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An optimistic host's dinner party goes awry when her husband reveals he doesn't want to have kids in the face of humanity's impending extinction.
An idealistic young environmentalist is hauling fertilizer for the cause with his mother, but when they're pulled over by police, the situation escalates.
After selling a story to the tabloids about her celebrity daughter, Alice has to wrestle with the tragic consequences.
Amidst the picturesque serenity of Amish country, a courageous queer photographer unearths the hidden gems of LGBTQ+ nightlife, while navigating a personal journey of reclaiming religion and community.
A politician's wife with a drug problem that is threatening to derail her husband's gubernatorial run, is forced by her husband to secretly undergo rehab at their secluded summer home. But when he starts to take an interest in her young and unconventional nurse, tensions arise that put their marriage, and all of their lives, on the line.
Kevin and his girlfriend, Cody, are two months into his family's annual trip at their lake house. Time causes change…and this year, one month remains before their lives take them on different paths. Amid peaceful days and adventurous nights, Kevin and Cody awaken to reality: This time together will eventually end, and each moment may become a fleeting memory.
Emmy-winning producer Wendy Lobel makes her feature debut with this side-splitting, piercingly perceptive look at anxiety through a group of contemporary comedians who channel their experiences into their acts…and their everyday lives. Part therapy, part behind-the-scenes take on stand-up acts, and all-brilliant, Lobel's revelatory film is a rarity.
Decades after leaving Appalachia, a daughter returns to eastern Kentucky to excavate her father's remarkable filmmaking legacy – as the founder of Appalshop – and reflects on the pull home still has on her.
In the heart of Hasidic Williamsburg, Brooklyn, a newly blind Jewish Orthodox baker forms an unlikely friendship with a Queer Catholic Latino guide dog trainer, embarking on an eye-opening journey to overcome personal and cultural barriers in his quest to reopen his beloved bakery.
From humble beginnings on the remote island of Anguilla, trailblazing singer-songwriter Bankie Banx defied genre constraints and industry expectations to forge his own path. Dubbed "the Bob Dylan of the Caribbean," he has journeyed from breakout stardom to founding the iconic Moonsplash Music Festival and the Dune Preserve, where he presides as pirate king of a de facto autonomous zone.
Filled with never-before-seen footage, Beyond the Gaze not only tells the story of the world famous Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition, but also the woman behind the revolutionary idea. Creator Jule Campbell pioneered a groundbreaking feminist fashion feature that would go on to change the world. Campbell battled male executives and fought to protect the women they featured, solidifying herself as one of the most important magazine editors of all time. Featuring star studded interviews with supermodels Tyra Banks, Christie Brinkley, Elle Macpherson, Paulina Porizkova and many more, and directed by Campbell's daughter-in-law Jill Campbell, this eye-opening film follows the career of a legend who continuously fought for artistic expression and feminism. Beyond the Gaze reminds us of the battle women faced to be seen, to be taken seriously, and to be celebrated in this patriarchal society even today. – Sierra Slaughter
A story of arctic survival, the whale, and a sacred hunt.
When a 16-year-old Jewish actor faces off with her mother and Jewish plastic surgeon on the day of her surgery, she learns unsettling truths about the consequences of assimilation.
After bringing some of the first and most striking visual evidence of our changing planet to the fore through the groundbreaking study of melting glaciers, photographer James Balog returns to Iceland to close the last chapter of his life's work.
In a future where world leaders are appointed by lottery Lenny Hicks, a former rockstar, becomes Prime Minister of the UK against his will. Forbidden to resign by law Lenny decides to become the worst possible leader in order to be kicked out of office. Unfortunately, he will discover that the more stupid he acts the more popular he becomes.
A young man attends the memorial of a teacher who once bullied him in high school and brings a camera to record it.
A momentous cliff draws near a pained woman as she makes an offering to her former self.
Jeff is a common fly. He wakes up each morning to a dissatisfying marriage, insufferable children, and a mind-numbing job. And today it gets much, much worse.
In 2017, 41 young girls from a Guatemalan state-run children's home were killed in a fire when their police guards refused to release them from a locked schoolroom. The event is emblematic of the wider epidemic of gender-based violence in Guatemala, and the spark that drives sisters Lesli and Lupe to action. Told from the perspective of young women who have survived and whose lives have been shaped by violence, the film documents efforts to rally the community to collective protest through art and performance, culminating in a vivid, raucous festival through the streets of Ciudad Peronia. Conveyed through a series of sensitive portraits of girlhood and creativity, Vickie Curtis and Doug Anderson's film is an powerful ode to the plight, power and resilience of girls.
Cracking the Code, narrated by Mark Ruffalo, is an inspiring story of vision, perseverance, and the power of science to change the world. Phil Sharp's journey from a Kentucky farm boy to Nobel laureate embodies the American Dream and the triumph of entrepreneurial spirit. His 1977 groundbreaking discovery of RNA splicing rewrote the rules of molecular biology and ignited a life-saving scientific revolution, laying the foundation for an industry that has become a cornerstone of global innovation and economic growth – and transformed the health of billions of patients worldwide.
In order to secure what could be the role of a lifetime, an aspiring actress has to produce a tear.
A friendship is threatened by an unexpected culprit; baseball practice.
Not having seen his Father since he was an infant, Rob searches for him in Fremantle. Tracking him to a bar, Rob approaches him as a stranger to discover who he really is and his reasons for leaving.
The legacies we inherit the moment we're born into our circumstances, the legacy we create throughout our time on this earth, and ultimately how our legacy is kept alive by those we impact after we're gone are all explored through the weaving paths of two young men from SW Detroit who set out to uplift their worlds in the best way they know how: FIGHTING.
1992 Connecticut. Desperate to keep the attention of her intoxicating older best friend, Frankie sets out to prove that sex is no big deal.
FIDDLER ON THE MOON, a half-hour documentary short, finally answers the question that has plagued scientists, theologians, and comedians for millennia: Will Judaism survive in space? Starring Neil deGrasse Tyson, astronauts Jeffrey Hoffman and Jessica Meir, and a quorum of rabbis and researchers.
On the precipice of adulthood, teenagers converge at a traditional folk high school in Arctic Norway. Dropped at the edge of the world, they must rely on only themselves, one another, and a loyal pack of sled dogs as they all grow in unexpected directions.
An inspiring look at the inaugural Every Woman's Marathon, a race for women, from the perspective of five participants.
The remarkable life of Katharine Lee Bates, poet, professor, and social reformer, beginning with her childhood in Falmouth, Massachusetts. An unsung hero best known for authoring "America the Beautiful," Bates was deeply committed to the beauty and principles of our country.
A hospice nurse revisits the comfort and fear of childhood when she enlists her children's babysitter to take care of her for the night.
The complex power of the hijab, and how a seemingly simple piece of cloth embodies both what the wearer imbues it with and what society project onto to it, through the lens of two different young women.
Liat is one of the hostages taken on October 7th. The film follows her relatives from right up close, with a focus on her father, as he tries to stay on the path of pacifism and humanity amidst war, trauma and diplomacy.
A twisted picture of an all-too-believable future, where prospective tenants are prepared to go to just about any lengths to secure a place to call home.
Mara is a disillusioned actor dealing with the terror of time. When she's thrown into a classroom of kids rehearsing a Disneyfied version of Chekhov's THREE SISTERS — her favorite play about existential longing -- she swan dives into her own crisis of aging, nostalgia, and the loss of childhood dreams.
Jean Jacket needs to win big at the lottery to get back her dreams.
In this charming and profound portrait of artistic devotion, celebrated sculptor James Grashow embarks, at age 79, on a four year odyssey to complete his magnum opus: a gigantic, intricate wooden sculpture dubbed "The Cathedral."
A Boston street busker dedicates his life to uncovering and defeating the evils that plague his home. Unable to work within the system, he instead creates a new identity, a symbol of fear for the criminal underworld – Keytar Bear.
Driven by childhood trauma, Norwegian snowboarder Krister Kopala prepares for a dangerous first descent. He finds refuge in the mountains. But is he seeking presence and life, or a way to be closer to death?
After a devastating breakup, Moss Henry searches for a sense of purpose by volunteering as a dummy for a women's self-defense class.
Three siblings return home for their mother's funeral. Chaos ensues when they discover she has left behind a bizarre inheritance.
The riveting story of the first wolf pack to repopulate Yellowstone Park 50 years the park's native wolves were forcibly removed.
When Danielle, a happily married thirty-something, tests positive for a BRCA1 gene mutation, she learns that this puts her at a very high risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer. Thanks a lot, DNA. She now struggles with daily life, working at her bakery with her hubby Pat and hanging out with her clueless best buds on game night. She now contemplates preemptively removing her "ticking time bomb" breasts and reproductive organs before cancer gets her, too. Ultimately, Danielle must figure out how to prioritize her health and well-being by putting herself first.
John Godinet is an irrepressible Pacific Islander and ultra-runner living with his husband Peter in rural Maryland. He's outrun abuse as a teenager and discrimination as an adult, but now has a new adversary: ALS. But ALS isn't so much the subject as it is a catalyst — life lived with a ticking clock. Nothing is simple — not the love of friends, husband, family or even oneself. But John has a survival strategy: humor and even hilarity!
Harriet, a once-promising filmmaker, is stuck in the suburbs of New Jersey. Alienated from her cheating husband and spurned by her teenage daughter, she secretly enrolls in film school. But, when she gets fired off her own film and found out by her daughter, Harriet must decide if her life's ambition is pure folly or a dream worth saving.
Four young adults with intellectual disabilities in Fresno, CA begin their professional careers, relying on a patchwork of family and community aid while navigating a fragmented system of state services.
"Microbiome Sampling" follows a team of international scientists aboard a scientific mission boat named Tara, and witnesses their reflections about science fiction in the field.
We move from the immensity of the maritime views to the microscopic abstractions. Nourished by the scientists' point of view, this material for reflection and contemplation situates us in a moving interstice oscillating between scanning gaze and observing focus.
In 1960s Lima, the glamorous life of a privileged Franco-Peruvian woman, Norma (Barbara Mori), unravels after her husband leaves her for another woman, ostracizing her from elite society. Facing financial ruin, she decides to open an exclusive French restaurant in her home. After a lukewarm response, she embarks on a transformative culinary journey that challenges societal norms with the help of her newfound allies from the communities she was raised to disregard. Ricardo de Montreuil's MISTURA deliciously celebrates Peru's remarkably diverse cuisine and people.
Moon Crab is a meditation on the horseshoe crab, one of Earth's oldest living species now struggling with extreme population decline. Blending reflections on nature's cycles with experimental visuals, the film employs an array of techniques, including eco-processed film developed with seaweed, to immerse the viewer in the crab's subaquatic world. Narrated with intimate depth by physiologist Dr. Abner Lall, the filmmaker's neighbor, this documentary captures a timeless story of resilience and fragility, urging us to reconsider our connection to the natural world.
Being a loving mother and full-time carer for her mentally and physically disabled son is Mary's daily struggle. The authorities are anything but helpful and she is in danger of drowning in a sea of bureaucracy.
In the Motherland, state-run Children's Centers raise all citizens, ensuring a fair upbringing and freeing parents from child-rearing burdens. This seemingly utopian system turns into a nightmare for a Motherland enforcer who uncovers the true identity of a young woman in her care. When the Center launches a program to combat population decline, she becomes determined to protect the young woman from becoming part of it. Defying the system she once upheld, she risks everything to save her—that is, if the Motherland doesn't stop her first.
A suburban millennial woman is dating an Edwardian ghost, but recently their relationship has been on the rocks and she can't figure out why.
After a DNA test uncovers his father's adoption, a proud paesano from Providence, Rhode Island grapples with the revelation that he's not actually Italian American.
Vrej, the subject of Sareen Hairabedian's impressive feature debut – a striking coming-of-age tale – has grown up in Nagorno-Karabakh, an ethnic Armenian enclave within Azerbaijan. Since the end of the Soviet era it has witnessed much conflict. The 11-year-old watches birds, plays with friends and dreams of being a dentist. But echoes of the three wars his family have lived through since 1992 are ever-present. His grandmother laments the cycle of ethnic violence: 'Living in Artsakh means that one day there will be a war and my grandson will participate in that war'. As his school lessons become increasingly militarised and Vrej struggles to hold on to his childhood dreams, his grandmother watches her prophecy unfold.
An artful, impressionistic look at a peoplehood under threat lays bare the human cost of climate change. Scientists predict that the Republic of Kiribati, an island nation in Micronesia, will be uninhabitable in less than 10 years due to rising seas and temperatures. The people living there tell their stories in this documentary, as well as those of colonization, extraction, and militarization by the British and Americans.
What if you lived in a coastal city never knowing that the ocean hid a deadly poison? That's exactly what LA residents did for decades, until a scientist alerted LA Times journalist Rosanna Xia to a problem ignored by officials for years. They discover that as many as half a million barrels of DDT waste had been dumped into the ocean, and are finally able to connect the dots between sick sea lions, a poisoned ecosystem, and the legacy of health issues in all who've been exposed.
A chance encounter between a veteran and rookie leads to an unexpected passing of the torch.
Equestrian Phillip Dutton overcomes humble roots on an Australian cattle farm, inauspicious beginnings in the US, and a life-changing riding accident to become a seven-time Olympian in the sport of Eventing; but does the aging legend have enough left to qualify for his eighth Games at the age of 60?
A family goes to a lake to spread their father's ashes and gets caught get up in an odd conversation—what to call human meat.
When a young shrimp gains aspirations to become an actor, he purposefully gets caught by humans so he can end up at a fancy restaurant and on the plate of someone who could make him famous.
A view inside the life of former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, capturing her through five tumultuous years in power and beyond as she redefined leadership on the world stage.
One fall day, Ellen Jovin set up a folding table on a Manhattan sidewalk with a homemade sign that said "Grammar Table." Right away, passersby began excitedly asking questions, telling stories, and filing complaints. What happened next is the stuff of grammar legend. Ellen and her filmmaker husband, Brandt Johnson, took the table on the road, visiting all 50 states as Brandt shot the grammar action. People from every imaginable background visited the table to share a laugh, settle disputes, and talk about their grammar insecurities. But this story transcends grammar. It's the story of an epic quest in a divided time to bring us closer together.
Three young students discover a machine that lets them say ANYTHING they want.
As Olivia charts her course through Beijing's urban maze post-graduation, a fateful call redirects her to Macau. Faced with her grandmother's ailing health, Olivia embraces her role as caregiver. Through their time together, they sharedstories, find comfort, and rebuild their relationship.
As a young gymnast prepares for competition, a sinister truth is revealed about her coach.
Where do you go when the average home price is $4.5 Million, the cheapest freestanding house costs $1.8 Million, and you're 30 miles out to sea? Despite significant investments in affordable housing and the efforts of a committed group of housing advocates, the unique pressures of living on a vacation island that caters to billionaires and millionaires has many locals asking: "Does Nantucket have room for us?"
An unconventional friendship blossoms between a spirited Catholic schoolgirl and a quirky nun as they support each other and bring about change in a system that has been resistant.
A Nantucket realtor makes a potentially catastrophic mistake just minutes before a showing.
A determined influencer finds an elderly man abandoned in her car, and must choose between her own ambition and an unsupportive healthcare system.
In 1892 California, a woman contemplating adultery is forced to take refuge from a storm at the home of her first husband and his unstable wife, who claims to be haunted by their dead child.
High school hockey bruiser Will Mankus is struggling to navigate life as a teenager following the unexpected loss of his best friend and the school's star player to suicide. As he confronts his grief, Mankus must lift himself up from rock bottom with the help of his small-town New England community to find hope and purpose through his family, friends, and the sport he loves.
Reconnecting after years apart, two friends revisit their teenage haunts in the seaside town where they grew up.
A short essay about an architect, an adaptive tool shop, postwar prosthetics, and the strange duality of classical physics and quantum mechanics that organizes all our lives.
A self-taught rocket scientist invites a big city journalist out into the desert to cover a launch that will prove, once and for all, that the Earth is flat.
Traveling on his own to Arkansas to photograph migrant workers in 1961 gave Steve Schapiro his start as a photojournalist. He went on to photograph Andy Warhol, Muhammed Ali, David Bowie, the Selma March, James Baldwin, John Lewis, Ray Charles, Barbra Streisand, The Godfather, Taxi Driver, and countless more – bearing witness to some of the most significant social and cultural moments in modern American history.
In a post-apocalyptic nuclear fallout shelter, a young scientist bothers their team leader with a series of progressively inane HR requests.
A girl attempts to swipe her way to happiness. After an exhaustive search, and astronomical body count, she resorts to assembling her dream boy from left over parts.
A broken computer exposes cracks in a couple's relationship.
A grief-stricken arborist and her son awaken a haunting when they begin felling trees at the estate of a mysterious recluse.
After a string of ICE raids, a small southern city's first Latin bakery becomes ground zero for local immigration activism, and its proprietor- an unlikely leader.
At Highland Hospital, Oakland's level-one trauma center, chaplains and doctors rarely work closely together but in this involving documentary, 80-year-old African American chaplain Betty Clark and white Jewish physician Jessica Zitter are exceptions to that generality. Longtime colleagues in the hospital's Palliative Care unit, the two women forge a deep bond through their shared commitment to compassionate end-of-life care. Trained in medical science and interventions, Dr. Zitter learns from Chaplain Clark's wisdom and perspective, and begins to see the emotional and spiritual aspects of healing. The film explores the systemic barriers that prevent holistic patient care, particularly for communities of color, as well as the personal transformations both women undergo. When Chaplain Clark faces her own health struggles, Dr. Zitter steps in, seeing firsthand the challenges Black patients endure. The Chaplain and the Doctor is a moving testament to care beyond medicine, where healing honors both body and spirit. —Amir George
As Hannah navigates a huge life choice she is confronted by two terrifying apparitions that may or may not actually be tormenting her.
Nashville singer Elizabeth Cook embarks on a journey to break free from country music constraints, embracing her authentic artistic self-expression.
A traditional Ghanaian fisherman forced into retirement teams up with a bougie talking fish and his quirky associates on a whimsical adventure to Accra, chasing their dream of owning a boat while learning to navigate the modern world without losing touch with their roots.
As a young boy, Shantha Murthy ran away from home to escape the extreme poverty of his Indian village. He travelled the country in search of work, holding onto the belief that one day his life would change. It did, following a serendipitous encounter with a Texan couple. He travelled to the US, but his American Dream was not to be fulfilled. Karla Murthy's film weaves together home videos and phone conversations recorded during her father's stint as a gas station attendant, while also reflecting on her own identity as a first-generation American. What emerges is an intimate love letter – a meditation on a complicated father-daughter relationship and a poignant tribute to the immigrant working class.
As an unprecedented wave of book banning is sparked in Texas, Florida, and beyond, librarians under siege join forces as unlikely defenders fighting for intellectual freedom on the front lines of democracy.
Along with his family, Ban Ki-moon was displaced during the Korean War. The UN Command fought on the side of South Korea and forever changed Ban's life, inspiring him to become a man who fought for peace throughout his career. Nearly fifty years later, Ban was selected as the 8th Secretary General of the UN. His 'quiet diplomacy' helped to promote multilateralism at a time when collaboration between countries is a key to our survival.
Sofia works as a location scout for a network TV show shooting in New York City. This means a daily journey into the private spaces and lives of numerous city residents, photographing their properties and briefly stepping into the fabric of their lives. Over the course of a day filled with these encounters, Sofia plays witness to moments of curiosity, vulnerability, and quiet tension, until her work takes a sudden, personal turn.
While reading a book of world records with his great-grandchildren, William Bennett discovers that the world's oldest man is just days older than he is. Seeing this as a way to cement his legacy, William attempts to outlive the oldest man.
In the wake of her mother's death, Sophia (impressive newcomer Emily Matthews), her grandmother and father spend a summer on an island off the gulf of Finland. With fantastic performances from Close, Danielsen Lie and Matthews, The Summer Book celebrates the adventures of everyday life. McDowell's stunningly shot film vividly brings to life some of Jansson's most beloved characters.
A documentary filmmaker depends on his friend's airline employee benefits for free flights. When the friend finds a girlfriend, he desperately tries to preserve his travel privileges.
Anjelica reluctantly returns to her childhood haunt under grim circumstances.
In Hanoi, Vietnam, a tattoo artist turns scars into stunning works of art.
Generations of artists call Robert A. Nakamura "the godfather of Asian American media," but filmmaker Tadashi Nakamura calls him Dad. Robert's diagnosis of Parkinson's disease leads to an exploration of art, activism, grief, and fatherhood.
Along the shores of the Great Salt Lake, a scientist's twilight run is upended when her dog plunges through rare lake ice, catalyzing a desperate series of choices. After an improbable rescue, she questions whether she always makes rational decisions. Told from two perspectives, the film explores how we assess risks, make decisions, and the role of chance.
In the backwoods of New Jersey, a young man navigates the serpentine mystery surrounding his long-missing sister and their family home.
A high-end art dealer is haunted by a mysterious force from her past that threatens to destroy everything she's built.
Amid the global race for critical minerals essential to energy and national security, Bristol Bay's commercial salmon fishermen and Indigenous leaders confront the prospect of North America's largest-ever copper mine in their beloved homeland, exposing the mining industry's systemic recklessness while proving the power of community activism.
After life's precarious scale tips Jean's fortune back into poverty, she relocates her children with their grandmother to the community housing project where she grew up. Jean lives in constant fear of everything that could go wrong, going to great lengths to shelter her children, so when a spree of violence comes to her doorstep, she secretly cleans an abandoned crime scene, which unknowingly leads her on a path that exposes generational chains of silence, self-discovery and finally putting herself first.
VIVA VERDI! is an intimate glimpse into the lives of the celebrated opera singers and musicians currently living out their 'third act' while mentoring international music students who live among them at Milan's unique retirement home, Casa Verdi, built by renowned opera composer, Giuseppe Verdi in 1896. From these 'guests of Verdi,' age 77 to 107, comprised of international opera singers, ballet dancers, musicians, conductors and composers, we hear an extraordinary array of personal and professional stories filled with music, magic and passion, and ultimately learn why Verdi called this remarkable home his "best work." A blueprint for retirement homes, Verdi's generous approach in caring for his colleagues in art, and the energy from the intergenerational exchange that permeates the house, makes Casa Verdi as forward thinking now, as it was then.
Jay is a predominantly white town in the rural countryside of northwest Florida. Ask anyone who lives in the area – Black or white – and you'll likely hear that the town simply does not welcome black people and almost no one, inside or outside the community, knows the origins of the town's reputation. It simply persists. In 2010, Gus Benjamin, a Black teen from Brewton, Alabama, attended a party in Jay, only to wind up dead, a gunshot from a hunting rifle through his back. Robert Floyd, a young white man, is arrested and put on trial for second degree murder. The truths that emerge rip open deep wounds from the past between the black and white communities and lead towards reckoning with a dark history of racial violence that includes a shockingly similar fatal shooting that took place almost a century before.
Different communities seek to fight against isolation, personal tragedy, and the fears of aging through one shared purpose: to make the world a better place before leaving.
After her Nanu's (grandfather's) ceremonial cremation brings her to the Holy Ganges River in India for the first time, nine year-old oddball Isha befriends the phantom of her Nanu's rambunctious seven year-old self and discovers the journey after death.
A washed-up Elvis impersonator loses his job at a kitschy amusement park so he must find work as a middle school music teacher.
Rogelio wants to know what happens when we die. Forced to spend holidays with his nanny in Yucatán, he aims to unravel this mystery.