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At sunset on the first day of WWII the British passenger ship Athenia was bound for Canada in the North Atlantic, and nearly everyone aboard believed they had sailed beyond the reach of the newly d

"Beyond the Cliff: Navigating Autistic Adulthood", a feature-length documentary, follows the stories of adults on the autism spectrum and explores the various challenges each face during their tran

Russia's continued systematic bombing and destruction of schools in Ukraine, sometimes while civilians shelter inside, is an intentional tactic aimed at harming Ukraine's future by depriving childr

HERERO unearths Namibia’s suppressed history - Germany’s first genocide and the enduring legacy of apartheid - through a present-day fight for justice.

Escaping the Nazis in Austria, a Jewish family flees to Shanghai, one of the only places in the world willing to accept persecuted and impoverished refugees.

One Island’s worldview could save the world.

Vietnamese adoptee Mike Frailey searches for the truth behind the life and death of his childhood best friend 50 years after they were evacuated from their home country together as part of Operatio

BY MY SIDE is an intimate portrait of three veterans suffering from the “invisible wound,” PTSD, the most prevalent and unhealed wound suffered by veterans.

Docbloc was founded in 2021 by Ash Marinaccio with the mission of experimenting with documentary form and bringing together artists working across documentary genres for conversation and collaborat

In the winter of 1849 a wagon train was lost in an unknown American desert. A “cursed hole” – the doomed immigrants soon named it, “Death Valley.” No water, no food, no way out.

AI WEIWEI’S TURANDOT follows Chinese revolutionary artist, Ai Weiwei, as he brings his artistic vision and iconoclastic activism to Puccini’s Turandot at the Rome Opera House during his directorial operatic debut.

In 1907, Sam’s great grandfather, a Jewish immigrant named Nathan Radutzky, started Joyva, a Jewish candy company that became ubiquitous in Jewish Americana and touched the lives of millions.

At the age of 80 artist Robert Janz is at the height of his abilities.

SPACE, HOPE, & CHARITY is a powerful documentary about a young woman from rural Oregon who overcomes poverty, family dysfunction, and unspeakable tragedy as she pursues a dream of becoming an a

"Virulent: The Vaccine War" examines the history of vaccine hesitancy and denial, and the effect Covid-19 has had on anti-vaccination activists.

Standing before the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, "St. Elmo's Fire" screenwriter Carl Kurlander recounts how his Grandpa Jack, in the middle of the Great Depression, bet everything on a coin-operated phonograph — realizing that while no one had money for records, everyone had a nickel to play their favorite song. Jack helped kickstart the careers of stars like Frank Sinatra and Harry Belafonte and, along with his fellow Cleveland coin men, promoted the music of Black artists that radio stations refused to play — music that first became known there as "rock and roll." But as the jukebox became a symbol of America's twin evils — juvenile delinquency and organized crime — a young Robert F. Kennedy, working for the Senate hearings on organized crime, targeted Jack and his associates as a front for the mob. Today, as AI algorithms pick songs for young people to listen to, "Jack and the Jukebox" reminds us of the community this forgotten marvel of art and technology — the "Spotify of its day" — once built, and how it changed the way Americans listened to music and the music we listened to.

Camp 6ixx is an hour-long documentary, filmed over the course of two years, showing the growing tide of homelessness in America, and the obstacles faced by cities trying to solve it.

Matriarch is a documentary that transports viewers to four long-established but largely unknown matriarchal societies through the eyes of four females—a Khasi Indian girl

At The Crossroads will explore the life of an aging gay blues musician in search of purpose and love.

Activist Iesha Sekou and her team of violence interrupters fight gun violence in New York City, guiding young people to peaceful resolutions in their Harlem neighborhood.

Irish republican leader, Gerry Adams is one of the most controversial political leaders and visionaries of our time, he led the people of the North of Ireland from conflict to peace, (1968-1994).

The Wild Comeback explores the extraordinary journey of California’s tule elk; a species once thought extinct, and the modern efforts to ensure its future.

Marcella Hazan changed how we cook and experience Italian food. MARCELLA is a new documentary that tells her dramatic, delicious story.

Amidst the Gorges delves into the lives of a group of outliers, dwelling on the margins of society amidst the raw, untamed beauty of New York’s Finger Lakes.

Your Pain Was Born Here is a non-linear docu-narrative highlighting the stories of anti-Blackness, Black love, and community.

THE OAKLAND PROMISE (working title)

In Umbria, Italy, agronomist Isabella Dalla Ragione sets out to recover her country’s lost heirloom fruits after discovering clues in Renaissance paintings that point to the few surviving trees.

Against all odds, Laura King Edwards — mother, writer, speaker, runner, and passionate rare disease advocate — sets out to break the world record for running a half marathon blindfolded.

Burgeoning young dancers, from The Juilliard School, leave their New York City lives to teach students in the Philippine Islands.

THE SOUND OF TOYS is a film about how Casio keyboards sparked a digital music revolution in the 1980s weaving together personal stories of amateur and professional musicians to show how these affor

Against mounting environmental pressures and the fastest-growing human population on earth, Africa’s lions are losing their place on the continent and facing extinction.

Denied!

The Healing Journey is a docuseries that examines the role adverse childhood experiences plays in adult health, and what some are doing to heal.

Fifty-five years after becoming the first woman to solo-hand sail the Pacific Ocean, Sharon Sites Adams looks back at 15,000 nautical miles at sea.

That Night At Kezar is a portrait of San Francisco told through the lens of a legendary high school basketball game in 1996, between Balboa High School and
St. Ignatius College Preparatory.