An untold story of a unique demonstration of bravery. It’s a love letter to Gottfried von Cramm, one of the forgotten tennis heroes of the 20th century, whose career and fame was shunned early on due to the rising rampant homophobia that prevailed after the Roaring Twenties — along with Adolf Hitler’s hidden agenda for the sports star.
At the height of the AIDS crisis, many gay men sold their life insurance policies to investors for quick cash. This documentary charts the rise and fall of the hundred-million-dollar “gay-death-profiteering” industry that grew out of their desperation, and spotlights one of its earliest investors: the filmmaker’s father.
Pine Grove was built in 1917 to educate African American children in the South during the Jim Crow era. The historic schoolhouse is now listed on America’s “Most Endangered Historic Places.”
Sherry Bradley and Perman Hardy helped create a consortium of community members, academic institutions, nonprofits and government agencies dedicated to finding solutions for wastewater issues throughout Alabama’s Black Belt.
In Chester, Pennsylvania, Zulene Mayfield has been leading the 30-year fight against the country’s largest trash incinerator, impacting the majority-Black town.
In South Memphis, married artists Bertram Williams and Talibah Safiya transform their creative practices into vehicles for a higher purpose. Enter Mama’s Sundry, a collaborative movement fostering wellness and sustainability through education.
Follow the Peña brothers and their mostly unknown Regional Mexican band from Dimmitt, Texas. The doc revolves around the family, now in their 50s and 60s, and the relationships formed among them as teenagers.
Sincero narrowly avoided certain lifestyles as a youth by clinging to his only form of self- expression: graffiti writing. Sincero now fights for his art to be respected by using community approved walls to commemorate the forgotten heroes that call Santa Ana home.
Attending a straight friend’s wedding, I feel incredibly jealous. I recently broke up with my girlfriend of three years, and I was sure I would be the first to get married. People say celebrations are reciprocal, but as a queer person, I wonder if I will ever get my wedding gift money back. While I hope that same-sex marriage is possible, I question whether the institution of ‘marriage’ is truly necessary for living well together.
After a heartbreaking experience at school, a teacher took her own life. Her father, a potter, was devastated and could not fire his kiln for a long time. 15 months after his daughter`s death, he finally fires the kiln again. As he watches the flames, he begins to sing a song in her memory. Through the very personal story of the deceased teacher`s family and an artist, this documentary delves into the challenges of the education system in South Korea and reveals the path to healing.
A portrait of American actress Uma Thurman, muse of legendary filmmaker Quentin Tarantino and courageous voice for the many victims of despotic producer Harvey Weinstein.
Alabama is the Southernmost home of the Eastern Hemlock, a special grove of trees protected by Wild Alabama, who monitor against an incoming invasive species.
The untold story of the man and the musician who made an immense cultural impact across just a few short years. Having gained exclusive rights to a never-before-seen personal archive shot by his wife alongside access to his closest friends and family, the doc is described by the filmmakers as a culture-defining special that humanizes ODB as a man, a father and a husband like never before. It explores how Russell Tyrone Jones created Ol' Dirty Bastard, a Hip Hop alter ego superhero that would ultimately consume him.
Almost 70 years after Fayetteville Arkansas Public School’s integration, Dr. John L Colbert, the city’s first African American superintendent, cements his historic legacy with a school named after him.
From modest childhood beginnings to international fame, this is the journey of the 'King of Pop,' Michael Jackson's complicated world. Unquestioned talent transcends years of scrutiny over the real superstar wearing the symbolic glove.
A look at two of the worst flash floods in British history, which were separated by exactly 52 years, featuring interviews with survivors, rescuers, politicians and experts. On August 16th, 1952, 15cm of rain fell in just a few hours on Lynmouth in Devon, cascaded into the village via the East and West Lyn rivers, bringing with it 114,000 tons of boulders, sediment and uprooted trees that smashed into buildings. 52 years later, on August 16th, 2004, Boscastle in Cornwall suffered four hours of relentless rainfall, which funnelled down the steep banks of the valley from the moors above the port.
Nothing could stop baby Z's epileptic seizures. Doctors had already prescribed six different medications. The clock was ticking... Z was losing intellectual capacity every week the seizures continued.
The cherry trees planted where waves of history passed bear abundant fruit. Raisa, Tamara, Rafael, Sonya, Vladimir, Lera, Konstantin. We will not forget the names of the people we met on this journey. Nor the bittersweet taste of the cherries.