Lee Grant

The recession of the 1980s split the country into the haves and have nots, from family farmers to factory workers and homeless people forced to live in decrepit welfare hotels. On the verge of losing everything, courageous Americans discover the power of community organizing to fight injustice.

Oscar winner Lee Grant's groundbreaking "What Sex Am I?" follows a group of Transgender Americans struggling to make their way in every strata of the 1980s US. From finding employment to finding acceptance,the first question they're forced to ask is always, "What Sex Am I?" Made in 1985, Grant continues to prove herself a director decades ahead of her time. Re-released in 2020 in this new edition.

Academy Award winner Lee Grant's feature directorial debut follows eight women in America's heartland who are driven by gender discrimination to picket the bank where they work, in the dead of winter. Risking jobs, family, & their place in the community, the Willmar 8 began the longest bank strike in American history. Featuring a stirring original score by Peter, Paul, and Mary's Peter Yarrow.

Rita is far from ordinary. When her classmates’ cruel teasing cannot be contained any longer, a supernatural power inside of her takes over.

Lt. Columbo outwits a lawyer who has killed her husband but made it look like a kidnapping.

The teenage antichrist uses his powers to kill friends and family who suspects his evil heritage.

The trial of a career woman’s rape by a famed lawyer ends in a hung jury, leading the lawyer to sue her for slander and her to fight for true justice.

Art thieves hijack a 747, hit fog and crash into the ocean, trapping them and the passengers under 100 feet of water.

Interview and film clips trace Sidney Poitier's rise from humble beginnings in the Bahamas to his position as the first Black superstar.

Robert Elliot, a retired secret agent, hatches a cunning plan to eliminate those who know too much about his past.

In 1985, four Palestine Liberation Front militants hijack an Italian ocean liner, igniting international tension and a race against time.

Interview and film clips trace Sidney Poitier's rise from humble beginnings in the Bahamas to his position as the first Black superstar.

Carrying hundreds of Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany, the voyage of the St. Louis turns tragic as seemingly no nation will save them from doom.

In a city under revolution, a brothel's role-playing clientele are called upon to put their acting skills to the test to impersonate slain leaders.

A clothing designer struggles to save her boutique, staging a wild weekend sale that preys on Beverly Hills women’s relentless shopping addictions.

A peasant girl is romanced by a handsome yet cunning nobleman in this tale based on Nikolai Karamzin's classic Russian novella.

A heavenly panel reviews a dead yuppie's humdrum history.

A May-December romance blooms between a 53-year old widowed clothing manufacturer and an employee 30 years his junior, much to his family’s chagrin.

A vivid and disturbing documentary interview with ruthless mob hit man Richard "The Iceman" Kuklinski.

Based on the hit Broadway play by Neil Simon, Walter Matthau appears in all three segments, which are set in the same suite of New York's legendary Plaza Hotel.