California Movies

Yearning for a specific feeling linked to adolescence, a young boy sets out in search of fulfillment and closure, meeting a friendly companion along...

The connection between these three short films is initially indicated by their sound and music: In all three films, Lee Anne Schmitt does without...

On November 4th, 2008, three states - California, Florida and Arizona - voted to amend their constitutions, denying and revoking the rights of...

1967: Two of the world's best climbers, Yvon Chouinard and Royal Robbins, tackle the west face of Sentinel Rock, an iconic 2,100-meter granite peak...

Rajiv Satyal has shared stages with some of the biggest names in standup comedy, performed on all seven continents and headlined live shows worldwide...

Questions of race, identity and heritage are explored through the lives of young American women growing up as adoptees from China. These four...

While California is going bankrupt, one business is booming. "How Weed Won the West" is the story of the growing medical cannabis / marijuana...

A Japanese woman is invited by her friend (a UCLA student) to visit Los Angeles. She soon meets an American man and another Japanese tourist. To pass...

Once hunted to extinction, the California Grizzly survives only as a symbol, frozen on the state flag, waving over the land it once roamed. A century...

Named after the Shoshonean word for "Earth", this is the third and final part of Benning's "California Trilogy" and his approach to the Californian...

The real story of "4:20 Somethings" living in California's semi-legalized marijuana culture.

One of the social guidance / scare films made by prolific filmmaker Sid Davis, “Book Him!” was produced in the 1960s. It shows various...

A nobleman returns home to Southern California after the Mexican American War to find his people mistreated by unscrupulous Americans.

In this drama, a Mexican woman attempts to live a peaceful life in California. Unfortunately, land-grabbers kill her father and begin harassing her....

In prisons ruled by toxic masculinity, dancing is an absolute taboo. But at Lancaster’s A-Yard, near Los Angeles, a group of young men, willing...

The film details an entire live performance from Devo's 1996 reunion tour with Lollapalooza, opening for Metallica. The band performs a stripped down...

A look at the "mod" culture of the, visiting the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, going from discotheques to dirt bike competitions, surfing, karate,...

In the weeks leading to Allie moving across the country, her best friend Jacob reckons with life without her in this intimate story of leaving and...

A family deals with loss of a family member while reflecting on moments of happiness