Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir

A rare behind the scenes look at the tragedies and bitter disappointments that plagued one of MGM's most popular leading ladies

The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir

Documentary on mainland Chinese life. Directed, produced, written, and narrated by Shirley MacLaine, the film follows her First American Women’s Friendship Delegation to China. The delegation consisted of all women, incl

Tamale Road: A Memoir from El Salvador

Salvadoran born Amanda Reyes lost her father to murder in 1929. She was three. She was taken away from her family and lived her entire life not knowing who they were. In 2009 her son, Marcos Reyes Villatoro, searched the

Glorious Days & Nights, A Jazz Memoir

Herb Snitzer was a Jewish photographer who used his skills as a "visual historian" to chronicle the lives and tribulations of prominent jazz artists. He also made comparisons similarities between to the plight of blacks

Endocast: A Non-Linear Memoir

"An endocast is the internal cast of a hollow object, often referring to the cranial vault in the study of brain development in humans and other organisms. Endocasts can be artificially made for examining the properties

Paradise Is There: A Memoir by Natalie Merchant

Natalie Merchant's entire musical life encapsulated in this very personal film, which digs deep into the music through live performances, archival footage, and interviews. The memoir-style film contains live performances

I (heart) Jack LaLanne: A Cartoon Memoir

In this animated short documentary, the filmmaker (a lesbian, feminist baby boomer) shares her coming out story with the help of exercise guru Jack LaLanne.

Memoir of a Slut at the End of the World

Lady finds herself alone at the end of the world and the only way she occupies her time is by reminiscing, Lady wanders aimlessly collecting various items that remind her of her adventurous life before being alone.

The Return of Elder Pingree - Memoir of a Departed Mormon

The Return of Elder Pingree - Memoir of a Departed Mormon follows lapsed Mormon Geoff Pingree as he retraces the steps he took twenty-five years earlier in Guatemala as devout missionary ‘Elder Pingree’. Recreating Elder

Memoir of Miss Kuan, A Celebrated Sex Worker

In 1997, the Taipei City Council abolished the Licensed Prostitute System without any compensatory measures. For over 2 years, Miss Guan was one of the leading figures that organized over 500 protests to defend the prost

Tony & Denise: Cinematic Memoir of Denise D'Anne

Denise D'Anne started life in a Brooklyn Orphanage, joined the army, transitioned in the late 1960s, and became a prominent labor and gender activist throughout the 1970s. In this "cinematic-memoir-love-letter" to Denise

The Duke: Based on the Memoir 'I'm The Duke' by J.P. Duke

Mired in a concussed haze, an ex-NFLer struggles to adjust to life off the field during Super Bowl Sunday.

Speaking with the Dead: Bill Schwarz on Preparing Stuart Hall’s Posthumous Memoir

When the world-renowned cultural and political theorist Stuart Hall died in 2014, he left behind an unfinished 300,000-word memoir. In this interview with MEF Executive Director Sut Jhally, Bill Schwarz talks about the c

Memoirs of a Geisha

In the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.

Manolescu's Memoirs

Algeria, Memoirs of Raï

In the 1980s, Algeria experienced a tumultuous social context which reached its peak during the riots of October 88. This wave of protest, with youth as its figurehead, echoed the texts of raï singers. Thirst for freedom

Aide Mémoire

Photographer Jürgen Baldiga (1959-1993) and filmmaker Michael Brynntrup, - privat discourses and personal investigations of how to deal with images of life and death.

About the Memoirs of a House

The life of a couple is observed through the home they have left behind.

Okay, Joe! or the Memoirs of Private Guilloux

In autumn 1944, during the Liberation of Brittany, writer Louis Guilloux worked as an interpreter for the American army. He was a privileged witness to some little-known dramatic aspects of the Liberation: the rapes and

Memoirs of the Blind

In 1990, the Louvre invited the French philosopher Jacques Derrida to create a visual and philosophical product based on the materials of the museum's exposition. The philosopher chose the image of a blind man in paintin