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A layered examination of soundscapes and sacred spaces as thousands of muezzins in Cairo are replaced by a single radio broadcast of the adhan, the Muslim call to prayer.
MORE ›This pitch-perfect road-trip film documents the odyssey of Armando and Carlos Peña as they gather together their five brothers to carry their mother’s ashes to…
MORE ›Scotia. Darwin. Calico. Kaweah. Never heard of these towns? That’s because they aren’t there. The people who once lived in these abandoned company towns peppering…
MORE ›As she embarks on a quest to become herself, Polish transgender woman Marianna must summon inner strength and make immeasurable sacrifices.
MORE ›“It left deep traces on her body and her soul.” This is the mother of Jadranka Cigeli, speaking of her daughter, one of the 36…
MORE ›A Moroccan divorcée supports her family by documenting wedding parties while navigating her own series of heartaches.
MORE ›Documentary cinematographer Kirsten Johnson assembles footage shot over the course of her career in a poetic memoir that explores the ethics of filmmaking and the joys of human connection.
MORE ›William Noland juxtaposes US propaganda films and speeches by President Franklin Roosevelt justifying the notorious World War II Japanese internment camps with Dorthea Lange’s subtly…
MORE ›Camp Scott Lock-Up follows the difficult times and conflicted lives of four young females during their court-ordered sentence at a military style “boot camp” for…
MORE ›Follow campaign manager John Grenier as he maps out strategies for Barry Goldwater’s 1964 presidential run and engineers a takeover of the Republican convention.
MORE ›Can one’s nerves be relaxed by two weeks of water treatment? In reparation for World War II, the Germans established a program to finance Holocaust…
MORE ›Abandoned homes line the one road of the disappearing Isle de Jean Charles in Louisiana, home to a Choctaw community. This is the story of those who’ve stayed.
MORE ›Far from the eyes of the countless tourists who seek relaxation in the Dominican Republic’s verdant tropical resorts, tens of thousands of undocumented Haitian immigrants…
MORE ›Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, sprouted almost overnight in the middle of the Central Asian steppe. Now celebrating the city’s tenth anniversary, its sanguine yet skeptical inhabitants offer glimpses of life in a modern utopia gone somewhat askew.
MORE ›In telling the story of the first fully televised trial in the U.S., this incisive, multilayered film looks at how mass-media coverage and sensationalism impact the workings of justice.
MORE ›During the 2016 U.S. presidential election, three friends travel to North Carolina to do voter protection work at the polls. This on-the-ground look at their efforts to help potential voters navigate the new laws and requirements that may prevent their vote reveals shocking accounts of voter suppression in play. World Premiere
MORE ›An affable Scottish church maintenance man, and the church’s aging congregation, face irrelevance together.
MORE ›When Carmen de Lavallade met Geoffrey Holder in 1954, she was a rising star in the world of modern dance and he was a multi-talented…
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