Showing 1 - 10 of 42 titles with a criteria of Subject is Drama and Theater

Acting Blind

Takes audiences behind the scenes as a company of non-professional actors rehearse a play about life without sight. The performers have no problem imagining themselves in these roles: they are blind themselves.

The Fanlight Collection | 2006 | 52 minutes

Advertising Missionaries

Follows the mission of one theater company to bring the consumer revolution to the people of the highlands of Papua New Guinea.

Icarus Films | 1996 | 52 minutes

Al Helm

An African American gospel choir goes to Palestine to sing in a Palestinian play about Martin Luther King, Jr. They become witnesses to life under occupation and a non-violent movement for justice.

Clarity Films | 2014 | 92 minutes

Curtain Up!

While preparing to stage the musical Frozen, Chinatown kids discover their own cultural identities.

GOOD DOCS | 2020 | 68 minutes

The Devil is in the Detail

A feature-length cinema vérité portrait of Robert Carsen, one of the world's greatest stage directors at work, filmed over the course of a year.

Strange Attractions | 2021 | 114 minutes

Dido and Aeneas

The critically-acclaimed Mark Morris dance production of the baroque operatic masterwork.

Bullfrog Films | 1996 | 55 minutes

A Dream In Hanoi

Two theater companies, one American, one Vietnamese, collaborate to produce A Midsummer Night's Dream in Hanoi.

Bullfrog Films | 2002 | 91 minutes

Fight Like Hell

Mother Jones, a fiery orator and fearless organizer for the United Mine Workers during the early part of the 20th century, in a riveting performance by Kaiulani Lee.

Bullfrog Films | 2022 | 55 minutes

Girls on the Wall

The teenage girls of Warrenville Prison are getting a shot at redemption in a most unlikely form: a musical based on their lives. As three fascinating inmates write and stage their play, they're compelled to re-live their crimes, reclaim their humanity and take a first step toward breaking free of the prison system.

Sincerely Films | 2009 | 61 minutes

The Hamlet Syndrome

A powerful portrait of a vibrant young Ukrainian generation, empowered by political change and scarred by war

GOOD DOCS | 2022 | 85 minutes