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- DirectorMatthew OrnsteinStarsDaryl D. DavisKenneth NwadikeJeff SchoepDaryl Davis is an accomplished musician who was played all over the world. He also has an unusual hobby, particularly for a middle aged black man. When not displaying his musical chops, Daryl likes to meet and befriend members of the Ku Klux Klan. When many of these people eventually leave the Klan with Daryl's support, Daryl keeps their robes and hoods; building his collection piece by piece, story by story, person by person, in hopes of one day opening a museum of the Klan.2/19/17
- DirectorKeith FultonLouis PepeStarsVonda VilandJulia AlexanderLaura AmbrosiusA group of teachers at a Mojave Desert high school take an unconventional approach to improve the lives of their struggling students.3/27/17
- DirectorJoanna SokolowskiKate Trumbull-LaValleStarsAndiEvieSingle mom Xela, artist Andi, and newcomer Evie are members of Ovarian Psycos -- an unapologetic bicycle crew of young, Latina misfits from Eastside Los Angeles. By the light of the full moon they ride the streets together, seeking sisterhood as protection from the violence in their neighborhoods and broken homes.3/28/17
- DirectorKim A. SnyderStarsGene RosenSyeda Suriya AhmedAbbey ClementsA look at how the community of Newtown, Connecticut came together in the aftermath of the largest mass shooting of schoolchildren in American history.5/2/17
- DirectorJon BetzTaggart SiegelStarsVandana ShivaAndrew KimbrellJane GoodallA film about the importance of heirloom seeds to the agriculture of the world, focusing on seed keepers and activists from around the world.5/9/17
- DirectorFerne PearlsteinStarsRenee FirestoneKlara FirestoneGilbert GottfriedWorld-famous comedians including Mel Brooks, Sarah Silverman, and Gilbert Gottfried pitch in with their own views on the boundaries of comedy.5/18/17
- DirectorSonia KennebeckStarsHeather LinebaughDaniel HaleLisa LingDrone whistleblower interviewed about borderless information gathering by the government.5/20/17
- DirectorBrett StoryStarsCharisse DavidsonLyndon B. JohnsonA film about the prison from the places we least expect to find it.5/21/17
- DirectorMaya ZinshteinStarsEli CohenArcadi GaydamakAriel HarushOne season and one football team in crisis, as power, money and politics fuel a club spiralling out of control.5/23/17
- DirectorBen LearStarsAllegra AcostaJoel AndersonRichard BloomLegislators debate legislation that allows for adult charges for juvenile offenders.5/30/17
- DirectorAlix BlairJeremy LangeStarsFred Curtis-LewisAlexander SuttonAfter three tours in Iraq, Alex Sutton's new mission to find healing through farming is haunted by the wounds of a family lost and the shadow of the soldier he yearns to be.6/1/17
- DirectorJames D. SolomonJessica RobinsonStarsWilliam GenoveseKitty GenoveseCharles SkollerThe brother of Kitty Genovese investigates the circumstances of her murder and the truth of the story that dozens of locals witnessed the crime and did nothing to intervene.6/7/17
- DirectorJohan GrimonprezBased on the book of The Shadow World, this feature length documentary is an investigation into the multi-billion dollar international arms trade.12/14/17
- DirectorJessie AurittNaomi seems like a typical 11-year-old Orthodox Jewish girl; watching her lift almost three times her bodyweight tells a different story.12/21/17
- DirectorJennifer BreaStarsJennifer BreaOmar WasowJessica l e TaylorWhen Harvard Ph.D. student Jennifer Brea is struck down by a fever that leaves her bedridden, she sets out on a virtual journey to document her story as she fights a disease that medicine forgot.1/10/18
- DirectorPeter NicksStarsCat BrooksJonathan CairoBen McBrideTHE FORCE goes inside an embattled urban police department struggling to rebuild trust in one of America's most violent yet promising cities.2/9/18
- DirectorNanfu WangStarsDylanNanfu WangEating garbage, dodging police, and hitching rides with strangers, award-winning Chinese filmmaker Nanfu Wang shares the streets with a young drifter named Dylan who left a comfortable home and loving family for a life of intentional homelessness. Fascinated by his choice and rejection of society's rules, Nanfu follows Dylan with her camera on a journey that takes her across America and explores the meaning of freedom - and its limits.2/12/18
- DirectorPascale LamcheStarsWinnie MandelaAnné-Mariè BezdropZindzi MandelaWinnie Madikizela Mandela is one of the most misunderstood and intriguingly powerful contemporary female political figures. Her rise and seeming fall from grace, bear the hallmarks of epic tragedy.2/16/18
- 20171h 25mNot Rated6.9 (133)DirectorStanley NelsonMarco WilliamsStarsTugart BrownTell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities examines the impact black colleges and universities have had on American history, culture, and national identity.2/28/18
- DirectorTheo AnthonyStarsTheo AnthonyDan DeaconMatt FouseAcross walls, fences, and alleys, rats not only expose our boundaries of separation but make homes in them. This documentary uses the rat to explore the history of Baltimore.3/19/18
- DirectorPeter BrattStarsDolores HuertaMartin Luther KingLuis ValdezIn the 1950's, a working-class wife and mother of eleven children helps to establish a farmer's union, which later develops into a platform for feminism and gender equality.4/4/18
- DirectorMarissa AroyFollows the Filipino farm workers who spurred the Great Grape Strike in 1965 and joined forces with the other ethnic workers to create the United Farm workers Union.4/4/18
- DirectorTill SchauderStarsShahryar AhadiZari AhadiLeili BazarganThis rap-punk-rock documentary tells the story of Iranian musician Shahin Najafi who is forced into hiding after hardline clerics issue a fatwa for his death, incensed by a rap song that focuses on the oppression of women and human rights abuses. Shahin's frantic escape leads to an impossible romance when he falls in love with the granddaughter of the first Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Their backgrounds make their relationship a modern-day Romeo and Juliet.4/6/18
- DirectorStacey TenenbaumStarsDon WardKevin TuchyJes MiddendorfMeet some of the colorful characters who bring pride and passion to the global profession of shoe-shining.4/13/18
- DirectorCullen HobackStarsErin Brockovich-EllisMarc EdwardsRahul GuptaIn this scandalous political thriller, an investigation into a chemical spill spirals into an indictment of the entire system meant to protect drinking water, revealing cover-ups at the highest levels of government.4/25/18