, an aging farmer abandons his foreclosed farm and journeys to Mexico.
Backyard Trailer (1984)
01 January 1984
Documentary film maker Ross McElwee returns to his family home in Charlotte NC. In filming his family, he captures a microcosm of Southern society.
Sleepwalk Trailer (1986)
09 September 1986
When Nicole, a young copy-shop employee, is hired to translate an ancient Chinese manuscript, she soon finds that the document has strange powers that little by little begin to exert an eerie influence over her life.
The Wolves of Kromer Trailer (1998)
30 October 1998
Once upon a time in the village of Kromer lived two beautiful young wolves. Cocksure Gabriel takes newcomer Seth under his paw and helps reconcile him to the vilification associated with being a wolf.
Queer as F**k: Bizarre Short Films Trailer (2002)
11 June 2002
These sexy and surreal shorts from innovative gay filmmakers feature party-loving plastic dolls, domineering moms, mad scientists, stuttering sidekicks and adorable break-dancing foreign exchange students! "Jeffrey's Hollywood Screen Trick," "Shame No More," "Pyongyang Robogirl, Soda Pop," "The Trey Billings Show" and the bonus film "Dirty Baby Does Fire Island" are among the funny, provocative, award-winning films in this collection.
The Dance Goodbye Trailer (2015)
05 May 2015
What is life like for a dancer when they can no longer dance? Inspired by Merrill Ashley's departure from the New York City Ballet as an acclaimed principal dancer, this new documentary captures the poignancy of this life turning point.
Seadrift Trailer (2019)
26 January 2019
On August 3rd, 1979, a Vietnamese refugee shoots and kills a white crab fisherman at the town docks in Seadrift, TX.
F11 and Be There Trailer (2018)
28 October 2018
Burk Uzzle's singular vision and dedication to the medium of photography led him from a small, homebuilt darkroom on his father's porch into the company and guidance of the 20th centuries most important photographers.
Celso and Cora Trailer (1983)
05 February 1983
A documentary of a young couple and their two children living in a squatter settlement in the Philippine capital, Manila.
Albert Einstein: Still a Revolutionary Trailer (2020)
24 May 2020
Using a wealth of rarely-seen archival footage, correspondence, and new and illuminating interviews, Julia Newman makes the case that Albert Einstein's example of social and political activism is as important today as are his brilliant, groundbreaking theories.
Sherman's March Trailer (1985)
13 November 1985
Ross McElwee sets out to make a documentary about the lingering effects of General Sherman's march of destruction through the South during the Civil War, but is continually sidetracked by women who come and go in his life, his recurring dreams of nuclear holocaust, and Burt Reynolds.
Bheja Fry Trailer (2007)
13 April 2007
Ranjeet Thadani is a bored and arrogant music producer who along with his friends hosts a party every Friday where they invite an 'idiot' to ridicule them and have fun at their expense.
New York in the Fifties Trailer (2001)
16 October 2001
New York in the Fifties is the story of a unique time and place, when New York was the hotbed of new artistic expressions, free love, drinking, hot jazz, and radical politics.
Street Fighting Men Trailer (2017)
30 April 2017
In a rapidly changing America where mass inequality and dwindling opportunity have devastated the black working class, three Detroit men must fight to build something lasting for themselves and future generations.
Champagne Trailer (1996)
12 October 1996
The true story of a young teenage girl whose mother is incarcerated for murder. Living in a Catholic Children's home run by an order of nuns, she provides poignant commentary about her mother, her own situation and her outlook for the future.
The Company of Strangers Trailer (1990)
01 October 1990
A busload of women become stranded in an isolated part of the Canadian countryside. As they await rescue, they reflect on their lives through a mostly ad-libbed script.
Something to Do with the Wall Trailer (1991)
03 April 1991
In 1986, Ross McElwee (Sherman's March) and Marilyn Levine were making a film about the 25th anniversary of the Berlin Wall, when the imposing structure was still very much intact as the world’s most visible symbol of hardline Communism and Cold War lore.
The Man Who Bought Mustique Trailer (2001)
09 May 2001
Lord Glenconner, a Scot, once owned Mustique, a verdant island in the Caribbean. He lives in St. Lucia with wife Lady Anne Coke (herself an Earl's daughter and lady-in-waiting to Princess Margaret) and their sole surviving son, Christopher, disabled by an accident.
Kochuu Trailer (2003)
23 May 2003
A film about modern Japanese architecture, its roots in the Japanese tradition and its impact on the Nordic building-tradition.
Impostors Trailer (1979)
16 March 1979
One of Mark Rappaport's later narratives (which won the Gold Hugo for Best First Feature at the Chicago International Film Festival in 1979), Impostors is an off-kilter comedy/mystery focused on two magicians trying to find Egyptian jewels, their promiscuous assistant, and a man who loves the assistant.
Free Puppies! Trailer (2022)
12 August 2022
Tens of thousands of dogs are transported every year from areas with high euthanasia rates to parts of the country with fewer unwanted dogs and a surplus of adopters.
Old Jews Telling Jokes Trailer (2009)
15 September 2009
An online TV show which features Jewish people over the age of 60 telling their favourite jokes.
A Jumpin' Night in the Garden of Eden Trailer (1987)
01 January 1987
A Jumpin' Night in the Garden of Eden was the first film to document the klezmer revival, tracing the efforts of two founding groups, Kapelye and Boston's Klezmer Conservatory Band, to recover the lost history of klezmer music.
Troublemakers: The Story of Land Art Trailer (2015)
01 October 2015
The titular troublemakers are the New York–based Land (aka Earth) artists of the 1960s and 70s, who walked away from the reproducible and the commodifiable, migrated to the American Southwest, worked with earth and light and seemingly limitless space, and rethought the question of scale and the relationships between artist, landscape, and viewer.
The War After Trailer (2015)
12 February 2015
A powerful, 70-minute documentary featuring nine U.S. veterans transitioning from active duty to thee
Invisible Scars Trailer (2015)
11 April 2015
INVISIBLE SCARS is a feature documentary that explores hope, healing, and resilience through the eyes of one woman who was sexually abused by her father.
In Full Bloom... Transcending Gender Trailer (2015)
01 January 2015
The feature-length documentary, 'In Full Bloom... transcending gender,' follows the courageous journey of thirteen transgender and two gay actors as they transform their lives through the use of monologue, dialogue and performance art while preparing for the world premiere of the stage play, 'Lovely Bouquet of Flowers: An Exploration of Non-Traditional Gender Voices.
Charleen or How Long Has This Been Going On? Trailer (1977)
01 January 1977
In Charleen, documentarian Ross McElwee looks at the life of a North Carolina poet and teacher who acts as a muse to a motley crew of artists and musicians.
The Diaries of Yossef Nachmani Trailer (2005)
01 January 2005
A look into the complex and contradictory personality of Yossef Nachmani, the man largely responsible for the first Zionist settlements in the Galilee.
November's Children: Revolution in Prague Trailer (1991)
01 October 1991
A first-hand account of the tumultuous events of 1989 when a student-led revolution succeeded in overthrowing Czechoslovakia's repressive Communist regime.
Somewhere With No Bridges Trailer (2022)
18 February 2022
Twenty years after a beloved local fisherman, Richie Madeiras, goes missing off the shores of Martha's Vineyard, a distant cousin locates Richie's kind, indelible spirit in the stories of family, friends, and the sweeping sea which has defined their lives.
Minnie the Moocher and Many, Many More Trailer (1981)
01 January 1981
A nostalgic tour through the great Harlem jazz clubs of the 1930s and '40s, led by Harlem born personality Cab Calloway.
