Through an intimate character study of exiled Egyptians "The Threat of Art" explores the relationship between art and the power of Egypt's aggressive military regime.
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An intimate portrait of the Asian American community shaken by the 2023 Lunar New Year mass shooting in Monterey Park, CA, as the survivors confront their mortality, guilt, and regret, while seekin
THE UNTOLD TALES OF ARMISTEAD MAUPIN celebrates a beloved literary figure.
We all know caterpillars are very hungry, but did you know many must wander after they are full, looking for a place to burrow for the winter - and that our coveted suburban turf lawns are putting
Throughout the world, incidences of violence against women are increasing at alarming levels.
This film will revisit a powerfully formative event in my life: being bullied daily in a high school classroom nearly 4 decades ago.
In the far south of Chilean Patagonia, ageing gauchos, known as puesteros, live and work alone for months at a time across vast private ranches.
The Wild Comeback explores the extraordinary journey of California’s tule elk; a species once thought extinct, and the modern efforts to ensure its future.
The Wild One illuminates the journey of an unsung artist, Jack Garfein - Holocaust camp survivor, Actors Studio co-founder and teacher, celebrated Broadway director and controversial filmm
The Women of Ukraine is a 90-minute documentary project that explores and celebrates the efforts and achievements of Ukrainian women who have dedicated their lives, often at great risk, to answerin
European Jewish refugees join the US Army to fight the Nazis in World War II.
The life of three Palestinian siblings in Norway is turned upside down by a knife attack, and they try to recover through an apple farming initiative
THREADS is an intimate portrait of a Bangladeshi artist who refines a unique quiltwork tradition to create possibilities for a better life for her family and for hundreds of mothers.
Escaping the Nazis in Austria, a Jewish family flees to Shanghai, one of the only places in the world willing to accept persecuted and impoverished refugees.
Three Muslim chaplains aim to make change in one of America’s most powerful institutions—the military. For them, the fight for equality and religious freedom begins on the inside.
A raw, behind-the-scenes investigation into a sprawling thrift store empire—uncovering the deeper purpose behind the storefronts, the financial engine they support, and the hidden reality of the re
“Timber Sweet” tells the story of military tactical data links, and the amazing people who build and use them.
TIME OF MY LIFE is a new feature documentary that follows a group of medically fragile young adults as they come of age in a world where life is short and the obstacles are many.
Tipping Point PA follows six candidate/activists in Pennsylvania’s heartland who are waging the battle of ideals that will determine the fate of American democracy.
Centered around The New York Times’ Letters Department, people from across the country write letters to the editor (LTE), sustaining free speech in a time of political and technological upheaval.
Today’s Woman is a public affairs television series for PBS stations nationwide with a mission to provide a TV platform that currently does not exist for the voices of women and girls toward achi
Thirty-five years before Barack Obama's election as President, the question of race and the possibility of crossing racial boundaries was put to the test in a remarkable, yet overlooked, story in A
I have been tasked to have roughly 1,000 16mm Southern California sports films preserved and restored to HD digital video from the Tommy Hawkins Film Collection. Mr.
Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present is an unusual, non-fiction film examining the pioneering life and works of artist, musician, and educator, Tony Conrad, who has finally begun to receive world
From the filmmaker who brought you the multi-award winning documentary Panic Nation and the associate producer of Torn from the Flag comes Touché: A Blind Fencer's Story.
On one side of the Atlantic, perched atop a hillside on the island of Sicily, sits the town of Alessandria della Rocca.
In 2006 a severe chemical fire in Apex, North Carolina brought the town to a screeching halt.
In the heart of San Francisco, TRANSCENDENT follows a community of trans Latinas as they compete in the inaugural El/La Para TransLatinas business pitch showcase, Miss El/La Emprendedora, to win fu
Judaism sanctifies every kind of major life event - and many Transgender and Non-Binary Jews are leveraging this power to celebrate their gender transitions.
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.
Over the course of one hot summer, through intimate time spent with the locals of Emery County, Utah, a story is woven about life in this sparse region, where the residents have less belief in clim
“There are two deserts” – these were the first words published in the Desert Magazine, a mid-century monthly covering the American Southwest.
The documentary unfolds as a tribute to Jacob, creatively known as Hella Sketchy, a talented young artist whose life was tragically cut short.
Um, Documentary? chronicles the rise of transgender rock band Um, Jennifer? led by Eli Scarpati and Fig Regan, as they navigate New York City's underground music scene and the broader U.S.