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Up on the Mountain

Up on the Mountain

Deep in the mountains of Montana, Idaho and Oregon a diverse group of Southeast Asian refugees, Latino immigrants, and white Americans harvests wild mushrooms for the restaurants of the world.

Upstream Color

Upstream Color

A man and woman are drawn together, entangled in the life cycle of an ageless organism. Identity becomes an illusion as they struggle to assemble the loose fragments of their wrecked lives.

Urania and the Asclepiades

Urania and the Asclepiades

A magic lantern performance by Artemis Willis (in collaboration with lanternist Joel Schlemowitz), in which projected images from the fields of astronomy and medicine merge seamlessly on the screen.

Valley of Saints

Valley of Saints

War and poverty force two men to flee Kashmir. But a military crackdown derails their escape. Waiting for conditions to change, they discover a mysterious woman, braving the curfew to research the dying lake.

Vertigo

Vertigo

A San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.

Videodrome

Videodrome

A programmer at a Toronto TV station that specializes in adult entertainment searches for the producers of a dangerous and bizarre broadcast.

    Vishniac

    Vishniac

    Difficult and flamboyant, Roman Vishniac captured iconic images of Jewish life, from the cafes of pre-war Berlin to the shtetls of Eastern Europe. But it would be up to his daughter to preserve his legacy.

      Visualizing Experimental Science Short Film Program

      Visualizing Experimental Science Short Film Program

      This program pairs science-themed experimental cinema with scientific educational films from the Indiana University Libraries Moving Image Archive.

      Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

      Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

      When the Earth is threatened by a burning Van Allen radiation belt, U.S. Navy Admiral Harriman Nelson plans to ignore the objections of the U.N. and shoot a nuclear missile at the belt with his experimental atomic submarine.

      Waking Life

      Waking Life

      A man shuffles through a dream meeting various people and discussing the meanings and purposes of the universe.

        Walkabout

        Walkabout

        Two young siblings stranded in the Australian Outback meet an Australian boy on "walkabout": a ritual separation from his tribe.

        Wall-E

        Wall-E

        In the distant future, a small waste-collecting robot inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind.

        Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

        Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

        Wallace and his loyal dog, Gromit, set out to uncover the mystery behind the garden sabotage that plagues their village and threatens the annual giant-vegetable growing contest.

        Walter: Lessons from the World's Oldest People

        Walter: Lessons from the World's Oldest People

        Hunter Weeks and his fiancé set out on an adventure to meet the oldest people in the world and discover their advice for living life to the fullest.

        WarGames

        WarGames

        A young hacker unwittingly initiates a US military supercomputer programmed to execute nuclear war against the Soviet Union.

        Wasted! The Story of Food Waste

        Wasted! The Story of Food Waste

        Every year, one third of all food grown for human consumption is thrown away. Wasted! explores the reasons for this waste and look for ways to fix the problem.

        Watermark

        Watermark

        A documentary on how water shapes humanity.

        Waterworld

        Waterworld

        In a future where the polar ice-caps have melted and Earth is almost entirely submerged, a mutated mariner fights starvation and outlaw "smokers," and reluctantly helps a woman and a young girl try to find dry land.

          Weird Science

          Weird Science

          Two high-school nerds use a computer program to literally create the perfect woman, who promptly turns their lives upside-down.

            West Side Story

            West Side Story

            Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.

            Westworld

            Westworld

            A robot malfunction creates havoc and terror for unsuspecting vacationers at a futuristic, adult-themed amusement park.

            Whale Rider

            Whale Rider

            A contemporary story of love, rejection, and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.

            Whaling City

            Whaling City

            An independent commercial fisherman must fight to save his boat, his livelihood, and his way of life.

            What! No Beer?

            What! No Beer?

            Two men decide to cash in on the end of Prohibition by selling watered down beer.