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STEALING A LIBRARY opens by following Principal Librarian, Melissa Ronning, on her last day before resigning her position at the Huntington Beach Public Library in protest of book censorship and ad

“Hula” explores the vibrant and deeply cloistered world of modern hula through the decades-long journey of one small but mighty hālau (hula school) and its legendary kumu hula (hula teacher), La’ak

Zoologist Desmond Morris once wrote, “What Joy Adamson was to lions, Dian Fossey was to gorillas, and Jane Goodall is to chimpanzees, Anna Merz is to rhinos.” This is the untold story of pioneering

“9/11: OUR STORY” is about the making of a remarkable film, “America Talks,” and how a group of inexperienced college students and their professor created an important visual and oral history of th

THE OAKLAND PROMISE (working title)

In a polarized America, where the dual forces of white supremacy and patriarchy threaten to further erode our democracy, a game-changing transformation is happening at the grassroots.

One Island’s worldview could save the world.

Healing Trauma: The Resilient Soul is a documentary that follows the lives of four diverse individuals who are all survivors of trauma.

For 30 years, Shige Suganuma and Chico Kodama, two Japanese hotrodders, built Mooneyes, an iconic American speed equipment & custom accessories company, into an international brand, honoring le

We are a team of award-winning filmmakers and ocean advocates joining forces to bring to you an uplifting feature documentary on marine conservati

Silent Shelter is a documentary feature that exposes the country's broken animal sheltering system, which is seen through the eyes of those in the trenches, the volunteers.

In America’s remote forests, wildfire is a constant force. Many of us experience it through smoke rather than flames.

PSYCHEDELICS AND MENTAL HEALTH is a very cinematic and visually stimulating documentary that creates an awareness of the proven and safe benefits of psychedelic-assisted therapies when properly adm

In 1950, two young African-American boys risked their lives to play on a segregated golf course in Austin, Texas, not knowing the impact they would have on civil rights in the south.

In 1970, Penni Evans went to Vietnam as a Donut Dollie: an American Red Cross volunteer sent into the war’s combat zones to boost troops’ morale.

After more than a decade of brutal mass-killing, torture, siege, detention, and enforced disappearances, Syrian witnesses, investigators, and lawyers are leading the effort to end the Al-Assad regime’s impunity.

Inquiry of Shadows is an essay-documentary that examines genocide not
only as physical erasure, but as a psychological colonization of time, memory,
identity, and perception.

After witnessing the brutal murder of his mother 30 years ago, Norman travels to Jamaica to piece together what happened and where he came from by confronting the murderer: his father.

Every year, the top under-18 Braille readers and writers from across the English-speaking world gather in Los Angeles to compete in the Braille Challenge.

NEWVILLE chronicles the week-long reunion of ten siblings, aged 64 to 83, as they return to their decaying childhood home to decide whether to keep or sell it.

The feature documentary BARBARA VAN CLEVE'S AMERICAN WEST recounts her family’s settling to Montana in the early 19th century, her youth on a working ranch and tourist destination as a young woman

Sonic Boom is a show-stopping documentary musical that interweaves the history of HBCU marching bands and their military roots, gripping performances, and the life and times of members of one of th

For decades, Boston has been the world’s leading hub for medical research, built venture capitalists, pharmaceutical companies and generations of scientists drawn from across the globe.

While locked-up for six years in federal prison, artist Jesse Krimes secretly creates monumental works of art—including an astonishing 40-foot mural made with prison bed sheets, hair gel, and newsp

When an infamous adoption post launches an edgy chihuahua into viral fame, he and his new caretaker embrace their true identities as the internet's presumptions threaten to overshadow reality.

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

This character-driven film revolves around a central figure—a building that has lived many lives: the Sheboygan County Hospital and those who have loved it and feel protective of it.

California Style: Edward H. Fickett will critically examine the life and work of master architect of Edward H. Fickett, one of America’s most prolific mid century architects.

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.

The incredible history of The Palomino Club of North Hollywood (1949-1995) has never been told. What began as a watering hole with a hitching post out front serving the “Singing Cowboys of Hollywood” coming from movie sets became the most important venue for Country Music on the West Coast.

Students from different faiths come together in a World Religions class at a public high school in the Midwest.

Living on Methadone is a feature hybrid documentary that follows people navigating one of the most effective yet most stigmatized treatments for opioid addiction.

For decades, refugees have begun their journey to the American Dream at a meatpacking plant in Storm Lake, Iowa. But after their shift is over, they dream of something better than the kill floor. Intimately following the lives of the refugees at a meatpacking town in Iowa for over four years, The Americans explores the human reality of the American dream and the personal sacrifices behind it.

Combining intimate verité scenes with the raw emotion of visual poetic fiction, QUEER CHRISTIANS follows three queer Christian women of color as they struggle to reconcile their intersecting identi

Bubblez is a feature documentary set in New Orleans that follows a passionate drag mother leading the House of Alexander, a chosen family of LGBTQ+ young adults, as Black queer spaces disappear acr

Malibu Mutt tells the true story of Ziad Karram, a young Palestinian refugee who arrived in 1970s Los Angeles chasing an education—and stumbled into creating an iconic food shack that embodied his