A feature documentary about the life and music of Michael Hedges. The eldest son of Midwestern musicians/educators, Michael Hedges was a young musical prodigy – with an emerging talent that would take him from small-town Oklahoma to Grammy award-winning artist. He was a once-in-a-generation force that would revolutionize the acoustic guitar and inspire a generation of musicians.
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Alive In Strings
ALIVE IN STRINGS tells the story of America through an instrument that has traveled with the country for centuries: the banjo.
The Elements of Mutual Aid
Through four installments, this documentary series will use the elements - fire, earth, water, and air - as unique themes for each chapter to demonstrate how communities across North America are u
Inquiry of Shadows
Inquiry of Shadows is an essay-documentary that examines genocide not
only as physical erasure, but as a psychological colonization of time, memory,
identity, and perception.
The Storms We Carry
“The Storms We Carry” is a film about what happens when the storms inside of us are bigger than the ones outside of us.
ALMOST LOST (PRESQUE PERDU)
An American filmmaker travels to France to find the mother and child whose lives were saved by his father seventy years ago.
My Father and Qaddafi
When Jihan was six years old, her father flew to Cairo and never returned. Mansur Rashid Kikhia was the Foreign Minister of Libya, ambassador to the United Nations, and a human rights lawyer.
Haunted by Helen Liu Fong
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.
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
Rice Rocket Revolution
Fast cars. “Bad” Asians. The untold story of a subculture that started from the streets, sparked a global phenomenon, and transformed pop culture forever.
The So-Called Radical
For the first time, a Western volunteer killed while fighting for Russia in its war against Ukraine becomes a central figure in a new Kremlin myth.
Peter Wants to Be a Feminist
Introducing Peter Richards. 60 years old, recently retired, and looking to expand his understanding of the world around him. He is spearheading the creation of this documentary.
The Healing Journey
The Healing Journey is a docuseries that examines the role adverse childhood experiences plays in adult health, and what some are doing to heal.
Inventing Reality
In Inventing Reality, astrophysicist Matt O'Dowd leads us on a quest for fundamental reality.
Stolen Sisters
“Stolen Sisters” is a riveting exploration of the MMIWG crisis in Michigan, told through a family’s heart-wrenching search for their missing daughter, highlighting the systemic failures, the moveme
Wood Street
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.
Let Us Read
LOVE & JUSTICE
From 1967 until her untimely death in 1994, Arlene Carmen was the administrator of Judson Memorial Church in Greenwich village.
Hard Twist: Through the Lens of Barbara Van Cleve
The feature documentary BARBARA VAN CLEVE'S AMERICAN WEST recounts her family’s settling to Montana in the early 19th century, her youth on a working ranch and tourist destination as a young woman
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
The Last Free Space: The Public Libraries of Maine
Exploring the public libraries of Maine from a holistic vantage point, narrowing in on some greater truths about these open yet enigmatic spaces—their historical origins, current roles and uses, an
Saving Summer
Everyone knows the beaches, boardwalks, and nightclubs of the Jersey Shore, but there is another side to this iconic summer vacation destination... an even wilder one.
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.
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
The Clyde Best Story
The Clyde Best Story is a first-hand look at overcoming racial discrimination in sport through the lens of a barrier-breaking player.
Fish and Babies (Don't Feel Pain)
For much of the 20th century, babies routinely underwent major surgery without adequate pain relief.
The Day Mississippi Shook the World
The untold story of Mississippi's strategic role in superpower nuclear gamesmanship at the peak of the Cold War — and its legacy.
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
Two Weeks Notice: The Departure of Hella Sketchy
The documentary unfolds as a tribute to Jacob, creatively known as Hella Sketchy, a talented young artist whose life was tragically cut short.
SPOKE
SPOKE is a feature documentary that lives inside the fire service, exposing the hidden occupational health crisis firefighters carry home from the job: soaring cancer rates, unspoken trauma, and th
Kikuyu Land
Set in Kenya’s tea highlands, Kikuyu Land follows Mr. Mungai, a local land claimant pursuing justice for land taken from his family.