SnagFilms is proud to present its library of arts documentaries. Our rapidly growing collection of riveting true stories includes: Sam Wagstaff’s transformation from innovative museum curator to Robert Mapplethorpe’s lover and patron in Black, White and Gray
; Ethan Boehme's exploration of exquisite tattoos and sacred scarring rituals around the world in Ancient Marks; and, Adjust Your Color, the unlikely story of America's original shock-jock--Petey Greene--who battled the system and his own demons.
SnagFilms is committed to finding the world‘s most compelling documentaries, whether from established heavyweights or first-time filmmakers, and making them available, for free, to the wide audience these titles deserve.
An intimate portrait of painter Joe Coleman, who is known around the world as a shamanic, moral voice diagnosing the ills of 21st century America. Coleman holds nothing back, telling us of a world wracked with tumorous cities, perversion, divorce, violence, … Watch Now ›
The National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C. offers the single most important collection of art by women in the world. The museum provides an astonishing survey of women artists representing every major artistic period, from 16th-century Dutch … Watch Now ›
Founded in 1961, the DuSable is one of the first African-American museums in the country. The museum follows African-American history from its beginning on the shores of Africa to a celebration of African-American achievements including Bessie Coleman, the nation’s first black … Watch Now ›
Biggie and Tupac is a no holds barred investigation into the still unsolved murders of two of the biggest superstars rap has ever produced; Christopher Wallace, aka Biggie Smalls, and Tupac Shakur. Answering the crusading calls for justice from Biggie’s mother … Watch Now ›
Back in the 80s and 90s the art scene in Mexico was filled with boring, solemn, abstract work. But then video artist Yoshua Okon and his buddy, the painter Miguel Calderon made it fun again. VBS is VICE’s broadband television network. … Watch Now ›
In Art Talk! VBS storms the brains and studios of our favorite makers of beautiful and awesome things. It’s fine arts coverage at its most invasive. In this episode, our favorite Canadian photographer takes us to his frozen cabin of gloom. … Watch Now ›
This archival interview from 1964 is a rare treat for fans of the legendary director and a fascinating glimpse of the creator of some of film’s best-loved classics. Part 2 of 2.
This archival interview from 1964 is a rare treat for fans of the legendary director and a fascinating glimpse of the creator of some of film’s best-loved classics. Part 1 of 2.
The scene is a hotel room in Paris. The year 1960. The star, Orson Welles. A vintage interview captures the artist reflecting on Citizen Kane and expounding on directing, acting, writing and his desire to bestow a valuable legacy upon his … Watch Now ›
Geraldine Ferraro’s 1984 Vice Presidential candidacy provided editorial cartoonists access to a rich and previously untapped lode of material. RUNNING MATE examines their portrayals of the first woman ever to appear on a major party Presidential ticket. Drawn from a study … Watch Now ›
“Skid Row” is a 50-square block area in downtown Los Angeles where an average of 90,000 homeless and transient people live on any given night. More than just a place - it’s a way of life, a mind set, the last … Watch Now ›
Click Q and A for an interview with Dig! director, Ondi Timoner. Seven years in the making and culled from 2000 hours of footage, DIG! plunges into the underbelly of rock n roll, unearthing an incredible true story of success and … Watch Now ›
When Charles Chaplin was forced to leave the USA in 1952, he found harbor in Switzerland and settled in a small village on Lake Geneva where he lived with his family until the end of his life in 1977. In his … Watch Now ›
Click Q&A for an interview with director Matthew Ogens. CONFESSIONS OF A SUPERHERO is a feature length documentary that chronicles the lives of three mortal men and one mortal woman who make their living working as superhero characters on Hollywood Boulevard. … Watch Now ›
Yale-educated and born with a silver spoon in his mouth, Sam Wagstaff’s transformation from innovative museum curator to Robert Mapplethorpe’s lover and patron is intensively probed in BLACK WHITE AND GRAY. During the heady years of the 1970s and 1980s, the … Watch Now ›
DARKON is a feature documentary that follows the real-life adventures of an unusual group of weekend “warrior knights,” fantasy role-playing gamers whose live action “battleground” is modern-day Baltimore, Maryland, re-imagined as a make-believe medieval world named Darkon. These live action gamers … Watch Now ›
Hollywood 1937—Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the world’s most prestigious and powerful movie studio, tricks 120 underage chorus girls into attending a stag party for its visiting salesmen. When dancer Patricia Douglas tries to flee, she is brutally raped; defying the studio’s order for silence, … Watch Now ›
THE LEGEND OF LEIGH BOWERY explores a life lived as if it was a performance. Leigh Bowery was a costume/clothing designer, nightclub impresario, performer, and musician whose vision influenced many of today’s most important artists. He later became known to the … Watch Now ›
WE ARE THE CHILDREN is a documentary film that dives deep inside the world of a group of Michael Jackson fans during the 2004-05 trial. The story delves beyond the tabloidesque media coverage of the crazy fan to uncover the human … Watch Now ›
In the summer of 2004, on a car journey through Eastern Europe, Pavla Fleischer falls in love with Eugene Hutz. Hutz is the lead singer of New York’s Gypsy Punk band Gogol Bordello. THE PIED PIPER OF HUTZOVINA follows Eugene and … Watch Now ›
