Joyce Chopra Filmes

Follows a crusading lawyer as he embarks on a campaign to save an African-American man, Paul Crump, from the electric chair. Preserved by the...

The film's title is borrowed from a Dani fable that Gardner recounts in voice-over. The Dani people, whom Gardner identifies mysteriously as "a...

A beautiful woman is found stranded in the desert with no recollection of who she is or how she got there, so a casino boss makes it his mission to...

Tells about two young Black women and how they cope with their responsibilities as well as pursue their career ambitions.

In 1938, Jewish-rights activist Emma Sachs is targeted by the Nazis. When she dies, foul play is suspected. But was it the Nazis, or was it someone...

Started as a class project in what was likely the first filmmaking course ever taught at Harvard, Marathon documents the running of the 1964 Boston...

In 1963 the first known surviving set of American quintuplets were born to Mary Ann and Andrew Fischer, this film looks at some of the changes their...

Hungarian composer Zoltán Kodály believed that music could be taught to children as readily as reading. The method he developed uses a...

This documentary follows Martha Clarke's creative process for a year as she finds her own voice as a choreographer following her departure from...

A 1978 documentary about healthcare services in five locations in Nigeria.

An inspiring look inside a unique residence in Manhattan that is providing a safe home for 25 gay and transgender teenagers for have experienced...

A 1973 short film about the noted educator and president of Radcliffe College.

A 1978 documentary short about a growing phenomenon of its time: women returning to work as they reach middle age.