Participant Movies

Kaí is a mysterious shaman who emerges from the Rio Paraná to help a poor farmer and his daughter, who are threatened by a band of cold-blooded mercen...

Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving November 2012, four boys in a red SUV pull into a gas station after spending time at the mall buying sneakers...

History exists beyond what is written. The Africatown residents in Mobile, Alabama, have shared stories about their origins for generations. Their com...

Follow several talented members of the ensemble as they gather in locations across the world, exploring the ways art can both preserve traditions and...

Archival footage, animation and music are used to look back at the eight anti-war protesters who were put on trial following the 1968 Democratic Natio...

A probing investigation into the lies, greed and corruption surrounding D.C. super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his cronies.

When Covid-19 hit New York City in 2020, filmmaker Matthew Heineman gained unique access to one of New York’s hardest-hit hospital systems. The result...

Parents of children who have Down syndrome, dwarfism or autism share intimate stories of the challenges they face. Tracing their joys, challenges, tra...

Hip-hop artist Jay-Z organizes the "Budweiser Made In America" music festival.

An investigative journalist uncovers the money, influence, and alarming rationale behind covert land grabs by some of the world’s most powerful countr...

As tuition spirals upward and student debt passes a trillion dollars, students and parents ask, "Is college worth it?" From the halls of Harvard to pu...

The timely biopic focuses on John Lewis’ longstanding prominence as a civil rights champion and his continuing crusade for racial and social equality....

Although the Cold War is behind us, the threat of nuclear disaster remains very real. Director Lucy Walker discusses the invention of the atomic bomb...

From massive waves to melting ice, filmmaker Victor Kossakovsky travels around the world to capture stunning images of the beauty and raw power of wat...

A moving and timely documentary following the unsolved murder of Venus Xtravaganza, star of the legendary Paris Is Burning as Venus’ two families — bi...

Barack and Michelle Obama talk with the directors of the documentary American Factory about the importance of storytelling and the impact of their fil...

Members of a family quit the polluted, rubbish-strewn city of Beirut for an idyllic mountain home. However, their dreams of a utopian existence are sh...

Through first person accounts and searing archival footage, this documentary tells the story of the local movement and young Student Nonviolent Coordi...

Tessa, an ambitious defense lawyer, expertly represents her clients, including those accused of sexual assault. However, she learns that the law does...

Three Navy SEALs leave their tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan with treatment-resistant, unrelenting psychological pain. They find themselves at t...