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Standing before the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, "St. Elmo's Fire" screenwriter Carl Kurlander recounts how his Grandpa Jack, in the middle of the Great Depression, bet everything on a coin-operated phonograph — realizing that while no one had money for records, everyone had a nickel to play their favorite song. Jack helped kickstart the careers of stars like Frank Sinatra and Harry Belafonte and, along with his fellow Cleveland coin men, promoted the music of Black artists that radio stations refused to play — music that first became known there as "rock and roll." But as the jukebox became a symbol of America's twin evils — juvenile delinquency and organized crime — a young Robert F. Kennedy, working for the Senate hearings on organized crime, targeted Jack and his associates as a front for the mob. Today, as AI algorithms pick songs for young people to listen to, "Jack and the Jukebox" reminds us of the community this forgotten marvel of art and technology — the "Spotify of its day" — once built, and how it changed the way Americans listened to music and the music we listened to.

Morrie Turner, the pioneering African American cartoonist whose newspaper comic strip and television show reached millions of Americans with a powerful message of tolerance from the Civil Rights er

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

Birth, death.
Night, day.
Mind, matter.
Heaven, hell.
Nothing, everything.

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.

While locked-up for six years in federal prison, artist Jesse Krimes secretly creates monumental works of art—including an astonishing 40-foot mural made with prison bed sheets, hair gel, and newsp

Out From Under Us is a feature documentary about why members of the Acholi tribe in northern Uganda fear a genocidal campaign against them by President Museveni's regime.

Journey into the soul-stirring world of Zydeco music as a group of talented musicians defy conventions, confront personal struggles, and navigate the ever-changing music industry.

Wimblu Magazine produces and showcases creative documentaries that reconnect ecology and culture in order to restore our sense of belonging and connection to our planet.

99 is a non-profit platform that streams award-winning short documentaries from all over the world for free, subtitled in +10 languages thanks to our exceptional translation community.

Fears over rising crime in cities across the country lead to a backlash against policing and criminal justice reforms.

Set in Lviv, Ukraine, the film follows a group of men who organize daily funerals for fallen soldiers at the country’s only active military cemetery.

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 feature documentary Josh’s Wedding explores an often abstract subject (AI and the arts) through the story of two old friends with colliding worldviews: Simon Rich, a New Yorker humorist and TV

On January 6, 2021, invocations to Jesus rang out across the Capitol Mall in Washington D.C. as a violent confusion of forces attempted to overthrow the American government.

After the mysterious disappearance of a friend, director Devin Thomas unearths dozens of unexplained deaths on Amtrak’s long-distance trains.

The Alliance of Documentary Editors (ADE) is a working group of documentary film and television editors and assistant editors nationwide that campaigns for best practices within the industry while

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.

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.

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.

Vietnamese adoptee Mike Frailey searches for the truth behind the life and death of his childhood best friend 50 years after they were evacuated from their home country together as part of Operatio

In Umbria, Italy, agronomist Isabella Dalla Ragione sets out to recover her country’s lost heirloom fruits after discovering clues in Renaissance paintings that point to the few surviving trees.

1 in 3 women globally will experience gender based violence.

Coached into Silence explores sexual abuse in youth sports. Filming since 2009, it tells the stories of a diverse group of athletes whom the system failed to protect.

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

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.

What happens when you go in search of your legacy only to find it was stolen by an insidious plague?

The Envisionaries is a documentary film about blind soccer players and the people who believe in them.

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.

After 52 years, Haiti returns to the 2026 World Cup without having played a single match at home.

UNBOUND: Crowned in Pleasure is a feature documentary following educators, performers, and partners Jet Setting Jasmine and King Noire as they build a family and cultural legacy within adult entert

El Korazon es Espejo (The Heart is a Mirror) is a significant creative endeavor of transcendent lyricism regarding Ladino folklore through the powerful means of preserving an endangered ethnic iden

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

This Documentary project is going to show an ecosystem of Vintners in their small microcosms, working with nature to create better soil, which in turn creates more vibrant and energetic wines.

Voilà is the story, or stories of three characters from disparate, but parallel, lives and what happens when their lives intersect with a fourth character.

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