Corporation for Public Broadcasting Movie Trailers
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Total trailers found: 82
The Great Depression: A Job at Ford's Trailer (1993)
01 January 1993
Just before the advent of the Great Depression, Henry Ford controlled the most important company in the most important industry in the booming American economy.
Who Killed Vincent Chin? Trailer (1987)
11 March 1987
This film recounts the murder of Vincent Chin, an automotive engineer mistaken as Japanese who was slain by an assembly line worker who blamed him for the competition by the Japanese auto makers that were threatening his job.
Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool Trailer (1994)
31 October 1994
A musical documentary accompaniment to the 1994 benefit compilation album concerning AIDS in the African-American community.
Knocking Trailer (2006)
01 May 2006
Knocking opens the door on Jehovah's Witnesses. They are moral conservatives who stay out of politics and the Culture War, but they won a record number of court cases expanding freedom for everyone.
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise Trailer (2016)
14 October 2016
A celebration of Dr. Maya Angelou by weaving her words with rare and intimate archival photographs and videos, which paint hidden moments of her exuberant life during some of America’s most defining civil rights moments.
Storming Caesars Palace Trailer (2022)
03 August 2022
This inspiring documentary chronicles the extraordinary life of Ruby Duncan, an activist who fights the welfare system and becomes a White House advisor.
Storm Lake Trailer (2021)
02 June 2021
A dogged family-run paper in Iowa gives citizens the scoop on forces threatening to overwhelm their precarious small-town existence.
If Dreams Were Lightning Trailer (2023)
01 September 2023
Ramin Bahrani explores a precarious community ill-equipped to handle catastrophe, and in so doing captures the human cost of inequality, a moral failure in the richest nation in the world.
My Sweet Land Trailer (2024)
13 June 2024
For 11-year-old Vrej, life in his homeland Artsakh is like a paradise, but when war starts again, can he carry a nation’s hopes on his young shoulders?
The Force Trailer (2017)
22 January 2017
The Force presents a cinema vérité look deep inside the long-troubled Oakland Police Department as it struggles to confront federal demands for reform, a popular uprising following events in Ferguson, MO, and an explosive scandal.
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart Trailer (2017)
14 October 2017
On March 11, 1959, Lorraine Hansberry’s 'A Raisin in the Sun' opened on Broadway and changed the face of American theater forever.
Through the Night Trailer (2021)
20 June 2021
When one’s sole focus is to provide for their children, the stakes are extremely high. The need for multiple jobs to make ends meet has become a common reality for many families in this country, which leads to a very important question: who looks after the children while their parents work? Through the Night examines the economic and emotional toll affecting some American families, told through the lens of a 24-hour daycare center in Westchester, New York.
Try Harder! Trailer (2021)
03 December 2021
In a universe where cool kids are nerds, the orchestra is world class and being Asian American is the norm, seniors at Lowell High School compete for the top prize: admission to the college of their dreams.
Cured Trailer (2020)
24 August 2020
Mentally ill. Deviant. Diseased. And in need of a cure. These were among the terms psychiatrists used to describe gay women and men in the 1950s, 1960s, and early 1970s.
The Blue Diner Trailer (2001)
08 April 2001
Blue Diner is a story of a Puerto Rican mother Meche (Miriam Colon) and daughter Elena (Lisa Vidal) living together in Boston and difficulties they face when Elena mysteriously loses her ability to speak Spanish, he first language.
Women in Blue Trailer (2021)
08 February 2021
Following three female police officers in Minneapolis, Women in Blue charts their progress and efforts to remake the department to become more inclusive.
The Departure Trailer (2017)
21 April 2017
An intimate character study of the complex figure Ittetsu Nemoto, an aimless and rebellious former punk rocker-turned-Buddhist priest.
Hidden Letters Trailer (2024)
31 August 2024
In modern day China, two women strive to preserve Nushu, an ancient secret language which bonded generations of Chinese women together through centuries of oppression in a clandestine support system of sisterhood and survival.
Matter of Mind: My ALS Trailer (2023)
21 February 2023
Matter of Mind: My ALS follows three people living with the fatal illness ALS, in an intimate exploration of the complex choices confronting them and the different paths they find.
A Family Man Trailer (2012)
07 June 2012
In 1955, John L. Black, Sr. started his job as a janitor for the Cincinnati public school system. He regularly put in 16-hour days to provide for his wife and eleven children.
Brief Tender Light Trailer (2024)
05 January 2024
At America's elite MIT, a Ghanaian alum follows four African students as they strive to graduate and become agents of change for their home countries Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe.
Represent Trailer (2020)
14 August 2020
In the heart of the American Midwest, three women take on entrenched political systems in their fight to reshape local politics on their own terms.
A Woman's Work: The NFL's Cheerleader Problem Trailer (2019)
27 April 2019
Three brave cheerleaders take on the NFL, battling the massive, male-dominated sports league for recognition — and a raise.
Cities of Light: The Rise and Fall of Islamic Spain Trailer (2007)
01 January 2007
Over a thousand years ago, the sun-washed lands of Southern Spain were home to Muslims, Christians, and Jews living together and flourishing.
People's Republic of Desire Trailer (2018)
30 November 2018
In China’s popular live-streaming showrooms, three millennials – a karaoke singer, a migrant worker and a rags-to-riches comedian – seek fame, fortune and human connection, ultimately finding the same promises and perils online as in their real lives.
Into the Amazon Trailer (2018)
09 January 2018
A documentary re-telling of the remarkable and dangerous journey taken by President Theodore Roosevelt and legendary Brazilian explorer Cândido Rondon into the heart of the South American rainforest to chart an unexplored tributary of the Amazon.
Apart Trailer (2021)
29 April 2021
In the US Midwest, plagued with opioid abuse and rising incarceration rates for women, three unforgettable mothers return home from prison to rebuild their lives after years of separation from their children.
Łódź Ghetto Trailer (1989)
22 March 1989
The Polish city of Łódź was under Nazi occupation for nearly the entirety of WWII. The segregation of the Jewish population into the ghetto, and the subsequent horrors are vividly chronicled via newsreels and photographs.
The Silence of Others Trailer (2019)
25 January 2019
The story of the tortuous struggle against the silence of the victims of the dictatorship imposed by General Franco after the victory of the rebel side in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1975).
Motherland Trailer (2017)
21 January 2017
The planet’s busiest maternity hospital is located in one of its poorest and most populous countries: the Philippines.
Outta the Muck Trailer (2022)
24 February 2022
Family, football and history come to life in an intimate portrait of the Dean family, longtime residents of the historic town of Pahokee, Florida.
People and the Land Trailer (1997)
01 May 1997
Tom Hayes airdrops viewers into the universe of an occupied people, unreeling images of a new form of apartheid based on ethnicity.
The Providers Trailer (2018)
06 April 2018
Set against the backdrop of the physician shortage and opioid epidemic in rural America, The Providers follows three healthcare providers in northern New Mexico.
My Country No More Trailer (2018)
23 February 2018
Following the rise and fall of the new American oil boom, My Country No More paints an intimate portrait of a rural community in crisis, forced to confront the meaning of progress as they fight for a disappearing way of life.
Walnut Street Trailer (2023)
21 April 2023
When Sharon Adams moved back to her hometown of Milwaukee, Wisconsin in the late 1990s, she needed help with fixing her house.
Born Again: Life in a Fundamentalist Baptist Church Trailer (1987)
01 January 1987
A documentary which takes a dispassionate look at the "born again Christian" phenomenon, by examining the power source of the fundamentalist movement: the small, tightly knit community church.
Me & You Trailer (2014)
04 July 2014
Jackie Miller adopted her son, Scott, in the early 1970s. In 2008, Scott brought his mom to StoryCorps to ask her about that decision.
War of 1812 in the Old Northwest Trailer (2012)
01 January 2012
In 1812, a very young United States had its sights on expansion to the north abd the west. But the British wanted to keep its former colony tightly contained.
Star Bound Trailer (2022)
22 April 2022
Six-year-old Jerry Morrison is obsessed with outer space — so of course, his favorite person to talk to is his uncle Joey Jefferson, a Mission Operations Engineer at NASA.
At Berkeley Trailer (2013)
08 November 2013
Direct cinema pioneer Frederick Wiseman takes an in-depth look at the preeminent American university during a fall semester that saw a vigorous debate taking place over tuition hikes, budget cuts, and the future of higher education in the United States.
Razing Liberty Square Trailer (2023)
01 May 2023
Eight miles inland of Miami’s beaches, Liberty City residents fight to save their community from climate gentrification: their land, sitting on a ridge, becomes real estate gold.
Pangolins: The World's Most Wanted Animal Trailer (2018)
15 May 2018
In Namibia, conservationist Maria Diekmann found herself on the frontline of the battle to save these wanted animals after unexpectedly becoming a surrogate mother to an orphaned baby pangolin named Honey Bun.
Monrovia, Indiana Trailer (2018)
07 September 2018
Monrovia, Indiana explores a small town in rural, mid-America and illustrates how values like community service, duty, spiritual life, generosity, and authenticity are formed, experienced, and lived along with conflicting stereotypes.
National Bird Trailer (2016)
14 October 2016
Sonia Kennebeck takes on the controversial tactic of drone warfare, and demands accountability through the personal accounts—recollections, traumas, and responses—of three American military veterans whose lives have been shaken by the roles they played in this controversial method of attack.
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front Trailer (2011)
22 June 2011
Filmmaker Marshall Curry explores the inner workings of the Earth Liberation Front, a revolutionary movement devoted to crippling facilities involved in deforestation, while simultaneously offering a profile of Oregon ELF member Daniel McGowan, who was brought up on terrorism charges for his involvement with the radical group.
The People vs. Agent Orange Trailer (2020)
24 September 2020
Two women fight to hold the manufacturers accountable for the Agent Orange catastrophe. Incriminating documents disappear.
A Ballerina's Tale Trailer (2015)
14 October 2015
A feature documentary on African American ballerina Misty Copeland that examines her prodigious rise, her potentially career ending injury alongside themes of race and body image in the elite ballet world.
Undocumented in the Pandemic Trailer (2020)
11 August 2020
With The Marshall Project and the Pulitzer Center, a look at one immigrant mother’s struggle to keep her children safe and housed, with her husband detained by ICE in a facility where COVID is spreading.
The Kill Team Trailer (2013)
15 October 2013
In 2010, the media branded a platoon of U.S. Army infantry soldiers “The Kill Team” following reports of its killing for sport in Afghanistan.
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail Trailer (2017)
06 January 2017
The incredible saga of the Chinese immigrant Sung family, owners of Abacus Federal Savings of Chinatown, New York.
Bulletproof Trailer (2020)
28 May 2020
Bulletproof explores the complexities of violence in schools by looking at the strategies employed to prevent it.
The Philharmonic Gets Dressed Trailer (1986)
01 January 1986
A film loosely based on the book by Karla Kuskin. A behind-the-scenes glimpse of an orchestra and its members in rehearsal.
Boxing Gym Trailer (2010)
22 October 2010
Explores the world of a boxing gym in Austin, Texas, dwelling on the discipline of training as people from all walks of life aspire to reach their personal best.
93Queen Trailer (2018)
29 April 2018
Set in the Hasidic enclave of Borough Park, Brooklyn, "93Queen" follows a group of tenacious Hasidic women who are smashing the patriarchy in their community by creating the first all-female volunteer ambulance corps in New York City.
The Bears on Pine Ridge Trailer (2022)
18 November 2022
The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation has declared a “State of Emergency”, after an outbreak of youth suicides has devastated the community.
Words from a Bear Trailer (2019)
29 January 2019
A visual journey into the mind and soul of Pulitzer Prize–winning author Navarro Scott Momaday, relating each written line to his unique Native American experience representing ancestry, place, and oral history.
Land With No Rider Trailer (2025)
27 February 2025
The land of southwestern New Mexico is contoured by rolling hills and sweeping valleys and streaked with arroyos.
Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities Trailer (2017)
23 January 2017
A haven for Black intellectuals, artists and revolutionaries—and path of promise toward the American dream—Black colleges and universities have educated the architects of freedom movements and cultivated leaders in every field.
The Storm That Swept Mexico Trailer (2011)
15 May 2011
The Storm That Swept Mexico tells the gripping story of the Mexican Revolution of 1910, the first major political and social revolution of the 20th century.
