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SAVE US: Searching for Answers in a Violent Epidemic

Why has society been unable to stop the rise of mass murders, and what can be done to prevent them?

Interaction Cowboy

Interaction Cowboy looks at the failing education system in the US and the potential for better models of learning than the current, test-taking one.

NORMAN / NORMAN

After witnessing the brutal murder of his mother 30 years ago, Norman travels to Jamaica to piece together what happened and where he came from by confronting the murderer: his father.

BY MY SIDE

BY MY SIDE is an intimate portrait of three veterans suffering from the “invisible wound,” PTSD, the most prevalent and unhealed wound suffered by veterans.

The Science of Cures

Today, many regenerative lifesaving therapies are expensive and require hospital-based care.

The Stories of Jim Harrison

This film will be the definitive documentary on the life of novelist-poet-outdoorsman-raconteur Jim Harrison.

Ai Weiwei's Turandot

AI WEIWEI’S TURANDOT follows Chinese revolutionary artist, Ai Weiwei, as he brings his artistic vision and iconoclastic activism to Puccini’s Turandot at the Rome Opera House during his directorial operatic debut.

Penumbra of Memory

Eight former political prisoners reunite fifty years after their detention in one large room together during Argentina’s last military dictatorship.

Gondola

In 2018, a real estate developer/ sports team owner unveils a bold plan: an aerial gondola from Los Angeles’s Union Station to Dodger Stadium, slicing through Chinatown and over a public park.

The Way Everything Was

This film will revisit a powerfully formative event in my life: being bullied daily in a high school classroom nearly 4 decades ago.

100% Possible: The Battle for the World's Energy Future

"100% Possible: The Battle for the World's Energy Future" is about scientific climate solutions versus greed, a modern-day "David & Goliath" story.

A War On Childhood

A War on Childhood explores the profound impact of screen use on early childhood development, fueling a youth mental health crisis, and how a growing movement of parents, educators, and experts are

Hooyo Hodan Sanidaa

“Hooyo Hodan Sanidaa” is a powerful and emotional documentary project that seeks to honor the strength and resilience of Somali mothers living in rural areas.

The Lot: The Story of Ultimate Frisbee

IN THE SUMMER OF 1969 a group of high school students developed a worldwide sport in a parking lot in Maplewood, NJ.

Poly

"Poly" focuses on stories of polyamorous relationships that diverge from the sensationalized aspects of it currently dominating mainstream media coverage, highlighting instead the coming out proces

Justice For Layleen

Following the death of a trans Afro-Latina on Rikers Island, a family’s loss blew up into a movement that shined a light on the injustices of the criminal legal system.

Sea Sharp

Fifty-five years after becoming the first woman to solo-hand sail the Pacific Ocean, Sharon Sites Adams looks back at 15,000 nautical miles at sea.

Surfers of Bulleji

A 21-year old son of a fisherman sets out to become the first internationally recognized surfer from Pakistan.

Asylum: Not Abandoned

This character-driven film revolves around a central figure—a building that has lived many lives: the Sheboygan County Hospital and those who have loved it and feel protective of it.

Timber Sweet: The Untold Story of Military Tactical Data Links

“Timber Sweet” tells the story of military tactical data links, and the amazing people who build and use them.

Whose Land? O'odham Land!

Whose Land? O'odham Land!

Miracle on 47th Street

Set in Manhattan, this documentary chronicles one year in the life of a program for young adults that helps them escape the downward spiral that so often characterizes severe mental illness.

Jovita y Valentin

The story of four migrants who take action into their own hands to support the families of other migrants who went missing while attempting to cross the Arizona desert.

Finding Your Voice

An uplifting and heartfelt, one-hour, Verite docu-series, following America’s premiere operatic countertenor, the astonishingly talented John Holiday; as he performs in the world’s most prestigious

Colin Young: An American Film School

A group of film school graduates research the teaching legacy of film educator, Colin Young, the former chairman of UCLA’s film department, wherein, during his tenure many of UCLA’s most famous alu

Alien: American Dream Denied

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

America Talks 25

“9/11: OUR STORY” is about the making of a remarkable film, “America Talks,” and how a group of inexperienced college students and their professor created an important visual and oral history of th

More Than Steps

In "More Than Steps," lifelong friends Justin Skeesuck and Patrick Gray lead a group of wheelchair users and their supporters on the Accessible Camino, a groundbreaking adaptation of the historic C

Mindful Shorts

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

Unbroken Smile

Unbroken Smile is a powerful five-year case study following a young woman's relentless fight for justice after police officers shattered her teeth and attempted to frame her.

Hazy Valley

In their ancestral homeland Los Angeles, members of the Kizh-Gabrieleño Band of Mission Indians are responding to the city’s ecological crisis by reviving the highly efficient land stewardship prac

How To Poison A Planet

With behind the scenes access to the largest litigation involving drinking water in American history, How to Poison A Planet investigates how the use of a product as seemingly harmless as firefight

Hong Kong Documentary

Personal stories of the women fighting for Hong Kong’s freedom
and democracy against communsist China, who stormed the streets to demand justice.