Playlands of Michigan

Shortly after his mother’s passing, playwright and stage director Mohamed El Khatib receives a phone call from his uncle in Bab Berred, the family’s v...

Mackinac Island, Michigan, is a tiny island in the center of the Great Lakes. Besides being a world favorite "Horse Drawn" and "Victorian Era" summer...

1950s Soho beats with far more energy than its 21st century counterpart in this vivid time capsule.

Bruce Brown's The Endless Summer is one of the first and most influential surf movies of all time. The film documents American surfers Mike Hynson and...

Travelogue/documentary follows newly married Rita Hayworth and Prince Aly Khan on their honeymoon trip through exotic locales.

This FitzPatrick Traveltalk series short looks at Czechoslovakia before World War II, including images of bridges, churches, and castles in Prague, al...

This Traveltalk series short takes a look at Cairo's landmarks, people, and culture.

A 40-day, 40-night road trip to the Trinity Site—where the first atomic bomb was detonated in the summer of 1945—covering many other atomic destinatio...

This Traveltalk series short celebrates San Francisco, past and present.

This short film was made by filmmaker (later archivist) Liam Ó Laoghaire (aka Liam O’Leary) and was commissioned by the Cultural Relations Committee o...

The film is a cinematic interpretation of the travel book “Armenia” by Russian poet Andrei Bely.

Follows the story that is shaking up Democratic Party politics nationwide, highlighting the role of power and money in a system many believe is broken...

Wisconsin's tribe's ongoing fight to protect Lake Superior for future generations. "Bad River" shows the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa's lo...

This travel film takes the viewer to the northern part of Rajasthan. After a quick day tour in New Delhi and its surroundings we visit the magnificent...

Travel films have an established format with their own conventions, history and baggage. It is a medium that has all too often sought to control, defi...