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On the Hawaiian island of Molokaʻi lies Kalaupapa, a remote natural prison that was once the world’s most notorious leprosy colony.

What if one of the most significant political figures of the twentieth century is someone you've never heard of?

From the heart of the Congo, a film about a refugee's journey to the edge of the world, with music as his guiding light.

At Standing Rock, a two-spirit Jicarilla Apache/Navajo youth leader, a Lakota matriarch, and a non-binary Appalachian join the resistance against the Dakota Access Pipeline.

Why has society been unable to stop the rise of mass murders, and what can be done to prevent them?

“The airwaves belong to the people… but which people?”

18 is an upcoming documentary by Tokyo / Vermont celebrating the 50th anniversary of Steve Reich’s masterwork, Music for 18 Musicians.

COME DANCE WITH ME is a feature documentary film about the life of JACQUES D’AMBOISE, legendary ballet dancer and founder of National Dance Institute, and how he impacted millions of children’s liv

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

CARRYING is an intimate exploration of the experience of placing a child for adoption.

In the summer of 1993, a twenty-two-year-old college student named Neil Willenson opened the first summer camp in America for children living with or affected by HIV/AIDS.

Angelina Resendiz was a 21-year-old U.S. Navy sailor. She was raped and murdered by a fellow U.S. Navy sailor — a man with a documented history of sexual violence the Navy knew about and ignored.

Students from different faiths come together in a World Religions class at a public high school in the Midwest.

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.

In 1950, two young African-American boys risked their lives to play on a segregated golf course in Austin, Texas, not knowing the impact they would have on civil rights in the south.

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.

Alien: American Dream Denied spotlights the emotional journey of high-skilled, documented immigrants as they seek permanence in a country that benefits from their talent, but denies them a home.

Spanning six continents, “SISTERHOOD” is a feature-length documentary exploring communities of women and girls confronting today’s most crucial problems.

Mother of Buffalo is a documentary film following one woman’s daily, years-long struggle to protect a dwindling population of free roaming water buffalo on Hong Kong’s Lantau Island.

Testifying before Congress, a soft spoken woman warned of an oncoming tsunami born from DDT and other untested chemicals.

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.

The granddaughter of Ernie Robinson takes us through her journey, learning about her grandfather’s legacy.

Lionel Powell makes empathetic connections with complete strangers as his surreal 10-foot tree persona, Treeman.

Eight decades after being smuggled out of Poland, a box of photographs sparks a filmmaker’s journey to confront his family’s past and the haunted silence that lingers in their present.

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.

At seven years old, Emmanuel Harerimana's life was saved by the mountain gorillas during the Rwandan genocide.

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.

Everything You Have Is Yours is inspired by the story and award-winning work of choreographer Hadar Ahuvia.

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

The Clyde Best Story is a first-hand look at overcoming racial discrimination in sport through the lens of a barrier-breaking player.

BARRIO follows salsa and timba across Cuba, New York, Puerto Rico, and Colombia — a music that was never a genre but a language of resistance created by Black communities shaped by violence and aba

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.

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.

A group of film school graduates research the teaching legacy of film educator, Colin Young, the former chairman of UCLA’s film department, wherein, during his tenure many of UCLA’s most famous alu

Following the groundbreaking creation of an immortal heart cell in his lab, a world renowned stem cell researcher is accused of a murder-suicide.