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Aboard the Finnish marine research vessel Aranda, life is governed by the insistent pitch and roll of ocean waves. The existential explorers on this ship…
MORE ›On the coast of the Araya Peninsula in Venezuela, the sun beats down on the sea, sand, and men below. Salt is the central resource of this land where nothing grows, and a community exists by extracting it manually day and night.
MORE ›This unconventional portrait of the late British playwright Andrea Dunbar features actors lip-synching audio interviews with her family, friends, and neighbors.
MORE ›Stanley, a hard-drinking and aimless First Nation young man in Washington State, visits his estranged father, who now lives in Old Crow, a Yukon Territory…
MORE ›Charismatic activist Deborah Payne tirelessly battles developers of a new multibillion-dollar freight yard that threatens to destroy Englewood, her neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side. World Premiere
MORE ›Where’s the Beef? Got Milk? Just Do It. We all have our favorite commercials. Who is behind the catchiness and creativity of some of the…
MORE ›In this worldless short, thousands of starlings flock together in gyroscopic unison.
MORE ›From a single stage and with a collection of intricately designed puppets, Frank Karbstein delivers his ultimate performance of the activist work that led him to be imprisoned in the German Democratic Republic during the 1980s. Using memory and theater to explore the lingering question of who among his pacifist group betrayed him, Frank searches for answers through art.
MORE ›This moody, experimental portrait of Austin State Hospital’s vacated spaces is a ghostly
memorial to the patients who once stayed there.
Ashima is an intimate portrait of elite rock climber Ashima Shiraishi as she travels to South Africa to try to become the youngest person in the world to climb a v14 graded boulder problem. Accompanying Ashima is Poppo, an eccentric, hermit-like, retired avant-garde dancer, who also happens to be her father. Emotional and rooted in character, Ashima is a love letter not only to climbing, but to immigrant parents and the realization of the American Dream.
MORE ›During a time of war and social tumult, a young generation fights for equality in the fields, on campuses and in the culture, and claim a new identity: Asian Americans. The war’s aftermath brings new immigrants and refugees who expand the population and the definition of Asian America.
MORE ›At the turn of the new millennium, the national conversation turns to immigration, race, and economic disparity. As the U.S. becomes more diverse, yet more divided, a new generation of Asian Americans tackle the question, how do we as a nation move forward together?
MORE ›An intelligent, no-nonsense bonesetter in northern Iran has been healing the people in her community for as long as anyone can remember.
MORE ›Famed sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer changed the conversation around intimacy with her frank and exuberant advice. Ask Dr. Ruth charts her meteoric rise, and the 90-year-old Holocaust survivor reveals how her incredible life shaped a profound desire to help people find pleasure.
MORE ›The thrilling and adventurous life of beloved advice columnist and gonzo journalist E. Jean Carroll, the only woman to beat Trump in court. Twice.
MORE ›What does asparagus—also known as “green gold”—have in common with skunks and rotten eggs? In this film you’ll learn everything you always wanted to know…
MORE ›The filmmakers expertly shape a moving, even surprising, documentary that links the lives of two of this nation’s great prophets of peace, Martin Luther King,…
MORE ›Assassins meticulously examines the 2017 assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s half-brother, Kim Jong-nam, who was killed by two women in the middle of a Malaysian airport. Were the young assailants ruthless killers or individuals duped into taking part in a conspiracy to commit murder?
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