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The Color Of Pain

Research shows that doctors are more likely to dismiss or trivialize the pain complaints of black women.

Made with Love

Made with Love is an Emmy Award–winning PBS documentary series that explores the master artisans, living traditions, and cultural heritage practices that continue to shape communities around the wo

Shelter in the Palace

A searing chronicle of a 58-day standoff between a group of mothers and local government forces culminates in a military siege on a family home.

The Distance to the Brain

When Sengua Koipapi was a boy growing up in a Maasai village in northern Tanzania, his mother nearly died after childbirth. Villagers carried her for miles in a wheelbarrow to reach medical care.

Um, Documentary?

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.

Songs from the Hole

Songs from the Hole is a hybrid documentary film, a visual and musical meditation on Black boyhood, harm and punishment, and the radical imagination.

My House of Spirits

Feminist trailblazer and literary icon Isabel Allende sets out on her last global book tour, reckoning with love, loss, and legacy as she turns her extraordinary life into her greatest story yet.

The Malibu Mutt

Malibu Mutt tells the true story of Ziad Karram, a young Palestinian refugee who arrived in 1970s Los Angeles chasing an education—and stumbled into creating an iconic food shack that embodied his

Gerry Adams: A Ballymurphy Man

Irish republican leader, Gerry Adams is one of the most controversial political leaders and visionaries of our time, he led the people of the North of Ireland from conflict to peace, (1968-1994).

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

Edge of Belonging

EDGES OF BELONGING, The Stories We Carry Forward

A PINK TEA AFFAIR

Filmmaker Eric Weinrib explores a taboo subject in his family’s history in an attempt to get to know the uncle he never met.

Freeway Revolt

The Freeway Revolt is a short documentary exploring how grassroots activism helped stop a proposed highway network in Washington, D.C., protecting neighborhoods threatened by decades of car-centere

Military Nurses: They Did The Best They Could

War, especially in the 21tst Century, is not uniquely a male experience yet much of what's been produced about the military focuses on male soldiers, doctors and generals.

A Chasm in Chinatown

"A CHASM IN CHINATOWN" follows the struggles of a Chinese American nonprofit, the Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA), as its Executive Director, Nancy Yao Maasbach, navigates the challenges of NYC

Queer Christians (working title)

Combining intimate verité scenes with the raw emotion of visual poetic fiction, QUEER CHRISTIANS follows three queer Christian women of color as they struggle to reconcile their intersecting identi

No Room At All. A Harold Cromer Story

You have already met Harold Cromer.

Welcome Home, Sister

In 1970, Penni Evans went to Vietnam as a Donut Dollie: an American Red Cross volunteer sent into the war’s combat zones to boost troops’ morale.

Walking Dreams

Wheelchair users dream just like everyone else.

Ratified

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

Our Land, Our Freedom

Set in Kenya, a powerful woman, Wanjugu Kimathi’s search for her father's remains becomes an investigation into British colonial atrocities, including concentration camps and land theft that left h

Finding Má

A family shattered by the foster care & prison systems reunite to heal old wounds & rebuild their family, starting with finding their houseless mom.


 

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.

Ronzo

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

KITÁ

KITÁ is a true story about elite Juilliard students from New York City who cross the world to the Philippine Islands—where their plan to teach dance one summer shatters everything they thought they

Resurgo Detroit: The Rise from Within

20 years in the making. 3 million photographs, thousands of hours of footage and a one dollar house.

Martins Beach

When a popular beach spot is closed to the public by a Silicon Valley billionaire, one family vows to fight back to protect their cherished generational connection to the coast.

Firefly: The Emily Remler Story

Firefly: The Emily Remler Story is a feature documentary about the extraordinary life and legacy of Emily Remler, one of the most distinctive jazz guitarists of her generation.

Invisible Legend

Bruce Langhorne was a child prodigy studying violin at Juilliard when an accident with a homemade rocket claimed three of his fingers.

Magic Town

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.

A Sexplanation

To right the wrongs of his all-American sex education, a 36-year-old Alex Liu goes on a quest to uncover naked truths and hard facts - no matter how awkward it gets.

Fortunate Sons

Fortunate Sons will have its broadcast premiere on PBS SoCal on Wednesday, September 3rd at 8pm.

Bubblez: Love. Drag. And Power of Family

Bubblez is a feature documentary set in New Orleans that follows a passionate drag mother leading the House of Alexander, a chosen family of LGBTQ+ young adults, as Black queer spaces disappear acr

Chasing Slim

Cinematic Treatment

Bella

"Bella," is about the life, influence and impact of California-based artist Bella Lewitzky.