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Some Kind of Heaven

2021

Some Kind of Heaven

2021
7.1
Behind the gates of a palm-tree-lined fantasyland, three residents and one interloper at America’s largest retirement community strive to find happiness.
Chocolate Road

2021

Chocolate Road

2021
7
Three renowned chocolatiers - Maribel Lieberman, Susumu Koyama and Mikkel Friis-Holm - take us through the process of craft chocolate-making all the way from the tree to the final chocolate piece. On their journey, each of them finds how important it is to know the roots of their primer material - the cacao bean, and how they can highly impact the lives of the people involved in the chocolate production chain
I am a Mennonite

2021

I am a Mennonite

2021
A filmmaker explores his Mennonite roots and identity.
Mustang Saviors

2021

Mustang Saviors

2021
Veteran suicide is a national tragedy on an epic scale.A remarkable treatment is proving more powerful than ever imagined: Pairing veterans with wild mustangs taken straight off the range; miraculously turning despair into enduring hope.
Three Worlds, One Stage

2021

Three Worlds, One Stage

2021
Explore the preservation of ancient cultural performing arts forms via three immigrant performing artists in Colorado.
Bobbi Jo: Under the Influence

2021

Bobbi Jo: Under the Influence

2021
7.3
An honest testimony of addiction, and one woman's discovery that the only way to save herself, is to save others.
Me To Play

2021

Me To Play

2021
As their bodies give way to Parkinson's disease, two New York actors put their hearts into one final Off-Broadway production of Beckett's "Endgame," the play that posits, "there's nothing funnier than unhappiness."
The Act of Reading

2021

The Act of Reading

2021
6
A retired high school English teacher is confronted by a former student who failed her class 15 years prior. He then involves her in a feature-length presentation on Moby-Dick and the science of reading.
Voice of Freedom

2021

Voice of Freedom

2021
On Easter Sunday, 1939, contralto Marian Anderson stepped up to a microphone in front of the Lincoln Memorial. Inscribed on the walls of the monument behind her were the words “all men are created equal.” Barred from performing in Constitution Hall because of her race, Anderson would sing for the American people in the open air. Hailed as a voice that “comes around once in a hundred years” by maestros in Europe and widely celebrated by both white and black audiences at home, her fame hadn’t been enough to spare her from the indignities and outright violence of racism and segregation.
Creature from Big Muddy: An Illinois Bigfoot Legend

2021

Creature from Big Muddy: An Illinois Bigfoot Legend

2021
6
In the early 1970's in Murphysboro, Illinois, the town was terrorized by a creature that was thought to come out of a local river called the Big Muddy. This documentary explores the legend of The Big Muddy Monster.
Bullied

2021

Bullied

2021
Examines the causes and consequences of bullying, along with proposed solutions from experts around the nation; includes intimate interviews with victims of bullying, including family members who have lost children to suicide in the wake of bullying, filmmaker.
Big Bend: The Wild Frontier of Texas

2021

Big Bend: The Wild Frontier of Texas

2021
8
Roam the Wild West frontier land of the Rio Grande’s Big Bend alongside its iconic animals, including black bears, rattlesnakes and scorpions.
Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All

2021

Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All

2021
8.7
An in-depth look at the parallel lives of renowned singer Whitney Houston and her daughter Bobbi Kristina.
A Glitch in the Matrix

2021

A Glitch in the Matrix

2021
5.2
Are we in fact living in a simulation? This is the question postulated, wrestled with, and ultimately argued for through archival footage, compelling interviews with real people shrouded in digital avatars, and a collection of cases from some of our most iconoclastic figures in contemporary culture.
On Thin Ice

2021

On Thin Ice

2021
1.5
Athletes who have struggled for acceptance due to race, religion, sexual orientation, and other prejudices, endure conflict in their quest to level the playing field.
Journey to Royal: A WWII Rescue Mission

2021

Journey to Royal: A WWII Rescue Mission

2021
9
WWII hero with the 4th Emergency Rescue Squadron, Lt. Royal Stratton, leads a deadly mission to save the lives of nine downed airmen adrift in enemy waters of a war-torn South Pacific. Immersive cinematography and gripping action, mixed with firsthand accounts and historical images, showcase the valor of this squadron who faced overwhelming odds to bring their brothers home.
Woman in Motion

2021

Woman in Motion

2021
6.8
Nichelle Nichols' daunting task to launch a national blitz for NASA, recruiting 8,000 of the nation's best and brightest, including the trailblazing astronauts who became the first African American, Asian and Latino men and women to fly in space.
The Long Ride Home: Part 2

2021

The Long Ride Home: Part 2

2021
8
Braving the odds as a pandemic has struck the world, a courageous group of Indigenous Canadians continue on the four year horse ride they began a year prior. They are pushing to bring awareness to the over-representation of Indigenous children in care and the adults who lost their way as a result of the residential school system and of inter-generational trauma.
The Kiamichi Beast Expedition

2021

The Kiamichi Beast Expedition

2021
The expedition for the Kiamichi beast up into the mountains was a tedious journey. For over 200 years the Kiamichi beast has roamed Arkansas, the Indians say he would raid the camp and steal the children. Now adays the locals are afraid to enter the woods at night. The howl’s coming from the woods are enough to make even a big man shake
My Yang Gang Diary

2021

My Yang Gang Diary

2021
My Yang Gang Diary, documentary, 80 min. 2021 is written, directed, filmed, edited and produced by Ching Juhl. The doc told stories of 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang's campaign through the eyes of his supporters, known as the Yang Gang. Juhl documents her 10-month journey with members of the Yang Gang across 12 cities in the US. Although Andrew Yang suspended his presidential campaign in February 2020, his Humanity Forward movement carries on his ideals and vision for America's future. Yang is running for New York City mayoral race 2021.