Heritage Movies

A young Japanese-American girl struggles with discovering her identity, heritage, and the loss of her connection to her past in the context of the...

During his stay in Cape Town as a film student, Shatho Tibone was inspired by an initial casual trip he took to the scenic but informal settlement of...

Negotiating Amnesia is an essay film based on research conducted at the Alinari Archive and the National Library in Florence. It focuses on the...

Suryabhan Tanaji Deshmukh, the sarpanch of Kharbujewaadi and an ardent follower of Shivaji Maharaj, tries his best to restore a decaying fort.

In the Sardinian town of Tonara, where the ancient art of crafting cowbells teeters on the edge of extinction, a family battles to preserve their...

After the death of her father, whom she never knew, a young woman finds herself at the head of a large company.

The film is about inspiration, reminding the power of collective action, the importance of preserving the heritage of Santa Ana, and the boundless...

After being confronted by two goons and a wise tweaker, 22-year-old Simon Vertugo forgets himself and his heritage.

What does blood have to do with identity? Kendra Mylnechuk, an adult Native adoptee, born in 1980 at the cusp of the enactment of the Indian Child...

A house. A shelter. A man the last one left in the homeland. A woman returns to her community every year. The daughters and husband who have lost all...

Motivated by family memories, a filmmaker returns to the land of his mother to reflect on his identity and deep cultural heritage.

Yin Honqiang, a master carpenter from Jiangyin, has been working with wood for over 50 years. Along with his son and his grandson, they create...

As historic ships vanish from British waters, a group of passionate volunteers fights to save the Balmoral—a 1949 passenger vessel moored in...

"The palm trees on the reverse are a delusion; so is the pink sand". This line, taken from a poem by Margaret Atwood, lights the path traced in...

For centuries, freeminers have held the right to mine coal anywhere within the Forest of Dean. To become a freeminer, one must be over 21, born...

A documentary about the life of the filmmaker’s grandfather and his life growing up in Fascist Italy to meeting his wife and immigrating to...

From Belgium, Jialai Wang maintains contact via smartphone and camera with her mother and grandmother in China. When her grandmother’s health...

A short documentary about the rapidly disappearing era of heritage movie palaces and the film going experience once offered within those hallowed...