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.
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Unbreakable Blue
Law enforcement professionals spend an inordinate amount of time dealing with the uglier side of human existence.
MOFAYA
From the heart of the Congo, a film about a refugee's journey to the edge of the world, with music as his guiding light.
The Healing Journey
The Healing Journey is a docuseries that examines the role adverse childhood experiences plays in adult health, and what some are doing to heal.
Shelter in the Palace
A searing chronicle of a 58-day standoff between a group of mothers and local government forces culminates in a military siege on a family home.
Made with Love
Made with Love is an Emmy Award–winning PBS documentary series that explores the master artisans, living traditions, and cultural heritage practices that continue to shape communities around the wo
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NORMAN / NORMAN
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.
Mama Faru: Mother of Rhinos
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
Escape to Pacific
Escape to Pacific is a six-year international documentary, marine conservation, scientific research and field expedition that brings together filmmakers, marine biologists and other specialists as
Snapshots from the Underground
Snapshots from the Underground is an immersive arts and culture documentary about the influential post-Warhol generation of artists who converged in the legendary New York City nightlife scene in the 1980s.
Afrobeats: The Sound of a Generation
In the heart of Lagos, a new cultural wave is taking center stage.
Finding Your Voice
An uplifting and heartfelt, one-hour, Verite docu-series, following America’s premiere operatic countertenor, the astonishingly talented John Holiday; as he performs in the world’s most prestigious
Little Amens
Throughout the span of twenty five years, from 1970 to 1995 and beyond, the cultural environment in the rural town of Ada, Oklahoma (population 17,000) produced an extraordinary number of nationall
Gondola
GONDOLA focuses on the story of the hotly contested Dodgers gondola, a high powered private/public proposal to whisk passengers, in aerial cars, from Union Station, 1.2 miles to the stadium — and r
First Quarterback
In a time when anti-Semitism is again raising its ugly head around the world, "The First Quarterback" looks back to an era of even greater intolerance, when an unlikely Jewish hero gave hope and pr
Finding Má
A family shattered by the foster care & prison systems reunite to heal old wounds & rebuild their family, starting with finding their houseless mom.
Ghost Lights: Reclaiming Theater in the Age of AIDS
What happens when you go in search of your legacy only to find it was stolen by an insidious plague?
Haunted by Helen Liu Fong
Investigating the disappearance of visionary designer Helen Liu Fong from American design history, architect Mina Chow is haunted by her own fears of being forgotten.
Our Land, Our Freedom
Set in Kenya, a powerful woman, Wanjugu Kimathi’s search for her father's remains becomes an investigation into British colonial atrocities, including concentration camps and land theft that left h
The Sound of Silents
A feature-length documentary that details the story of the unseen heroes of silent films: the musicians and composers, especially prominent women and Black voices, whose innovative use of music and
Growing Together Again
"Growing Together Again" tells the story of German unity three decades after the end of the Cold War.
The Cheran Way
“The Cherán Way" captures the compelling story of Cherán, a P'urhépecha indigenous town in Mexico, rising against illegal logging to achieve self-determination and environmental revival.
Don't Quit Champ
Don't Quit Champ" chronicles the life of former Guyanese champion boxer Lennox Blackmoore.
Saint in the City: The Life of Giorgio La Pira
What if one of the most significant political figures of the twentieth century is someone you've never heard of?
The Science of Cures
I am making a documentary film, The Science of Cures, following the work of Irv and Ann Weissman who are on a mission to cure metastatic breast cancer using purified stem cells.
For Kicks
Semi-retired Chicago postal worker Eugene Thomas reflects on his life, music, and martial arts practice. Oh, and that decade between the 80s and 90s when he was an international celebrity, starring in a dozen ninja movies filmed in Taiwan
The Empty Chair
In the face of America’s increasingly powerful corporate class, young Starbucks employees have set in motion a unionization campaign that has swept the nation.
A Better Way: James Lawson, Architect of Nonviolence
This authorized documentary feature will provide a fresh lens on the inner workings of the Nonviolence Movement of America through the untold story of Rev. James Lawson
Ai Weiwei's Turandot
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.
Wood Street
Wood Street is the last stop for unhoused brothers, John and LaMonté. They moved here eight years ago after police pushed them from other encampments around Oakland. After a two-alarm fire in July, their tight-knit community faces eviction. It’s their goal to stop it.
Split At The Root
What began as a Guatemalan mother seeking asylum for her children in the US, and a Facebook post by a mother in Queens, coalesced into a movement as thousands of like-minded women across the US ref
A Chasm in Chinatown
"A CHASM IN CHINATOWN" follows the struggles of a Chinese American nonprofit, the Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA), as its Executive Director, Nancy Yao Maasbach, navigates the challenges of NYC
Timber Sweet: The Untold Story of Military Tactical Data Links
“Timber Sweet” tells the story of military tactical data links, and the amazing people who build and use them.
The Envisionaries
The Envisionaries is a documentary film about blind soccer players and the people who believe in them.
Silent Thunder
There had always been a small number of black auto racers in the twentieth century who drove mostly for themselves. In 1972, Leonard W.