California Movies

A video portrait of Fremont, California and its people.

A very stressed young woman is dismayed to find herself behaving like her own mother, with whom she has an extremely combative relationship.

In prisons ruled by toxic masculinity, dancing is an absolute taboo. But at Lancaster’s A-Yard, near Los Angeles, a group of young men, willing...

Feel the rush of the breathtakingly beautiful National Parks of California with one deep breath of the summer air.

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

An erotic dancer turns up dead in a California resort recently inherited by a man & his family.

Nate Ryan returns home to Bundy Canyon to visit his dying father. With the help of Amal, a compulsively unfiltered hospice nurse, Nate opens old...

While California is going bankrupt, one business is booming. "How Weed Won the West" is the story of the growing medical cannabis / marijuana...

A core group of architects embraced the West Coast from Vancouver to LA with its particular geography and values and left behind a legacy of inspired...

A portal, a sorceress, a fictional device to portray existence as a moment encapsulated inside an instantaneous photograph to present fragmented...

Released on the 10th of December, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

The inspirational story of Marta Becket: 76-yr old singer, writer, dancer, painter, visionary, and her creation Amargosa.

Bejeweled Fishes captures the spectacular beauty of the myriad fishes inhabiting coral reefs of the Tropical and Eastern Pacific. This Wild Window...

The film details an entire live performance from Devo's 1996 reunion tour with Lollapalooza, opening for Metallica. The band performs a stripped down...

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

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...

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...

Yearning for a specific feeling linked to adolescence, a young boy sets out in search of fulfillment and closure, meeting a friendly companion along...

Released on the 20th of March, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.