Direction: Alan Govenar

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Alan Govenar. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Myth of a Colorblind France

2020 · Documentary · 86 min. · United States

Direction Alan Govenar

Cast Akin Babatunde · Ben The Glorious Bastard · Barbara Chase-Riboud · James Emanuel

Plot "Myth of a Colorblind France" explores the extraordinary and sometimes difficult lives of Blacks in Paris from the 19th century to the present.

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Extraordinary Ordinary People

2017 · Documentary · 84 min. · United States

Direction Alan Govenar

Cast Elva Perez · Sheila Kay Adams

Plot A music-fueled journey through Folk and Traditional Arts in America and a sweeping celebration of the cultures of the world living and thriving in the United States.

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Looking for Home

2022 · Documentary · 83 min. · United States

Direction Alan Govenar

Plot Over the course of four years, filmmaker Alan Govenar talked to over 60 people around the globe about the ever-evolving ways we think and feel about one of our most...

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Tattoo Uprising

2019 · Documentary · 75 min. · United States

Direction Alan Govenar

Cast Don Ed Hardy · Werner Herzog · 'Calamity Jane' Nemhauser · Leonard 'Stoney' St. Clair

Plot Tattoo Uprising is a sweeping overview of tattooing, from Biblical references and early Christian practices to the voyages of Captain James Cook and the ever-evolving image of the tattoo in...

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Down in Dallas Town

2023 · Documentary · 73 min. · United States

Direction Alan Govenar

Plot Through interviews with people on the street and songs recorded to memorialize JFK in the mid-1960s, the film explores the impact of the November 22, 1963 assassination on issues in...

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