Behind the polarized rhetoric proclaiming the incompatibility of science with religion lies a stunning reality: nearly seventy percent of scientists identify themselves as spiritual.
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Worth more than their weight in gold and harvested in vast numbers to supply the traditional Chinese medicine market, curio and aquarium trades, seahorses will almost certainly be extinct within th
When director Jihan Kikhia was six years old, her father disappeared. He flew to Cairo and never returned.
The story of Carleen Hutchins is more than a story of a woman who redesigned the violin.
A deep, stealth vibration cuts through the waters of the Western Pacific. The 400 foot submarine careens toward her target.
In 1971, Chuck Holmes moved to San Francisco to sell real estate: the sexual revolution was in full swing and the city was known as the 'Smut Capital of the United States.' In a year, his real esta
Segue is a documentary about the transition from life with a voice box, to one without.
For residents of the Triangle Square retirement home, “senior” prom takes on a whole new meaning—a celebration of the lives and legacies of resistance of the eldest LGBTQ generation.
Serious Breakdown: Teenage Mental Health in America spans the entire US, following five high schoolers and the people around them.
sHE? Metamorphosis is a film about the lives of female impersonators and their encounters as they thrive in the most conservative region in the nation; the Bible Belt. This will be their story.
At 12 years of age, Destiny is navigating 7th grade, enduring homelessness and along with Moms4Housing, igniting a movement for housing as a human right.
Shoot Don't Shoot is a compelling documentary that takes a comprehensive look at the escalating gun violence at and by the police.
“There is a saying, ’God willing,’ but on the island you say ‘Island willing,’ as if the island was an entity...We treat the island as a person.”
Betty Reid Soskin is America’s oldest park ranger, famous for tirelessly shedding light on the forgotten history of racial segregation in California. But there’s a hidden side to Betty she rarely talks about. Back in the 1960s, Betty was a singer/songwriter with a voice like Billie Holiday and the relevance of Nina Simone, but she turned her back on a potential career in music, and her songs haven’t been heard for 40 years.
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.
There had always been a small number of black auto racers in the twentieth century who drove mostly for themselves. In 1972, Leonard W.
The story of four migrants who take action into their own hands to support the families of other migrants who went missing while attempting to cross the Arizona desert.
SINS OF COMMISSION slips behind the veil of secrecy into the invisible world of the California Coastal Commission to reveal how their radical ideology risks people's lives, fuels California's wildf
Sisterhood: How Women Can Save the World (working title) chronicles how diverse, inclusive communities of women from six continents are making positive, paradigm-shifting impacts that are changing
San Francisco is known for many outrageous things but nothing is more outrageous than a drag queen nun.
This intimate documentary follows journalist and breast cancer survivor Athena Jones as she investigates why Black women have the highest death rate from the disease and explores whether they could
A short documentary featuring a six year old Syrian girl as she becomes a big sister in a refugee camp that has the best maternal mortality rate in the world.
Skid Row Marathon is a feature length documentary that follows Judge Craig Mitchell and his running club as they prepare for a variety of running events including the Accra International Marathon i
A nurse fights to discover the truth behind a disease that affects thousands of people who are devastated by bizarre symptoms--symptoms that most of the medical industry considers products of delus
A downward religious trend in young adults suggest a downward trend in religious children.
United days after, divided years since - story about how we can unite a nation, told through the voices of families who lost loved ones during the 9/11 attacks.
Thanks for visiting our page. Our feature length documentary Slingshot has screened all across the United States. Soon, SlingShot will begin to be shown worldwide.
Pirooz Kalayeh uncovers a traumatic event with racism when he was a child and seeks to heal himself and his family through interviews and dramatic reenactments that seek an understanding about the
Yip Harburg, was born in 1896 on Manhattan's Lower East Side to a working-class Jewish family of Russian ancestry.
After many rumors of an MLS team arriving in Philadelphia never materializing, a small group of soccer fans took matters into their own hands and started a supporters group called the Sons of Ben t
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