Filmed with a 1924 hand-crank Cine-Kodak camera, Shaman Trail Scout “Coyote” takes a journey which transcends time, from Inwood Park (where the island was traded for beads and booze), down a native trail (now “Broadway”), into lower Manhattan (sacred burial ground, now including the newest natives of this island empire).

The award-winning documentary Texas Gold follows Diane Wilson, mother of five and a fourth generation fisherwoman. This self-proclaimed “unreasonable woman” uses hunger strikes and civil disobedience actions to battle the giants of the petrochemical industry in the most toxic place in America. Surviving imprisonment and surveillance, Diane believes that “putting your life at risk is where change happens.”

Oil on Ice examines the battle over oil development within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. This classic struggle features the dramatic wildlife that adapted to this environment and the cultures of the Gwich’in Athabascan Indians and Inupiat Eskimos that rely on this wildlife for their subsistence. The issue of oil extraction from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge brings into sharp focus the broader debate over energy conservation versus unbridled consumption.

This captivating documentary follows four Americans as they travel through fourteen countries asking, “What do you think of America?” The stories that unfold explore many facets of America’s profound influence over the social, political and economic landscape of the planet. The result is a fast-paced, absorbing examination of human fellowship and what it means to be a citizen in a globalized world. Minnesota filmmaker Dominic Howes was born and raised in Sebastopol.

She was beautiful, smart, and searching. He was an emerging genius in the world of photography. When they met, they fell instantly in love. Setting off across the West with camera and typewriter in the depths of the Great Depression, Charis Wilson and Edward Weston transformed photography, and each other. Now age 90, Charis Wilson recounts her years with Weston with great humor, candor, and some regret. Combining insight from leading scholars, rare archival images, and convincingly authentic reenactments, Eloquent Nude presents a remarkable true story of love and loss, travel and adventure, and an intimate look at the making of Modern American Photography.

How did a lanky cowboy singer become the Bay Area’s biggest radio and television celebrity of his era? Broadcast Cowboy tells the story of Dude Martin and reveals a slice of Bay Area history that defies the current image of the region.