California Movies

A look at the "mod" culture of the, visiting the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, going from discotheques to dirt bike competitions, surfing, karate,...

“Last Men Standing,” the first feature-length documentary from The San Francisco Chronicle, Northern California’s largest newspaper...

On August 15th, 2006, filmmaker Ryan Dacko set out to get a 30-minute meeting with a major Hollywood producer by running on foot from Syracuse, New...

Questions of race, identity and heritage are explored through the lives of young American women growing up as adoptees from China. These four...

One man, one camera, one goal...to capture the essence of adventure. An experimental, often abstract new type of filmmaking process creating color...

Tells the story of the fierce battle of survival waged by plant life, animals and human beings on the desert. Shows where the desert areas of the...

Through concerts and interviews, folk-progressive group Harmonium takes Quebec culture to California. This documentary full of colour and sound,...

One of the social guidance / scare films made by prolific filmmaker Sid Davis, “Book Him!” was produced in the 1960s. It shows various...

Wendy, a Chinese “parachute kid,” is struggling to adapt to her new American life.

This moving, family documentary goes behind the scenes at The Big Bear Alpine Zoo, which is only one of two high elevation, Alpine Zoos in the United...

Every Christmas, Bruce Mertz lights up the neighborhood with the 50,000 lights covering his house. For decades he's obsessively added to his display,...

Home movie collection of the Bohulano Family of Stockton, CA. Footage dates between the 1950s-1970s.

A short film featuring two new records from Jasmine Cephas Jones' forthcoming debut album PHOENIX, detailing the journey of growth, transformation,...

1967: Two of the world's best climbers, Yvon Chouinard and Royal Robbins, tackle the west face of Sentinel Rock, an iconic 2,100-meter granite peak...

Spring 2012 the Swedish band La Fleur Fatale embarked on a journey to and through California. During two weeks they played with legendary psych...

Milestone No. 3 is a documentary following three lifelong friends as they travel across the country to California for the very first time. Armed with...

Southern California’s Coachella Valley, including the communities of Palm Springs, Palm Desert, Desert Hot Springs, boasts hundreds of...

PURSUING BEAUTY: The Architecture of Bernard Maybeck tells the story of a 19th century romantic who used 20th century materials to create buildings...

A silent documentary about the Long Beach earthquake of March 10, 1933, which had a magnitude of 6.4, causing widespread damage to buildings...

Documentary where rich social history frames a spirited debate on the development of water infrastructure throughout the USA.