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The Point of No Return Educational Initiative will bring the documentary, Point of No Return, the inspirational story of the first solar-powered flight around the world, along with inquiry-based, h

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.

An American filmmaker travels to France to find the mother and child whose lives were saved by his father seventy years ago. 

Dr. B3 - The Soul of the Music tells the amazing story of the late Hammond organist Dr. Lonnie Smith - from childhood doo-wop singer to becoming a National Endowment of the Arts Jazz Master.

Sentenced to Iran's most notorious prison, a defiant Filmmaker riskers her life to secretly document one week inside Evin Prison, capturing the first footage ever recorded within Evin.

Songs from the Hole is a hybrid documentary film, a visual and musical meditation on Black boyhood, harm and punishment, and the radical imagination.

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.

Frida’s Gaze, will look at the last years of Frida Kahlo’s life through her diary taking us from the mid 1940’s to the present.

When a renowned art leader begins gathering Confederate monuments for a major exhibition, he is confronted by political, logistical and emotional obstacles at every turn.

In an era where global conflict is increasingly mediated through screens, young people are routinely exposed to distressing content - from graphic images of violence to the normalization of conflic

Pursuing the best care for her son, a single mom relocates her three boys to a hotel room two thousand miles from home; a Texas family receives the same devastating diagnosis for their active 5-yea

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.

Acres of Skin is a documentary about the survivors of the Holmesburg Prison experiments, a decades-long program in which the University of Pennsylvania and Dr.

On the northern coast of France, in Calais, hundreds of displaced children live in limbo between the violence they fled and the uncertain promise of a life across the sea.

SAFE ZONE is a documentary film series about the resilience of girls caught in the chaos of the Syrian refugee crisis.

This documentary tells the transformative story of a unique community called Africatown.

Amidst a global debate on immigration, Yves — a Congolese refugee and newly naturalized American citizen — takes a roadtrip across Texas to discover his new homeland.

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.

"Angel of Mercy" tells the story of Sister Margaret Slachta, who defied Nazis and communists in her fight for social justice.

When post-October 7 restrictions strip the West Bank of many of its few remaining sanctuaries, rock climber Tawfiq Najada risks a perilous journey to Jordan's Wadi Rum.

Autism Goes to College is an award-winning documentary podcast series now in its fifth season, focused on the lived experiences of autistic students navigating higher education and the transition i

A definitive documentary exploring the Bay Area music scene from the 1960s onward, tracing the roots of rock, soul, funk, and hip-hop through the artists who shaped a cultural revolution — and thos

Years of mounting tensions between multicultural, anti-racist skinheads and white neo-Nazi groups led to two brutal murders in the desert outside Las Vegas on July 4, 1998, including that of a Blac

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

In a climate of increasing crime and high recidivism, an organization chooses a unique path of transformation through arts and theater.

In China, a new industry has emerged devoted to helping couples stay married in the face of infidelity.

A father builds his dream home; his son grows up watching it fall apart.

Mindful Shorts is a series of six experiential short films that explore the practice of mindfulness as it pertains to self and culture from childhood through old age.

20 years in the making. 3 million photographs, thousands of hours of footage and a one dollar house.

In Los Angeles, formerly incarcerated individuals discover purpose through jobs in film and television, and escape the cycle of reoffending.

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.

To understand Mennonites, one needs to understand the stories by which they order their lives.

Left Behind, currently in production, examines the issue of undiagnosed dyslexia, one of the leading causes of illiteracy in the United States.

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Alien: American Dream Denied spotlights the emotional journey of high-skilled, documented immigrants as they seek permanence in a country that benefits from their talent, but denies them a home.

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