Joyce Chopra Movies

In 1938, Jewish-rights activist Emma Sachs is targeted by the Nazis. When she dies, foul play is suspected. But was it the Nazis, or was it someone...

Linda and George live in a small town. He is the school principal. They are about to celebrate their 16th anniversary. She catches him with her...

John William 'Will' Cooper is a modern-day rancher, maintaining his ranch in hard times along with his friend and foreman Amos Russell. When Will's...

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...

After giving birth, Joyce attempts to regain her position as a filmmaker while also caring for her new baby. The changes to both her and her...

It has been nine years since Bancroft's character shot Brown's son. She goes to the prison to vent her rage at him over what he did, and discovers...

A 1973 short film about the noted educator and president of Radcliffe College.

A 1978 documentary about healthcare services in five locations in Nigeria.

This documentary follows Martha Clarke's creative process for a year as she finds her own voice as a choreographer following her departure from...

Follows a crusading lawyer as he embarks on a campaign to save an African-American man, Paul Crump, from the electric chair. Preserved by the...

The first candid film made on a foreign chief of state, three weeks in the life of Jawaharlal Nehru.

A documentary portrait of two lifelong friends navigating adulthood in the mid-1970s, as they balance work, education, family, and ambition while...

A 1978 documentary short about a growing phenomenon of its time: women returning to work as they reach middle age.

A cinéma vérité portrait of three twelve-year-old girls growing up near Boston, observing their school lives, friendships, and...

An inspiring look inside a unique residence in Manhattan that is providing a safe home for 25 gay and transgender teenagers for have experienced...