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Children in Crisis: The Story of CHIP

2024

Children in Crisis: The Story of CHIP

2024
In the midst of a catastrophic steel industry collapse, a remarkable grassroots community effort leads to a national healthcare program that helps more than 200 million children...and counting.
Crass: The Sound of Free Speech (The Story of Reality Asylum)

2023

Crass: The Sound of Free Speech (The Story of Reality Asylum)

2023
The film dives into 1970's Britain; the birth of punk and the formation of Crass, with an in-depth look at their art, music and ethos.
Victuals: The CRE8AMEAL Story

2021

Victuals: The CRE8AMEAL Story

2021
The highly publicized national story of an underdog event management company taking the important challenge of feeding food-insecure Americans during the global COVID-19 pandemic.
The Legend of Ghost Road

2022

The Legend of Ghost Road

2022
Documentary about the ghost light on Railroad Bed Rd in Brooklet, Ga. It also explores Robertson Rd, where an apparition of a man can be seen digging a ditch.
Jim Dandy to the Rescue: A Film by Joey Skidmore

2018

Jim Dandy to the Rescue: A Film by Joey Skidmore

2018
A documentary about Jim "Dandy" Mangrum and his band Black Oak Arkansas.
Arcade Gamer: The True Story

2023

Arcade Gamer: The True Story

2023
Jordan Dorrington is one of the best arcade video game players in the world. He holds multiple world records in the classic arcade game, Galaga (1981). Now eager to conquer Donkey Kong (1981), the film follows as he pursues his obscure obsession.
GiGi

2025

GiGi

2025
From a tormented little mermaid to the blossoming woman she is today, Gigi recounts her transitional journey with humor and sensitivity.
Set in the West: The Genesis of L.A. Hip Hop

2019

Set in the West: The Genesis of L.A. Hip Hop

2019
Explores the beginnings of Rap music on the West Coast in the LA area, mostly focusing on Uncle Jamm's Army and Alonzo Williams with the World Class Wreckin' Cru (with footage of Dr. Dre and DJ Yella performing before they created NWA).
Joanne Martin: A Life in Miniature

2017

Joanne Martin: A Life in Miniature

2017
A septuagenarian woman from St. Louis, Missouri has been a miniaturist, businesswoman, museum president, Girl Scout leader, teacher, student, mother, daughter, and most of all, an indomitable human spirit. Life is what you make it.
The UFO Battle of Los Angeles

2023

The UFO Battle of Los Angeles

2023
On the night of February 24-25, 1942, amid terror and neurosis caused by the terrible Pearl Harbor attack only two months earlier, a huge flying object of unknown origin appears in the sky over Los Angeles. The military reacts by imposing a total blackout in the area and firing more than 1440 artillery rounds. However, despite the firepower, no object was shot down. We will try to understand what actually happened and who or what flew over the skies of Los Angeles that night of February 24, 1942.
Light Years

1991

Light Years

1991
A unique record of the life and work of eminent Australian photographer, Olive Cotton.
Nagasaki Journey

1995

Nagasaki Journey

1995
Rashomon-like look at the atomic bombing of Nagasaki on August 10, 1945. Features color footage of the bomb's aftermath shown in public for the first time in over fifty years. The film features extremely rare footage of the atomic bombing, both black-and-white and color.
The Harlem Hellfighters: Unsung Heroes

2024

The Harlem Hellfighters: Unsung Heroes

2024
Narrator Robin Roberts recounts the story of the 15th National Guard, part of the 369th Infantry in World War I, and how the predominantly African American unit faced down the realities of war abroad alongside injustice and prejudice at home.
Lamar Odom: Reborn

2021

Lamar Odom: Reborn

2021
This documentary follows the two-time NBA world champion's journey to break his addiction and anxiety by using groundbreaking psychedelic medicines.
The Country Upside Down

2009

The Country Upside Down

2009
Returning to the island that her father left 50 years earlier, the filmmaker goes back in time to retrace the history of her name.
When Whales Could Walk

2024

When Whales Could Walk

2024
In Egypt's Sahara Desert, massive skeletons with strange skulls and gigantic teeth jut out from the sandy ground. This fossil graveyard, millions of years old, is known as the "Valley of the Whales." Now, paleontologists have unearthed a whole new species of ancient whale dating to 43 million years ago, and this predator wasn't just able to swim – it also had four legs and could walk. Follow scientists as they search for new clues to the winding evolutionary path of mammals that moved from the land into the sea to become the largest animals on Earth.
Eve After Dark

2023

Eve After Dark

2023
From Super Bowl LVI recognition to ushering in the rap group N.W.A, Eve After Dark explores the legacy of the first hip-hop club on the West Coast.
Inundation District

2023

Inundation District

2023
In a time of rising seas and intensifying storms, one of the world’s wealthiest, most-educated cities made a fateful decision to spend billions of dollars erecting a new district along its coast — on landfill, at sea level. Unlike other places imperiled by climate change, this neighborhood of glass towers housing some of the world’s largest companies was built well after scientists began warning of the threats, including many at its renowned universities. The city, which already has more high-tide flooding than nearly any other in the United States, called its new quarter the Innovation District. But with seas rising inexorably, and at an accelerating rate, others are calling the neighborhood by a different name: Inundation District.
Until He's Back

2023

Until He's Back

2023
After learning that his son, Yahya, has died at sea trying to get to Spain, Ahmed Tchiche must find a way to bring his remains back home to Morocco so he and his family can have a proper goodbye. A Spanish mortician, an NGO worker and an established Moroccan immigrant living in Spain all struggle to help Ahmed navigate the complicated process of repatriation.
Frosh: Nine Months in a Freshman Dorm

1994

Frosh: Nine Months in a Freshman Dorm

1994
A documentary chronicling the lives of various freshman inhabitants of Trancos Hall, a co-ed dorm on the campus of Stanford University.