Phyllis and Harold

2008

Most people know the story of how their parents met. But for better or worse, filmmaker Cindy Kleine digs even deeper to expose every aspect of her parents' 59-year marriage, revealing touching details and a few painful family secrets. Mixing on-camera interviews with archival photos and creative animation, Kleine's candid documentary looks at the evolution of a dissonant union -- and the harsh truth about love.

3.4 Average Rating

Yes Madam, Sir

2008

Filmmaker Megan Doneman's compelling documentary looks at the tumultuous career of Kiran Bedi, a tennis champ who became a crusading social activist -- and the first woman to join the Indian Police Service. Although Bedi's detractors have labeled her a self-serving publicity seeker, there's no debate about her accomplishments, which include overhauling one of Asia's worst prisons and reforming India's penal system. Helen Mirren narrates.

3.7 Average Rating

Black Coffee

2005

Director Irene Lilienheim Angelico steers this documentary series about a simple subject -- coffee -- into compelling territory by chronicling its long and often complicated history throughout the world. Beginning with the bean's discovery in Ethiopia, Angelico traces how coffee came to be one of the most craved beverages in the world, boosting economies, sparking revolutions and spreading the love of caffeine everywhere.

3.1 Average Rating

Between the Folds

2008

Filmmaker Vanessa Gould takes you on a provocative odyssey into the mesmerizing world of modern origami, where artists and scientists use the ancient art form to craft works of delicate beauty and to model cutting-edge mathematical theories. Pushing the envelope of origami to include caricatured portraits and elaborate abstract designs, these experts examine how paper folding can reveal the profound connection between art, science and philosophy.

4.0 Average Rating