In less than four years, Frederik Willem de Klerk went from being Nelson Mandela's jailor to his Deputy President.
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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.
Released in 1981, the original film, The Park That Kids Built is a transformative documentary of urban renewal.
State Trooper Jessie Osborn is called to check out a suspicious sedan on a remote Alaskan Highway. The brief encounter leaves one man dead and turns Jessie’s life into a nightmare.
The Only Film Ever Made to Change the AUTISM Epidemic.
In the heady days of modern art’s rise to prominence, John and Kimiko Powers were the ultimate collectors’ collectors, an art world power couple who were confidantes of the most famous artists of t
In the summer of 1973, five men and six women embarked on a 101-day scientific sea-adventure, drifting on a small raft named ‘Acali’ across the Atlantic.
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In the aftermath of high-profile lawsuits and unsettling deaths, The Rink's Edge delves into the unknown truths of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in professional hockey.
At Standing Rock, a two-spirit Jicarilla Apache/Navajo youth leader, a Lakota matriarch, and a non-binary Appalachian join the resistance against the Dakota Access Pipeline.
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.
How did the willful daughter of a Himalayan forest conservator become Monsanto’s worst nightmare? The Seeds of Vandana Shiva tells the remarkable life story of Gandhian eco-activist Dr.
The Sewing Girl’s Tale presents a gripping documentary recounting America’s first published rape trial.
After decades of violence, the stakes at the Afghanistan peace talks are high for everyone. For women, they are immeasurable.
The Silent Goldens gives a rare and raw look a family’s first conversations about a suicide 30 years after it happened.
A brush with death propels filmmaker Broderick Fox on a transnational journey which yields an extraordinary collaboration between himself and two other artists: Kwakwaka'wakw first-nations artist R
A century after her grandfather claimed his freedom from slavery and the family land, Elsie Herring and her North Carolina community fight the world's largest pork corporation for their freedom to
For the first time, a Western volunteer killed while fighting for Russia in its war against Ukraine becomes a central figure in a new Kremlin myth.
A diplomat, a teacher, and a musician declare war on poverty, ignorance, and crime, using an unorthodox weapon: classical music education.
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
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
Edgar Mitchell's return to Earth in 1971 was a revelation, setting the course for a lifetime of ceaseless exploration.
In March of 1976, General Jorge Videla toppled Argentina’s democracy and embarked on a brutal campaign of repression.
May 21, 2013 was the worst day of my life. My small intestine perforated due to a long undiagnosed case of Crohn’s Disease.
This film will be the definitive documentary on the life of novelist-poet-outdoorsman-raconteur Jim Harrison.
“The Storms We Carry” is a film about what happens when the storms inside of us are bigger than the ones outside of us.
A single shirt travels from cotton fields in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan through dye works and factories to Chile’s Atacama Desert, revealing how human lives and the natural resources that sustain th
When Texas cut $5.4 billion from public schools, it affected 5 million students and made Texas 49th in the country in per pupil spending.
Through an intimate character study of exiled Egyptians "The Threat of Art" explores the relationship between art and the power of Egypt's aggressive military regime.
An intimate portrait of the Asian American community shaken by the 2023 Lunar New Year mass shooting in Monterey Park, CA, as the survivors confront their mortality, guilt, and regret, while seekin
THE UNTOLD TALES OF ARMISTEAD MAUPIN celebrates a beloved literary figure.
We all know caterpillars are very hungry, but did you know many must wander after they are full, looking for a place to burrow for the winter - and that our coveted suburban turf lawns are putting
Throughout the world, incidences of violence against women are increasing at alarming levels.