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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.
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.
Invisible Beauty Trailer (2023)
15 September 2023
Fashion revolutionary Bethann Hardison looks back on her journey as a pioneering Black model, modeling agent, and activist, shining a light on an untold chapter in the fight for racial diversity.
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.
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.
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.
Free Leonard Peltier Trailer (2025)
27 January 2025
Leonard Peltier, one of the surviving leaders of the American Indian Movement, has been in prison for 50 years following a contentious conviction.
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.
My Undesirable Friends: Part I - Last Air in Moscow Trailer (2025)
15 August 2025
American filmmaker Julia Loktev, born in the Soviet Union, returned to Moscow in 2021 to make a documentary on the persistence of independent media journalism in Putin’s Russia—just months, as it turned out, before the country’s invasion of Ukraine.
White Man Walking Trailer (2025)
21 May 2025
In July 2020, Rob Bliss, a young, white filmmaker, posted a video of what happened when he held up a ‘Black Lives Matter’ sign in Harrison, Arkansas, 'the most racist town in America'.
76 Days Trailer (2020)
10 September 2020
Raw and intimate, this documentary captures the struggles of patients and frontline medical professionals battling the COVID-19 pandemic in Wuhan.
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.
Citizen Jane: Battle for the City Trailer (2017)
21 April 2017
Writer and urban activist Jane Jacobs fights to save historic New York City during the ruthless redevelopment era of urban planner Robert Moses in the 1960s.
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.
Aftershock Trailer (2022)
23 January 2022
An alarmingly disproportionate number of Black women are failed every year by the U.S. maternal health system.
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.
Simple as Water Trailer (2021)
20 June 2021
A meditation on the elemental bonds of family told through portraits of four Syrian families in the aftermath of war.
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.
North by Current Trailer (2021)
01 March 2021
Filmmaker Angelo Madsen Minax returns to his rural Michigan hometown following the death of his infant niece and the subsequent arrest of his brother-in-law as the culprit.
No Accident Trailer (2023)
29 September 2023
In the aftermath of the deadly "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, a civil lawsuit was filed against white nationalist leaders and organizations on behalf of plaintiffs who suffered injuries while peacefully counterprotesting.
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.
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.
Users Trailer (2023)
09 June 2023
A mother wonders, will my children love their perfect machines more than they love me, their imperfect mother? She switches on a smart-crib lulling her crying baby to sleep.
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.
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.
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.
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.
After Sherman Trailer (2022)
03 March 2022
Beautifully layered and expressionistic, After Sherman is a story about inheritance and the tension that defines our collective American history, especially Black history.
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.
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.
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.
Mexicanamerican Trailer (2026)
09 June 2026
Expertly merging old VHS home movies with new family interviews, filmmaker Eddie Sánchez traces his parents' journey from Mexico to the U.
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.
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.