Michael Tucker

How to Fold a Flag

Michael Tucker, Petra Epperlein

Michael Tucker and Petra Epperlein reveal the lives of post Iraq from a Congressional candidate in Buffalo to a cage fighter in Louisiana, set against the backdrop of the 2008 election. From Jon Powers's political fight for a congressional seat to Wilf Stuart's family struggling with his brother's combat deployment, this poignant piece offers a picture of both the hope and loss that remain after the fighting ends.

Dead Ringer

Michael Tucker, Dana O'Keefe

There are only four outdoor phone booths left in all of New York City—this is a late night conversation with one of them.

This Film Is Not Yet Rated

Kirby Dick

Kimberly Peirce, Jon Lewis

Kirby Dick's provocative documentary investigates the secretive and inconsistent process by which the Motion Picture Association of America rates films, revealing the organization's underhanded efforts to control culture. Dick questions whether certain studios get preferential treatment and exposes the discrepancies in how the MPAA views sex and violence.

The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair

Michael Tucker

Yunis Khatayer Abbas

In 2003, Iraqi journalist Yunis Abbas was taken from his home by American soldiers and detained at Abu Ghraib prison on suspicion of planning to assassinate Tony Blair. Only thing is, he was innocent. Through his months-long ordeal played out like a comedy of errors, Yunis learned the true meaning of liberation. His unique story is told via co-director Michael Tucker's footage, Yunis's home videos and illustrations by co-director Petra Epperlein.

Bulletproof Salesman

Michael Tucker, Petra Epperlein

Fidelis Cloer

Fidelis Cloer is a self-confessed war profiteer who found The Perfect War when the US invaded Iraq. It wasn't about selling a dozen cars, or even a hundred, it was a thousand-car war where security would become the ultimate product.

Gunner Palace

Michael Tucker, Petra Epperlein

Bryant Davis, Devon Dixon

American soldiers of the 2/3 Field Artillery, a group known as the "Gunners," tell of their experiences in Baghdad during the Iraq War. Holed up in a bombed out pleasure palace built by Sadaam Hussein, the soldiers endured hostile situations some four months after President George W. Bush declared the end of major combat operations in the country.

Fightville

Michael Tucker, Petra Epperlein

'Crazy' Tim Credeur, Gil 'The Thrill' Guillory

FIGHTVILLE is about the art and sport of fighting: a microcosm of life, a physical manifestation of that other brutal contest called the American Dream...

Karl Marx City

Michael Tucker, Petra Epperlein

Petra Epperlein, Christa Epperlein

Petra Epperlein and Michael Tucker take a powerfully personal journey through the former East Germany, as Epperlein investigates her father’s 1999 suicide and the possibility that he may have worked as a spy for the dreaded Stasi security service.

The Meaning of Hitler

Michael Tucker, Petra Epperlein

Adolf Hitler, Martin Amis

This provocative consideration of the lasting influence and draw of Hitler provides insight into the resurgence of white supremacy, antisemitism, and the weaponization of history.

11/8/16

Raul Gasteazoro, Elaine McMillion Sheldon

U.S. citizens in more than 25 states are followed as they set out on the morning of the presidential election, throughout the course of the day, until the polls close in the evening and the results are revealed.