Movies: Ian Cheney

  • 2023
    The Arc of Oblivion

    The Arc of Oblivion (2023)

    The Arc of Oblivion

    22023HD

    "The Arc of Oblivion" explores a quirk of humankind: in a universe that erases its tracks, we humans are hellbent on leaving a trace. Set against the backdrop of the filmmaker's quixotic quest to build an ark in a field in Maine, the film heads far a...

    The Arc of Oblivion
  • 2020
    Picture a Scientist

    Picture a Scientist (2020)

    Picture a Scientist

    8.12020HD

    A documentary that looks at systemic sexism faced by women scientists in STEM fields....

    Picture a Scientist
  • 2018
    The Most Unknown

    The Most Unknown (2018)

    The Most Unknown

    6.42018HD

    An epic documentary film that sends nine scientists to extraordinary parts of the world to uncover unexpected answers to some of humanity’s biggest questions. How did life begin? What is time? What is consciousness? How much do we really know? By in...

    The Most Unknown
  • 2007
    King Corn

    King Corn (2007)

    King Corn

    6.22007HD

    King Corn is a fun and crusading journey into the digestive tract of our fast food nation where one ultra-industrial, pesticide-laden, heavily-subsidized commodity dominates the food pyramid from top to bottom – corn. Fueled by curiosity and a dash o...

    King Corn
  • 2014
    The Search for General Tso

    The Search for General Tso (2014)

    The Search for General Tso

    6.42014HD

    From New York City to the farmlands of the Midwest, there are 50,000 Chinese restaurants in the U.S., yet one dish in particular has conquered the American culinary landscape with a force befitting its military moniker—“General Tso’s Chicken.” But wh...

    The Search for General Tso
  • 2012
    The City Dark

    The City Dark (2012)

    The City Dark

    7.62012HD

    THE CITY DARK is a feature documentary about the loss of night. After moving to NYC from rural Maine, filmmaker Ian Cheney asks a simple question - do we need the stars? - taking him from Brooklyn to Mauna Kea, Paris, and beyond. Exploring the threat...

    The City Dark
  • 2013
    World Fair

    World Fair (2013)

    World Fair

    02013HD

    The future was now at the 1939 World’s Fair – and it is still awesome. From the perspective of the 21st century, it’s hard to imagine what a marvel the 1939-1940 New York World’s Fair would have been to its visitors. Still living in the heavy shadow ...

    World Fair
  • 2010
    The Greenhorns

    The Greenhorns (2010)

    The Greenhorns

    02010HD

    Armed with a camcorder, farmer-filmmaker-activist Severine von Tscharner Fleming spent two years crisscrossing America, meeting and mobilizing a network of revolutionary young farmers resettling the land. 'The Greenhorns' is an ode to their grit and ...

    The Greenhorns
  • 2024
    Shelf Life

    Shelf Life (2024)

    Shelf Life

    02024HD

    Quirky and contemplative, this delectable documentary takes us on a surprising global odyssey into the world of cheese, drawing unexpected parallels between the aging of cheese and the human experience of growing old....

    Shelf Life
  • 2020
    The Long Coast

    The Long Coast (2020)

    The Long Coast

    02020HD

    A series of lyrical vignettes illuminates the stories of Maine's seafolk, those whose lives and livelihoods are inextricably connected to the ocean. This atmospheric film shows the beauty, intimacy, and uncertainty that coastal dwellers face in rooti...

    The Long Coast
  • 2020
    The Emoji Story

    The Emoji Story (2020)

    The Emoji Story

    92020HD

    Emojis are a worldwide phenomenon, with some arguing that these smiling poops and heart-eyed faces are on the verge of actually becoming their own language. Who, if anyone, is in charge of this new global digital language?...

    The Emoji Story
  • 2011
    Truck Farm

    Truck Farm (2011)

    Truck Farm

    82011HD

    Documentary, comedy - Truck Farm is a whimsical, musically-narrated, documentary film about urban agriculture. Filmmaker Ian Cheney...

    Truck Farm
  • 2017
    The Smog of the Sea

    The Smog of the Sea (2017)

    The Smog of the Sea

    02017HD

    The Smog of the Sea chronicles a 1-week journey through the remote waters of the Sargasso Sea. Marine scientist Marcus Eriksen invited onboard an unusual crew to help him study the sea: renowned surfers Keith & Dan Malloy, musician Jack Johnson, ...

    The Smog of the Sea
  • 2015
    Bluespace

    Bluespace (2015)

    Bluespace

    02015HD

    BLUESPACE explores the terraforming of Mars and the waterways of New York City. As scientists develop strategies for warming and colonizing the frigid red planet, waterfront dwellers here on Earth grapple with the legacies of pollution and the specte...

    Bluespace
  • 2010
    Big River

    Big River (2010)

    Big River

    52010HD

    Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis have traded their combine for a canoe, and they're setting out to uncover the ecological consequences their little acre of corn sent into the 'Big River' downstream....

    Big River
  • 1969
    The Melungeons

    The Melungeons (1969)

    The Melungeons

    01969HD

    Deep in the hills of Appalachia live a mysterious tri-racial people known as Melungeons. For years, the community around Vardy Valley in northeastern Tennessee suffered discrimination and marginalization because of their mixed-race heritage; many lef...

    The Melungeons
  • 1969
    Fight Like Hell: The Testimony of Mother Jones

    Fight Like Hell: The Testimony of Mother Jones (1969)

    Fight Like Hell: The Testimony of Mother Jones

    01969HD

    We were never supposed to know her name. She was a poor Irish immigrant who survived famine and war, fire and plague. Unable to save her husband or their four small children, she dedicated her life to saving working families everywhere. The robber ba...

    Fight Like Hell: The Testimony of Mother Jones