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Caddies, one black one white, carrying golf bags for two ladies on the 6th green at Lions Municipal in Austin, Texas. We believe the caddie holding the flag is Alvin Propps, who at 9 years old desegregated the golf course in 1950, creating a civil rights landmark as the first golf course, and likely first public accommodation, in the former Confederate States to be integrated

Let Them Play: Three Words That Changed the Course of a City

In 1950, two young African-American boys risked their lives to play on a segregated golf course in Austin, Texas, not knowing the impact they would have on civil rights in the south.

Horizontal film poster. A collage of forms and a waiting room with the film title, Denied! in red letters.

KITÁ

Burgeoning young dancers, from The Juilliard School, leave their New York City lives to teach students in the Philippine Islands.

Black and white photograph of William Edmondson carving out a white sculpture.

Chipping Away: The Life and Legacy of Sculptor William Edmondson

Meet the greatest artist you've never heard of.

Two men standing at a fence, the first is in focus, his face looks stoic.

Wood Street is the last stop for unhoused brothers, John and LaMonté. They moved here eight years ago after police pushed them from other encampments around Oakland. After a two-alarm fire in July, their tight-knit community faces eviction. It’s their goal to stop it.

"Craft of Speed" Mooneyes Documentary

For 30 years, Shige Suganuma and Chico Kodama, two Japanese hotrodders, built Mooneyes, an iconic American speed equipment & custom accessories company, into an international brand, honoring le

A dark-skinned woman with long black hair wearing a sage green dress looks downward as she is surrounded by trees.

Incarnations of I

After decades of upholding the deeply rooted worship of a Hindu warrior goddess, a Bengali American woman mines the personal and collective traumas behind the art of clay idol-making—questioning wh

Matriarch

Matriarch is a documentary that transports viewers to four long-established but largely unknown matriarchal societies through the eyes of four females—a Khasi Indian girl

A diverse group moves together along a forested path, sunlight filtering through moss-covered trees. At the center, a man in a wheelchair is pushed by a companion, surrounded by walkers of all abilities, embodying unity, resilience, and adventure.

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

Thirteen elderly White women sit around a white patio table facing the camera.

Make-Up Women (Glamour & Guts)

The Untold Story of Hollywood's first Make-Up Women.

Black and white photograph of a man with dark, shoulder length hair leaning against a wooden cabinet

Ronzo

Ron Shapiro, also known as Ronzo, was a cultural icon and the ‘unofficial cultural ambassador’ to the south.

Viewers Like Us

Viewers Like Us explores who gets to tell America’s multitude of stories in public media today.

A Caucasian boy is holding a hockey stick and standing next to an elderly man with 'who are we protecting' sign labeled on.

Coached into Silence

Coached into Silence explores sexual abuse in youth sports. Filming since 2009, it tells the stories of a diverse group of athletes whom the system failed to protect.

A gibbon monkey climbs the skinny branch of a tree below a canopy of green leaves.

The Great Call

We go in pursuit of gibbon song, which has captivated poets, scientists and shamans for millennia across the dwindling rainforests of Asia.

Pack is Here

With the increased visibility of transgender people in the United States, we are seeing a backlash that results in efforts to block trans people from participation in some of the most basic parts o

Artemisia

After a devastating trial, artist Artemisia Gentileschi becomes the unexpected face of a new art movement amidst personal tragedy and public scrutiny.

A group of Nigerian women perform a Chinese dance in traditional orange-colored Chinese dress.

My People, My Land (Working Title)

Chinese investors create one of the largest industrial zones in West Africa, where thousands of locals earn their livelihood at the risk of losing what they value most - sacred land, religious prac

Anima Anandkumar and David Zierler, Director of the Caltech Heritage Project, in a joint interview at The Caltech Archives during our Teaser Shoot in December 2025.

#WAY_Anima

Animashree Anandkumar is a powerhouse in the field of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.

Relief

RELIEF follows aid workers from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), the largest provider of aid in Gaza, as they struggle to bring life-saving assistance to Palestinians.

World-renowned opera singer John Holiday, sits at his piano and teaches his college students to sing.

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

A swamp at dusk surrounded by trees and in the center of the swamp is a tree standing in the middle of the water. The tree's reflection in the water is directly beneath the tree in the middle of the frame. Centered in the image is the word IMMORTAL.

Immortal

Following the groundbreaking creation of an immortal heart cell in his lab, a world renowned stem cell researcher is accused of a murder-suicide.

A Scientific Field Camp on The Greenland Ice Sheet, crisscrossed by crevasse traces and ice streams.

The Living Ice of Greenland

THE LIVING ICE OF GREENLAND is a feature-length documentary film about the startling discovery of a dark microbial forest melting the Greenland Ice Sheet far faster than any models predict, and the Arctic scientists traversing Greenland to understand it.

A music teacher instructs a classroom full of second graders holding violins.

Fifty Violins

For 20 years, Kettering Elementary—a public school in Long Beach, California—has taught every second grader the violin as a part of its core curriculum.

A man in a striped sweater and cap stands in a dimly lit room bathed in a cold blue tint, captured in the early morning light of winter.

#MenToo – The Documentary

#MenToo is a documentary that examines the hidden crisis of male sexual trauma—an urgent public health issue affecting at least one in six men.

Rockne

The story of Notre Dame's Knute Rockne -- college football's greatest coach -- as seen from a modern day perspective.

A young woman examines a black and white negative on a light table.

Frames

Frames is a full-length documentary that will examine the resurgence of analog film among today's Gen-Z photographers and what their work means for the future of photography.

The Sound of Silents

A feature-length documentary that details the story of the unseen heroes of silent films: the musicians and composers, especially prominent women and Black voices, whose innovative use of music and

The Rink's Edge

In the aftermath of high-profile lawsuits and unsettling deaths, The Rink's Edge delves into the unknown truths of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in professional hockey.

Juice: Power, Politics & The Grid

From Texas to Tokyo, this five-part docuseries shows how politicians and corporate avarice weakened our most critical network — and why we need fission to fix it.

Three Chilean soccer players - wearing black out masks and red shirts - prepare for play at the Parapan American Games in 2023.

The Envisionaries

The Envisionaries is a documentary film about blind soccer players and the people who believe in them.

A Place For Us

Against mounting environmental pressures and the fastest-growing human population on earth, Africa’s lions are losing their place on the continent and facing extinction.

Two men in winter coats and hats in the style of the early 20th century speak to one another closely before a large courtyard with a statue at its center.

VIVA VERDI!

Let Us Read

'Let Us Read' explores various personal stories of living in a world full of misconceptions and systemic barriers toward dyslexia and other learning differences. However, thanks to decades of research, today, there is an effective teaching approach that empowers students with dyslexia and benefits all other students as well. This documentary pushes the conversation to the next step. How can we bring this solution to where the problem is and allow a fair education opportunity for everyone?