A Life's Work

"A documentary about taking the long view."

What’s it like to dedicate your life to work that won’t be completed in your lifetime? Fifteen years ago, filmmaker David Licata focused on four projects and the people behind them in an effort to answer this universal question.

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The Last Ghost of War

The Last Ghost of War

2008

APEX: The Secret Race Across America

APEX: The Secret Race Across America

2019

The Rainbow

The Rainbow

2019

El circo

El circo

1950

Names on the Cup

Names on the Cup

2017

My Year with Helen

My Year with Helen

2017

G.E.M.: G-Force

G.E.M.: G-Force

2017

Heal

Heal

2017

Stalingrad - Stimmen aus Ruinen

Stalingrad - Stimmen aus Ruinen

2023

Scandalous: The Untold Story of the National Enquirer

Scandalous: The Untold Story of the National Enquirer

2019

Noam Chomsky on the World: The Chomsky Sessions

Noam Chomsky on the World: The Chomsky Sessions

2008

Unconstitutional: The War On Our Civil Liberties

Unconstitutional: The War On Our Civil Liberties

2004

The Other Mexico

2009

Monumental: David Brower's Fight for Wild America

Monumental: David Brower's Fight for Wild America

2004

Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States

Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States

2006

Fidel: The Untold Story

Fidel: The Untold Story

2001

American Dream

American Dream

1990

Price for Peace

Price for Peace

2002

Tapped

Tapped

2009

The Memphis Belle

The Memphis Belle

1944