Movies: Boston massachusetts

Boston, Massachusetts. A young black man falls off the roof of a housing project and dies. When the authorities suspect foul play, witnesses Donna and Billy, two white working-class teens, must decide whether to tell what really happened or face the ...

A girl decides to consult her natural father, whom she's never seen, for advice on her mixed-up love life....

Finding his only escape in music, Gil Blackwell (Josh Hamilton) decides to leave his monotonous business life in Boston when his cousin dies in a car accident. Gil ignores his father's disapproval and takes the family's antique truck for the promised...

Amanda, a brilliant aeronautical engineer, is enraged when her breakthrough design is stolen and patented by her colleague Brendan. When he is found murdered, she becomes the prime suspect and soon finds she is not only fighting for her design - but ...

The story of Boston fans, from their "birth" as the 200 "Roxbury Rooters" in 1897 to their transformation into millions known today as RED SOX NATION. Through rare images and film the saga is told by Boston baseball legends like Johnny Pesky and Pete...

Recounts the dramatic story of the April 2013 terrorist attack at the Boston Marathon through the experiences of individuals whose lives were affected. Ranging from the events of the day to the death-penalty sentencing of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the film ...

Thousands of exuberant fans fill Boston's FleetCenter arena to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the annual Beanpot Hockey Tournament -- a four-team, midwinter competition featuring the teams from Boston University, Boston College, Northeastern Unive...

Billy Ruane, storied impresario of the 90s Boston indie music scene. Billy promoted shows and inspired cult-like followings of bands by the likes of The Lemonheads, Dinosaur Jr., Pixies, Superchunk, Buffalo Tom, Elliott Smith, Pavement, and Sonic You...

Two young children living illegally in a model apartment outside Boston are left to fend for themselves when their hardworking mother disappears...

An epic look at Boston’s city government, covering racial justice, housing, climate action, and more....

A young filmmaker living in Boston's Italian district, the North End, wants to make a film about the neighborhood. He needs the blessing of a local celebrity, famous for playing gangsters in movies....

Kafi Dixon dreams of starting a land cooperative for women of color who have experienced trauma and disenfranchisement in the city of Boston. By day she drives a city bus; at night she studies the humanities in a tuition-free course. Her classmate Ca...

A dramedy about Carla, an aspiring singer estranged from her family, who hopes to find solace by attending her father's funeral....

NOT A PHOTOGRAPH documents the resurrection of the seminal post-punk band Mission of Burma, beginning in 2002 and continuing to the present. For a band deemed 'too ahead-of-their-time' during their initial existence, NOT A PHOTOGRAPH follows Mission ...

A documentary on the history of the Institute and America, spanning from World War 2 to COVID-19. Features AI-enhanced archival footage of MIT from throughout the past century. View now at https://regressions.net....

In the spring of 2004, Massachusetts began the final battle of its journey towards legalizing same-sex marriage. This documentary follows a few local couples & their families through the months leading up to & shortly after that defining occasion in ...

The story of how mobster Henry Hill - played by Ray Liotta in Martin Scorsese 1990 classic, Goodfellas - helped orchestrate the fixing of Boston College basketball games in the 1978-79 season. The details of that point-shaving scandal are revealed fo...

In 1983, now legendary post-punk icons Mission of Burma performed two highly regarded farewell shows at the Bradford Hotel in Boston. At the very peak of their power, the band was calling it quits due to guitarist Roger Miller's worsening tinnitus (r...

Every weekend for six years, Jessica takes a bus from NYC, where she lives and works as a set decorator, to Boston, her hometown, where she cares for her dad, Aloysius, who is 87 and has advanced Alzheimer's disease....

Started as a class project in what was likely the first filmmaking course ever taught at Harvard, Marathon documents the running of the 1964 Boston Marathon....