Bentley Brown Movies

Severe drought in Chad is the context for this exploration of climate emergency told through immersive sound and visceral thirst. Severe drought in...

Nawaf, a high-school graduate in Saudi Arabia is under pressure to pick a college major. While everyone tells him what they think is best for him, he...

A young writer roams the streets of Jeddah in search of an ending to his novel about parallel worlds.

Set in 1987, a young black Saudi man attempts to impress a girl by mimicking the music video of Crown, an iconic singer from that time.

Working underground in the year before the legalization of cinema in Saudi Arabia, a team of mostly women makes its first feature film. Anonymous...

Seaside fireworks, a march to the US-Iran game, and Souk Waqif festivities all make up a series of vignettes from the 2022 World Cup in Qatar....

Through metaphor, biography and stunning NASA footage, filmmaker Bentley Brown presents us with a very personal filmic essay that explores a failed...

Majid fights his own coach for Faiza's heart and the dream of playing international football.

After the death of his Arabic teacher, an American-born filmmaker in the northern African country of Chad revisits home videos to explore the moment...

Residents of Tripoli, Lebanon, reckon with the legacy of an abandoned architectural monstrosity.

Sudanese-American poets and musicians engage in performances and a conversation around third culture identity and the revolution in Sudan, from which...

When he makes a mistake that sends his family into a financial crunch, Faisal abandons his dreams of American university to work on a chicken farm.

A young Chadian goes to Lybia to seek his fortune, but comes home empty handed.