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Trelin and Alex are seniors at Free LA high school, a juvenile courthouse turned high school for students pushed out of Los Angeles’ public education system.

Sustaining Documentary Film in Ecuador

HERERO unearths Namibia’s suppressed history - Germany’s first genocide and the enduring legacy of apartheid - through a present-day fight for justice.

For nearly 90 summers a tiny village in rural Michigan, dubbed “The Magic Capital of the World,” has attracted thousands of magicians for an annual magic convention.

'612' offers a poignant exploration of America's tumultuous lead-up to the 2024 presidential election, delving into the collision of ideals, shifting demographics, and societal evolution through th

Hurricane Helene and the resulting floods and landslides devastated Western North Carolina on September 27th, 2024.

When the Equal Rights Amendment was first put forward in 1924, women were still considered the legal property of their husbands.

Acres of Skin is a documentary about the survivors of the Holmesburg Prison experiments, a decades-long program in which the University of Pennsylvania and Dr.

As a beloved recycling center faces closure, the people of Park City confront a deeper question: what do we save, what do we sacrifice and who gets to decide?

Investigating the disappearance of visionary designer Helen Liu Fong from American design history, architect Mina Chow is haunted by her own fears of being forgotten.

N.Y.C. teens tuned into political and social issues model hope as they debate hot-button topics inside the largest urban debate league in the U.S.

THE OAKLAND PROMISE (working title)

Amidst the Gorges delves into the lives of a group of outliers, dwelling on the margins of society amidst the raw, untamed beauty of New York’s Finger Lakes.

Still Judy tells the life story of juggler Judy Finelli who played a significant role in the American New Circus Movement, and narrates the artistic relevance of San Francisco's Pickle Family Circu

Let Me Get There is a compelling visual journey through one of the most significant periods of mass migration in history, told through beautiful 100-year-old photographs and personal stories that h

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.

Silent Shelter is a documentary feature that exposes the country's broken animal sheltering system, which is seen through the eyes of those in the trenches, the volunteers.

UNAFF (United Nations Association Film Festival) is an international documentary film festival held in Palo Alto, East Palo Alto, San Francisco and at Stanford University each year around the UN Da

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

In the winter of 1849 a wagon train was lost in an unknown American desert. A “cursed hole” – the doomed immigrants soon named it, “Death Valley.” No water, no food, no way out.

After two decades living in Los Angeles with bipolar disorder, Yong Yang, a Korean-American patient, had finally built a life worth living - until an LAPD officer fatally shot him during a mental h

Journey into the soul-stirring world of Zydeco music as a group of talented musicians defy conventions, confront personal struggles, and navigate the ever-changing music industry.

After 11 years of being locked away from the outside world, Adelina, a young trans woman from a Georgian village, flees to Vienna in search of freedom.

In "Puzzle Party," we meet legendary figures and rising stars in the puzzle community, exploring how these playful and often frustrating objects help people navigate grief, open new life opportunit

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

This intimate documentary follows journalist and breast cancer survivor Athena Jones as she investigates why Black women have the highest death rate from the disease and explores whether they could

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

LOGLINE

"Virulent: The Vaccine War" examines the history of vaccine hesitancy and denial, and the effect Covid-19 has had on anti-vaccination activists.

In November of 1944, Sgt Silvio J. Pedri of the 95th Infantry was sent on a mission to cross the Moselle river near Metz, France.

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

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

Prayer Horse tells the story of a twelve day, 300 mile horse ride through the Nevada desert by members of the Paiute Indigenous Nation, as they offer prayer to heal traumas and to their lands now t

Saving the City is a multi-part documentary series with related educational material highlighting successful and unsuccessful examples of urban development throughout the US and Canada so that we c

As the Western frontier closed, America sought to forcibly re-educate Native Americans at Indian Boarding Schools.  Their motto was “Kill The Indian To Save The Man.”  In 1892, the Pueblo

After decades of violence, the stakes at the Afghanistan peace talks are high for everyone. For women, they are immeasurable.