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Stifled by the life of a woman in an oppressive country, Muna decides that she must leave Saudi Arabia. Communicating remotely with director Susanne Regina Meures, whom she met in a chat room, Muna uses cell phones to document her escape plans as they unfold in this gripping film that presents a portrait of desperate circumstances and daring actions.
MORE ›An Afghan archeologist races to save ancient Buddhist artifacts from a 5,000-year-old site near Kabul before a Chinese mining company demolishes the area.
MORE ›The notion of rap being the province of the fellas is refuted in this all-star review of glory. Sparky D, Roxanne Shante, MC Lyte, and…
MORE ›When rap and the intifada get caught in a hand that holds a mike, songs that yearn to be heard beyond the ghetto walls of…
MORE ›This raw examination of The Last Poets member Umar Bin Hassan explores both the triumphs and demons of this visionary artist.
MORE ›Visually enthralling, this short film surveys the drastic water shortage in Cape Town in the foreboding countdown to Day Zero, when all taps are turned off.
MORE ›Part meditation and part political commentary, Scenes from an Endless War places common commercial images in a different context. By combining these images with rewritten…
MORE ›In the furthest reaches of the Navajo Nation, at the most remote high school in the continental U.S., three Indigenous students maneuver through the vagaries…
MORE ›A murder mystery based on a controversial videotaped confession of a New York man who still claims he is innocent of killing his child.
MORE ›When a four-month-old boy dies, officers are convinced he was killed by his father, who after more than ten hours of questioning, confesses to the crime. Medical experts, police officers, and lawyers offer their opinions on this controversial admission of guilt, but the film’s focal point is the videotaped interrogation itself.
MORE ›For more than 40 years, John and Amanda Leyden have taught elementary-age children at a remote Irish boarding school. Filmed over the course of a year, the teachers bring wonder to their classrooms and roll with the joys and challenges that the changing seasons bring their young pupils.
MORE ›At a unique training program in Southern California, people heal dogs and dogs heal people.
MORE ›School of Doc is a free camp for teens who are interested in learning the art of documentary filmmaking. Led by professional filmmakers, a select…
MORE ›This is a riveting “you are there” account of the disruption of community, and the people involved, during a clash between religion and law. One…
MORE ›Welcome to Walt Whitman High School in Dallas, Texas. At Walt Whitman, lesbian and gay students from around the South are welcome to move in…
MORE ›A rigged homecoming queen and a rich older man conspire to turn 18-year-old Jewel Offer from a little girl to a woman. All part of…
MORE ›In 1931, nine African-American boys, 13 to 19 years old, were pulled from a freight in Painted Rock, Alabama, as were two disheveled white women.…
MORE ›What does it mean to have a pretty face? Often, the world can be caught up with the “supermodel,” and this insightful film backtracks to…
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