Gerald Peary

Archie's Betty

Gerald Peary

The documentarian, a devoted Archie fan, searches for the real-life people behind the characters in Archie Comics, the influential teen comic strip still popular almost 75 years after its creation. Were Archie, Betty, Veronica, Moose, and Jughead based on actual students who Bob Montana, the original Archie cartoonist, had gone to high school with in the 1930s in the town of Haverhill, Massachusetts? More, is the person who inspired blonde Betty still alive?

The Rabbi Goes West

Gerald Peary, Amy Geller

A documentary comedy about a Hasidic Rabbi who attempts to unite 2000 Jewish people across Montana, the area of which is 14 times the size of Israel. Chaim Bruk is a 34-year-old passionary Chabad Hasidic Rabbi, who takes his mission very seriously. His goal is to visit the home of every Jew in Montana and place a Kosher mezuzah at every front door. Along this challenging and emotional journey, Chaim encounters followers and critics alike. As he travels across the cloudless plains of the “The Treasure State,« he discovers frightening neo-Nazis and local Rabbis, reformists and conservatives alike.

For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism

Gerald Peary

Roger Ebert, Pauline Kael

The story of American film criticism.

Little Caesar: End of Rico, Beginning of the Antihero

Karen Hillhouse, John Rust

Gerald Peary, Robert Sklar

An examination of "Little Caesar" (1931) by film historians and critics.

Computer Chess

Andrew Bujalski

Patrick Riester, Myles Paige

At the American Computer Chess Convention, enthusiasts gather to pit their programs against other computer chess programs and human players in a tournament for a grand prize of $7500.