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Publisher
Video Project
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
This documentary interweaves the personal stories of Micronesian soldiers serving in the US military, and the experiences of their families back home in the islands. We follow their journey from one of the most remote islands in the world to the front lines of war in Afghanistan. These non US citizens mostly serve in the infantry and have extremely high casualty rates, dying at a rate five times higher than any US state, per capita. Through the odyssey...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A look at how Seattle's public health system cared for its most vulnerable in the early days of the pandemic. See how officials scrambled to stop the spread, tracked and isolated those who became ill, and educated people about what they could do.
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
In today's uncertain world, what is the meaning of home? Over four years, filmmaker Alan Govenar talked to over 60 people around the globe about the evolving ways we think about one of our most basic needs — from a student in Buenos Aires to a homeless couple living in a makeshift tent in the wods, a hot dog vendor in New York City to an artist in Nairobi. As global crises have left millions both bound to and displaced from their habitats, LOOKING...
5) After Action
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Hosted by Air Force combat veteran Stacy Pearsall, After Action reveals the experiences of 21 veterans from across the country through candid conversations about what life is like before, during and after action. Pearsall’s own struggles to reconnect with society challenges her fellow veterans to probe deeper into their stories, helping to provide a better appreciation for those who’ve served.
Publisher
Juno Films
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
The upstart Bowery Slam Poetry Team, made up of five young African-American, Afro-Hispanic and queer poets, prepares for the national championships. Mentored by a demanding coach who pushes them past their personal boundaries to write from a painfully honest place, the poets break down, break through, and compose their best work ever. Will their soul-searching pieces about police violence and the whitewashing of Black culture be able to compete against...
7) Elemental
Publisher
Journeyman Pictures
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
The film takes viewers on a journey with the top experts in the nation to better understand fire. We follow the harrowing escape from Paradise as the town ignited from wind-driven embers and burned within a few hours of the fire’s start. We learn from Native Americans as they employ fire to benefit nature and increase community safety as they have for thousands of years. We follow researchers who work to understand the effects of climate on forests...
Publisher
Filmhub, Inc
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Narrated by Catherine Keener, LOST ANGELS: SKID ROW IS MY HOME takes an uncompromising yet life-affirming look at the lives of eight remarkable individuals, people who have found a way to make a life for themselves within the community of homelessness. The film shows how their descent into society’s basement has been exacerbated by the forces of gentrification and the increasing criminalization of homeless people while exposing the draconian changes...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
The U.S. recently set an ambitious climate change goal: net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. And to achieve that, slash emissions in half by 2030. Is it possible? And what kind of technology would it take? Meet scientists and engineers who are convinced we can achieve carbon zero in time to avoid the biggest impacts of climate change.
10) Exclusion U
Publisher
Premiere Digital
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Looks at the real scandal in higher education: How Ivy League Universities hoard billions while refusing to expand enrollments. These tax-exempt institutions are failing their mission to act in the public good. Interviews with low income students who fight for a place on campus, deans of admissions and shocking financial information force the question: why do we continue to invest so much in institutions that invest so little back in us?
Publisher
Journeyman Pictures
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
An Al Jazeera investigation into how the U.S. is now driven by radically differing views on what is real, and what is not. THE TRUTH ILLUSION looks at how those deepening divisions began, and how they have eroded faith in authority – spawning conspiracy theories and creating ‘alternative realities’.
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
The #2 Problem Facing Humanity. SH*T SAVES THE WORLD is a humorous take on our species impact on the Earth, exploring serious topics in an environmental documentary format. The project brings to light subjects that are not often discussed at least not at the dinner table.
Publisher
Giant Pictures
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Are we on the verge of a nuclear holocaust? Political tensions are at an all time high and with North Korea and Iran nuking up it's even more of a concern as nuclear accidents via human error or machine malfunction continue to occur and cyber-terrorism.
Publisher
Juno Films
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Second grader Sylvie navigates the absurdities and emotional turbulence of her eccentric multigenerational Jewish matriarchy, a dad who lives far away and life gone virtual, seen through the lens of Sasha Levinson, her filmmaker, single mom. As Sylvie struggles through virtual school, expresses her strong wish for a baby sister or at least a dog, and interacts with a mom who never puts her camera down, Sasha finds new ways to connect with and raise...
Publisher
Scorpion TV
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Throughout the Southern U.S., tempers flare up as confederate monuments are targeted for removal. During a 6000 mile road trip through the former confederacy, MONUMENTAL CROSSROADS explores the legacy of Southern Heritage. A myriad of supporters and opponents is met along the way: White, Black, North and South. Each with their own view on what's worth remembering and preserving. Is there a way past these crossroads?
Publisher
Ronin Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
The COVID-19 pandemic began a new era of uncertainty. One person, Veyd, is still standing albeit with the aid of crutches, observing the chaos of past and present from his effective incarceration. Being physically vulnerable, Veyd has been ‘shielded', totally isolated, in suburban London for the previous six months. He will continue to be so - imprisoned indefinitely, or at least until it is safe for him to leave which won't be anytime soon. Somehow,...
17) New World Order
Publisher
SeeThink Films
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Years before QAnon, Birtherism or the mass shooting at Sandy Hook, conspiracy culture was already on the rise in America. The documentary NEW WORLD ORDER is a behind-the-scenes look at the underground “anti-globalist” movement of the late 2000s. Like a harbinger of the effects conspiracy culture would soon have on the rest of society, the film chronicles a young Alex Jones and other conspiracy theorists on their quests to expose a “massive global...
19) Dark Legacy
Publisher
Filmhub, Inc
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
From government docs, and statements from the best witnesses available, DARK LEGACY produces a thoroughly substantiated criminal indictment of the JFK killing, establishing beyond a reasonable doubt the conspiracy to assassinate John F. Kennedy.
Publisher
One World Digital
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
Victor and Fernando are hairstylists in Mexicali. They are the go-to professionals for the city's socialites. To their customers, they were a lovely couple until they decided to legally marry. Losing the support of people and friends an confronting a blacklash of criticism, through their fight they woke up members of Mexicali's society to fight homophobia and inequality.
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