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Obit. - The New York Times Obituary Writers 96 mins It's a shame no one wants to talk to them at parties, because obituary writers are a surprisingly funny bunch. Ten hours before newspapers hit…
Obit. - The New York Times Obituary Writers Obit. - The New York Times Obituary Writers
The Great White Hoax - Donald Trump and the Politics of Race and Class in America 74 mins Acclaimed anti-racist educator and author Tim Wise explores how Donald Trump expertly tapped into long-simmering racial tensions and rode an accelerating wave of white anxiety…
The Great White Hoax - Donald Trump and the Politics of Race and Class in America The Great White Hoax - Donald Trump and the Politics of Race and Class in America
The King - The Rise and Fall of Elvis Presley 109 mins Driving a Rolls-Royce once owned by Elvis Presley - with a revolving crew of musicians in the backseat - director Eugene Jarecki embarks on a…
The King - The Rise and Fall of Elvis Presley The King - The Rise and Fall of Elvis Presley
Ex Libris - The New York Public Library 206 mins Frederick Wiseman's new film EX LIBRIS goes behind the scenes of one of the greatest knowledge institutions in the world and reveals it as a…
Ex Libris - The New York Public Library Ex Libris - The New York Public Library
Anita - Speaking Truth to Power 77 mins Against a backdrop of sex, politics, and race, Anita reveals the intimate story of a woman who spoke truth to power. An entire country watched…
Anita - Speaking Truth to Power Anita - Speaking Truth to Power
Digital Disconnect - Fake News, Privacy and Democracy 65 mins In this era of Facebook privacy breaches, "fake news" and filter bubbles, the essential film DIGITAL DISCONNECT trains its sights on the relationship between the…
Digital Disconnect - Fake News, Privacy and Democracy Digital Disconnect - Fake News, Privacy and Democracy
Manufacturing Consent - Noam Chomsky and the Media 168 mins Funny, provocative and surprisingly accessible, MANUFACTURING CONSENT explores the political life and ideas of Noam Chomsky, world-renowned linguist, intellectual and political activist. In a dynamic…
Manufacturing Consent - Noam Chomsky and the Media Manufacturing Consent - Noam Chomsky and the Media
Frontline: Weinstein 54 mins FRONTLINE investigates Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein allegedly sexually harassed and abused dozens of women over four decades. With allegations going back to Weinstein's early years,…
Frontline: Weinstein Frontline: Weinstein
Whose Streets? - An Unflinching Look at the Ferguson Uprising 102 mins Told by the activists and leaders who live and breathe this movement for justice, WHOSE STREETS? is an unflinching look at the Ferguson uprising. When…
Whose Streets? - An Unflinching Look at the Ferguson Uprising Whose Streets? - An Unflinching Look at the Ferguson Uprising

Current Affairs

America Divided Season Two - In a Divided Country, Our Stories Unite Us 4 videos In a moment of great political and cultural turmoil, AMERICA DIVIDED, the docu-series executive produced by Norman Lear, Gretchen Carlson and Jussie Smollett, returns in…
America Divided Season Two - In a Divided Country, Our Stories Unite Us America Divided Season Two - In a Divided Country, Our Stories Unite Us
Dark Money - The Influence of Corporate Money in our Elections 98 mins This acclaimed documentary examines one of the greatest present threats to American democracy: the influence of untraceable corporate money on our elections and elected officials.…
Dark Money - The Influence of Corporate Money in our Elections Dark Money - The Influence of Corporate Money in our Elections
Advise & Dissent - Selecting Supreme Court justices 87 mins Government's least-understood "Third Branch" has a huge impact on our lives--from abortion to affirmative action, education to the environment, privacy to police action. But in…
Advise & Dissent - Selecting Supreme Court justices Advise & Dissent - Selecting Supreme Court justices
Milwaukee 53206 - America's Mass Incarceration Crisis 55 mins The United States has the most prisoners of any nation in the world both in raw numbers and by percentage of the population. These numbers…
Milwaukee 53206 - America's Mass Incarceration Crisis Milwaukee 53206 - America's Mass Incarceration Crisis
Breaking Point - The War for Democracy in Ukraine 98 mins This documentary looks at people transformed by a democratic revolution, who give up their normal lives to fight a Russian invasion, in a war which…
Breaking Point - The War for Democracy in Ukraine Breaking Point - The War for Democracy in Ukraine
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail - 2018 Best Documentary Oscar Nominee 91 mins From acclaimed director Steve James (The Interrupters), Academy Award-nominated (Best Documentary Feature, 2018) ABACUS: SMALL ENOUGH TO JAIL tells the saga of the Chinese immigrant…
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail - 2018 Best Documentary Oscar Nominee Abacus: Small Enough to Jail - 2018 Best Documentary Oscar Nominee
Hooligan Sparrow - A Champion for Girls' and Women's Rights in China 81 mins The danger is palpable as maverick activist Ye Haiyan (a.k.a Hooligan Sparrow) and her band of colleagues travel to Hainan Province in southern China to…
Hooligan Sparrow - A Champion for Girls' and Women's Rights in China Hooligan Sparrow - A Champion for Girls' and Women's Rights in China
Cartel Land - Vigilante Groups Fighting Mexican Drug Cartels 101 mins In this Sundance award-winning film, Director Matthew Heineman and Executive Producer Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty) gain unprecedented, on-the-ground access to the…
Cartel Land - Vigilante Groups Fighting Mexican Drug Cartels Cartel Land - Vigilante Groups Fighting Mexican Drug Cartels
The Prison in Twelve Landscapes - An Examination of the American Prison System 87 mins An essential documentary, Brett Story's incisive, investigative and wide-ranging THE PRISON IN TWELVE LANDSCAPES is an examination of the prison and its place - social,…
The Prison in Twelve Landscapes - An Examination of the American Prison System The Prison in Twelve Landscapes - An Examination of the American Prison System

Political Figures

The Great White Hoax - Donald Trump and the Politics of Race and Class in America 74 mins Acclaimed anti-racist educator and author Tim Wise explores how Donald Trump expertly tapped into long-simmering racial tensions and rode an accelerating wave of white anxiety…
The Great White Hoax - Donald Trump and the Politics of Race and Class in America The Great White Hoax - Donald Trump and the Politics of Race and Class in America
Koch - The Life and Career of a New York Mayor 96 mins Former Mayor Ed Koch was the quintessential New Yorker. Ferocious, charismatic, and hilariously blunt, Koch, ruled New York from 1978 to 1989, a down-and-dirty decade…
Koch - The Life and Career of a New York Mayor Koch - The Life and Career of a New York Mayor
The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu - A Portrait of the Romanian Dictator 188 mins A monumental achievement, THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF NICOLAE CEAUSESCU tracks the rise and fall of the infamous Romanian dictator through his own propaganda footage. Director Andrei…
The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu - A Portrait of the Romanian Dictator The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu - A Portrait of the Romanian Dictator
The Most Dangerous Man in America - Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers 93 mins In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg, a high-level Pentagon official and Vietnam War strategist, concludes that the war is based on decades of lies and leaks 7,000…
The Most Dangerous Man in America - Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers The Most Dangerous Man in America - Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Keep Quiet - An Anti-Semitic Politician's Astonishing Transformation 93 mins As vice-president of Hungary's far-right extremist party, Csanad Szegedi espoused anti-Semitic rhetoric and Holocaust denials, and founded the Hungarian Guard, a now-banned militia inspired by…
Keep Quiet - An Anti-Semitic Politician's Astonishing Transformation Keep Quiet - An Anti-Semitic Politician's Astonishing Transformation
The Times of Harvey Milk 89 mins A true twentieth-century trailblazer, Harvey Milk was an outspoken human rights activist and one of the first openly gay U.S. politicians elected to public office;…
The Times of Harvey Milk The Times of Harvey Milk
The War Room 97 mins The 1992 presidential election was a triumph not only for Bill Clinton but also for the new breed of strategists who guided him to the…
The War Room The War Room
On Putin's Blacklist - Human Rights at Risk in Putin's Russia 74 mins The first step in Russia's new Cold War with America began with the banning of the adoption of Russian orphans by US citizens. Soon this…
On Putin's Blacklist - Human Rights at Risk in Putin's Russia On Putin's Blacklist - Human Rights at Risk in Putin's Russia
Bilderberg: The Movie - The Origins and Expansion of a Secretive Global Organization 63 mins A documentary about the origins, development and expansion of one of the most elitist and secret organizations in today's world: The Bilderberg Group. Once a…
Bilderberg: The Movie - The Origins and Expansion of a Secretive Global Organization Bilderberg: The Movie - The Origins and Expansion of a Secretive Global Organization

Law & Order

Frontline: Weinstein 54 mins FRONTLINE investigates Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein allegedly sexually harassed and abused dozens of women over four decades. With allegations going back to Weinstein's early years,…
Frontline: Weinstein Frontline: Weinstein
Whose Streets? - An Unflinching Look at the Ferguson Uprising 102 mins Told by the activists and leaders who live and breathe this movement for justice, WHOSE STREETS? is an unflinching look at the Ferguson uprising. When…
Whose Streets? - An Unflinching Look at the Ferguson Uprising Whose Streets? - An Unflinching Look at the Ferguson Uprising
Mea Maxima Culpa - Silence In The House Of God 107 mins Oscar-winning Director Alex Gibney (Going Clear, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room) exposes the abuse of power in the Catholic Church and a cover-up…
Mea Maxima Culpa - Silence In The House Of God Mea Maxima Culpa - Silence In The House Of God
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail - 2018 Best Documentary Oscar Nominee 91 mins From acclaimed director Steve James (The Interrupters), Academy Award-nominated (Best Documentary Feature, 2018) ABACUS: SMALL ENOUGH TO JAIL tells the saga of the Chinese immigrant…
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail - 2018 Best Documentary Oscar Nominee Abacus: Small Enough to Jail - 2018 Best Documentary Oscar Nominee
Jonestown - The Life & Death of Peoples Temple 86 mins This New York Times Critic's Pick tells the story of the people who followed cult leader Jim Jones to the remote jungles of Guyana, South…
Jonestown - The Life & Death of Peoples Temple Jonestown - The Life & Death of Peoples Temple
Let The Fire Burn - Tragedy in Philadelphia 96 mins Astonishingly gripping, LET THE FIRE BURN is a found-footage film that unfurls with the tension of a thriller. On May 13, 1985, a longtime feud…
Let The Fire Burn - Tragedy in Philadelphia Let The Fire Burn - Tragedy in Philadelphia
Copwatch - An Organization Dedicated to Filming the Police 100 mins This acclaimed documentary follows "WeCopwatch", an organization dedicated to filming the police. Its members captured the original videos of the deaths of Eric Garner in…
Copwatch - An Organization Dedicated to Filming the Police Copwatch - An Organization Dedicated to Filming the Police
Cartel Land - Vigilante Groups Fighting Mexican Drug Cartels 101 mins In this Sundance award-winning film, Director Matthew Heineman and Executive Producer Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty) gain unprecedented, on-the-ground access to the…
Cartel Land - Vigilante Groups Fighting Mexican Drug Cartels Cartel Land - Vigilante Groups Fighting Mexican Drug Cartels
The Prison in Twelve Landscapes - An Examination of the American Prison System 87 mins An essential documentary, Brett Story's incisive, investigative and wide-ranging THE PRISON IN TWELVE LANDSCAPES is an examination of the prison and its place - social,…
The Prison in Twelve Landscapes - An Examination of the American Prison System The Prison in Twelve Landscapes - An Examination of the American Prison System

American Politics

Anita - Speaking Truth to Power 77 mins Against a backdrop of sex, politics, and race, Anita reveals the intimate story of a woman who spoke truth to power. An entire country watched…
Anita - Speaking Truth to Power Anita - Speaking Truth to Power
Trouble The Water - Surviving Hurricane Katrina 96 mins This astonishingly powerful, Oscar-nominated documentary is at once horrifying and exhilarating. Directed and produced by Fahrenheit 9/11 and Bowling for Columbine producers Tia Lessin and…
Trouble The Water - Surviving Hurricane Katrina Trouble The Water - Surviving Hurricane Katrina
The Most Dangerous Man in America - Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers 93 mins In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg, a high-level Pentagon official and Vietnam War strategist, concludes that the war is based on decades of lies and leaks 7,000…
The Most Dangerous Man in America - Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers The Most Dangerous Man in America - Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
A Good American - Behind a Government Surveillance Program 101 mins A gripping docu-thriller about a groundbreaking surveillance program, the brilliant mastermind behind it and how a perfect alternative to mass surveillance was killed by NSA-management…
A Good American - Behind a Government Surveillance Program A Good American - Behind a Government Surveillance Program
The Times of Harvey Milk 89 mins A true twentieth-century trailblazer, Harvey Milk was an outspoken human rights activist and one of the first openly gay U.S. politicians elected to public office;…
The Times of Harvey Milk The Times of Harvey Milk
The Survivor's Guide to Prison - Exploring the Current State of the US Prison System 103 mins You're more likely to go to prison in the USA than any other country in the world. THE SURVIVORS GUIDE TO PRISON explores the current…
The Survivor's Guide to Prison - Exploring the Current State of the US Prison System The Survivor's Guide to Prison - Exploring the Current State of the US Prison System
King in the Wilderness - The Final Years of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 112 mins From award-winning director/producer Peter Kunhardt, KING IN THE WILDERNESS follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during the volatile last three years of his life, from the passage…
King in the Wilderness - The Final Years of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. King in the Wilderness - The Final Years of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Advise & Dissent - Selecting Supreme Court justices 87 mins Government's least-understood "Third Branch" has a huge impact on our lives--from abortion to affirmative action, education to the environment, privacy to police action. But in…
Advise & Dissent - Selecting Supreme Court justices Advise & Dissent - Selecting Supreme Court justices
#ReGENERATION - Social Activism 80 mins Ryan Gosling narrates this engrossing film about social activism, the forces that galvanized the Occupy movement, and how a new generation of young people is…
#ReGENERATION - Social Activism #ReGENERATION - Social Activism

Women in Politics

Gloria: In Her Own Words - Feminist Icon Gloria Steinem 62 mins Produced by Emmy®-winning documentary filmmaker Peter Kunhardt and HBO’s own Sheila Nevins, GLORIA: IN HER OWN WORDS combines recent interviews that showcase Steinem’s sharp sense…
Gloria: In Her Own Words - Feminist Icon Gloria Steinem Gloria: In Her Own Words - Feminist Icon Gloria Steinem
Political Animals - Pioneering Women Who Paved the Way for LGBT Equality 88 mins The winner of over ten awards including the American Library Associations Notable Video for Adults." POLITICAL ANIMALS tells the story of the civil rights struggle…
Political Animals - Pioneering Women Who Paved the Way for LGBT Equality Political Animals - Pioneering Women Who Paved the Way for LGBT Equality
Bhutto - Democracy Was Her Greatest Revenge Against Extremism 108 mins The epic story of Benazir Bhutto, the first woman in history elected to lead a Muslim nation. A favored daughter of the family often called…
Bhutto - Democracy Was Her Greatest Revenge Against Extremism Bhutto - Democracy Was Her Greatest Revenge Against Extremism
Perfect 36: When Women Won the Vote - Ratifying the 19th Amendment 26 mins Of all the battles waged on Nashville's doorstep, the final throes for the passage of the 19th Amendment were among the most heated, controversial and…
Perfect 36: When Women Won the Vote - Ratifying the 19th Amendment Perfect 36: When Women Won the Vote - Ratifying the 19th Amendment
Heather Booth - Changing The World 62 mins Heather Booth is the most influential person you never heard of. HEATHER BOOTH: CHANGING THE WORLD is an urgent response to the recent change in…
Heather Booth - Changing The World Heather Booth - Changing The World
Women's Power - Female Leadership Around the World 45 mins This educational documentary offers a panoramic view of female leadership, creativity, wisdom, and courage around the world and over thousands of years. WOMEN'S POWER looks…
Women's Power - Female Leadership Around the World Women's Power - Female Leadership Around the World
Letters from Baghdad - The Political Work of Gertrude Bell 96 mins Voiced and executive produced by Tilda Swinton, LETTERS FROM BAGHDAD is a visually rich, beautifully crafted documentary that tells the story of Gertrude Bell, who…
Letters from Baghdad - The Political Work of Gertrude Bell Letters from Baghdad - The Political Work of Gertrude Bell
100 Years - One Woman's Fight for Justice for Native Americans 76 mins This is the story of Elouise Cobell's courageous fight for justice for hundreds of thousands of Native Americans who were cheated out of billions of…
100 Years - One Woman's Fight for Justice for Native Americans 100 Years - One Woman's Fight for Justice for Native Americans
Getting Back to Abnormal 91 mins "They say that a mixture of every nation is to be found in New Orleans. But in the midst of this confusion, what race should…
Getting Back to Abnormal Getting Back to Abnormal

European Politics & Society

Hitler's Hollywood - German Cinema in the Age of Propaganda 105 mins About 1000 feature films were made in Germany in the years between 1933-45. Only a few were overtly Nazi propaganda films. But by the same…
Hitler's Hollywood - German Cinema in the Age of Propaganda Hitler's Hollywood - German Cinema in the Age of Propaganda
The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu - A Portrait of the Romanian Dictator 188 mins A monumental achievement, THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF NICOLAE CEAUSESCU tracks the rise and fall of the infamous Romanian dictator through his own propaganda footage. Director Andrei…
The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu - A Portrait of the Romanian Dictator The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu - A Portrait of the Romanian Dictator
Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt - The Life and Work of A Moral Philosopher 128 mins This thought provoking and spirited documentary, with its abundance of archival materials, offers an intimate portrait of the whole of Hannah Arendt's life. Arendt was…
Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt - The Life and Work of A Moral Philosopher Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt - The Life and Work of A Moral Philosopher
The Rape of Europa - The Systemic Theft and Destruction of Europe's Art Treasures 117 mins The Rape of Europa tells the epic story of the systematic theft, deliberate destruction and miraculous survival of Europe's art treasures during the Third Reich…
The Rape of Europa - The Systemic Theft and Destruction of Europe's Art Treasures The Rape of Europa - The Systemic Theft and Destruction of Europe's Art Treasures
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga - Life in the Siberian Wilderness 96 mins Visionary director Werner Herzog takes viewers on yet another unforgettable journey into remote and extreme natural landscapes in HAPPY PEOPLE. A visually stunning documentary about…
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga - Life in the Siberian Wilderness Happy People: A Year in the Taiga - Life in the Siberian Wilderness
Keep Quiet - An Anti-Semitic Politician's Astonishing Transformation 93 mins As vice-president of Hungary's far-right extremist party, Csanad Szegedi espoused anti-Semitic rhetoric and Holocaust denials, and founded the Hungarian Guard, a now-banned militia inspired by…
Keep Quiet - An Anti-Semitic Politician's Astonishing Transformation Keep Quiet - An Anti-Semitic Politician's Astonishing Transformation
On Putin's Blacklist - Human Rights at Risk in Putin's Russia 74 mins The first step in Russia's new Cold War with America began with the banning of the adoption of Russian orphans by US citizens. Soon this…
On Putin's Blacklist - Human Rights at Risk in Putin's Russia On Putin's Blacklist - Human Rights at Risk in Putin's Russia
The Price of Sex - Human Trafficking in Eastern Europe 74 mins An unprecedented and compelling inquiry, THE PRICE OF SEX sheds light on the underground criminal network of human trafficking and experiences of trafficked Eastern European…
The Price of Sex - Human Trafficking in Eastern Europe The Price of Sex - Human Trafficking in Eastern Europe
Bilderberg: The Movie - The Origins and Expansion of a Secretive Global Organization 63 mins A documentary about the origins, development and expansion of one of the most elitist and secret organizations in today's world: The Bilderberg Group. Once a…
Bilderberg: The Movie - The Origins and Expansion of a Secretive Global Organization Bilderberg: The Movie - The Origins and Expansion of a Secretive Global Organization

Middle Eastern Politics & Society

The Occupation of the American Mind - Israel's Public Relations War in the United States 86 mins Over the past few years, Israel's ongoing military occupation of Palestinian territory and repeated invasions of the Gaza strip have triggered a fierce backlash against…
The Occupation of the American Mind - Israel's Public Relations War in the United States The Occupation of the American Mind - Israel's Public Relations War in the United States
Tickling Giants - Uniting Egypt through Laughter in Tumultuous Times 115 mins Dr. Bassem Youssef made a decision that's every mother's worst nightmare - he left his job as a heart surgeon to become a full-time comedian.…
Tickling Giants - Uniting Egypt through Laughter in Tumultuous Times Tickling Giants - Uniting Egypt through Laughter in Tumultuous Times
5 Broken Cameras - Non-Violent Resistance in the Middle East 96 mins Winner at the Sundance Film Festival, 5 BROKEN CAMERAS is a deeply personal, first-hand account of non-violent resistance in Bil'in, a West Bank village threatened…
5 Broken Cameras - Non-Violent Resistance in the Middle East 5 Broken Cameras - Non-Violent Resistance in the Middle East
Last Men in Aleppo - The White Helmet Heroes Saving Lives in Syria 105 mins 2018 Academy Award nominee for Best Documentary Feature, Syrian filmmaker Feras Fayyad's breathtaking work - a searing example of boots-on-the-ground reportage - follows the efforts…
Last Men in Aleppo - The White Helmet Heroes Saving Lives in Syria Last Men in Aleppo - The White Helmet Heroes Saving Lives in Syria
I am a Girl - Girls Around the World 88 mins There is a group of people in the world today who are more persecuted than anyone else, but they are not political or religious activists.…
I am a Girl - Girls Around the World I am a Girl - Girls Around the World
Homeland: Iraq Year Zero 2 videos In February 2002 - about a year before the U.S. invasion - Iraqi filmmaker Abbas Fahdel traveled home from France to capture everyday life as…
Homeland: Iraq Year Zero Homeland: Iraq Year Zero
These Birds Walk - An Orphan Finds His Way Back Home 72 mins In this beautifully filmed, inspirational documentary, a high-spirited runaway boy in Pakistan tries to find his way back home from the orphanage in which he…
These Birds Walk - An Orphan Finds His Way Back Home These Birds Walk - An Orphan Finds His Way Back Home
1948: Creation and Catastrophe - The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 86 mins Through riveting and moving personal recollections of both Palestinians and Israelis, 1948: CREATION AND CATASTROPHE reveals the shocking events of the most pivotal year in…
1948: Creation and Catastrophe - The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 1948: Creation and Catastrophe - The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Uprising - Revolution in Egypt 86 mins In January 2011, millions of Egyptians took to the streets in a spontaneous eruption against thirty years of oppression under the regime of Hosni Mubarak.…
Uprising - Revolution in Egypt Uprising - Revolution in Egypt
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Obit. - The New York Times Obituary Writers
Obit. - The New York Times Obituary Writers
Kino Lorber
It's a shame no one wants to talk to them at parties, because obituary writers are a surprisingly funny bunch. Ten hours before newspapers hit neighborhood doorsteps--and these days, ten minutes before news hits the web--an obit writer is racing…
The Great White Hoax - Donald Trump and the Politics of Race and Class in America
The Great White Hoax - Donald Trump and the Politics of Race and Class in America
Media Education Foundation
Acclaimed anti-racist educator and author Tim Wise explores how Donald Trump expertly tapped into long-simmering racial tensions and rode an accelerating wave of white anxiety and grievance straight to the White House. Rejecting the notion that Trump's racial appeals to…
The King - The Rise and Fall of Elvis Presley
The King - The Rise and Fall of Elvis Presley
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Driving a Rolls-Royce once owned by Elvis Presley - with a revolving crew of musicians in the backseat - director Eugene Jarecki embarks on a cross-country road trip to explore how Elvis lost his authenticity as America lost its soul.…
Ex Libris - The New York Public Library
Ex Libris - The New York Public Library
Frederick Wiseman (Zipporah)
Frederick Wiseman's new film EX LIBRIS goes behind the scenes of one of the greatest knowledge institutions in the world and reveals it as a place of welcoming cultural exchange and learning. With 92 locations throughout Manhattan, the Bronx and…
Anita - Speaking Truth to Power
Anita - Speaking Truth to Power
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Against a backdrop of sex, politics, and race, Anita reveals the intimate story of a woman who spoke truth to power. An entire country watched as a poised, beautiful African-American woman sat before a Senate committee of 14 white men…
Digital Disconnect - Fake News, Privacy and Democracy
Digital Disconnect - Fake News, Privacy and Democracy
Media Education Foundation
In this era of Facebook privacy breaches, "fake news" and filter bubbles, the essential film DIGITAL DISCONNECT trains its sights on the relationship between the internet and democracy. Tracing the internet's history as a publicly funded government project in the…
Manufacturing Consent - Noam Chomsky and the Media
Manufacturing Consent - Noam Chomsky and the Media
Zeitgeist Films
Funny, provocative and surprisingly accessible, MANUFACTURING CONSENT explores the political life and ideas of Noam Chomsky, world-renowned linguist, intellectual and political activist. In a dynamic collage of new and original footage, biography, archival gems, imaginative graphics and outrageous illustrations, the…
Frontline: Weinstein
Frontline: Weinstein
PBS
FRONTLINE investigates Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein allegedly sexually harassed and abused dozens of women over four decades. With allegations going back to Weinstein's early years, the film examines the elaborate ways he and those around him tried to silence his…
Whose Streets? - An Unflinching Look at the Ferguson Uprising
Whose Streets? - An Unflinching Look at the Ferguson Uprising
Magnolia Pictures
Told by the activists and leaders who live and breathe this movement for justice, WHOSE STREETS? is an unflinching look at the Ferguson uprising. When unarmed teenager Michael Brown is killed by police and left lying in the street for…
The Bystander Moment - Transforming Rape Culture at Its Roots
The Bystander Moment - Transforming Rape Culture at Its Roots
Media Education Foundation
The #MeToo movement has shined much-needed light on the pervasiveness of sexual harassment and abuse and created unprecedented demand for gender violence prevention models that actually work. THE BYSTANDER MOMENT tells the story of one of the most prominent and…
Trouble The Water - Surviving Hurricane Katrina
Trouble The Water - Surviving Hurricane Katrina
Zeitgeist Films
This astonishingly powerful, Oscar-nominated documentary is at once horrifying and exhilarating. Directed and produced by Fahrenheit 9/11 and Bowling for Columbine producers Tia Lessin and Carl Deal, TROUBLE THE WATER takes you inside Hurricane Katrina in a way never before…
The Red Pill - A Feminist's Journey Into the Men's Rights Movement
The Red Pill - A Feminist's Journey Into the Men's Rights Movement
Jaye Bird Productions
When feminist filmmaker Cassie Jaye sets out to document the mysterious and polarizing world of the Men's Rights Movement, she begins to question her own beliefs. Jaye had only heard about the Men's Rights Movement as being a misogynist hate-group…
Climate Refugees - The Global Human Impact of Climate Change
Climate Refugees - The Global Human Impact of Climate Change
The Video Project
Climate Refugees is the first feature film to explore in-depth the global human impact of climate change and its serious destabilizing effect on international politics. The film turns the distant concept of global warming into a concrete human problem with…
Tomorrow - Grassroots Solutions to Human Extinction
Tomorrow - Grassroots Solutions to Human Extinction
Under the Milky Way
Faced with a sense of powerlessness in the face of growing evidence of a coming mass human extinction, Melanie Laurent (Inglorious Bastards) and activist Cyril Dion travel to ten countries where grassroots pioneers are reinventing their economies and democracies. From…
The Corporation - Interrogating a Modern Institution
The Corporation - Interrogating a Modern Institution
Zeitgeist Films
One hundred and fifty years ago, the Corporation was a relatively insignificant entity. Today, it is a vivid, dramatic and pervasive presence in all our lives. Like the Church, the Monarchy and the Communist Party in other times and places,…
At Berkeley - Life At UC Berkeley
At Berkeley - Life At UC Berkeley
Frederick Wiseman (Zipporah)
The University of California at Berkeley, the oldest and most prestigious member of a ten campus public education system, is also one of the finest research and teaching facilities in the world. The film, AT BERKELEY, shows the major aspects…
Priced Out - 15 Years of Gentrification in Portland, Oregon
Priced Out - 15 Years of Gentrification in Portland, Oregon
Collective Eye Films
This documentary explores the complexities and contradictions of gentrification and life after the era of "the ghetto." It powerfully illustrates how government policies and market forces combine to destroy and rebuild neighborhoods. Some embrace new investment at first, but few…
The Preschool in Three Cultures Revisited - China, Japan and the United States
The Preschool in Three Cultures Revisited - China, Japan and the United States
Part of the Series: Preschool in Three Cultures Collection
Joseph Tobin
The videos, which were shot in 2004, are of Komatsudani Hoikuen (Daycare Center) in Kyoto, Japan; Daguan Youeryuan (Kindergarten) in Kunming, China; St. Timothy's Child Center, in Honolulu, Hawaii; Madoka Yochien (Kindergarten) in Tokyo, Japan; Sinanlu Youeryuan (Kindergarten) in Shanghai,…
The Revisionaries
The Revisionaries
Kino Lorber Edu
In Austin, Texas, fifteen people influence what is taught to the next generation of American children. Once every decade, the highly politicized Texas State Board of Education rewrites the teaching and textbook standards for its nearly 5 million schoolchildren. And…
Koch - The Life and Career of a New York Mayor
Koch - The Life and Career of a New York Mayor
Zeitgeist Films
Former Mayor Ed Koch was the quintessential New Yorker. Ferocious, charismatic, and hilariously blunt, Koch, ruled New York from 1978 to 1989, a down-and-dirty decade of grit, graffiti, near-bankruptcy and rampant crime. KOCH is an intimate and revealing portrait of…