Race Movies

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Documentary following the University of Calgary solar race car team.

A star athlete has to come to terms with her debilitating grief to regain her confidence and finish her race.

To win a frantic 100m dash, 5 heroic sprinters transform themselves into savage beasts.

Explores the attempts of the minister of the Augustana Lutheran Church in Omaha, Nebraska, to persuade his all-white congregation to reach out to...

1909, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

A raw and intimate portrait of Vivian Siu, an amateur female racing driver with a burning desire to race the world’s greatest street track, the...

1905, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

A conflicted woman discovers she is pregnant and must confront unresolved issues shadowing her relationship.

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Composer Georg Friedrich Haas and African-American kink educator Mollena Lee Williams enter into a complicated relationship.

When a black teenager is shot and killed attending a bonfire party in Jay, Florida, the town's racist past becomes its present and leads to the...

Three brothers with no rowing experience take on the world's toughest row: a 3,000 mile race across the Atlantic with 50ft waves, exhaustion,...

On November 3, 1979, members of the Communist Workers Party were holding a Death to the Klan rally in Greensboro, North Carolina. Suddenly a caravan...

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Beneath the fury of Ferguson unrest, an affable professor dedicates his life to actionable, peaceful change while attempting the grueling triple...

The 24 Hours of Le Mans is one of the premier automotive races of the year. Companies invest millions into cars and racers alike to take home the...

A documentary exploring the issue of racial identity among African-Americans through the lens of skateboarding.

In contrast to the lens that focuses exclusively on the racist traditions that are rooted in America’s social history, the moral counterweight...

Two actresses take us through a series of 'raps' and sketches about what it means to be beautiful and black.