Independent Lens

Now & Then: From Frosh to Seniors

No Hair Day

Short Stories

Born in the USA

Girl Gone Bad

Passing Through; Graham's Diner

The Return of Navajo Boy

Music in Their Bones

In Harm's Way; Carved from the Heart

A Wok in Progress

Confederacy Theory

Who Owns the Past?

Secrets of Silicon Valley

Gibtown

Abandoned: The Betrayal of America's Immigrants

Good Kurds, Bad Kurds

Open Outcry

The Split Horn

Undetectable

Romancing the Throne

Maggie Growls

Off the Charts: The Song-Poem Story

“Off the Charts: The Song-Poem Story,” a wry exploration of the industry in which record producers set amateurs' poe

On This Island

On an isolated Maine island of 350 people, a clash over arts education spins out of control into vandalism and death thr

Downside Up

Since the 1980s, the rural working class town of North Adams, Massachusetts, has struggled to kick-start its economy fol

Los Trabajadores/The Workers

Chiefs

Strange Fruit

Bird by Bird with Annie: A Portrait of Anne Lamott

Sisters in Resistance

Heart of the Sea: Kapolioka'ehukai

Heart of the Sea is an hour-long documentary about Hawaiian legend Rell “Kapolioka'ehukai” Sunn who died in January

Guns and Mothers

Razing Appalachia

Hansel Mieth: Vagabond Photographer

Daddy & Papa

Daddy & Papa is a one-hour documentary film made by producer/director Johnny Symons in 2002, it explores same-sex parent

Worst Possible Illusion: The Curiosity Cabinet of Vik Muniz

Foto-Novelas 2: `Junkyard Saints' and `Broken Sky'

Shaolin Ulysses: Kungfu Monks in America

A Wedding in Ramallah

Be Good, Smile Pretty

Livermore

Eroica!

Loaded Gun: Life and Death and Dickinson

Get the Fire! Young Mormon Missionaries Abroad

Get the Fire: Young Mormon Missionaries Abroad is a United States PBS-sponsored documentary, by the independent filmmake

Man Bites Shorts

Make 'Em Dance: The Hackberry Ramblers' Story

Life Matters

Why Can't We Be a Family Again?; Downpour Resurfacing

Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

A Place of Our Oen

"Black Resort Communities and the African American Dream" Stanley Nelson is a third-generation, upper middle-class Afric

Jimmy Scott: If You Only Knew

Jimmy Scott: If You Only Knew is a film portrait of the now famous jazz vocalist who was "rediscovered" decades after he

Sentencing the Victim

T-Shirt Travels

Every Child Is Born a Poet: The Life and Work of Piri Thomas

Love Inventory

Ram Dass: Fierce Grace

The Weather Underground

"Hello. I'm going to read a declaration of a state of war... Within the next 14 days we will attack a symbol or institut

One Night at the Grand Star; Double Exposure

Refugee

Death of a Shaman

Cosmopolitan

Sumo East and West

In recent years, the ancient art of sumo has witnessed the rise of an increasing number of foreigners to the top of its

The Amasong Chorus: Singing Out

The Political Dr. Seuss

The Political Dr. Seuss is a 2004 documentary film written by Ron Lamothe, Eric Martin and Lois Vossen, and directed by

Polka Time

Afghanistan Unveiled

Los Angeles Now

Los Angeles Now is a 60 minute documentary by producer/director Phillip Rodriguez. It first aired in November 2004 on PB

The Day My God Died

Girl Wrestler

Fine; Doki-Doki

Short, Not Sweet

A Hard Straight

A Touch of Greatness

Power Trip

February One: The Story of the Greensboro Four

On a Roll: Disability and the American Dream

Greg Smith and his family bare all in this unflinching portrait of a 65-pound man striving for the American dream. Fuele

Thunder in Guyana/Unites States of Poetry

Sisters of '77

Sisters of '77 is a documentary film that chronicles an unprecedented event in women's history, the first National Women

Sunset Story

Let the Church Say Amen

A Lion's Trail

Keeping Time: The Life, Music & Photographs of Milt Hinton

End of the Century: The Ramones; Joe Strummer Rocks Again

A profile of seminal punk band the Ramones includes concert footage, interviews with group members and clips of bands th

The Last Letter; Zyklon Portrait; The Walnut Tree

Imelda

Imelda: Power, Myth, Illusion

How has Imelda Marcos, the former first lady of the Philippines, managed to court, coddle, use and abuse power for nearl

Red Hook Justice

Double Dare; Piki and Poko: Taking the Dare!

Chavez Ravine: A Los Angeles Story

Brother to Brother

Parliament Funkadelic: One Nation Under a Groove

“One Nation Under a Groove,” a profile of Parliament Funkadelic that features animation (including an “Afronaut”

En Route to Baghdad

The Last Cowboy

A Family at War

Mirror Dance

Identical twins Margarita and Ramona de Saa became acclaimed ballerinas with the National Ballet of Cuba. Once inseparab

Race Is the Place

Maid in America

Seoul Train

This film explores the plight of North Korean refugees trying to escape their homeland and China, and tells the story of

Sisters: Portrait of a Benedictine Community

This documentary follows the lives of the women of St. Scholastica Monastery in Duluth, Minnesota. The story is told by

Short Stack: Lost & Found

Sheriff

Girl Trouble

Negroes With Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power

July '64

July ’64 tells the story of a historic three-day race riot that erupted in two African American neighborhoods in the n

Almost Home

Almost Home rescues from an exile of denial the real stories of aging that lie in the vast middle between the uber-heroi

The Loss of Nameless Things

In 1978, Oakley Hall was a promising playwright on the verge of national recognition when a mysterious fall violently tr

Troop 1500

Taking the Heat: The First Women Firefighters of New York City

Trudell

La Sierra

A League of Ordinary Gentlemen

Music from the Inside Out

Fishbowl; American Made

Frozen Angels

The Devil's Miner

The Great Pink Scare

The Real Dirt on Farmer John

The Real Dirt on Farmer John is a 2005 documentary film directed by Taggart Siegel about the life of Midwestern farmer J

A Lion in the House

A Lion in the House

Still Life With Animated Dogs

The World According to Sesame Street is a 2005 feature-length documentary created by Participant Productions, looking at

The World According to Sesame Street

Muskrat Lovely

Paul Conrad: Drawing Fire

Democracy on Deadline

Two Square Miles

Residents, artists and activists in Hudson, N.Y., protest the proposal for a multinational coal-fired cement plant.

A Sad Flower in the Sand

Revolucion: Five Visions

This documentary tells the story of five Cuban photographers whose lives and work span more than four decades and whose

Short Stack 2006

A Fish Story

Meet two women who lead in a battle against a coalition of national environmental groups for control of the ocean. Three

Shadya

Shadya Zoabi, a charismatic 17-year-old karate world champion, strives to succeed on her own terms within her traditiona

Beyond the Call

Twisted

Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life

As Duke Ellington's co-composer, arranger, and right-hand man, Billy Strayhorn wrote some of the greatest American music

Motherland Afghanistan

Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes

Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes is a 2006 documentary film written, produced, and directed by Byron Hurt. The documenta

Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore?

Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore? is a 2006 documentary film written by Matt Coen, Mike Kime and Frank Popper and

Stolen

In 1990, two thieves dressed as police officers gained entrance to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, succes

Race to Execution

Race discrimination infects America’s capital punishment system. According to a landmark study regarding race and the

China Blue

They live crowded together in cement factory dormitories where water has to be carried upstairs in buckets. Their meals

Black Gold

This eye-opening expose of the $80 billion coffee industry traces one man's fight for fair trade.

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room

Enron dives from the seventh largest US company to bankruptcy in less than a year in this tale told chronologically. The

The Cats of Mirikitani

In 2001, Japanese American painter Jimmy Mirikitani, over 80 years old, is living in the streets of lower Manhattan. Fil

Sentenced Home

Knocking

The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill

This film tells the true story of a bohemian St. Francis and his remarkable relationship with a flock of wild red-and-gr

La Lupe Queen of Latin Soul

Legendary Afro-Cuban pop singer Lupe Victoria Yoli, “The Queen of Latin Soul Music,” aka La Lupe or La Yiyiyi, rose

Wordplay

Fifty million Americans do crossword puzzles each week, many in the venerable New York Times , where Will Shortz has bee

Please Vote for Me

This film follows eight-year-old students in an elementary school in China as they campaign for school monitor. This is

Storm of Emotions

This is a film explores the Israeli disengagement from the Gaza Strip and efforts to achieve democracy amidst great soci

Red White Black & Blue

U.S. soldiers who fought on the island of Attu in Alaska during WWII journey back to the location.

Miss Navajo

The Creek Runs Red

The Paper

Chronicles the pressure of a year in the life of Pennsylvania State University's Daily Collegian.

An Unreasonable Man

This program offers an unsparing look at Ralph Nader, one of the most important and controversial political figures of o

Today's Man

A Son's Sacrifice

Dr. Jack Kessler, a prominent neurologist, shifts his diabetes research to stem cell research when his daughter is paral

American Made

How Is Your Fish Today?

While working on his latest screenplay in Beijing, Hui Rao experiences writer's block and begins to live the life of the

Banished

Hard Road Home

Banished is a documentary film about four U.S. cities, which were part of many communities that violently forced African

Iron Ladies of Liberia

Follows two former felons in different stages of life "on the outside." / Examines the challenges faced by ex-convicts a

Compañeras

With unprecedented access, this intimate documentary goes behind the scenes with Africa's first freelyelected female hea

Water Flowing Together

Water Flowing Together

Jock Soto, who is Navajo Indian and Puerto Rican as well as gay, retired in June 2005 from the New York City Ballet afte

Na Kamalei: The Men of Hula

King Corn is a feature documentary film released in October 2007 following college friends Ian Cheney and Curtis Ellis a

A Dream in Doubt

New Year Baby

The Cool School

This film follows one woman's quest to uncover the secrets of how her family survived the Khmer Rouge genocide. Socheata

Writ Writer

Reveals a little-known battle of the Civil Rights Movement, led by an indigent, under-educated prisoner. Texas-born, Mex

Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story

Deep Water

The amazing and compelling true story of the fateful voyage of Donald Crowhurst, an amateur yachtsman who enters the mos

Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story

A Japanese family searches for their daughter who was abducted by North Korean spies in 1977. / Recalls the 1977 kidnapp

Chicago 10

This program combines bold and original animation with extraordinary archival footage to explore the build-up to and unr

Dinner with the President: A Nation's Journey

Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf addresses his ideas for a democratized society.

Knee Deep

Josh Osborne hatched a plan with his friends and relatives to kill his mother after she reneged on a deal which would ha

Lioness

The story of a group of female Army support soldiers who became the first women in American history to be sent into dire

March Point

Meet Cody, Nick and Travis—three teenagers from the Swinomish Tribe. After hard times on the rez lead to rehab and dru

The Atom Smashers

THE ATOM SMASHERS explores what happens when politicians, not scientists, decide which scientific projects will be funde

Wonders Are Many: The Making of "Doctor Atomic"

Filmmaker Immy Humes presents a portrait of her father, the legendary forgotten novelist and counterculture icon Harold

Wonders Are Many: The Making of 'Doctor Atomic'

This program tells the story of making a grand opera about the birth of the atomic bomb. This behind-the-scenes document

Grey Gardens: From East Hampton to Broadway

his 50-minute documentary unfolds the creative journey of Albert Maysles' cult classic, GREY GARDENS - from non-fiction

Helvetica

Helvetica is about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It looks at the proliferation of one typeface (

Adjust You Color: The Truth of Petey Greene

Helvetica is about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It looks at the proliferation of one typeface (

Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greene

America's original shock-jock, Petey Greene overcame poverty, drug addiction and prison time to "tell it like it is," sh

The Order of Myths/Bi-Racial Hair

A lone undercover cop moves into a small farming town. By the end of the blazing summer of 1999, 46 people are arrested

The Order of Myths

The doctrine, “separate but equal” ended in the 1950s, right? Think again. At America’s oldest Mardi Gras—celebr

Lakshmi and Me

Iranian American filmmaker Marjan Tehrani chronicles her brother's return to Iran during the start of the U.S. invasion

Recycle

Have you ever dreamed of being waited on hand and foot? For the past six years, Lakshmi has been doing just that for her

Milking the Rhino

Abu Amar, an ex-Mujahideen soldier, is trying to build a peaceful life after years of fighting in the Soviet-Afghan war.

Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai

Everyone has seen a nature documentary with a ferocious kill on the Serengeti Plain. Well, here’s a different story ab

Steal a Pencil for Me

How does the simple act of planting trees lead to winning the Nobel Peace Prize? Ask Wangari Maathai of Kenya. In 1977,

At Home in Utopia

A home of your own: that’s the American dream. But what happens when the dreamers are immigrants, factory workers and

Wings of Defeat

What were the Japanese Kamikazes thinking just before crashing into their targets? When Risa Morimoto discovered that he

Crips and Bloods: Made in America

It’s a civil war that’s lasted 40 years. Passed down from son to son. Fought eye for an eye. Over 15,000 dead and co

Stranded: The Andes Plane Crash Survivors

This is the story of a group of young men who survived for 72 days after their plane crashed in the Andean Cordillera in

Steal a Pencil for Me

In June 1943, Ina Soep, the rich and beautiful daughter of an Amsterdam diamond cutter, met a married couple—a poor ac

Ask Not

As wars rage in the Middle East, the U.S. military is eager for more recruits—unless you happen to be openly gay. ASK

Our Disappeared

During the 1976-1983 military dictatorships in Argentina, thousands of citizens were kidnapped and never heard from agai

Butte, America

Five generations of mining families illustrate the story of Butte, Mont., once the world's largest producer of copper. /

Journals of a Wily School

Pickpocketing is common practice in Kolkata, India. In an attempt to crack down on more serious crime, the police offer

Power Paths

This program follows the efforts of American Indian tribes to bring renewable energy projects into their communities. Fr

D Tour

When indie rock drummer Pat Spurgeon finally gets his big break, his body breaks down. Refusing to make his failing kidn

No Subtitles Necessary: László and Vilmos

They took Hollywood by storm -- escaping the brutal Soviet oppression of the Hungarian Revolution and rising to fame wit

Objectified

Objectified is a feature-length documentary about our complex relationship with manufactured objects and, by extension,

Between the Folds

A documentary exploring the art and science of origami. / Think origami is just paper planes and cranes? Meet a determin

Scenes From a Parish

A young, irreverent priest arrives at Saint Patrick Parish in Lawrence, Massachusetts, only to confront boiling ethnic t

Young@Heart

A documentary following an New England senior citizens chorus preparing a one-night-only concert of rock, punk and R&B f

Copyright Criminals

This program examines the creative and commercial value of musical sampling, including the related debates over artistic

Herskovits at the Heart of Blackness

Who has the authority to define your identity? Considered one of the most controversial scholars of our time, Melville H

P-Star Rising

This is the story of a single father who is determined that his nine-year-old daughter become a rap star and thus redeem

Mine / Home

Mine tells the poignant and powerful story of animals left behind during Katrina, and of the struggles of hurricane vict

Behind the Rainbow

With engrossing interviews and archival footage, filmmaker Jihan El-Tahri exposes the power struggles inside South Afric

The Eyes of Me

This is an up-close look at four teens who have lost their sight. The film follows their struggles to fit in, prepare fo

Lost Souls (Animas Perdidas)

In 1999, filmmaker Monika Navarro's uncles were deported from the United States to Mexico, forced to leave the only coun

Whatever It Takes

What's a child's education worth? For one visionary rookie principal, it's priceless. At the Bronx Center for Science &

Unmistaken Child

After world-renowned Tibetan master Geshe Lama Konchog passed away in 2001 at age 84, the Dalai Lama charged the decease

Blessed Is the Match

Joan Allen narrates this film about Hannah Senesh, the World War II-era poet and diarist who became a paratrooper, resis

Dirt! The Movie

Narrated by Jamie Lee Curtis, "DIRT! The Movie" digs into the fascinating history of this lowly substance, explaining ho

Garbage Dreams

Filmed over four years, GARBAGE DREAMS follows three teenage boys born into the trash trade and growing up in the world'

Sunshine

In 1975 rural Texas, a local mayor's daughter grapples with an unplanned pregnancy -- finally deciding to have her baby

The Horse Boy

Explore one family's unforgettable journey as they travel halfway across the world in search of a miracle to heal their

Project Kashmir

Two filmmakers, one Hindu and the other Muslim, sneak their cameras into one of the most beautiful, yet dangerous, place

A Village Called Versailles

Versailles, a tight-knit neighborhood on the edge of New Orleans, is home to the densest ethnic Vietnamese population ou

Our Disappeared

An elderly man hires Solo, a Senegalese cab driver, to drive him to a mountaintop in North Carolina where he plans to co

The Parking Lot Movie

This documentary is about a singular parking lot in Charlottesville, Virginia, and the select group of parking lot atten

Art & Copy

A look at the work and wisdom of some of the most influential advertising creatives of our time - artists and writers wh

Reel Injun: On the Trail of the Hollywood Indian

The portrayal of Native Americans in cinema. / Cree filmmaker Neil Diamond takes an entertaining, insightful, and often

The Longoria Affair

Private Felix Longoria fought and died while fighting the Japanese during World War II. When his body was sent back to h

Lost Sparrow

Filmmaker Chris Billing investigates the deaths of his adopted brothers, two Crow Indian boys who disappeared in 1978. /

Deep Down

Beverly May and Terry Ratliff grew up on opposite sides of a mountain ridge in eastern Kentucky. When a mountaintop remo

45365

An inquisitive look at everyday life in Middle America. "45365" explores the vagaries of daily life in an American town

The Calling, Part 1

This mini-series follows seven Muslims, Catholics, Evangelical Christians and Jews in training to become professional cl

The Calling, Part 2

Muslim, Catholic, Evangelical Christian, and Jewish seminarians embark on their life path in a secular and cynical era.

Men Who Swim

A group of middle-aged men who have found unlikely success as members of Sweden's all-male synchronized swimming team. W

Children of Haiti

In the midst of Haiti's lush mountains and historical relics are 500,000 orphan children who live in the streets -- know

For Once in My Life

Made up of 28 musicians and singers with severe mental and physical disabilities, the Spirit of Goodwill Band is a rauco

When I Rise

A profile of Barbara Smith Conrad, a gifted University of Texas music student, who finds herself at the epicenter of rac

William S. Burroughs: A Man Within

An iconoclast who himself became an icon, William Burroughs explored the outer boundaries of culture and identity in the

Me Facing Life: Cyntoia's Story

At the age of 16, Cyntoia Brown, who had suffered a long history of abuse, killed a man who picked her up for sex. The f

Pushing the Elephant

Civil war came to Rose's Congolese village, with it the nighttime arrest of her entire family, the execution of her husb

The Desert of Forbidden Art

This story of how a treasure trove of banned Soviet art worth millions of dollars was stashed in a far-off desert of Uzb

Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child

In his short career, Jean-Michel Basquiat was a phenomenon. Discovered in the late 1970s through his graffiti art on the

Waste Land

Artist Vik Muniz journeys from to his home country of Brazil, and to Jardim Gramacho, the world's largest garbage dump l

Marwencol

After being beaten into a coma, Mark Hogancamp is left brain damaged and traumatized. He devises his own brand of therap

A Film Unfinished

This haunting film about a film examines a classic Nazi propaganda movie used by historians for decades to provide insig

Bhutto

As the first Muslim woman to lead an Islamic nation, former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto evolved from a pampe

Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo

Beginning in the modern day and working backward, Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo explores the history of Japan's love affai

Welcome to Shelbyville

Welcome to Shelbyville is a glimpse of America at a crossroads. In this one small town in the heart of America's Bible B

Two Spirits

Fred Martinez was one of the youngest hate-crime victims in modern history when he was brutally murdered at 16. Two Spir

Wham! Bam! Islam!

Episode Synopsis: Season 13 premieres with new host Mary-Louise Parker introducing "Wham! Bam! Islam," about the challen

Donor Unknown

Episode Synopsis: "Donor Unknown" charts the story of 20-year-old JoEllen Marsh, who was raised by two mothers in Pennsy

Lives Worth Living

"Lives Worth Living" tells the story of the disability rights movement in America, which began after WWII when disabled

Deaf Jam

"Deaf Jam" chronicles the experiences of Aneta Brodski, a deaf Israeli teen living in New York, as she moves from Americ

We Still Live Here -- as Nutayunean

Anne Makepeace's "We Still Live Here—As Nutayunean" tells the story of linguist Jessie Little Doe Baird's work to resu

The Woodmans

"The Woodmans" charts the short life of influential photographer Francesca Woodman, who took her own life in 1981 at the

These Amazing Shadows

"These Amazing Shadows" focuses on the National Film Registry, an eclectic collection of movies considered to be "cultur

Have You Heard From Johannesburg: Road to Resistance

The five-part "Have You Heard From Johannesburg?," a history of the global anti-apartheid movement, opens with "Road to

Have You Heard From Johannesburg: The New Generation

Part 2 of 5 of "Have You Heard From Johannesburg?" examines "The New Generation," and its effort to overturn South Afric

Have You Heard From Johannesburg: From Selma to Soweto

Part 3 of 5 of "Have You Heard From Johannesburg?," "From Selma to Soweto," details the anti-apartheid movement in the U

Have You Heard From Johannesburg: The Bottom Line

Part 4 of 5 of "Have You Heard From Johannesburg?, The Bottom Line," details how international grassroots campaigns to b

Have You Heard From Johannesburg: Free at Last

The conclusion of "Have You Heard From Johannesburg?, Free at Last," recalls the end stage of South Africa's apartheid s

Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock

Daisy Bates was a complex, unconventional, and largely forgotten heroine of the civil rights movement who led the charge

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975

The Black Power Mixtape examines the evolution of the Black Power Movement in the black community and Diaspora from 1967

More Than A Month

Shukree Hassan Tilghman, a 29-year-old African-American filmmaker, is on a cross-country campaign to end Black History M

You're Looking at Me Like I Live Here and I Don't

In Danville, California, Lee Gorewitz wanders on a soul-searching odyssey through her Alzheimer’s & Dementia care unit

Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey

Every day, millions tune in to Sesame Street to see one of the world’s most adored and recognizable characters — a f

When the Drum Is Beating

Interweaves the extraordinary story of Septentrional’s six decades of creativity with the history of Haiti. How did

Revenge of the Electric Car

Revenge follows four entrepreneurs from 2007 through the end of 2010 as they fight to bring the electric car back to the

Facing the Storm: Story of the American Bison

Millions of bison once roamed the Great Plains. Can this nearly extinct icon of the American West make a 21st century co

Circo

The Ponce family circus has been living and performing in rural Mexico for seven generations. Its history dates back to

Summer Pasture

Locho and Yama are nomadic herders in Tibet's high grasslands, who carve their existence from the land as their ancestor

Precious Knowledge

When a highly successful Mexican American Studies program at a high school in Tucson comes under fire for teaching ethni

Left by the Ship

JR, Charlene, Margarita, and Robert are half American; they are among the many children born to local women and U.S. ser

Hell and Back Again

U.S. Marine Sergeant Nathan Harris, 25, leads his unit to fight a ghostlike enemy in Afghanistan. Wounded in battle, Har

We Were Here

When AIDS arrived in San Francisco in 1981, it decimated a community, but also brought people together in inspiring and

Strong!

A formidable figure standing at 5'8" and weighing more than 300 pounds, Cheryl Haworth struggles to defend her champion

As Goes Janesville

Filmed in 10 countries, the series follows Nicholas Kristof and celebrity activists America Ferrera, Diane Lane, Eva Men

Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide (Part 2)

Filmed in 10 countries, the series follows Nicholas Kristof and celebrity activists America Ferrera, Diane Lane, Eva Men

Love Free or Die

Solar Mamas

Park Avenue: Money, Power & the American Dream

Soul Food Junkies

Food traditions are hard to change, especially when they're passed on from generation to generation. Baffled by his dad'

Beauty Is Embarrassing

Raised in the Tennessee mountains, Wayne White started his career as a cartoonist in NYC. He quickly found success as on

The Revisionaries

The Texas State Board of Education rewrites teaching and textbook standards once every decade.

The Powerbroker: Whitney Young's Fight for Civil Rights

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry

Profiling Chinese artist-activist Ai Weiwei, who helped design Beijing's iconic Bird's Nest Olympic stadium and later cr

The House I Live In; As I Am

Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines

Wonder Women! explores the nation’s long-term love affair with comic book superheroes and raises questions about the p

The Island President

The Undocumented

Thousands of migrants have perished in recent years while trying to cross the unforgiving Sonora desert in search of a b

Seeking Asian Female

Two strangers — an aging white man and a young Chinese woman — pursue a marriage brokered by the Internet. They get

The Invisible War

The most shameful and best-kept secret in the U.S. Military? The epidemic of rape and sexual assault within the ranks. A

Detropia

Can the Motor City rise from its ashes? A dynamic cluster of local innovators, entrepreneurs, and proud, self-proclaimed

The Revolutionary Optimists

Amlan Ganguly, a lawyer-turned social entrepreneur, has sown hope in the poorest neighborhoods of Calcutta by empowering

Don’t Stop Believin’: Everyman's Journey

The Waiting Room

The Graduates

Young Lakota

Playwright: From Page to Stage

Jiro Dreams of Sushi

The Graduates - The Girls

Part 1 of 2. The Latino dropout crisis is examined through the eyes of six students from across the U.S., beginning with

The Graduates - The Boys

Conclusion. The Latino dropout crisis is seen through the eyes of three young men. One, whose parents moved from Mexico

Indian Relay

Episode Synopsis: "Indian Relay" chronicles a season of Indian relay-horse races, which are popular within Native Americ

Young Lakota

Three young people living in the Pine Ridge Reservation try to forge a better future. When the first female president of

Playwright: From Page to Stage

The lives of two outstanding young playwrights — an African American from Miami’s inner city and an Indian American

Jiro Dreams of Sushi

Eighty-five-year-old Jiro Ono, considered the world’s greatest sushi chef, is the proprietor of Sukiyabashi Jiro, a 10

How to Survive a Plague

This acclaimed film tells the story of ACT UP and TAG (Treatment Action Group), two groups whose activism and innovation

At Berkeley

Legendary documentarian Frederick Wiseman goes back to school for this intimate yet sprawling film about the University

Blood Brother

An intimate portrait of Rocky Braat, who travels to India as a disillusioned tourist. When he meets a group of HIV-posit

The State of Arizona

The turbulent battle over illegal immigration in Arizona that came to a head with Senate Bill 1070 frames this riveting

Spies of Mississippi

The story of the Mississippi Sovereignty Commission, a secret agency created by the state during the 1950s to spy on its

Las Marthas

Dating from the aftermath of the Spanish-American War, the annual debutante ball in Laredo, Texas is unlike any other. L

All of Me: A Story of Love, Loss, and Last Resorts

A group of women friends who met via the Austin chapter of the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance and have t

Medora

The story of a high school basketball team suffering from a long losing streak in a small town.

Brother's Hypnotic

Eight brothers who were forged into a band as children by their father, Chicago jazz maverick Phil Cohran, now try to ma

The Trials of Muhammad Ali

The story of the explosive crossroads of Muhammad Ali’s life, after the famed boxer’s conversion to Islam and refusa

Muscle Shoals

How a small town in Alabama became influential in the music of Rolling Stones, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Aretha Franklin.

A Fragile Trust: Plagiarism, Power, and Jayson Blair at The New York Times

A Fragile Trust tells the shocking story of Jayson Blair, the most infamous serial plagiarist of our time, and how he un

Let the Fire Burn

This documentary brings to life one of the most tumultuous clashes between government and citizens in modern U.S. histor

God Loves Uganda

Inspired by his own African American Baptist roots, director Roger Ross Williams explores a place where religion and Afr

The New Black

How African-American churches and gays deal with the rise of the gay-rights movement.

Bully

The story of the children bullied at school and online. The film questions assumptions about bullying behaviour beyond c

Twin Sisters

Two sisters adopted in China as infants by Californian and Norwegian parents grow up knowing they have a twin living on

Brakeless

In April, 2005 a Japanese train engineer accelerated beyond permissible speeds in order to make up an 80-second delay. B

Powerless

Powerless tracks the battle between an Indian electric company and a renegade electrician who illegally connects poor fa

Happiness

A nine-year-old child in Burma is spurred to leave his village for the first time in his life when his village gets elec

Rich Hill

Rich Hill, winner of the 2014 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary, goes inside the homes and li

Evolution of a Criminal

Tens years after robbing a Bank of America, filmmaker Darius Monroe explores what led him to pull a heist as a teenager

The Kill Team / Confusion Through Sand

Winner of the Best Documentary Feature award at the Tribeca Film Festival, The Kill Team tells the harrowing story of Sp

Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People

For the last 170 years, pioneering African American photographers — men and women, celebrated and anonymous — have r

American Denial

In the wake of recent events that have sparked a national dialogue, American Denial explores the power of unconscious bi

Little White Lie

Lacey Schwartz grew up in an upper-middle-class household with two loving Jewish parents. When she discovers that the ma

Little Hope Was Arson / A City in Flames

The investigation into a spate of church burnings that occured in East Texas during January and February 2010 is chronic

The Homestretch

Three homeless Chicago teens strive to graduate from high school despite the difficulties inherent in their situations.

The Great Invisible

First hand accounts of the Deepwater Horizon explosion and its impact on the Gulf of Mexico.

Kumu Hina

A Hawaiian transgender woman finds acceptance, but still is searching for love.

Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity

Examining daredevil choreographer Elizabeth Streb and her STREB Extreme Action Company. Included: the evolution of her p

1971

The story of the Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI, which broke into an FBI field office in Media, Pa., on the

Limited Partnership

Married in 1975, Richard and Tony lead a 40-year fight for legal immigration status for same sex spouses.

In the Shadow of Ebola

An African family’s tense experience during West African Ebola outbreak. This intimate film brings us on Emmanuel’s

Stray Dog

The portrait of a motorcycle-riding Vietnam veteran. There’s much more to Ron “Stray Dog” Hall than meets the eye.

India's Daughter

The story of the brutal gang rape and murder in Delhi of 23-year-old medical student Jyoti Singh, which sparked outrage

Mimi and Dona

What happens when love runs out of time? For 92-year-old Mimi, who has spent much of her life caring for 64-year-old Don

East of Salinas

Born in Mexico but living in Salinas, California, 3rd-grader Jose loves school. With little support at home, he turns to

Chuck Norris vs. Communism

1980s Romania: thousands of American movies were smuggled through the Iron Curtain, opening a window into the free world

Autism in Love

Finding love can be hard enough for anyone, but for those on the autism spectrum, the challenges may seem overwhelming.

No Más Bebés (No More Babies)

The story of a little-known but landmark event in reproductive justice, when a small group of Mexican immigrant women su

In Football We Trust

Transporting viewers deep inside the tightly-knit and complex Polynesian community in Salt Lake City, one of the chief s

A Ballerina's Tale

Misty Copeland is on a mission to make history by becoming the first African American principal dancer of a major ballet

The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution

Weaving together a treasure trove of rare footage with the voices of a diverse group of people who were there, Stanley N

(T)ERROR

With twists and turns fit for an espionage thriller, (T)error goes deep inside an active terror sting without FBI consen

Wilhemina’s War

A Southern grandmother struggles to help her granddaughter survive the health risks and social stigma of living with HIV

An Honest Liar

Fed up with faith healers, fortune-tellers, and psychics using his beloved magician’s tricks to swindle money out of c

Welcome to Leith

When a notorious white supremacist and his followers hatch a scheme to gain electoral control of Leith, North Dakota, th

Democrats

Rival political operatives attempt to make history as they navigate Zimbabwe's volatile political landscape to draft a n

My Nazi Legacy

My Nazi Legacy explores the relationship between two men, each of whom are the children of Nazi war criminals who were r

Peace Officer

Meet Dub Lawrence, a crusading former sheriff whose investigations highlight increasingly militarized state of American

The Armor of Light

The Armor of Light follows the journey of Evangelical minister Rob Schenck, who is trying to find the courage to preach

Dogtown Redemption

Dogtown Redemption is the story of three recyclers struggling to survive in West Oakland, a neighborhood already decimat

TRAPPED

Trapped goes inside the contentious issue of abortion rights through the story of health care providers in Texas, Missis

T-Rex: Her Fight for Gold

Flint, Michigan’s Claressa "T-Rex" Shields won a Gold Medal in 2012, the first time women were allowed to box in the O

Best of Enemies

Best of Enemies captures the legendary 1968 debates between two famed intellectuals and ideological opposites: leftist G

Meet the Patels

Ravi Patel is almost 30, an actor, and, worst of all to his traditional Hindu parents, still unmarried. After he breaks

Best and Most Beautiful Things

Michelle, a precocious 20-year-old woman living in rural Maine with her mother, is legally blind and on the autism spect

Containment

Left over from the Cold War are a hundred million gallons of radioactive sludge, covering a great amount of land. Govern

What Was Ours

Residents of Wyoming's isolated Wind River Indian Reservation, a young Arapaho journalist, and a teenage powwow princess

The Witness

After Kitty Genovese was repeatedly attacked on a street in Queens, New York in 1964, The New York Times published a fro

Birth of a Movement

In 1915, African American newspaper editor and activist William M. Trotter waged a battle against D.W. Griffith’s noto

Accidental Courtesy

Renowned musician Daryl Davis has an unusual, controversial hobby: meeting and befriending members of KKK, many of whom

TOWER

Combining archival footage with rotoscopic animation in a dynamic, never-before-seen way, TOWER reveals the action-packe

The Bad Kids

Located in an impoverished Mojave Desert community, Black Rock Continuation High School is a last-chance alternative for

Ovarian Psycos

Ovarian Psycos is about a new generation of fierce, unapologetic and feminist women of color from the Eastside of Los An

Newtown

Filmed over the course of nearly three years, Newtown uses deeply personal, never-before-heard testimonies to relate the

SEED: The Untold Story

Worshipped and treasured since the dawn of humankind, few things on Earth are as miraculous and vital as seeds, but in t

The Last Laugh

The Holocaust would seem to be an absolutely off-limits topic for comedy — but is it? History shows that even the vict

National Bird

National Bird follows whistleblowers who, despite possible consequences, are determined to break the silence around one

The Prison in Twelve Landscapes

More people are imprisoned in the U.S. at this time than any other time or place in history, yet prisons themselves have

Forever Pure

The story of how Beitar Jerusalem, the most popular and controversial soccer team in Israel, spiraled out of control aft

They Call Us Monsters

They Call Us Monsters goes behind the walls of the Compound, a high-security facility where Los Angeles houses its most

Farmer/Veteran

Home from three combat tours in Iraq, Alex Sutton forges a new identity as a farmer, hatching chicks and raising goats o

Real Boy

A moving and intimate story of a family in transition, Real Boy follows the journey of trans teen Bennett as he navigate

Chasing Trane

Set against the social, political and cultural landscape of the times, Chasing Trane brings saxophone great John Coltran

Shadow World

Explore the shocking realities of the billion-dollar global arms trade through those who perpetrate and investigate it.

Supergirl

A profile of a seemingly ordinary Orthodox Jewish preteen from New Jersey whose extraordinary talent—breaking world po

The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin

A profile of "Tales of the City" creator Armistead Maupin, including his evolution from a conservative son of the Old So

Unrest

Director Jennifer Brea, confined to her bed due to chronic fatigue syndrome, documents how people around the world live

I Am Not Your Negro

Filmmaker Raoul Peck examines James Baldwin's unfinished book about the lives and assassinations of Medgar Evers, Malcol

The Force

A cinema vérité look at the Oakland Police Department as it struggles to confront federal demands for reform, a popula

I Am Another You

Chinese filmmaker Nanfu Wang follows a homeless man on a journey across America, exploring the meaning of freedom.

Winnie

One of the more misunderstood and intriguing contemporary female political figures, Winnie Mandela's rise and seeming fa

Tell Them We Are Rising

Historically black colleges and universities play a pivotal role in shaping American history, culture and national ident

Rat Film

The history and cultural fabric of Baltimore is explored through the lens of the city's rat infestation.

Dolores

The story of Dolores Huerta, among the most important, yet least-known, activists in American history. Co-founder of the

When God Sleeps

The story of Iranian musician Shahin Najafi's stand for freedom of expression, after he was forced into hiding when hard

The Art of the Shine

Shining shoes is a calling and a passion, a way to be one’s own boss and connect with other people from all walks of l

What Lies Upstream

Investigative filmmaker Cullen Hoback travels to West Virginia to study the unprecedented loss of clean water for over 3

Look & See: Wendell Berry's Kentucky

A portrait of the changing landscapes and shifting values of rural America through the voice of writer, farmer, and acti

True Conviction

After serving a combined 60 years in prison for crimes they did not commit, three recently exonerated Texans join forces

No Man's Land

A detailed, on-the-ground account of the 2016 standoff between protesters occupying Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife

ACORN and the Firestorm

For 40 years, the community-organizing group ACORN sought to empower poor and marginalized communities. Its critics beli

Served Like a Girl

A candid look at a shared sisterhood to help the rising number of homeless women veterans who served in Iraq and Afghani

Wildland

Filmed during two recent wildfire seasons, Wildland is a sweeping yet deeply personal account of a wildland firefighting

Dawnland

Dawnland reveals the untold story of Indigenous child removal in the United States through the first government-endorsed

The Cleaners

"Delete...Ignore...Delete… Ignore…" Someone is out there censoring your social media feed. Do their decisions distor

The Judge

Showing Shari’a law in a way we've never seen before--through the story of the first-ever female judge in Palestine’

Man on Fire

In 2014, 79-year-old white Methodist minister drove to an empty parking lot in his old hometown of Grand Saline, Texas,

My Country No More

Following the rise and fall of the oil boom in North Dakota, My Country No More paints a portrait of a rural American co

Rodents of Unusual Size

Rodents of Unusual Size is a real-life horror "tail" about the various and eccentric methods Louisiana residents have em

RUMBLE: The Indians Who Rocked The World

RUMBLE is the electric story of how Native American influence shaped rock and roll, a missing chapter in music history.

The King

Forty years after the death of Elvis Presley, filmmaker Eugene Jarecki takes the King’s 1963 Rolls-Royce on a musical

Black Memorabilia

What does it mean when Americans rebuke racism yet hold on to nostalgic objects that embrace it? Black Memorabilia explo

Hale County This Morning, This Evening

RaMell Ross's Hale County This Morning, This Evening, one of the year's most critically acclaimed films, is a dreamy and

People's Republic of Desire

In an age where the power of technology helps us connect, are we as isolated as ever? People’s Republic of Desire expo

Tre Maison Dasan

Told directly through the eyes of the children themselves, Tre Maison Dasan is an up-close and unfiltered look at the li

The Providers

Three rural healthcare providers try to make a difference in the lives of their patients against overwhelming odds.

Marcos Doesn't Live Here Anymore

Elizabeth Perez, a decorated U.S. Marine veteran living in Cleveland, fights to reunite her family after her undocumente

Charm City

In Baltimore, the murder rate is high and trust in law enforcement is low—meet the engaged citizens reversing those tr

Out of State

In Out of State, two native Hawaiians sent thousands of miles away to a private prison in the desert find a community of

Harvest Season; The Seed Saver

California’s Napa Valley is one of the premier wine growing regions in the world, celebrated as an idyllic and luxurio

Wrestle

Wrestle goes inside the lives of four members of the high school wrestling team at Huntsville’s J.O. Johnson High Scho

Made in Boise

In Boise, nurses, nail technicians, and stay-at-home mothers are choosing to become paid reproductive surrogates for peo

Decade of Fire

Decade of Fire covers a shocking but untold piece of American urban history, when the South Bronx was on fire in the 197

The Interpreters

The Interpreters is a poignant but tense portrayal of a very human and high-stakes side of war's aftermath, the story of

Conscience Point; Jewel's Hunt

A Native American activist fights to protect her tribe from the onslaughts of development in the Hamptons. Can Jewel bal

ATTLA

ATTLA tells the gripping story of George Attla, a charismatic Alaska Native dogsled racer who, with one good leg and fie

Accept the Call

25 years after Yusuf Abdurahman left Somalia as a refugee to begin his life anew in Minnesota — which has the largest

The First Rainbow Coalition

In 1969, the Chicago Black Panther Party formed alliances across ethnic and racial lines with other community-based move

Cooked: Survival by Zip Code

Cooked: Survival by Zip Code tells the story of the tragic 1995 Chicago heatwave, the most traumatic in U.S. history, in

Leftover Women

Leftover Women follows three successful Chinese women who, despite thriving careers, are still labeled sheng nu, a derog

We Believe In Dinosaurs

In We Believe in Dinosaurs the Bible and science collide amid the battleground of a Creation Museum and a $120 million N

Always in Season

Always in Season follows the tragedy of African American teenager Lennon Lacy, who in August 2014, was found hanging fro

One Child Nation

After the birth of her first child, filmmaker Nanfu Wang returns to China to speak with her family and explore the rippl

Bedlam

Shot over the course of five years, Bedlam examines the mental health crisis through intimate stories of those people wh

The Hottest August

Brett Story’s critically acclaimed documentary The Hottest August raises the specter of climate change without ever me

Jim Allison: Breakthrough

The story of one warmhearted, stubborn man’s visionary quest to find a cure for cancer, Jim Allison: Breakthrough is a

Rewind

Made up of home video footage that reveals a long-kept secret, Sasha Joseph Neulinger’s Rewind is a brave and wrenchin

Eating Up Easter

More than just a picture-perfect postcard of iconic stone statues, Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, is a microcosm of a plane

Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

For 30 years, Marion Stokes records American television, creating a comprehensive archive of the media on 70,000 VHS tap

Pipe Dreams

Pipe Dreams challenges preconceived notions about an age-old instrument—the pipe organ—while introducing viewers to

Feels Good Man

Feels Good Man is the story of how artist Matt Furie, creator of a once-benign comic character named Pepe the Frog, foug

Represent

Represent follows three women running for office in the heart of the Midwest leading up to the 2018 midterm elections, a

Jonathan Scott's Power Trip

In Jonathan Scott's Power Trip, the HGTV home makeover guru shines a light on the obstacles and opportunities for Americ

Belly of the Beast

An unlikely duo discovers a pattern of illegal sterilizations in women’s prisons, shielded by prison officials and doc

A Woman’s Work: The NFL’s Cheerleader Problem

A Woman’s Work: The NFL’s Cheerleader Problem sheds light on the continued fight to end the gender pay gap prevalent

A Day in the Life of America / American Nomads

A Day in the Life of America: Director Jared Leto crafts a sweeping yet intimate cross-section of America shot on a sing

9to5: The Story of a Movement

When Dolly Parton sang “9 to 5,” she was singing about a real movement that started with a group of secretaries in t

Women in Blue

With the national conversation around police reform still resonating, Women in Blue shines a spotlight on women within t

Mr. SOUL!

Premiering in 1968, SOUL! was the first nationally broadcast all-Black variety show on public television, merging artist

Coded Bias

Coded Bias follows M.I.T. Media Lab computer scientist Joy Buolamwini, along with data scientists, mathematicians, and w

Down a Dark Stairwell

Down a Dark Stairwell chronicles the tragic shooting of Akai Gurley, an innocent Black man, in Brooklyn, and the trial a

The Donut King

An immigrant story with a (glazed) twist, The Donut King follows the journey of Cambodian refugee Ted Ngoy, who arrived

Two Gods

An intimate documentary about faith, renewal, and healing, Two Gods follows a Muslim casket maker and ritual body washer

The People vs. Agent Orange

The People vs. Agent Orange closely follows two activists as they take on the chemical industry, and demand accountabili

Cured

When doctors classified homosexuality as a mental illness to be “cured,” they employed cruel treatments like electro

Ferguson Rises

How does a father find purpose in pain? In 2014, Michael Brown Sr.’s son was killed by white police officer Darren Wil

Storm Lake

Does American democracy survive without the backbone of independent local journalism? Go inside The Storm Lake Times, a

Duty Free

75-year-old Rebecca loses the only job she's even known. She has no savings, no 401K safety net, and no employment prosp

Home From School: The Children of Carlisle

"Kill the Indian in him, and save the man.” This was the guiding principle that removed thousands of Native American c

A Reckoning in Boston

What happens when you discover that your assumptions are flawed? A white filmmaker starts his academic inquiry by docume

Missing in Brooks County

Migrants go missing in rural South Texas more than anywhere else in the U.S. For many families whose loved ones have dis

Owned: A Tale of Two Americas

Is the "American Dream" of home ownership a false promise? While the government’s postwar housing policy created the w

Bulletproof

What is the cost of feeling safe? In an era of mass shootings, lockdown drills and teacher firearms training are as much

Apart

Since the beginning of the War on Drugs, the number of women in U.S. prisons has grown drastically. The majority are mot

Writing With Fire

In a male-dominated media landscape, the women journalists of India's all-female Khabar Lahariya ("News Wave") newspaper

AWARE: Glimpses of Consciousness

What is the science behind consciousness? Six brilliant researchers from around the world—a brain scientist, a plant b

Try Harder!

At Lowell High School, San Francisco's academic pressure cooker, the kids are stressed out. With a majority Asian Americ

When Claude Got Shot

In Milwaukee, a 15-year-old attempted to carjack law student Claude Motley and shot him in the face. Through multiple su

Scenes From The Glittering World

Three Indigenous students experience the highs and lows of adolescence while attending one of the most remote high schoo

Hazing

Hazing is a widespread, far-reaching practice fueled by tradition, secrecy, groupthink, power, and the desire to belong

TikTok, Boom.

What does it mean to be a digital native? TikTok, Boom. dissects the platform along myriad cross-sections—algorithmic,

Move Me

At 27, Kelsey Peterson dove into Lake Superior as a dancer and emerged paralyzed. But within the Spinal Cord Injury (SCI

Children of Las Brisas

In Venezuela, amidst a backdrop of poverty, murder, and corruption, the El Sistema youth orchestra offers children hope

The Big Payback

An Evanston, Illinois rookie alderwoman led the passage of the first tax-funded reparations bill for Black Americans. Wh

No Straight Lines

When Alison Bechdel received a coveted MacArthur Award for her best-selling graphic memoir Fun Home, it heralded the acc

The Picture Taker

The vibrant life of Ernest Withers—civil rights photographer, and FBI informant—was anything but black and white. Fr

Outta the Muck

Wade into the rich soil of Pahokee, Florida, a town on the banks of Lake Okeechobee. Beyond its football legacy, includi

Love in the Time of Fentanyl

As fentanyl overdose deaths in Vancouver, Canada reach an all-time high, the Overdose Prevention Society opens its doors

Storming Caesars Palace

After losing her job as a hotel worker in Las Vegas, Ruby Duncan joined a welfare rights group of mothers who defied not

Hidden Letters

The bonds of sisterhood, and the parallels of struggles among generations of women in China, are drawn together by the o

Free Chol Soo Lee

Sentenced to life for a 1973 San Francisco murder, Korean immigrant Chol Soo Lee was set free after a pan-Asian solidari

Matter of Mind: My ALS

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neuromuscular disease with an average survival time of 2-5 years from diagnosis

Sam Now

In this coming-of-age documentary about generational trauma, follow Sam Harkness from age 11 to 36 as his middle-class S

Silent Beauty

In this autobiographical exploration of survivorship, New Orleans journalist and filmmaker Jasmin Mara López unabashedl

Mama Bears

They call one another “mama bears” because of the ferocity with which they fight for their children’s rights. Alth

Sansón and Me

Filmmaker Rodrigo Reyes wants to document Sansón's story, an immigrant serving life in prison. Unable to film Sansón,

El Equipo

Legendary U.S. anthropologist Dr. Clyde Snow sets out to train a new group of Latin American students in the use of fore

Three Chaplains

Muslim chaplains uphold the First Amendment and vow to protect service members' right to practice their faith freely, de

A Town Called Victoria | Episode 1

A south Texas town is thrown into the national spotlight when a local mosque is burned down in an apparent hate crime. A

A Town Called Victoria | Episode 2

With the arson trial near, the suspect’s family argues his innocence. Meanwhile, facets of Victoria reveal the ingredi

A Town Called Victoria | Episode 3

The prosecution presents shocking evidence. As the trial concludes, the engaged citizens of Victoria seek a way to build

Beyond Utopia

They grew up believing their land was paradise. Now, they risk everything in escaping it. In an unforgettable documentar

Racist Trees

Were trees intentionally planted to exclude and segregate a Black neighborhood? Racial tensions ignite in this documenta

Razing Liberty Square

Liberty City, Miami, is home to one of the oldest segregated public housing projects in the U.S. Now with rising sea lev

Sister Úna Lived a Good Death

Following a cancer diagnosis, Sister Úna—a mischievous, rule-breaking Catholic nun dedicated to social justice—choo

Breaking the News

Who decides which stories get told? A scrappy group of women and LGBTQ+ journalists buck the white male-dominated status

Greener Pastures

There is a mental health crisis happening for many American farmers. A combination of climate change and the pandemic ha

A Thousand Pines

Over the course of a grueling eight months, a crew of Oaxacan guest workers plant trees throughout the United States. Th

Matter of Mind: My Parkinson’s

In Matter of Mind: My Parkinson's, three people navigate their lives with resourcefulness and determination in the face

One With the Whale

Hunting whales is a matter of life or death for the residents of St. Lawrence. When a shy Alaska Native teen becomes the

Space: The Longest Goodbye

NASA's goal to send astronauts to Mars would require a three-year absence from Earth, during which communication in real

The Tuba Thieves

What is the role of sound and what does it mean to listen? Hard of hearing filmmaker Alison O’Daniel uses a series of

One Person, One Vote?

At a time when many Americans question democratic institutions, One Person, One Vote? unveils the complexities of the El

Make Peace or Die: Honor the Fallen

Riddled with survivor's guilt after his unit lost 17 men during "Operation Enduring Freedom" in Afghanistan, Marine vete

Dallas, 2019 | Episode 1

Tornados. Drive-by shootings. Environmental racism, The stark North-South Dallas economic divide. Dallas residents and c

Dallas, 2019 | Episode 2

Dreaming of a brighter future through the eyes of three people: a graduating high school student prepares to navigate th

Dallas, 2019 | Episode 3

Three spirits with longstanding Texas roots struggle with their place in the world: a transgender woman working at an LG

Dallas, 2019 | Episode 4

Meet a criminal district attorney bringing reform to a complex and disparate justice system; a judge who is dedicated to

Dallas, 2019 | Episode 5

Featuring intimate stories of workers and young people—the chief medical examiner, a hospital worker, an auto body sho

Minted

An insider’s look at the rise and fall of the NFT (non-fungible token) phenomenon and how technology transformed the t

Without Arrows

After 13 years living in Philadelphia, Delwin Fiddler Jr., a champion grass dancer, embraces indigenous culture by retur

The Strike

The high-security Pelican Bay prison was designed for mass-scale solitary confinement, often for a decade or more, and w

The In Between

Following her brother's death, a filmmaker returns to Eagle Pass, the Texas bordertown where she grew up, to document th

Skin of Glass

A journey to reckon with Brazil’s harsh inequality begins when filmmaker Denise Zmekhol discovers her father’s archi

Bike Vessel

Knowing his dad miraculously recovered from three open-heart surgeries after discovering a passion for cycling, filmmake

Home Court

Home Court is the coming-of-age story of Ashley Chea, a Cambodian American basketball prodigy in Southern California who

WE WANT THE FUNK!

WE WANT THE FUNK! is a syncopated voyage through the history of funk music, spanning from African, soul, and early jazz

Free For All: The Public Library

Free For All: The Public Library tells the story of the quiet revolutionaries who made a simple idea happen. From the pi

Matter of Mind: My Alzheimer's

Matter of Mind: My Alzheimer’s is an intimate portrayal of three families confronting the unique challenges of Alzheim

And So It Begins

And So It Begins follows the Philippines’ turbulent 2022 presidential race, with the son of ousted former dictator Fer

Who is Michael Jang?

After a long career as a commercial and portrait photographer, mischievous San Francisco artist Michael Jang sat for dec

Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution

Phil Sharp's RNA discovery reshaped science, medicine, and the global biotech industry.

Ratified

A bipartisan coalition continues a century-long fight to add gender equality into the Constitution.

Life After

Disabled filmmaker Reid Davenport investigates assisted dying and uncovers how ableism, policy, and systemic failures ca

Vivien's Wild Ride

When her eyesight begins to fade, a film editor reimagines belonging and what it truly means to see.

The Librarians

Librarians across the U.S. examine how restrictions on library content are shaping communities. Drawing on historical co

The Inquisitor

Barbara Jordan was a groundbreaking Texas congresswoman whose sharp intellect and moral clarity transformed U.S. politic

Keep Quiet and Forgive

Three decades after her assault, Lizzie confronts her Amish community’s silence around sexual abuse. She leads a movem

The Tallest Dwarf

The Tallest Dwarf follows filmmaker Julie Forrest Wyman as she searches for her place in the little people community and

BACKSIDE: The Unseen Hands of Horse Racing

Immigrant grooms work year-round on the hidden “backside” of Churchill Downs. Rising before dawn, they care for some

Natchez

Antebellum homes draw visitors to Natchez, Mississippi, but not everyone agrees on the stories being told. As tour guide

Light of the Setting Sun

A Chinese family’s multigenerational trauma unfolds across time, place, and identity. Turning the camera inward, filmm

Third Act

Generations call Robert A. Nakamura the godfather of Asian American film. Tadashi Nakamura calls him Dad. Tadashi turns

Assembly

Artist Rashaad Newsome prepares to showcase "Assembly," a groundbreaking exhibit at New York’s Park Avenue Armory. By

True North: Canadian Myths and Black Power

Through rare archival footage and firsthand accounts, True North revisits 1968 Montreal, where Black liberation movement

Flood

A filmmaker revisits her evangelical roots to find connection with her estranged father.