American Waitress, New Mexico

2002Runtime:0 minutes

Director Vanessa Vassar's humorous and humbling documentary puts a name to the face of four New Mexico food servers, who dispense their thoughts about social structures, sexual politics and spirituality with hard-won grace and wit. Their views about the vocation range from realistic to romantic to existential, but the mystery of how these waitresses spend their time off -- motorcycling, welding, mountain climbing -- may be the greater revelation.

3.2 Average Rating

Army of One

2003Runtime:0 minutes

In the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, a well-to-do stockbroker, a high school dropout and an aspiring modern dancer enlist in the Army with varying degrees of success in this riveting, heartbreaking documentary. Filmmaker Sarah Goodman's award-winning feature debut follows the three young recruits -- Thaddeus Ressler, Nelson Reyes and Sara Miller -- through basic training and deployment over the course of two years.

3.1 Average Rating

The First World War: The Complete Series

2003Runtime:0 minutes

Even though it heralded the birth of modern warfare and engendered mass destruction on an unprecedented scale, the world's first great war rarely receives as much attention as the second. This definitive 10-part series narrated by Jonathan Lewis outlines and analyzes World War I military strategy to show why "the war to end all wars" simply didn't, prompting an even bloodier conflict less than 20 years later.

4.0 Average Rating

Women & Spirituality

1992Runtime:0 minutes

This renowned trilogy from activist filmmaker Donna Read examines the role that feminine-based spirituality has played throughout history, from goddess-based, pre-Christian faiths all the way up to present-day practices. The presentation also delves into the medieval witch hunts, the persecution of powerful women in Renaissance Europe and how modern women have come full circle in their current reclamation of ancient, female-centered spirituality.

3.1 Average Rating