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- Jazz and decolonization are entwined in this historical rollercoaster that rewrites the Cold War episode that led musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach to crash the UN Security Council in protest against the murder of Patrice Lumumba.
- A former beauty queen and single mom prepares her rebellious teenage daughter for the "Miss Juneteenth" pageant.
- In this eye-opening documentary, Alex Winter presents a thoughtful, troubling look at YouTube, a site with humble origins that has gone on to change how we experience the world.
- Filmmakers examine the impact that well-known documentaries and their commercial success have had on the lives of their subjects. They focus on the ethics and responsibility inherent in documentary filmmaking.
- Traumatized by his mother's death and struggling to make ends meet, illegal immigrant Aleksandr Ivanov turns to escorting and soon finds himself sinking into the dark world of New York City's sex trade -- and pushed to the edge of sanity.
- A documentary that spans 13 decades and five continents to give a guided tour of the art and craft of movies as told by female filmmakers.
- "Trust Me" brings awareness of peoples' need for media literacy to build trust, resilience, lessen polarization, support credible journalism, and preserve democracy.
- A New Jersey family discovers their drinking water is contaminated with deadly poisons from a nearby landfill.
- A rookie Air Force drone pilot finds himself increasingly attached to a target he watches from halfway around the world.
- An unapologetic immersion into Florida's redneck mudding culture. Video Pat is a mudding enthusiast who must question his passion, and maybe his entire way of life, when the last mudhole in Orlando is shut down.
- "The Man Card" explores the right's five-decade mastery of white male identity politics. Ranging from Richard Nixon's tough-talking, law-and-order campaign in 1968 to Donald Trump's hyper-macho revival of the same fear-based appeals in 2020, the film shows how the right has mobilized dominant ideas about manhood and enacted a deliberate strategy to frame Democrats and liberals as soft, brand the Republican Party as the party of "real men," and position conservatives as defenders of white male power and authority in the face of demographic change and the ongoing struggle for racial, gender, and sexual equality.
- Two immigrant filmmakers journey across the US, exploring American identity through raw encounters on politics, race, immigration, and gun control. The film offers an unflinching portrait of America, unveiling hope for our common humanity.
- Oscar Shortlisted for the 96th Academy Awards, "Bienvenidos a Los Angeles" is a short film inspired by true events, filmed at LAX International Airport. The film follows Imani, a Nigerian single mother living and working in Los Angeles. When she offers to help a perfect stranger reunite with her son, Imani learns this simple act of kindness threatens to jeopardize her path to citizenship.
- High school student Tim is a victim of bullying. Unhappy and afraid, he somehow tries to live a normal life, trying hard to hide what he's going through from his parents. Then one day he lies in the hospital - badly beaten.
- Using obscure archival footage, animated illustrations and interviews, this film tells the story of the Vietnam War from the perspective of five Vietcong veterans: a soldier, an officer, an informant, a guerrilla, a My Lai survivor, and the leader of the Long Hair army.
- Ordinary people in New York are asked to talk about their lives and their hopes for the future in a time marked by political division and climate change.
- It is a feature length documentary. The independent not-for-profit film is produced by Electric Yolk Media and directed by award-winning filmmaker Amanda Kinsey. Through on-camera interviews, compelling footage, and historical photographs, the film tells a positive immigration story and highlights the dynamic contributions Jewish Americans made to shaping the Western United States. The film premiered at the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival in early 2022 and is currently streaming on Amazon and broadcasting on public television stations nationwide.
- Through fascinating and at times shocking archive footage the programs in this series tells the stark story of the First World War, which even 100 years later remains a visceral national memory. The evolution from trench warfare to utilizing tanks and airplanes changed the shape of military campaigns forever.
- From dungeon-like basements to worldwide phenomenon, ADVENTURE NEVER ENDS: A TABLETOP SAGA explores how tabletop role-playing games have fought their way through decades of trial by fire to emerge at the height of pop culture- now shaping and bringing together millions of lives through storytelling. The film takes a behind the curtain look at an open community of fans, as well as youth programs who use tabletop role-playing games to promote socialization, team building, and empathy.
- The story of Giorgio Mattia who witnessed the second attack on the Italian Army in Nassiriya, Iraq 2006.
- A Manhattan restaurateur makes the bold decision to boost his struggling eatery's business by putting up the iconic zebra wallpaper made world-famous by the recently shuttered Upper East Side institution, Gino's. His choice sparks controversy when Gino's previous owners, staff and loyal regulars, still hurting over Gino's closing, catch wind of his intentions.
- Casey Conklin joins the 3rd Ranger Battalion as a medic, because he always believed they were the toughest group around. After having experienced the Battle of Mosul in Iraq and receiving his Ranger Tab, he doesn't question how tough he is. But returning home, he finds that he still must challenge himself, and does this with long distance running, and studying Health Education at San Francisco State. Even though Casey has proved himself as a medic in intense war situations, he knows that he must continue to prove himself when he joins worldwide disaster relief efforts.
- A documentary film about lynching in the American South.
- Painter Jasper Johns works in his studio in 1972 repainting and discussing his "Map". John's work over the next 18 years is reviewed. Then, the film ends with Johns at work in his final etching of "The Seasons" in 1989.