Seasons & Episodes
Acting Our Age
"There's nobody that's not going to get old — unless they die," says Enola Maxwell at the beginning of this engaging a
American Tongues
Rich in humor and regional color, this sometimes hilarious film uses the prism of language to reveal our attitudes about
Fire From the Mountain
Based on the autobiography of Nicaraguan author Omar Cabezas, Fire From the Mountain is the lyrical, earthy, sometimes h
Knocking on Armageddon's Door
Half comedy, half horror story, this disturbing film focuses on several spokesmen for America's survivalist movement as
Living with AIDS
If Armageddon's Door is about the explosion of community, Living with AIDS is just the opposite. It's a graceful, moving
Las Madres: The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo
During the late 1970s, tens of thousands of men, women and even children were abducted by the right-wing military govern
The Good Fight
Five years before the United States entered World War II, 3,200 Americans went off to Europe to fight the spread of fasc
Louie Bluie
A lively portrait of 76-year-old Harold "Louie Bluie" Armstrong, musician, artist, raconteur and rogue.
Gates of Heaven
On the surface, this is a somewhat unusual film about pet cemeteries and their owners. But then it grows much more compl
Best Boy
Hailed by many critics as a classic, Best Boy is the moving story of Philly, a 53-year-old mentally-disabled man who ada
Rate It X
Rate It X is a bitingly funny and disarming journey through the landscape of American sexism. Men only are interviewed b
Metropolitan Avenue
Metropolitan Avenue is an inspiring contemporary story about women who strive to combine new roles and old values in our
Girltalk
A heartbreaking yet hopeful portrait of three runaway girls with histories of abuse and neglect. Pinky, a Puerto Rican g
Who Killed Vincent Chin?
On a hot summer night in Detroit, Ronald Ebens, an autoworker, killed a young Chinese-American engineer with a baseball
Coming Out
The debutante tradition is alive and well. Witness the annual Debutante Cotillion in Washington, DC -- a meticulously pl
Wise Guys!
A stamp dealer from Los Angeles, a former school teacher form Miami, a born again Christian from Las Vegas, and a whiz-k
The Family Album
Home movies and tape recordings collected from 60 different American families comprise a composite lifetime which moves
Dark Circle
Denounced by officials and shunned by broadcasters when it was first released, this exploration of the personal and imme
Jack Levine: Feast of Pure Reason
A bold and unconventional film portrait of one of America's leading Social Realist painters doing what he does best: ske
No Applause, Just Throw Money
On the streets and subways of New York, 101 itinerant performers whirl firesticks, mimic passers-by, imitate Stevie Wond
Partisans of Vilna
The untold story of a handful of Jewish youth who organized an underground resistance against the Nazis in the Lithuania
The Fighting Ministers
Moved by the growing desperation of thousands of laid-off steel workers, a group of ministers in Pittsburgh begins to co
Binge
Videomaker Lynn Hershman places herself center-screen for an intimate, humorous, and piercing narrative about her effort
Cowboy Poets
For more than a hundred years cowboys have written with feeling about the life and land they love. Several contemporary
Doug and Mike, Mike and Doug
The inner and outer lives of identical twins Doug and Mike Starn, whose collaborative painting and photographic work is
Lost Angeles
The lives and struggles of a group of homeless people who've been moved into an "urban campground" in Los Angeles.
Through the Wire
An underground, high-security isolation unit at the Federal prison in Lexington, Kentucky, was built to house three fema
Metamorphosis: Man Into Woman
Gary, a 39 year-old successful animation artist and devout Christian, is pursuing a lifelong dream — to become a woman
Larry Wright
With a subway platform as his stage and a plastic can as his instrument, 14-year-old Larry Wright is a self-taught drumm
On Ice
Cryonics — the freezing of human beings after death for future revival — is the focus of this off-beat film by two s
Salesman
In its national broadcast premiere, this bittersweet classic from pioneering filmmakers follows four door-to-door Bible
Police Chiefs
Three big-city police chiefs reveal sharply differing philosophies of law enforcement. Daryl Gates introduced SWAT to Lo
Kamala and Raji
Two poor women in India attempt to improve their lives. Kamala and Raji's resourcefulness, aspirations, and capacity for
Days of Waiting
Artist Estelle Peck Ishigo went with her Japanese American husband into an internment camp during World War II, one of t
Golub
The role of art in America has been debated everywhere from the Halls of Congress to the local shopping mall. More than
Green Streets
If a tree can grow in Brooklyn, can an eggplant flourish in the Bronx? Community gardens in New York City have helped to
Going Up
The creation of a skyscraper is transformed into a breathtaking visual experience as time-lapse photography, hard hat ba
Motel
Behind the faded signs of three motels in the American Southwest lay entire worlds of passion, loyalty, adventure and fa
Ossian: American Boy, Tibetan Monk
Ossian Maclise is not an average American teenager. Born in Massachusetts, he has been living in a Tibetan Buddhist mona
¡Teatro!
Founded by a Jesuit priest from St. Louis, a grassroots theatre company takes its shows on the unpaved roads of Honduras
People Power
After years of witnessing firsthand the horrors of guerrilla wars, Israeli-born producer Ilan Ziv traveled to Chile, the
Letter to the Next Generation
Are college students today apathetic and self-centered? Twenty years after National Guardsmen opened fire on student ant
Absolutely Positive
Peter Adair asks 11 people — women and men, gay and straight, from all walks of life — to share their stories about
Marc and Ann
Marc Savoy knows only one way to talk about Cajun music -- with the same passion and conviction as the music itself. Leg
Plena Is Work, Plena Is Song
Plena is in Puerto Rico what the blues are in the U.S.: a musical expression abounding with romance, daily news, and per
Twinsburg, OH: Some Kind of Weird Twin Thing
Every year 2,500 sets of twins gather in Twinsburg, Ohio for Twins Days. Most are dressed alike, many live together, and
Honorable Nations
For 99 years, the residents of Salamanca, N.Y. have rented the land under their homes for an average of $1/year from the
Chemical Valley
A series of accidents at a West Virginia chemical plant producing the same deadly toxins that caused the disaster in Bho
Sea of Oil
The Exxon Valdez disaster left far more than a soiled coastline in its wake. Grief, suspicion, anger and greed oozed thr
Turn Here Sweet Corn
A search for meaning beyond cliches and nostalgia, as a family farm is lost to speculative suburban real estate develope
Tongues Untied
Angry, funny, erotic and poetic by turns (and sometimes all at once), this exploration of what it means to be black and
Berkeley in the Sixties
From the Free Speech Movement to the anti-war protests to the last stand over People's Park, Berkeley, California became
A Little Vicious
A pit bull, his elderly master, and a dog trainer/philosopher form a curious love triangle. Elegantly crafted, wryly nar
The Big Bang
Whether the subject is sex, death, madness or God, The Big Bang never lets up in its weird and wonderful search for the
Maria's Story
Maria Serrano, El Salvadoran wife, mother, and guerrilla leader, helps plan a major nationwide offensive that led to the
Homes Apart
Ten million families were separated between North and South Korea when the Korean War ended in 1953. Beginning with the
Where the Heart Roams
Romance novels comprise nearly half the paperback books sold in America. Chiffon-shrouded, jewel-laden, flower-bedecked
Casting the First Stone
Abortion has been at the center of one of the most dramatic and wrenching debates of our times, but the social forces an
Short Notice: A Series of Short Films
Episode 1
Intimate Stranger
Finding Christa
Last Images of War
The Longest Shadow
A Season in Hell
Promise Not to Tell
Dream Deceivers: The Story Behind James Vance Vs. Judas Priest
Dream Deceivers: The Story Behind James Vance Vs. Judas Priest is a TV series.
Fast Food Women
Takeover
Faith Even to the Fire
Louisiana Boys: Raised on Politics
Pets or Meat
Roger and Me
Silverlake Life: The View From Here
Who's Going To Pay For These Donuts, Anyway?
When Your Head's Not A Head, It's A Nut
Compassion in Exile: The Story of the 14th Dalai Lama
For Better Or For Worse
Motel
Money Man
Building Bombs: The Legacy
Miami-Havana
Cousin Bobby
Cousin Bobby is a 1992 American documentary film directed by Jonathan Demme. The film focuses on Demme's cousin, Robert
The Women Next Door
Sa-I-Gu
Time Indefinite
One Nation Under God
Memories of Tata
The End of the Nightstick
The Heart of the Matter
Passin' It On
Passin' It On is a 1993 documentary film directed by Jon Valadez.
Hearts of Darkness
Dialogues with Madwomen
Dialogues with Madwomen is a 1993 documentary by Allie Light focusing on mental illness in women.
The Times of a Sign: A Folk History of the Iran-Contra Scandal
Escape From China
Leona's Sister Gerri
Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter
Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter is a 1994 documentary film directed by Deborah Hoffmann, with her wife, Frances Reid, a
No Place Like Home
Out of Sight
Satya: A Prayer for the Enemy
Satya: A Prayer for the Enemy is a 1995 short documentary film directed by Ellen Bruno.
Lighting the 7th Fire
Twitch and Shout
Home Economics: A Documentary of Suburbia
Dealers Among Dealers
Dealers Among Dealers is a 1995 documentary film directed by Gaylen Ross.
Carmen Miranda: Bananas is My Business
Taking On The Kennedys
¡Palante Siempre Palante! The Young Lords
Personal Belongings
A Litany For Survival: the Life and Work of Audre Lorde
A Litany For Survival: the Life and Work of Audre Lorde is a 1995 documentary film directed by Ada Gay Griffin and Miche
a.k.a. Don Bonus
"Although Ny admits that it is very uncomfortable for a traditional Cambodian family to talk about its secrets publicly,
No Loans Today
The Transformation
The Women Outside
Just For The Ride
Remembering Wei Yi-fang, Remembering Myself
Xich-lo (Cyclo)
Taken for a Ride
This documentary exposes the role of General Motors' in the "Great American Street Car Scandal" of the 1930s. The scanda
Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision
Nobody's Business
Battle for the Minds
A Healthy Baby Girl
Jesse's Gone
Fear and Learning at Hoover Elementary
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
Who Is Henry Jaglom? is a 1997 documentary film directed by Henry Alex Rubin and Jeremy Workman.
In Whose Honor?
Takes a critical look at the long-standing practice of 'honoring' American Indians by using their names for mascots and
Girls Like Us
Blacks and Jews
A Perfect Candidate
Disproving the adage that there are no second acts in American life, Iran/Contra legend Oliver North re-emerged to chall
Baby, It's You
Tobacco Blues
The Band
Licensed to Kill
Kelly Loves Tony
If I Can't Do It
Barbie Nation: An Unauthorized Tour
The Vanishing Line
Sacrifice
She Shorts: Cuba 15
She Shorts: Repetition Compulsion
She Shorts: Two or Three Things But Nothing For Sure
Family Name
The Legacy
Well-Founded Fear
Well-Founded Fear is a 2000 documentary film from directors Shari Robertson and Michael Camerini. The film takes its tit
Golden Threads
In My Corner
The Green Monster
Rabbit In The Moon
Corpus: A Home Movie For Selena
Corpus: A Home Movie about Selena is a film by filmmaker, Lourdes Portillo about Mexican American singer-songwriter Sele
School Prayer: A Community At War
The Double Life of Ernesto Gomez Gomez
The Double Life of Ernesto Gomez Gomez is a TV episode/documentary film directed by Gary Weimberg and Catherine Ryan.
Regret to Inform
Regret to Inform is a 1998 American documentary film directed by Barbara Sonneborn. It was nominated for an Academy Awar
Butterfly
Chronicling the two-year “tree-sit” by environmental activist Julia Hill, examining the controversy over clear-cutti
La Boda
“La Boda” (The Wedding) follows a Mexican-American migrant farmworker during the six days prior to her nuptials. Bri
Stranger With A Camera
Stranger With A Camera is a 2000 documentary film by director Elizabeth Barret investigating the circumstances surroundi
Blink
Ex-white supremacist Ron Withrow, who founded the White Students Union at a California college, discusses why he became
Our House in Havana
Following Cuban expatriate Silvia Moroni Heath, the daughter of a sugar planter, as she returns to her homeland after an
Dreamland
Gambling hits home in filmmaker Lisanne Skyler's perceptive profile of Las Vegas residents living with constant temptati
American Gypsy: A Stranger in Everybody's Land
Exploring the secretive and largely unassimilated Romani culture as it follows one Spokane, Wash., Gypsy family. That fa
KPFA on the Air
A heartfelt history of KFPA, the nation's oldest alternative radio station, the Pacifica Foundation's eclectic flagship,
Live Free or Die
Following abortion politics as they played out during the 1990s in one U.S. town, Bedford, N.H. It focuses on OB/GYN Way
First Person Plural
A Korean-American adoptee tries to forge relationships with her biological family as she sorts out her feelings toward h
Scout's Honor
The Sweetest Sound
My American Girls: A Dominican Story
Of Civil Wrongs and Rights: The Fred Korematsu Story
True-Hearted Vixens
Take It from Me
In the Light of Reverence
A beautifully rendered account of the struggles of the Lakota in the Black Hills, the Hopi in Arizona and the Wintu in C
Life and Debt
Life and Debt is an unapologetic look at the "new world order," from the point of view of Jamaican workers, farmers, gov
High School
5 Girls
Promises
Hybrid
Milford Beeghly discusses his company Beeghly's Best Hybrids.
Refrigerator Mothers
It is America of the 1950s and 1960s, when a woman's most important contribution to society is generally considered to b
Fenceline: A Company Town Divided
How black and white populations in Norco, La., have responded to links between a refinery's activities and people's illn
Sweet Old Song
Sweet Old Song is a 2002 documentary film directed by Leah Mahan.
Mai's America
A high school girl leaves Hanoi and comes to Mississippi.
Senorita Extraviada
Circumstances surrounding the discovery of the remains of more than 200 murdered girls in the desert around Juarez, Mexi
Escuela
A Mexican-American migrant teenager's freshman year in high school and how she handled work, education and family life.
Afghanistan 1380
Surgeon Gino Strada and coordinator Kate Rowlands try to provide medical and humanitarian support to civilian victims of
Boomtown
Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin
Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin is a 2003 documentary film written by Marc Weiss and directed by Nancy D. Ka
Two Towns of Jasper
Two film crews document the aftermath of the murder of a black man by three white men in 1998 and the trials of the men
Flag Wars
A black community in Columbus, Ohio, struggles with cultural and legal conflicts while experiencing urban renewal.
Larry v. Lockney
A farmer in Lockney, Texas, makes headlines after he refuses the school permission to test his son for drugs during rand
Discovering Dominga
Massacre survivor Denese Becker returns to her Guatemalan village on a journey of self-discovery and to find her roots.
Georgie Girl
What are the chances that a former prostitute could be elected a Member of the Parliament of New Zealand by a conservati
The Flute Player
Musician Arn Chorn-Pond, a survivor of the Khmer Rouge regime, travels to his native Cambodia to face his past.
90 Miles
90 Miles is a 2001 documentary film written and directed by Juan Carlos Zaldívar. The film is a recounting of the event
American Aloha: Hula Beyond Hawai'i
Few American icons are as well known for their popular kitsch as the hula dance. From old Hollywood movies to entertainm
West 47th Street
West 47th Street is a documentary film produced by Bill Lichtenstein and June Peoples of the Peabody Award-winning Licht
Family Fundamentals
Three Christian families who have gay children campaign against gay rights.
Soldados: Chicanos in Viet Nam; The Sixth Section
The experiences of Mexican-Americans participating in the Vietnam War.
State of Denial
State of Denial is a 2003 documentary film about AIDS in Africa, produced and directed by Elaine Epstein. The film highl
What I Want My Words to Do to You
Eve Ensler conducts a writing workshop for female inmates at a state prison in New York.
Larry v. Lockney
Bill's Run: A Political Journey in Rural Kansas
Filmmaker Richard Kassebaum chronicles his brother Bill's run for the Kansas House of Representatives.
Love & Diane
Flag Wars is a poignant account of the politics and pain of gentrification. Working-class black residents in Columbus, O
Farmingville
"In the current frigid national climate facing economic migrants, Carlos Sandoval and Catherine Tambini enter the trauma
War Feels Like War
War Feels Like War is a 2004 British documentary film. It was broadcast in the United States as part of the P.O.V. serie
Thirst
Global corporations who buy up local water supplies and sell for profit, including a look at tensions in Bolivia, India
Last Man Standing: Politics---Texas Style
What is old is often new again. Most funerals today are part of a multimillion-dollar industry run by professionals. Thi
A Family Undertaking
The movement to take the end of life process out of corporate funeral parlours and put it back into the family's hands.
Speedo: A Demolition Derby Love Story
A profile of demolition-derby driver Ed "Speedo" Jager.
Every Mother's Son
Three New York mothers unite to seek justice for police brutality.
Freedom Machines
Freedom Machines is a 2004 PBS/P.O.V. documentary that looks at disability in the age of technology, presenting intimate
A Panther in Africa
Pete O'Neal, a former leader of the Black Panthers, lives in exile in Tanzania.
Chisholm '72
Shirley Chisholm's 1972 presidential bid.
The Education of Shelby Knox
Teenager Shelby Knox advocates sex education in the high schools of her hometown, Lubbock, Texas.
Big Enough
Physical and emotional challenges faced by the dwarfs profiled in the 1982 film "Little People."
Lost Boys of Sudan
Lost Boys of Sudan is a feature-length documentary that follows two Sudanese refugees on an extraordinary journey from A
Wattstax
Wattstax is a 1973 documentary film by Mel Stuart that focused on the 1972 Wattstax music festival and the African Ameri
Episode 15
Episode 16
Chisholm `72: Unbought & Unbossed
Chisholm `72: Unbought Unbossed is a PBS P.O.V. documentary about Shirley Chisholm.
The Education of Shelby Knox
The Education of Shelby Knox is 2005 documentary film that tells the coming-of-age story of public speaker and feminist
Big Enough
A follow-up to the 1982 Emmy-nominated film Little People, Big Enough is a 2004 documentary film about Anu Trombino, Kar
Street Fight
The Fire Next Time
The Brooklyn Connection
The Self-Made Man
In the Realms of the Unreal
In the Realms of the Unreal is a 2004 documentary about outsider artist Henry Darger. An obscure janitor during his lif
Hardwood
Hardwood is a 2005 short documentary film about Canadian director Hubert Davis' relationship to his father, former Harle
Bright Leaves
Bright Leaves is a 2003 documentary film by independent filmmaker Ross McElwee about the association his family had with
Hiding and Seeking: Faith and Tolerance After the Holocaust
Hiding and Seeking: Faith and Tolerance After the Holocaust is 2004 documentary film about Menachem Daum, an Orthodox Je
The Hobart Shakespeareans
The Hobart Shakespeareans of Hobart Boulevard Elementary School is a 2005 documentary film that tells the story of the i
Omar & Pete
A Thousand Words
A Song for Daniel
I Used to Be a Filmmaker
No More Tears Sister
A story of love, revolution and betrayal, No More Tears Sister explores the price of truth in times of war. Set during t
Kokoyakyu: High School Baseball
In Japan, baseball is not a pastime — it's a national obsession. And for many of the country's youth, the sport has be
Tintin and I
Why do the comic-strip Adventures of Tintin, about an intrepid boy reporter, continue to fascinate us decades after thei
The Fall of Fujimori
In 1990, an unknown candidate named Alberto Fujimori rode a wave of popular support to become the president of Peru. He
The Tailenders
Global Recordings Network (GRN), founded in Los Angeles in 1939, has produced audio versions of Bible stories in over 5,
Al Otro Lado
The proud Mexican tradition of corrido music—captured in the performances of Mexican band Los Tigres del Norte and the
Lomax the Songhunter
Alan Lomax was "the song hunter." He devoted his life to recording the world's folk tunes before they would permanently
Waging a Living
The term "working poor" should be an oxymoron. If you work full time, you should not be poor, but more than 30 million A
The Boys of Baraka
Devon, Montrey, Richard, and Romesh are just at that age — 12 and 13 years old — when boys start to become men. But
Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela
In the wake of his stepfather’s death, Thomas Allen Harris embarks on a journey of reconciliation with the man who rai
No Bigger Than a Minute
"My name is Steven, and I am a dwarf..." So begins No Bigger than a Minute, a stylishly eclectic documentary film that i
Maquilapolis: City of Factories
Just over the border in Mexico is an area peppered with maquiladoras: massive factories often owned by the world's large
My Country, My Country
My Country, My Country is a 2006 documentary film about Iraq under U.S. occupation by the filmmaker Laura Poitras.
Lawn
Rain in a Dry Land
How do you measure the distance from an African village to an American city? What does it mean to be a refugee in today'
Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars
If the refugee is today’s tragic icon of a war-torn world, then Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars, a reggae-inflected
Standing Silent Nation
What does a family have to endure to create a future for itself? In April 2000, Alex White Plume and his Lakota family p
Revolution '67
Revolution ’67 is an illuminating account of events too often relegated to footnotes in U.S. history – the black urb
The Chances of the World Changing
A decade ago, after an epiphany at a New York restaurant, Richard Ogust began dedicating his time and resources to rescu
Prison Town, USA
In the 1990s, at the height of the prison-building boom, a prison opened in rural America every 15 days. Prison Town, US
Following Sean
Thirty years after making a celebrated student short about a four-year-old child of free spirits living in San Francisco
Arctic Son
In Arctic Son, the clash of tradition and modernity puts a Native father and son at odds in the village of Old Crow, 80
Libby, Montana
Nestled below the rugged peaks of the Northern Rockies in Montana—as iconic a representation of America’s “purple
Made in L.A.
Los Angeles is now the country’s center for apparel manufacturing, but many of its factories bear an eerie resemblance
The Camden 28
How far would you go to stop a war? The Camden 28 recalls a 1971 raid on a Camden, N.J., draft board office by “Cathol
Lumo
The agonies of present-day Africa are deeply etched in the bodies of women. In eastern Congo on the Rwanda border, vying
49 Up
In one of documentary cinema’s more remarkable enterprises, 49 Up makes its U.S. broadcast premiere as the seventh in
Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner
Tony Kushner, whose epochal Angels in America won a Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award, has emerged as one of the country’
Traces of the Trade: A Story From the Deep North
The 21st-season opener features "Traces of the Trade: A Story From the Deep North," an exploration of filmmaker Katrina
Election Day
Forget the pie charts, color-coded maps and hyperventilating pundits. What's the street-level experience of voters in to
The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández
In 1997, U.S. Marines patrolling the Texas-Mexico border as part of the War on Drugs shot and killed Esequiel Hernández
The Last Conquistador
Renowned sculptor John Houser has a dream: to build the world's tallest bronze equestrian statue for the city of El Paso
9 Star Hotel
A group of young Palestinian men work illegally as construction laborers in the Israeli city of Modi'in. Caught between
Campaign
This is democracy — Japanese style. Campaign provides a startling insider's view of Japanese electoral politics in thi
Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music
In this classic 1969 documentary, the Man in Black is captured at his peak, the first of many in a looming roller-coaste
Belarusian Waltz
Belarus has been called "Europe's last dictatorship." Since 1994, Alexander Lukashenko has ruled the ex-Soviet republic
The Judge and the General
When in 1998 Chilean judge Juan Guzmán was assigned the first criminal cases against the country's ex-dictator, General
Calavera Highway
When brothers Armando and Carlos Peña set off to carry their mother's ashes to south Texas, their road trip turns into
Critical Condition
What happens if you fall sick and are one of 47 million people in America without health insurance? Critical Condition b
In the Family
How much would you sacrifice to survive? When Chicago filmmaker Joanna Rudnick tested positive for the "breast cancer ge
Up the Yangtze
Nearing completion, China's massive Three Gorges Dam is altering the landscape and the lives of people living along the
Soldiers of Conscience
When is it right to kill? In the midst of war, is it right to refuse? Eight U.S. soldiers today, some who killed and som
Inheritance
Imagine watching Schindler's List and knowing the sadistic Nazi camp commandant played by Ralph Fiennes was your father.
New Muslim Cool
Puerto Rican-American rapper Hamza Pérez pulled himself out of drug dealing and street life 12 years ago and became a M
Beyond Hatred
In September 2002, three skinheads were roaming a park in Rheims, France, looking to "do an Arab," when they settled for
Life.Support.Music
In 2004, Jason Crigler's life was taking off. He was one of New York's hottest young guitarists, his new CD was due for
The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal Court
The International Criminal Court is the first permanent court to prosecute perpetrators of crimes against humanity, war
The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
Filmed over 23 years, The Betrayal is the Academy Award-nominated directorial debut of renowned cinematographer Ellen Ku
Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go
One of Britain's leading documentary filmmakers takes a vérité look at Oxford's Mulberry Bush School for emotionally d
Shorts Program
A collection of short documentaries, including "Utopia, Part 3: The World's Largest Shopping Mall," about the 7-million-
This Way Up
This is a story about a wall - the separations it's meant to enforce, and the unintended ones it creates. The security w
Ella es el Matador (She Is the Matador)
For Spaniards — and for the world — nothing has expressed their country's traditionally rigid gender roles more powe
English Surgeon
What is it like to have power over life and death, and yet to struggle with your own humanity? This is the story of accl
The Principal Story
Two stories that paint a dramatic portrait of the challenges facing America's public schools — and of the great differ
Bronx Princess
Rocky Otoo is the Bronx-bred teenage daughter of Ghanaian parents, and she's no pushover. She is a sassy high-achiever b
The Way We Get By
On call 24 hours a day for the past five years, a group of senior citizens has made history by greeting over 900,000 Ame
Patti Smith: Dream of Life
Take a remarkable plunge into the life, art, memories and philosophical reflections of the legendary rocker, poet and ar
Food, Inc.
How much do we know about the food we buy at our local supermarkets and serve to our families? Though our food appears t
William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe
The Beaches of Agnès
The Beaches of Agnès is a 2008 French documentary film directed by Agnès Varda. The film is an autobiographical essay
Promised Land
Though apartheid ended in South Africa in 1994, economic injustices between blacks and whites remain unresolved. As reve
Good Fortune
Good Fortune is a provocative exploration of how massive international efforts to alleviate poverty in Africa may be und
El General
Past and present collide as award-winning filmmaker Natalia Almada (Al Otro Lado, POV 2006) brings to life audio recordi
Presumed Guilty
Imagine being picked up off the street, told you have committed a murder you know nothing about and then finding yoursel
Salt
In his search for “somewhere I could point my camera into pure space,” award-winning photographer Murray Fredericks
The Edge of Dreaming
Scottish filmmaker Amy Hardie has built a career making science documentaries that reflect her rational temperament. Whe
Wo Ai Ni (I Love You) Mommy
What is it like to be torn from your Chinese foster family, put on a plane with strangers and wake up in a new country,
Off and Running
Off and Running is the story of Brooklyn teenager Avery, a track star with a bright future. She is the adopted African-A
In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee
Her passport said she was Cha Jung Hee. She knew she was not. So began a 40-year deception for a Korean adoptee who came
The Oath
Filmed in Yemen and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, The Oath interweaves the stories of Abu Jandal, Osama bin Laden’s former bod
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers is a 2009 documentary film directed by Judith
Kings of Pastry
When Chris Hegedus and D A Pennebaker, award-winning filmmakers of The War Room, Startup.com and Don’t Look Back, turn
My Perestroika
My Perestroika is an intimate look at the last generation of Soviet children. Five classmates go from living sheltered c
Sweetgrass
Sweetgrass presents a riveting and poetic portrait of the American West just as one of its traditional ways of life dies
Enemies of the People
The Khmer Rouge slaughtered nearly two million people in the late 1970s. Yet the “killing fields” of Cambodia have r
Biblioburro: The Donkey Library
The Donkey Library is the story of a librarian — and a library — like no other. A decade ago, Colombian teacher Luis
Mugabe and the White African
Mugabe and the White African, much of which was filmed clandestinely, tells an alarming story from one of the world’s
Steam of Life
From a land of long, dark winters comes Steam of Life, a moody, comic and moving study of Finnish men as framed by the n
POV Short Cuts
A one-hour collection of documentary shorts by established and emerging filmmakers, including: Big Birding Day – Dav
Armadillo
In 2009, Janus Metz and cameraman Lars Skree accompanied a platoon of Danish soldiers to Armadillo, a combat operations
Better This World
The story of Bradley Crowder and David McKay, who were accused of intending to firebomb the 2008 Republican National Con
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front explores two of America’s most pressing issues — environmenta
The Learning
One hundred years ago, American teachers established the English-speaking public school system of the Philippines. Now,
Last Train Home
Every spring, China’s cities are plunged into chaos as 130 million migrant workers journey to their home villages for
Where Soldiers Come From
From a small town in northern Michigan to the mountains of Afghanistan, "Where Soldiers Come From" follows the journey o
Racing Dreams
'Racing Dreams' chronicles a year in the life of three "tweens" who dream of becoming NASCAR drivers. Though they aren't
American Tongues
American Gypsy
There are over one million Gypsies living in America today, and most people don’t know anything about them. It is one
My Reincarnation
High Tibetan Buddhist Master Chögyal Namkhal Norbu teaches in the West, while his son, Yeshi, breaks from tradition and
Granito: How to Nail a Dictator
In a stunning milestone for justice in Central America, a Guatemalan court recently charged former dictator Efraín Rios
The City Dark
Is darkness becoming extinct? A meditation on the human relationship to the stars.
Guilty Pleasures
Every four seconds a romance novel published by Harlequin or its British counterpart, Mills & Boon, is sold somewhere in
The Light in Her Eyes
Houda al-Habash, a conservative Muslim preacher, founded a Qur’an school for girls in Damascus, Syria, 30 years ago. E
Up Heartbreak Hill
Up Heartbreak Hill chronicles the lives of three high school seniors living on the Navajo Nation and struggling to shape
POV Short Cuts
Five shorts, including "The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement," about an octogenarian Alab
I'm Carolyn Parker: The Good, the Mad, and the Beautiful
Jonathan Demme’s portrait of post-Katrina New Orleans tells the story of Carolyn Parker, a lifelong resident of the Lo
El Velador (The Night Watchman)
From dusk to dawn, 'El Velador' accompanies Martin, a guard who watches over the extravagant mausoleums of some of Mexic
Give Up Tomorrow
Exposing shocking corruption within the judicial system of the Philippines in one of the most sensational trials in the
Sun Kissed
When a Navajo couple uncovers a hidden link between their children’s rare genetic disorder and the American government
Nostalgia for the Light
Patricio Guzmán's Nostalgia for the Light is a remarkable meditation on memory, history and eternity. Chile’s remote
Reportero
A veteran reporter and his colleagues at an independent newsweekly defy powerful drug cartels and corrupt officials to c
Girl Model
A lyrical exploration of youth, beauty and ambition, seen through the eyes of a conflicted American scout and a 13-year-
Homegoings
Season 26 opens with "Homegoings," which profiles Harlem funeral director Isaiah Owens, the son of a South Carolina shar
Special Flight
Special Flight is a dramatic account of the plight of undocumented foreigners at the Frambois detention center in Geneva
Herman's House
Herman Wallace has spent more than 40 years in a 6’ x 9’ prison cell. He works with artist Jackie Sumell to imagine
Only the Young
Three teens in a Southern California town wrestle with questions of love and friendship along with adult realities of fi
xoxosms
The modern-day love story of a guy from small-town Illinois who reaches out to a beautiful New York City art student fro
High Tech, Low Life
High Tech, Low Life follows two of China’s first citizen-reporters, bloggers who are fighting censorship to document t
Neurotypical
A 4-year-old, a teenager and an adult, all on the autism spectrum and at pivotal moments in their lives, work with their
The Law in These Parts
For the first time, Israeli military and legal professionals who devised the legal framework behind the occupation are i
5 Broken Cameras
Oscar®nominee 5 Broken Cameras depicts life in a West Bank village where a security fence is being built. The film was
Ping Pong
Seven players with 620 years between them compete in the Over 80 World Table Tennis Championships. Ping Pong is a medita
The World Before Her
The World Before Her is a tale of two Indias: In one, a small-town girl competes in the Miss India pageant. In the other
Best Kept Secret
A Newark, N.J. public high school teacher races against the clock to find a place in the world for her students with aut
Brooklyn Castle
Brooklyn public school I.S. 318, serving mostly minority students from working-class families, has won more than 30 nati
56 Up
In 1964 a group of 7-year-old children were interviewed for the groundbreaking documentary Seven Up. Michael Apted has b
Listening Is an Act of Love: A StoryCorps Special
Celebrate the transformative power of listening with this animated special from the oral history project StoryCorps, whi
American Promise
American Promise spans 13 years as Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson, middle-class African-American parents in Brookl
When I Walk
The Season 27 premiere features Jason DaSilva's "When I Walk," in which the filmmaker chronicles his life for five years
American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs
A profile of 98-year-old Grace Lee Boggs, a Chinese-American social activist in Detroit who has spent much of her adult
My Way to Olympia
Filmmaker Niko von Glasow profiles participants at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London, including a one-handed Norwegian
Getting Back to Abnormal
The changed realities of post-Katrina New Orleans, including a population that is less African-American and less poor th
Dance for Me
The world of professional ballroom dancing in Denmark, where participants often look beyond the country's borders for th
Fallen City
After Beichuan, China was destroyed in an earthquake, buildings are rebuilt more quickly than the community. Official S
15 to Life: Kenneth's Story
The story of a 15-year old sentenced to four life sentences. Does society benefit from incarcerating young teens to a li
A World Not Ours
A family's experience living in a Lebanese refugee camp for multiple generations. Love and family are tinged with desper
Big Men
Explorers the world of backroom negotiations and deal making in Ghana's oil business.
After Tiller
The story of the four abortion doctors that remained in Wichita, Kansas after the assassination of George Tiller in 2009
The Genius of Marian
Pam White and her family struggle to retain her memories and life by recording their interactions in the face of an Alzh
Koch
The mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989, Ed Koch fought crime and financial difficulties during a difficult period
The Act of Killing
Joshua Oppenheimer visits men accused of playing a key role in the killing of over one-million Indonesians in 1965. Init
Out in the Night
Season 28 opens with "Out in the Night," about four African-American lesbian friends who became embroiled in a melee wit
The Overnighters
"The Overnighters," about the North Dakota oil boom, details the goings-on at a Williston church whose pastor turned it
Tough Love
A single dad in Seattle and a mother of two in NYC navigate the child welfare system in hopes of regaining custody of th
Web Junkie
A look at Internet addiction in China via the experiences of teens at Daxing Boot Camp in Beijing, one of some 400 rehab
Return to Homs
The transformation of a one-time goalie for the Syrian national soccer team from peaceful protester to armed opponent of
Tea Time
Five Chilean women meet each month for tea and pastries, a tradition they've maintained for 60 years. Through the decade
Beats of the Antonov
A look at life along the Sudan-South Sudan border, where many who fought to create South Sudan found themselves on the w
Neuland
Meet the young migrants in a Swiss integration class, who have made long and arduous journeys for a new life. Separated
Point and Shoot
Ride shotgun with Matt VanDyke, who films his self-transformation from a timid 26-year-old to a motorcycle-driving rebel
The Storm Makers
More than half a million Cambodians work abroad, and a staggering third of those become slaves. Many are young women, he
Cutie and the Boxer
An Oscar-nominated reflection on love, sacrifice and the creative spirit, this candid New York tale explores the chaotic
Don't Tell Anyone (No Le Digas a Nadie)
In a community where silence is seen as necessary for survival, immigrant activist Angy Rivera joins a generation of Dre
Art and Craft
A cat-and-mouse caper told with humor and compassion, Art and Craft uncovers the universal in one man's search for conne
Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case
How the government's attempts to silence Ai Weiwei have turned him into China's most powerful artist and an irrepressibl
The Return
An unprecedented reform to California's "Three Strikes" law seen through the eyes of those on the front lines – prison
Of Men and War
At a first-of-its-kind PTSD treatment center in California, follow Iraq and Afghanistan veterans and their families on t
The Look of Silence
An optometrist identifies the men who killed his brother in the horrific 1965 Indonesian genocide. He confronts them whi
Pervert Park
Florida Justice Transitions trailer park is home to 120 sex offenders, all battling their own demons as they work toward
Iris
Iris pairs the late documentarian Albert Maysles, then 87, with Iris Apfel, the quick-witted, flamboyantly dressed 93-ye
EXIT: A Mobile Guide to the Post Apocalypse
An escape from the doomsday thinking that is ruining our collective imaginations. An experience for smartphones composed
The Birth of Saké
Go behind the scenes at Japan's Yoshida Brewery, where a brotherhood of artisans, ranging from 20 to 70, spend six month
All the Difference
The largely invisible and often crushing struggles of young African-American men come vividly--and heroically--to life i
Kingdom of Shadows
Emmy®-nominated filmmaker Bernardo Ruiz takes an unflinching look at the hard choices and destructive consequences of t
From This Day Forward
When director Sharon Shattuck's father came out as transgender, Sharon was in the awkward throes of middle school. As th
Hooligan Sparrow
The danger is palpable as intrepid young filmmaker Nanfu Wang follows maverick activist Ye Haiyan (aka Hooligan Sparrow)
Thank You For Playing
When Ryan Green, a video game programmer, learns that his young son Joel has cancer, he and his wife begin documenting t
What Tomorrow Brings
Inside the very first girls' school in a small Afghan village, education goes far beyond the classroom as the students d
Dalya's Other Country
The nuanced story of a family displaced by the Syrian conflict and remaking themselves after the parents separate. Effer
4.1 Miles
Daphne Matziaraki follows a day in the life of Kyriakos Papadopoulos, a captain in the Greek Coast Guard who is caught i
The War Show
Radio host Obaidah Zytoon captures the fate of Syria through the intimate lens of a small circle of friends and journali
Last Men in Aleppo
After five years of war in Syria, the remaining citizens of Aleppo are getting ready for a siege. Through the eyes of vo
Presenting Princess Shaw
Samantha Montgomery placed her dreams on YouTube. Then they became a reality. Presenting Princess Shaw is the extraordin
Shalom Italia
In Shalom Italia, three Italian Jewish brothers set off on a journey through Tuscany, in search of a cave where they hid
Joe's Violin
A donated musical instrument forges an improbable friendship. 91-year-old Holocaust survivor Joe Feingold and 12-year-ol
Memories of a Penitent Heart
Filmmaker Cecilia Aldarondo suspected that there was something ugly in her family's past. Memories of a Penitent Heart e
Tribal Justice
Two Native American judges reach back to traditional concepts of justice in order to reduce incarceration rates, foster
Raising Bertie
An intimate portrait of three African American boys as they face a precarious coming of age in rural Bertie County, Nort
The Grown-Ups
In a school for individuals with Down Syndrome, four middle-aged friends yearn for a life of greater autonomy in a socie
Bill Nye: Science Guy
The Rainey family are an African-American family living in Philadelphia.
Quest
Bill Nye advocates the importance of science, research and discovery.
Singing With Angry Bird
Jae-Chang Kim, a Korean opera singer who runs a children's choir in India, trains parents and their children for a joint
Brimstone & Glory
The town of Tultepec in south-central Mexico becomes famous for its manufacturing of fireworks.
The Workers Cup
African and Asian migrant workers building the facilities for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar participate in a football tour
Lindy Lou, Juror Number 2
A juror deals with guilt and regret after she and 11 others hand down the death penalty to a Mississippi man convicted o
Girl Unbound
Maria Toorpakai represents Pakistan as an internationally competitive squash player.
Whose Streets?
An account of the Ferguson uprising as told by the people who lived it.
Still Tomorrow
Yu Xiuhua, a 39-year-old woman who has cerebral palsy, deals with fame when her book of poetry becomes a best-seller in
Nowhere To Hide
Male nurse Nori Sharif and his family experience many changes as conflicts continue with Iraqi militias and the Islamic
Voices of the Sea
A Cuban mother of four longs for escape and a chance to build a better life.
93Queen
Hasidic women in Borough Park, Brooklyn, create the first all-female volunteer ambulance corps in New York.
Survivors
Two health care workers in Sierra Leone face the Ebola epidemic in their country.
Dark Money
A journalist in Montana investigates the impacts of the U.S. Supreme Court's Citizens United decision.
The Apology
Former comfort women who were forced into sexual slavery during World War II fight for justice and reconciliation.
Minding the Gap
Three young men bond through skateboarding to escape their volatile family life in their Rust Belt home town.
306 Hollywood
Two siblings undertake an archaeological excavation of their late grandmother's house.
Roll Red Roll
At a 2012 pre-season high-school football party in Steubenville, Ohio, a young woman was raped by members of the beloved
The Gospel of Eureka
Faith, love and civil rights collide on voting day in a small Southern town that hosts a famous performance of the last
Call Her Ganda
When Jennifer Laude, a Filipina trans woman, is brutally murdered by a U.S. Marine, three women intimately invested in t
Bisbee 17
Residents of Bisbee, Ariz., commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Bisbee Deportation when 1,200 immigrant miners were
On Her Shoulders
Nadia Murad, a 23-year-old Yazidi, survived genocide and sexual slavery committed by ISIS. Repeating her story to politi
Inventing Tomorrow
Take a journey with young minds from around the globe as they prepare their projects for the largest convening of high s
The Distant Barking of Dogs
Hnutove, Donbass, eastern Ukraine, 2015. Young Oleg lives in a war zone where anti-aircraft gunshots and missile attacks
Happy Winter
Every summer on Mondello Beach in Palermo, more than a thousand cabins are erected to house the same number of groups of
Farmsteaders
Clear-eyed and intimate, Farmsteaders follows Nick Nolan and his young family on a journey to resurrect his late grandfa
Grit
A teenager recruits her neighbours to fight against a multinational natural gas drilling company allegedly responsible f
The Silence of Others
Victims and survivors of Gen. Francisco Franco's dictatorship in Spain continue to seek justice 40 years later.
America
When a man and his brothers return to their hometown of Colima, Mexico, to care for their grandmother, they clash over m
The Feeling of Being Watched
Journalist Assia Boundaoui uncovers FBI documents about "Operation Vulgar Betrayal," a pre-9/11 counterterrorist probe c
Blowin’ Up
The challenges facing a group of women determined to change the way women arrested for prostitution are prosecuted.
Midnight Traveler
The dangers facing refugees seeking asylum come to light as Afghan director Hassan Fazili documents his family's journey
The Rescue List
Two children recover from enslavement to fishermen in a rehabilitation shelter in Ghana.
Episode 17
And She Could Be Next, Part 1
The story of a defiant movement of women of color, transforming politics from the ground up by fighting for a truly refl
And She Could Be Next, Part 2
The story of a defiant movement of women of color, transforming politics from the ground up by fighting for a truly refl
We Are the Radical Monarchs
Meet the Radical Monarchs, a group of young girls of color on the frontlines of social justice. Follow the group as they
Advocate
Meet Israeli lawyer Lea Tsemel, a political firebrand who is known by her opponents as "the devil's advocate" for her de
Chez Jolie Coiffure
In this captivating documentary filmed in a single tiny room, viewers step inside an underground hair salon with its cha
About Love
Three generations of the Phadke family live together in their home in Mumbai. When the youngest daughter turns the camer
Portraits and Dreams
Photographs taken by Kentucky schoolchildren in the 1970s, their lives since then, and the linkage of personal memory to
Love Child
A young couple flees Iran with their son, Mani, seeking asylum in Turkey so they can start a new life.
In My Blood It Runs
Ten-year-old Aboriginal Dujuan is a child-healer, a good hunter and speaks three languages.Yet Dujuan is ‘failing’ i
Our Time Machine
When artist Maleonn realizes that his father suffers from Alzheimer’s disease, he creates “Papa’s Time Machine,”
The Infiltrators
Two young immigrants, members of a group of radical Dreamers, are arrested by Border Patrol and put in a for-profit dete
Softie
Political activist Boniface "Softie" Mwangi runs for office in a regional Kenyan election, but learns that conducting a
The Mole Agent
An investigator poses as a new resident in a retirement home after a family grows concerned for their mother's well-bein
Through the Night
The stories of two working mothers and a child care provider whose lives intersect at a 24-hour day care in New Rochelle
The Neutral Ground
Landfall
Stateless
Mayor
Pier Kids
The Song of the Butterflies
Fruits of Labor
In California, a Mexican-American teen goes to work when ICE raids threaten her family.
La Casa de Mama Icha
Things We Dare Not Do
North By Current
Unapologetic
Not Going Quietly
On the Divide
Wuhan Wuhan
Exploring the early days of COVID-19 when Chinese citizens and frontline health care workers in Wuhan grappled with a my
Manzanar, Diverted: When water becomes dust
Japanese Americans incarcerated at the Manzanar World War II concentration camp; Native Americans forced from their land
Winter's Yearning
Greenland reckons with its Danish colonial past and the promised future by a U.S. company building a smelting plant.
He's My Brother
Christine works to ensure dignified lives for herself and her brother, Peter.
President
A new leader takes on the corrupt ruling party in Zimbabwe's 2018 presidential election.
Faya Dayi
A look at khat, a euphoria-inducing plant, and the lives of harvesters of the crop in Harar, Ethiopia.
Love & Stuff
A multigenerational love story focuses on a daughter who cares for her terminally ill mother and adopts a baby in her 50
Delikado
Locals on an island paradise risk death to save the Philippines' last ecological frontier.
The Last Out
Three Cuban baseball players risk exile to chase their dream of playing in the US major leagues.
Accepted
A prep school in Louisiana that sends 100% of its grads to college is rocked by scandal.
An Act of Worship
The past 30 years of American history through the perspective of Muslims across the U.S. who have lived it.
Midwives
Two women in a region beset by violent ethnic divisions run a makeshift medical clinic.
Let the Little Light Shine
An academic beacon for Black children on Chicago's South Side battles gentrification.
I Didn't See You There
A disabled filmmaker ruminates on the corrosive legacy of the Freak Show.
After Sherman
A poetic quest in coastal South Carolina unearths Black inheritance amidst a violent past.
A Story of Bones
A burial site containing thousands of once enslaved Africans is discovered on St. Helena.
Liquor Store Dreams
Immigrant dreams and generational divides collide against LA's complex racial landscape.
A House Made of Splinters
By the frontlines in Eastern Ukraine, social workers create a sanctuary for kids in limbo.
Eat Your Catfish
A woman's battle with late-stage Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS) leaves her paralyzed and pushes her family to the breaking p
Children of the Mist
A 13-year-old Hmong girl is caught between tradition and modernity in rural northwest Vietnam.
While We Watched
In a world of fake news, journalist Ravish Kumar stands his ground. Will his show survive?
Bulls and Saints
An undocumented family decides to return home after 20 years of living in the U.S.
Uýra: The Rising Forest
Uýra shares ancestral knowledge with Indigenous youth in the Amazon.
Murders That Matter
Black Muslim mother Movita Johnson-Harrell transforms from a victim of violent trauma to a fierce advocate against gun v
Aurora's Sunrise
At 14, Aurora Mardiganian survives the Armenian Genocide and escapes to New York, finding fame in "Auction of Souls."
Fire Through Dry Grass
Nursing home residents use poetry and art to describe the danger and imprisonment they feel during COVID-19's lockdown.
Wisdom Gone Wild
A film blending humour and sadness focuses on a mother and daughter confronting the reality of wisdom "gone wild" in the
How to Have an American Baby
A series of vignettes provide insight into Chinese tourists who travel to the U.S. to give birth in order to obtain citi
Brief Tender Light
At MIT, a Ghanaian alum follows four African students striving to become agents of positive change for their home countr
unseen
A blind, undocumented immigrant faces uncertainty to obtain his college degree.
King Coal
The complex history and future of the coal industry.
Hummingbirds
Bordertown besties make magic of one last summer together as they face uncertain futures.
Is There Anybody Out There?
Born with a rare disability, filmmaker Ella Glendining finds others who have had the same experience.
Against the Tide
The friendship between two Koli fishermen in Bombay is fractured by the weight of a changing world and a sea threatened
Fauna
An old shepherd and his flock live alongside a high-tech laboratory for animal experimentation on the outskirts of Barce
Name Me Lawand
A deaf Kurdish boy's transformative journey to communicate through learning sign language.
Who's Afraid of Nathan Law?
Revolutionary at 21. Lawmaker at 23. Most Wanted at 26. Nathan Law's fight for freedom.
In the Rearview
A volunteer aid van operates as a shelter, waiting room, hospital and confessional for passengers fleeing Ukraine for Po
Twice Colonized
Inuit lawyer and activist Aaju Peter defends the rights of Indigenous peoples.
Tokyo Uber Blues
Filmmaker Taku Aoyagi's daily bike rides as an Uber Eats worker in Tokyo.
The Body Politic
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott employs his plan to stop chronic violence in his first year in office.
Who I Am Not
Two South African friends born intersex change what we think about being male or female.
The Taste of Mango
A hypnotically cinematic love letter that untangles a family's painful unspoken past.
Break the Game
Legend of Zelda streamer Narcissa Wright breaks records and finds love in the digital age.
Union
Up against one of the most powerful companies on the planet, a group of Amazon workers embark on an unprecedented campai
Igualada: Refusing to Know Your Place
Black activist Francia Márquez rises from rural Colombia to launch a historic presidential campaign that defies the pol
Made in Ethiopia
Inside Ethiopia's largest Chinese-run industrial park, three women stand at the crossroads of rapid development. A Chine
The Ride Ahead
Turning 21, Samuel wants his independence. Yet every rite of passage is fraught with challenges and social barriers. Sei
Emergent City
Residents of Sunset Park, Brooklyn face rising rents, a legacy of environmental racism and the loss of the industrial jo
A New Kind of Wilderness
On a small farm in a Norwegian forest, the Paynes live a purposefully isolated life, striving to be wild and free. But w
DRIVER
After losing everything, Desiree Wood takes a second lease on life as a long-haul trucker. Alongside an irreverent group
The Age of Water
When three children die of leukemia in a rural Mexican community, two mothers partner with a scientist to investigate th
Black Snow
In a remote Siberian coal town, homemaker-turned-journalist Natalia Zubkova investigates an abandoned mine fire releasin
The Bitter Pill
When attorney Paul Farrell Jr. takes on pharmaceutical giants to help his opioid-ravaged West Virginia hometown, his inn
Porcelain War
As war ravages their homeland, three artists choose to stay in their native Ukraine, armed with their art, their cameras
A Mother Apart
In a powerful story of healing and forgiveness, Jamaican-American poet and LGBTQ+ activist Staceyann Chin re-imagines mo
Between Goodbyes
When a queer Korean adoptee reunites with her birth mother in Seoul, long-buried cultural misunderstandings and unspoken
The Dating Game
For Venida, For Kalief