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Midwives Trailer (2022)
26 March 2022
Hla and Nyo Nyo live in a country torn by conflict. Hla is a Buddhist and the owner of a makeshift medical clinic in western Myanmar, where the Rohingya (a Muslim minority community) are persecuted and denied basic rights.
New Wave Trailer (2024)
04 October 2024
An endearingly nostalgic exploration of the defiant Vietnamese new wave music scene, as well as a vulnerable and personal look at the filmmaker and her community’s revisiting of their unexamined past.
Life After Trailer (2025)
27 January 2025
LIFE AFTER is a gripping investigative documentary that exposes the tangled web of moral dilemmas and profit motives surrounding assisted dying.
Sembene! Trailer (2015)
23 January 2015
Meet Ousmane Sembene, the African freedom fighter who used stories as his weapon.
Vernon Jordan: Make it Plain Trailer (2020)
28 December 2020
From filmmaker Dawn Porter (who earlier this year directed "John Lewis: Good Trouble"), the film explores the remarkable journey of Jordan from modest Southern origins to national renown as a pioneering attorney, businessman, civil rights leader, and as a fixture (could one also say a "fixer?") on the DC scene.
Aggie Trailer (2020)
07 October 2020
An exploration of the nexus of art, race, and justice through the story of art collector and philanthropist Agnes Gund who sold Roy Lichtenstein’s painting “Masterpiece” in 2017 for $165 million to start the Art for Justice Fund to end mass incarceration.
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.
Detroit 48202: Conversations Along a Postal Route Trailer (2018)
11 April 2018
"Detroit 48202" examines the rise, demise and contested resurgence of Detroit through the lens of mail carrier Wendell Watkins and the residents he has faithfully served for 30 years.
Sell/Buy/Date Trailer (2022)
14 October 2022
A hybrid doc/narrative following Tony winning performer and comedian Sarah Jones. As a mixed-race Black woman in America, Sarah, alongside the multicultural characters she's known for, explores her own personal relationship to one of the most relevant issues in our current cultural climate: the sex industry, and the surprisingly diverse range of people whose lives it touches.
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am Trailer (2019)
21 June 2019
This artful and intimate meditation on the legendary storyteller examines her life, her works, and the powerful themes she has confronted throughout her literary career.
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.
Seeds Trailer (2025)
25 January 2025
An exploration of Black generational farmers in the American South reveals the fragility of legacy and the significance of owning land.
Meanwhile Trailer (2025)
14 March 2025
A groundbreaking, immersive, nonlinear cinematic journey where artists' expressions blend with historical and real-life footage, unveils the profound impact of white supremacy on our human connections.
E-Team Trailer (2014)
18 January 2014
E-Team is driven by the high-stakes investigative work of four intrepid human rights workers, offering a rare look at their lives at home and their dramatic work in the field.
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution Trailer (2015)
08 March 2015
The story of the Black Panthers is often told in a scatter of repackaged parts, often depicting tragic, mythic accounts of violence and criminal activity; but this is an essential story, vibrant, human; a living and breathing chronicle of a pivotal movement that birthed a new revolutionary culture in America.
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.
Zero Weeks Trailer (2017)
02 November 2017
What do the United States and Papua New Guinea have in common? They are the only countries in the world without paid family leave.
Going Varsity in Mariachi Trailer (2023)
22 January 2023
A year in the life of an underdog competitive high school mariachi band in the Texas borderlands.
Her Socialist Smile Trailer (2020)
18 September 2020
The memory of a particular moment in early 20th century history when, in 1913, Helen Keller (1880-1968), a deaf-blind writer, lecturer and political activist, spoke, for the first time and in public, about socialism and progressive causes.
The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble Trailer (2016)
10 June 2016
Follow several talented members of the ensemble as they gather in locations across the world, exploring the ways art can both preserve traditions and shape cultural evolution.
In Jackson Heights Trailer (2015)
04 October 2015
Legendary documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman (At Berkeley, National Gallery) explores the culture, politics and daily life of the Queens, NYC district of Jackson Heights, which lays claim to being the most diverse neighbourhood in the world.
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.
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.
The Supreme Price Trailer (2014)
03 October 2014
The Supreme Price is a feature length documentary film that traces the evolution of the Pro-Democracy Movement in Nigeria and efforts to increase the participation of women in leadership roles.
I Didn't See You There Trailer (2022)
04 March 2022
As a visibly disabled person, filmmaker Reid Davenport is often either the subject of an unwanted gaze — gawked at by strangers — or paradoxically rendered invisible, ignored or dismissed by society.
Roll Red Roll Trailer (2019)
22 March 2019
At a 2012 pre-season high-school football party in Steubenville, Ohio, a young woman was raped by members of the beloved high school football team.
Widow Champion Trailer (2025)
26 April 2025
After Rhoda’s husband passed away, she was thrown off the land and endured seven tough years living in an outdoor market with her children.
Bulletproof Trailer (2020)
28 May 2020
Bulletproof explores the complexities of violence in schools by looking at the strategies employed to prevent it.
The Neutral Ground Trailer (2021)
19 June 2021
With sharp humor and a critical sense of curiosity, comedian CJ Hunt documents the fraught removal of four Confederate monuments in New Orleans.
The Pearl Trailer (2016)
03 March 2016
"The Pearl" explores the raw emotional and physical experience of being a middle aged to senior transgender woman against the backdrop of post-industrial logging towns in the Pacific Northwest.
306 Hollywood Trailer (2018)
18 January 2018
When two siblings undertake an archaeological excavation of their late grandmother’s house, they embark on a magical-realist journey from her home in New Jersey to ancient Rome, from fashion to physics, in search of what life remains in the objects we leave behind.
Heightened Scrutiny Trailer (2025)
27 January 2025
Amid the surge in anti-trans legislation that Chase Strangio battles in the courtroom, he must also fight against media bias, exposing how the narratives in the press influence public perception and the fight for transgender rights.
Detropia Trailer (2012)
07 September 2012
Detroit’s story has encapsulated the iconic narrative of America over the last century – the Great Migration of African Americans escaping Jim Crow; the rise of manufacturing and the middle class; the love affair with automobiles; the flowering of the American dream; and now… the collapse of the economy and the fading American mythos.
For the Love of Rutland Trailer (2020)
28 May 2020
After an attempt to bring Syrian refugees into the predominately white New England town of Rutland, Vermont, unleashes deep partisan rancor, a longtime Rutland resident emerges as an unexpected leader in a town divided by class, cultural values, and divisive politics.
Enemies of the State Trailer (2021)
30 July 2021
From the outside, the DeHart’s were an All-American family. Parents Paul and Leann were U.S. Military members, and son Matt was obsessed with computers from an early age.
At the Ready Trailer (2021)
22 October 2021
Home to one of the region’s largest law enforcement education program, students at Horizon High School in El Paso train to become police officers and Border Patrol agents as they discover the realities of their dream jobs may be at odds with the truths and people they hold most dear.
Among the Believers Trailer (2015)
16 April 2015
An unsettling and eye opening exploration into the spread of the radical Islamic school Red Mosque, which trains legions of children to devote their lives to jihad, or holy war, from a very young age.
Hummingbirds Trailer (2023)
21 February 2023
Best friends Silvia and Beba record their lives as they dance, make music, and face an uncertain immigration process in Texas near the Mexican border.
Angels Are Made of Light Trailer (2018)
01 September 2018
American documentarian James Longley delivers a sweeping, profoundly compassionate group portrait of Afghan students and teachers still weathering national turbulence.
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.
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.
Takeover Trailer (2021)
11 June 2021
In 1970, a group of young Puerto Rican activists took over a decrepit hospital in New York City, launching a battle for their lives, their community, and healthcare for all.
Always in Season Trailer (2019)
26 January 2019
When 17-year-old Lennon Lacy is found hanging from a swing set in rural North Carolina in 2014, his mother's search for justice and reconciliation begins while the trauma of more than a century of lynching African Americans bleeds into the present.
We Are the Giant Trailer (2014)
18 January 2014
We Are the Giant tells the stories of ordinary individuals who are transformed by the moral and personal challenges they encounter when standing up for what they believe is right.
Foreveryone.net Trailer (2016)
01 January 2016
Foreveryone.net connects the future of the web with the little-known story of its birth. In 1989, 33-year-old computer programmer Tim Berners-Lee invented the world wide web and his visionary decision to make it a free and accessible resource sparked a global revolution in communication.
Romeo Is Bleeding Trailer (2017)
19 July 2017
Donte Clark's poetic voice was honed on the violent street corners of a struggling city. Yet rather than succumb to the pressures of Richmond, CA, Clark uses his artistic perspective to help save his city from itself.
Rafea: Solar Mama Trailer (2012)
10 September 2012
Rafea: Solar Mama follows the groundbreaking journey of one Bedouin mother living on the Jordan-Iraq border who, along with thirty illiterate grandmothers from around the world, will travel to The Barefoot College in India to become Solar Engineers.
The Long Season Trailer (2017)
28 December 2017
A documentary by renowned filmmaker Leonard Retel Helmrich about life in Majdal Anjar, a Syrian camp in Lebanon.
An Act of Worship Trailer (2022)
09 June 2022
An Act of Worship is Pakistani-American filmmaker Nausheen Dadabhoy’s lyrical portrait of the last 20 years of Muslim Life in America as told through the lens of Muslims living in the United States.
The Pushouts Trailer (2018)
07 April 2018
The Pushouts focuses on the alarming rate of high school dropouts and the critical state of public education through the story of Victor Rios.
To a More Perfect Union: U.S. v Windsor Trailer (2017)
14 October 2017
To A More Perfect Union: U.S. v Windsor chronicles unlikely heroes -- octogenarian Edie Windsor and her attorney, Roberta Kaplan, on their quest for justice: Edie had been forced to pay a huge estate tax bill upon the death of her spouse because the federal government denied federal benefits to same-sex couples – and Edie’s spouse was a woman.