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Swan Song

An immersive behind-the-scenes look at a two-year effort to restage Swan Lake.

High Tide; Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story; Mad About the Boy; Merchant Ivory | Provincetown International Film Festival 2024

The festival featured beguiling documentaries about a wide range of entertainers and the vibrant Provincetown–set High Tide.

Hidden Master: The Legacy of George Platt Lynes

The documentary doesn’t shy away from Lynes’s sublime nude photography, rather it ravishes in it, as if to visually reclaim a suppressed history.

Taking Venice

An engaging look back when American culture was used to combat communism.

Pictures of Ghosts

A documentary exploration and celebration of those personal and collective specters that define our relationship with movies (and any audiovisual record).

Call Me Dancer

An inspiring film that follows the rise of Manish Chauhan, a street dancer from Mumbai who dreams of a dancing career.

Anselm

A deeply felt tribute to an artist who has sometimes been misunderstood.

Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

The documentary take us into the life of Nikki Giovanni, a trailblazer of the civil rights era and a poet of ongoing distinction and importance.

Lift

Viewers don’t need to know a jeté from a plié to enjoy this moving dance documentary.