Jon Else Movies

An update on the DeBolt family, originally featured in Who Are the DeBolts? and Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids? (1977).

Documentary on water usage, money, politics, the transformation of nature, and the growth of the American west, shown on PBS as a four-part...

“Shellmound” is the story of how one location was transformed from a sacred center of pre-historic cultures to a commercial mecca for...

Tells the story of the American civil rights movement through its powerful music - the freedom songs protesters sang on picket lines, in mass...

Just before the advent of the Great Depression, Henry Ford controlled the most important company in the most important industry in the booming...

A fascinating look at the high-speed, high-power trading floor of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. Director Jon Else explores this hectic, noisy,...

Drawing upon recently declassified documents, archival footage and behind-the-scenes interviews, "Wonders Are Many: The Making of 'Doctor Atomic'"...

California history unfolds along with the making of an opera in Jon Else‘s entrancing documentary. Returning to the work of composer John...