New on DVD

People on Sunday

(Criterion, $30)

The silent People on Sunday was an “immediate success” in 1930, said The New York Times. Though “nothing much happens,” the film of five everyday people in everyday situations shot “sunshine and spontaneity” into a German cinema that had became “studio-bound and hermetic.”

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Hey, Boo: Harper Lee and To Kill a Mockingbird

(First Run Features, $25)

This may not be the most accomplished of documentaries, but it’s amiable enough, said the Washington City Paper. Director Mary Murphy provides biographical information on Lee and attempts to uncover why she disappeared at the height of her fame.

Dark of the Sun

(Warner, $20)

Dark of the Sun, from 1968, is “so vibrant and alive it could’ve been filmed yesterday,” said the Rockford, Ill., Register Star. Directed by Jack Cardiff, cinematographer of The African Queen, it stars Rod Taylor and Jim Brown as diamond hunters in the Congo. It’s dark, brutal, and exciting.