A true passion of 8Rivers Films is documentary filmmaking. It is the most human form of filmmaking. Documentary film allows the viewer to get a glimpse into a world that one would normally not see.

Selected Documentary Filmography

With insane amounts of pressure as the basic job description, it is no surprise that kickers tend to be cut from a different cloth than NFL position players. They are often very unique personalities with strict regimens and routines and odd superstitions. Often they can be isolated from their teammates, sometimes by choice.

These are interesting characters with a very unique job within a glamorous industry where their coworkers receive all the glory. They provide such a vital role to their teams by perfecting a skill that looks far easier than it is in reality. This film aims to tell their story.

Full Trailer for the feature-length documentary about how the SuperSonics, after 41 years of playing NBA basketball in Seattle, were moved to Oklahoma and became the Thunder.

Man Zou: Beijing to Shanghai is an independently produced feature-length documentary shot in China in the fall of 2008. Arriving in Beijing three weeks after the Olympics, four American friends and their Chinese guide set out on a month long trip to bicycle 1,000 miles of China’s countryside, filming their adventures along the way. Without support vehicles, they were able to capture an intimate and unfiltered look at parts of China that are typically bypassed or flown over. In more ways than one, the bicycle trip is the vehicle to explore the environmental, economic and sociological issues facing China today, as the film intersperses the experiences of the team with the opinions of residents, expats, and academics.