When a 100-mile transmission Corridor sparks a $100-million referendum campaign over America’s energy future, Ryan and Mary are caught in the middle.
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Full Body Burden
Full Body Burden is Kristen Iversen’s story of growing up in a small Colorado town in the shadow of Rocky Flats, a secret nuclear weapons plant.
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.
Artemisia
After a devastating trial, artist Artemisia Gentileschi becomes the unexpected face of a new art movement amidst personal tragedy and public scrutiny.
Hula
“Hula” explores the vibrant and deeply cloistered world of modern hula through the decades-long journey of one small but mighty hālau (hula school) and its legendary kumu hula (hula teacher), La’ak
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.
The Palomino
The incredible history of The Palomino Club of North Hollywood (1949-1995) has never been told. What began as a watering hole with a hitching post out front serving the “Singing Cowboys of Hollywood” coming from movie sets became the most important venue for Country Music on the West Coast.
California Style: Edward H. Fickett
California Style: Edward H. Fickett will critically examine the life and work of master architect of Edward H. Fickett, one of America’s most prolific mid century architects.
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.
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.
Saving the City: Remaking the American Metropolis
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
Worship Factor
Worship is at the heart of the Christian life: we pray, sing, and write music.
But worship is more than that: it is about justice and how to care for people's needs.
Welcome Home Daddy
This documentary chronicles the deeply personal journey of LtCmdr Peter Steinhauer, an American Vietnam War veteran who found a unique path to healing the wounds caused by war.
Dear Daddy
It all began with a heavy burden on my young shoulders—a weight I carried for years, convinced I was to blame for my father's untimely death.
Freedom Seekers: Black Seminoles of the Past and Present
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
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.
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
Weed & Wine (Part II)
The 2020 feature WEED & WINE followed a year in the life of two farming families: one growing biodynamic grapes in France; the other growing organic cannabis in California.
Penumbra of Memory
Eight former political prisoners reunite fifty years after their detention in one large room together during Argentina’s last military dictatorship.
Live at the Agora
THE RISE, FALL, AND REBIRTH OF A ROCK-AND-ROLL CATHEDRAL: In the 1970s, the Agora Ballroom concert clubs brought rock-and-roll to the heartland of America and became a springboard for some of the m
Like Heroes
At the beginning of the 90's, in San Francisco, Sylvie sets up Ti Couz, an utopian creperie, made of self-management, ecological concerns, social rights for the employees.
Still Judy
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
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
Los Cautivos: The First Battle Over Native American Education
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
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
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.
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.
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.
A Sacred Piece of Home
How do you know a community of immigrants has finally established itself in its new home? They build a place of worship, often one that looks like those they left behind.
We All Live in Gaza
“We All Live In Gaza” follows the lives of five Palestinian artists before and after the 2023 siege, shining a light on the Palestinian heart.
The Donn of Tiki
The founding father of what we know today as the Tiki bar, Donn Beach spent years embellishing the details of his extraordinary life.
Voices Over the Water
This is the story of the Scottish Highlanders and their clan chiefs torn apart by a rapidly changing world--feeling their trust betrayed, many Highlanders faced famine and poverty, or emigration to
Autism Goes to College Podcast
Autism Goes to College is an award-winning documentary podcast series now in its fifth season, focused on the lived experiences of autistic students navigating higher education and the transition i
Growing Together Again
"Growing Together Again" tells the story of German unity three decades after the end of the Cold War.