Film Category: NEW DOCS

The House I Live In
Eugene Jarecki

Eugene Jarecki’s previous film, Why We Fight, was a startling look at the genesis of United States combat in Iraq and Afghanistan. The House I…

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How to Survive a Plague
David France

In the early 1980s when the number of AIDS cases in America began to soar, many organizations with the resources to help turned a blind…

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I Send You This Place
Andrea Sisson, Peter Ohs

Part enigmatic love letter, part existential exploration, I Send You This Place takes the viewer to and from Iceland in search of clues to a…

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The Imposter
Bart Layton

In 1994, a thirteen-year-old boy mysteriously goes missing in Texas. His mother and sister hold out hope for his return, but years pass without word…

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Five Star Existence
Sonja Lindén

The film’s title refers to the luxury rating aspired to by Songdo City, a super-modern metropolis in South Korea. Sonja Lindén’s Five Star Existence is…

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A Girl Like Her
Ann Fessler

Today, unwed mothers account for nearly half of all births in this country. But in the not-too-distant past having a baby without being married was…

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Girl Model
David Redmon, A. Sabin

“The first secret of a successful modeling career is to start modeling at five to ten years old. If you haven’t decided what your child…

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Aranda
Anu Kuivalainen

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…

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Beauty Is Embarrassing
Neil Berkeley

Meet Wayne White—affable Emmy award-winning artist and profane, prolific iconoclast full of energy and southern verve. You may recognize his incredibly creative artwork from Pee-wee’s…

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Chasing Ice
Jeff Orlowski

Can photography change the world? James Balog, a National Geographic nature photographer, hopes so. Smitten with the glittering, translucent beauty of arctic landscapes, Balog uses…

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