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1. Seven Songs for a Long Life (2016)
G | 83 min | Documentary, Comedy, Musical
The intimate story behind our changing relationship with death - with great songs!
Director: Amy Hardie | Stars: Dorene Asher, Jim Brown, Nicola McInally, Jason McInally
Votes: 38
11/21/16
2. Dalya's Other Country (2017)
74 min | Documentary
In 2012 Dalya and her mother Rudayna fled Aleppo for LA. Can they hold onto their Islamic traditions in a country that doesn't embrace them?
Director: Julia Meltzer
Votes: 46
7/10/17
3. From Damascus to Chicago (2017)
12 min | Documentary, Short
A newly arrived Syrian refugee family learns to adjust to their new life in Chicago while missing and mourning their homeland.
Directors: Colleen Cassingham, Alex Lederman
Votes: 14
7/12/17
4. 4.1 Miles (2016)
26 min | Documentary, Short
A coast guard captain on a small Greek island is suddenly charged with saving thousands of refugees from drowning at sea.
Director: Daphne Matziaraki | Stars: DJ Express, Christos Sapounas, Giorgos Tsagarellis
Votes: 972
7/13/17
5. Presenting Princess Shaw (2015)
Not Rated | 83 min | Documentary, Music
A documentary on the collaborative relationship between New Orleans based songwriter/YouTube star Samantha Montgomery and composer/video artist Ophir Kutiel.
Director: Ido Haar | Stars: Tiffany Crawford, Kutiman, Samantha Montgomery, Tiffany Shante
Votes: 604 | Gross: $0.06M
7/22/17
6. Joe's Violin (2016)
24 min | Documentary, Short, History
A 91-year-old Holocaust survivor donates his violin to an instrument drive, changing the life of a 12-year-old schoolgirl from the Bronx and unexpectedly, his own.
Director: Kahane Cooperman | Stars: Kathleen Drohan, Joseph Feingold, Regina Feingold, Ame Gilbert
Votes: 778
7/27/17
7. Shalom Italia (2016)
59 min | Documentary
Three Italian Jewish brothers set off on a journey through Tuscany, in search of a cave where they hid as children to escape the Nazis. Their quest, full of humor, food and Tuscan ... See full summary »
Director: Tamar Tal-Anati | Stars: Emmanuel Anati, Andrea Anati, Reuven Anati, Signora Nada
Votes: 87
7/27/17
8. Tribal Justice (2017)
87 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Two formidable Native American women, both chief judges in their tribe's courts, strive to reduce incarceration rates and heal their people by restoring rather than punishing offenders, modeling restorative justice in action.
Director: Anne Makepeace
Votes: 30
8/23/17
9. Swim Team (2016)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Drama, Family
SWIM TEAM chronicles the overwhelming struggles and extraordinary triumphs of 3 young athletes with autism and shows how a swim team can bring hope to a community.
Director: Lara Stolman
Votes: 133 | Gross: $0.00M
10/12/17
10. The Islands and the Whales (2016)
81 min | Documentary
The whale hunters of the Faroe Islands believe that hunting is vital to their way of life, but, when a local professor makes a grim discovery about the effects of marine pollution, environmental changes threaten their way of life forever.
Director: Mike Day
Votes: 222
10/20/17
11. Motherland (I) (2017)
94 min | Documentary
Taking us into the heart of the planet's busiest maternity hospital, the viewer is dropped like an unseen outsider into the hospital's stream of activity. At first, the people are strangers... See full summary »
Director: Ramona S. Diaz
Votes: 247
10/26/17
12. Cameraperson (2016)
Not Rated | 102 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Exposing her role behind the camera, Kirsten Johnson reaches into the vast trove of footage she has shot over decades around the world. What emerges is a visually bold memoir and a revelatory interrogation of the power of the camera.
Director: Kirsten Johnson | Stars: Kirsten Johnson, Aisha Bukar, Eric W. Davis, Jacques Derrida
Votes: 3,247 | Gross: $0.10M
11/3/17
13. Almost Sunrise (2016)
98 min | Documentary, Adventure, Drama
The epic journey of two friends, ex-soldiers, who battle the moral injuries of war, and the temptation to escape through suicide, as they walk across America. Step by step, Tom Voss and ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Collins | Stars: Rebekah Voss, Thomas P. Voss
Votes: 119
11/27/17
14. Voices of Resilience: Insight from Injury (2017 TV Short)
15 min | Documentary, Short
A deeper conversation about "moral injury" and society's role in war.
Director: Michael Collins
11/28/17
15. Do Not Resist (2016)
Not Rated | 72 min | Documentary
An account of the increasing use of military weapons and tactics by local law enforcement in the United States, counterpointed with civil unrest in Ferguson, Missouri following the shooting of Michael Brown in 2014.
Director: Craig Atkinson | Stars: Richard Berk, James Comey, Dave Grossman, Rand Paul
Votes: 1,164 | Gross: $0.07M
2/22/18
16. Bill Nye: Science Guy (2017)
Not Rated | 101 min | Documentary
A famous television personality struggles to restore science to its rightful place in a world hostile to evidence and reason.
Directors: David Alvarado, Jason Sussberg | Stars: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Bill Nye, Ann Druyan, Heather Berlin
Votes: 1,298 | Gross: $0.07M
4/27/18
17. The Rescue List (2020)
81 min | Documentary
Two boys escape from slavery, spend a year in a rehabilitation shelter, and eventually reunite with their families. Meanwhile, the man who rescued them launches another mission to liberate more children. For him, the work is personal.
Directors: Alyssa Fedele, Zachary Fink | Stars: Manny Addo, Mary Addo, Solomon Kewku Addo, Stephen Kwame Addo
Votes: 47
18.
P.O.V. (1988– )
Episode:
And She Could Be Next
(2020)
112 min | Documentary
A story of a defiant movement of women of color, transforming politics from the ground up (Part 1).
Directors: Grace Lee, Marjan Safinia | Stars: Stacey Abrams, Rashida Tlaib, Lucy McBath, Veronica Escobar
Votes: 35
19.
P.O.V. (1988– )
Episode:
And She Could Be Next
(2020)
TV-PG | 81 min | Documentary
A story of a defiant movement of women of color, transforming politics from the ground up (Part 2).
Directors: Grace Lee, Marjan Safinia | Stars: Stacey Abrams, Rashida Tlaib, Lucy McBath, Veronica Escobar
Votes: 20
20. We Are the Radical Monarchs (2019)
95 min | Documentary
WE ARE THE RADICAL MONARCHS documents an Oakland-based alternative to the Girl Scouts - specifically for girls of color, ages 8-13. The girls earn badges for units on social justice, such ... See full summary »
Director: Linda Goldstein Knowlton
Votes: 76
21. Advocate (2019)
114 min | Documentary, Biography
A look at the life and work of Jewish-Israeli lawyer Lea Tsemel who has represented political prisoners for nearly 50 years.
Directors: Philippe Bellaiche, Rachel Leah Jones | Stars: Lea Tsemel, Yasser Joubeh, Suheila Dweik, Ossama Amro
Votes: 382
22. Chez jolie coiffure (2018)
71 min | Documentary
Enter the Jolie Coiffure hair salon in the African Matonge district of Brussels, where charismatic owner Sabine presided over customers' flirting, gossiping, and harrowing tales of immigration.
Director: Rosine Mfetgo Mbakam
Votes: 63
23. About Love (2019)
91 min | Documentary
Three generations of the Phadke family live together in their home in Mumbai. Cruel and comic in equal measure, it shows the vagaries of affection across generations within this family, tied together by something stranger than love.
Director: Archana Phadke | Stars: Atul Phadke, Maneesha Phadke, Rohan Phadke
Votes: 230
24. Love Child (2019)
112 min | Documentary, Drama
A poignant portrait of a family of asylum seekers desperate to start a new life, but stalled in bureaucratic limbo.
Directors: Eva Mulvad, Lea Glob, Morten Ranmar | Stars: Sahand, Leila, Mani, Ebru Salcioglu
Votes: 167
25. In My Blood It Runs (2019)
84 min | Documentary, Biography, History
An intimate and compassionate observational documentary from the perspective of a 10-year-old Aboriginal boy in Alice Springs, Australia, struggling to balance his traditional Arrernte/Garrwa upbringing with a state education.
Director: Maya Newell | Stars: Carol Turner, Dujuan Turner, Megan Turner
Votes: 460
26. Our Time Machine (2019)
86 min | Documentary, Drama, Family
When influential Chinese artist Ma Liang (a.k.a. Maleonn) realizes that his father Ma Ke, an accomplished Peking Opera director, is suffering from Alzheimer's disease, he invites his father... See full summary »
Directors: S. Leo Chiang, Yang Sun | Stars: Ma Duo, Tianyi Huang, Ma Ke, Maleonn
Votes: 152
27. Negative Space (2017)
5 min | Animation, Short, Drama
Even though Sam's father is hardly ever home because he is often away on business trips, he is able to connect with his son by teaching him how to pack a suitcase.
Directors: Ru Kuwahata, Max Porter | Star: Albert Birney
Votes: 2,554
28. The Infiltrators (2019)
95 min | Drama
A rag-tag group of undocumented youth - Dreamers - deliberately get detained by Border Patrol in order to infiltrate a shadowy, for-profit detention center.
Directors: Cristina Ibarra, Alex Rivera | Stars: Mohammad Abdollahi, Maynor Alvarado, Roman Arabia, Scott Broderick
Votes: 306
29. Softie (2020)
96 min | Documentary
Political activist Boniface "Softie" Mwangi runs for office in a regional Kenyan election, which puts pressure on his young family and his convictions.
Director: Sam Soko | Stars: Boniface Mwangi, Njeri Mwangi, Khadija Mohamed-Churchill, Charles Njagua Kanyi
Votes: 186
30. Still Tomorrow (2016)
88 min | Documentary, Biography
It is true that there is still tomorrow, what a pity that there is still tomorrow.
Director: Jian Fan | Stars: Yu Xiuhua, Zhou Jinxiang, Yu Wenhai, Yin Shiping
Votes: 129
31. Voices of the Sea (2018)
83 min | Documentary
A young mother yearns to escape the unending hardships of a remote Cuban fishing village in search of a false and potentially fatal American dream.
Director: Kim Hopkins
Votes: 46
32. 93Queen (2018)
90 min | Documentary
A group of tenacious Hasidic women in Brooklyn take matters into their own hands to change their own community from within, smashing the community patriarchy by creating the first all-female volunteer ambulance corps in New York City.
Director: Paula Eiselt | Stars: Amy Ackerman, Hadassah Ellis, Ailin Elyasi, Faigy Freier
Votes: 143 | Gross: $0.07M
33. Dark Money (2018)
TV-14 | 99 min | Documentary
DARK MONEY, a political thriller, examines one of the greatest present threats to American democracy: the influence of untraceable corporate money on our elections and elected officials. ... See full summary »
Director: Kimberly Reed | Stars: Jon Tester, Debra Bonogofsky, Jim Peterson, Ellie Hill
Votes: 935 | Gross: $0.21M
34. Minding the Gap (2018)
Not Rated | 93 min | Documentary, Sport
Filmmaker Bing Liu searches for correlations between his skateboarder friends' turbulent upbringings and the complexities of modern masculinity.
Director: Bing Liu | Stars: Kent Abernathy, Mengyue Bolen, Nina Bowgren, Keire Johnson
Votes: 10,469 | Gross: $0.01M
35. Roll Red Roll (2018)
80 min | Documentary, Crime
An account of a notable sexual assault that took place in Steubenville, Ohio in 2012, and the role that social media played in the crime and on the community.
Director: Nancy Schwartzman | Stars: Mark Cole, Anthony Craig, Rachel Dissell, Alexandria Goddard
Votes: 2,690
36. Call Her Ganda (2018)
93 min | Documentary
When Jennifer Laude, a Filipina trans woman, is brutally murdered by a U.S. Marine, three women intimately invested in the case--an activist attorney, a transgender journalist and ... See full summary »
Director: PJ Raval | Stars: Naomi Fontanos, Jennifer Laude, Julita Laude, Virginia Lacsa Suarez
Votes: 209
37. Bisbee '17 (2018)
PG | 112 min | Documentary, History, Western
An old mining town on the Arizona-Mexico border finally reckons with its darkest day: the deportation of 1200 immigrant miners exactly 100 years ago. Locals collaborate to stage recreations of their controversial past.
Director: Robert Greene | Stars: Mike Anderson, Charles Bethea, Chris Dietz, Mary Ellen Dunlap
Votes: 714 | Gross: $0.12M
38. On Her Shoulders (2018)
95 min | Documentary, Biography
Nadia Murad, a 23-year-old Yazidi, survived genocide and sexual slavery committed by ISIS. Repeating her story to the world, this ordinary girl finds herself thrust onto the international stage as the voice of her people.
Director: Alexandria Bombach | Stars: Nadia Murad, Murad Ismael, Simone Monasebian, Michelle Rempel
Votes: 516 | Gross: $0.03M
39. Inventing Tomorrow (2018)
87 min | Documentary
Passionate teenage innovators from around the globe who are creating cutting-edge solutions to confront the world's environmental threats.
Director: Laura Nix | Stars: Maya Ajmera, Alma, Nuha Anfaresi, Azael Martinez de la Cruz
Votes: 195
40. The Distant Barking of Dogs (2017)
91 min | Documentary, War
THE DISTANT BARKING OF DOGS is set in Eastern Ukraine on the frontline of the war. The film follows the life of 10-year-old Ukrainian boy Oleg throughout a year, witnessing the gradual ... See full summary »
Director: Simon Lereng Wilmont | Stars: Oleg Afanasyev, Alexandra Ryabichkina, Jarik
Votes: 648
41. Happy Winter (2017)
91 min | Documentary
Beachgoers at Palermo's Mondello beach try to hide the fact that the economic crisis has compromised their social status.
Director: Giovanni Totaro | Stars: Andrea Comito, Giuseppe Comito, Tiziana Comito, Anna D'Acquisto
Votes: 129
42.
P.O.V. (1988– )
Episode:
My Father, The Giant
(2018)
Documentary
Caught in a thoughtless act of cruelty, a young man learns a lesson in compassion from his father, a larger-than-life tribal leader of the Caddo Nation and a veteran of World War II. Years ... See full summary »
Director: Richard O'Connor
43. Farmsteaders (2018)
59 min | Documentary
Clear-eyed and intimate, Farmsteaders follows Nick Nolan and his young family on a journey to resurrect his late grandfather's dairy farm as agriculture moves toward large-scale farming. A ... See full summary »
Director: Shaena Mallett
Votes: 49
44. Grit (II) (2018)
80 min | Documentary
When Dian was six years old, she heard a deep rumble and turned to see a tsunami of mud barreling towards her village. Her mother scooped her up to save her from the boiling mud. Her ... See full summary »
Directors: Sasha Friedlander, Cynthia Wade
Votes: 52
45. The Silence of Others (2018)
96 min | Documentary
The Silence of Others reveals the epic struggle of victims of Spain's 40-year dictatorship under General Franco, who continue to seek justice to this day. Filmed over six years, the film ... See full summary »
Directors: Robert Bahar, Almudena Carracedo | Stars: María Martín, Francisco Franco, Adolf Hitler, José María Galante
Votes: 2,369 | Gross: $0.07M
46. América (2018)
76 min | Documentary
América is a story of brothers confronting the chasm between adolescent yearning and adult realities when brought together to care for their ailing ninety-three year old grandmother.
Directors: Erick Stoll, Chase Whiteside | Star: América
Votes: 192
47. The Feeling of Being Watched (2018)
86 min | Documentary
When journalist Assia Boundaoui investigates rumors of surveillance in her Arab-American neighborhood in Chicago, she uncovers one of the largest FBI terrorism probes conducted before 9/11 and reveals its enduring impact on the community.
Director: Assia Boundaoui | Stars: Gamal Abdel-Hafiz, Christina Abraham, Assia Boundaoui, Iman Boundaoui
Votes: 159
48. Blowin' Up (2018)
94 min | Documentary
Working within a broken criminal justice system, a team of rebel heroines work to change the the way women arrested for prostitution are prosecuted.
Director: Stephanie Wang-Breal | Stars: Kim Affronti, Eliza Hook, Susan Liu, Toko Serita
Votes: 55
49. Midnight Traveler (2019)
88 min | Documentary, War
When the Taliban puts a bounty on Hassan Fazili's head, he is forced to flee with his wife and two daughters. Capturing the journey, Fazili shows the dangers facing refugees seeking asylum and the love shared between a family on the run.
Director: Hassan Fazili | Stars: Hassan Fazili, Nargis Fazili, Zahra Fazili, Fatima Hossaini
Votes: 627
50. The Mole Agent (2020)
Not Rated | 84 min | Documentary
A private investigator in Chile hires someone to work as a mole at a retirement home where a client of his suspects the caretakers of elder abuse.
Director: Maite Alberdi | Stars: Sergio Chamy, Romulo Aitken, Marta Olivares, Berta Ureta
Votes: 9,503
51. Through the Night (2020)
75 min | Documentary
Exploring the personal cost of our modern economy through the stories of two working mothers and a child care provider - whose lives intersect at a 24-hour daycare center.
Director: Loira Limbal | Stars: Nunu, PopPop
Votes: 111
52. Standing Above the Clouds (2020)
15 min | Documentary, Short
Standing Above the Clouds follows Native Hawaiian mother-daughter activists as they stand to protect their sacred mountain Mauna Kea from the building of the world's largest telescope.
Director: Jalena Keane-Lee
Votes: 46
53. The Neutral Ground (2021)
82 min | Documentary
In December 2015, the New Orleans City Council voted to remove four Confederate monuments from public grounds. A forceful group of critics protested the decision, and fearing retaliation, no crew would agree to remove the statues.
Director: CJ Hunt | Stars: CJ Hunt, Mr. Hunt, Mitch Landrieu, Jason Williams
Votes: 126
54. Landfall (2020)
91 min | Documentary
Documentary chronicles the aftermath of Hurricane Maria and the fraught relationship between the US and Puerto Rico.
Director: Cecilia Aldarondo
Votes: 57
55. Stateless (I) (2020)
97 min | Documentary
In 2013, the Dominican Republic stripped the citizenship of anyone with Haitian parents, rendering over 200,000 people without nationality, identity or homeland. Exploring this complex history and politics.
Director: Michèle Stephenson | Star: Lucinda Nicholas
Votes: 70
56. Mayor (2020)
83 min | Documentary
A look at the life of Musa Hadid, the charismatic mayor of Palestinian city Ramallah, who aspires to lead the city into the future.
Director: David Osit | Stars: Musa Hadid, Mahmoud Abbas, Mohammad Ibrahim Shtayyeh, Chris Ship
Votes: 588
57. Pier Kids (2019)
96 min | Documentary
Pier kids follows Crystal LaBeija, Casper and Desean's transition from being homeless to housed.
Director: Elegance Bratton | Stars: Aniyah, DeSean Irby, Cheetah, Marvin LaBeija
Votes: 108
58. The Song of the Butterflies (2020)
65 min | Documentary
Rember Yahuarcani, an indigenous artist from an almost extinguished nation, returns to his grandmother's land looking for inspiration and discovers why the stories of his ancestors cannot be forgotten.
Director: Nuria Frigola Torrent | Stars: Rember Yahuarcani, Martha Lopez, Nereida Lopez, Santiago Yahuarcani
Votes: 27
59. Fruits of Labor (2021)
78 min | Documentary, Drama, Family
Fruits of Labor follows the day-in-a-life of a young farm and factory worker in California, who dreams of being the first in her family to graduate from high school and go to college.
Director: Emily Cohen | Stars: Beatriz Solís, Ashford Solís, Adrian Pérez, Ximena Rocha
Votes: 41
60. Bug Farm (2021)
14 min | Documentary, Short
Four women in Central Florida establish a unique bond while working with crickets, superworms and roaches on an insect farm in the rural town of LaBelle.
Director: Lydia Cornett | Stars: Maria Mendieta, Dorinda Ortiz, Porscha Delacruz, Tequila Ray Snorkel
Votes: 8
61. La Casa de Mama Icha (2021)
85 min | Documentary
Decades earlier, Mama Icha moved to the US to help her daughter with her children's care. However, she never lost sight of her town in Colombia. Now, at the end of her life, Mama Icha boards a plane back home finding joy and heartbreak.
Director: Oscar Molina | Stars: María Dionisia Navarro, Epifanía Ortiz, Michelle Ángela Ortiz, Gustavo Niño Navarro
Votes: 34
62. Things We Dare Not Do (2020)
71 min | Documentary
Tells the story of a teenager who dreams of dressing up as a woman in a fishing village in the Mexican state of Nayarit.
Director: Bruno Santamaría Razo | Stars: Dayanara de Dios Cisneros, Estrella Rodríguez Pardo, Yulesci Castañeda Manjarrez, Claudia Isabel Cisneros Ibarra
Votes: 131
63. Share (I) (2018)
13 min | Documentary, Short
An 18-year-old Instagram influencer attempts to reconcile his identity online with his identity in real life.
Directors: Barna Szász, Ellie Wen | Star: Tim Chau
Votes: 13
64. North by Current (2021)
86 min | Documentary
Filmmaker Angelo Madsen Minax returns to his home town after the mysterious death of his two-year-old niece and the arrest of his brother-in-law as the culprit.
Director: Angelo Madsen Minax | Star: Angelo Madsen Minax
Votes: 143
65. Unapologetic (2020)
82 min | Documentary
Set during the height of the Movement for Black Lives in Chicago, 'Unapologetic' captures a community of millennial organizers confronting an administration complicit in state violence against its Black residents.
Director: Ashley O'Shay | Star: Janaé Bonsu
Votes: 102
66. Not Going Quietly (2021)
96 min | Documentary
Ady Barkan's life is upended when he is diagnosed with ALS, but a confrontation with a powerful senator catapults him to national fame and ignites a once-in-a-generation political movement.
Director: Nicholas Bruckman | Stars: Ady Barkan, Cory Booker, Tracey Corder, Kamala Harris
Votes: 148
67. On the Divide (2021)
79 min | Documentary
Brings us into the lives of three Latinx people in McAllen Texas, whose different beliefs end up coming to a head at the last abortion clinic in the US/Mexico border.
Directors: Maya Cueva, Leah Galant
Votes: 67
68. Wuhan Wuhan (2021)
90 min | Documentary
In a time when the world needs greater cross-cultural understanding, WUHAN WUHAN is an invaluable depiction of a metropolis joining together to overcome a crisis.
Director: Yung Chang | Stars: Chuning Yin, Xingli Xu, Xiannian Zheng, Guiqing Zhang
Votes: 79
69. Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust (2021)
84 min | Documentary
From the majestic peaks of the snow-capped Sierras to the parched valley of Payahuunadü, "the land of flowing water," MANZANAR, DIVERTED: WHEN WATER BECOMES DUST poetically weaves together ... See full summary »
Director: Ann Kaneko | Stars: Madlon Yamamoto Arai, Keith Bright, Bruce Embrey, Monica Embrey
Votes: 23
70. Winter's Yearning (2019)
77 min | Documentary
The fishing village Maniitsoq is promised the largest project in the history of Greenland when an American company decides to build a plant. Greenland might be economically independent. But then silence. How long to wait for "the future"?
Directors: Sidse Torstholm Larsen, Sturla Pilskog | Stars: Kirsten Kleist Petersen, Gideon Lyberth, Peter Søren Olsen
Votes: 38
71. He's My Brother (2021)
75 min | Documentary
What does it mean to give up one's life to another? Peter is the brother of Christine - he is born deaf and blind, and the family has therefore always had to see and hear the world for him.... See full summary »
Directors: Cille Hannibal, Christine Hanberg
Votes: 44
72. President (2021)
120 min | Documentary
A young and charismatic leader takes on the corrupt ruling party in Zimbabwe's 2018 presidential election.
Director: Camilla Nielsson | Star: Nelson Chamisa
Votes: 438
73. Faya Dayi (2021)
Not Rated | 120 min | Documentary, Drama
A spiritual journey into the highlands of Harar, immersed in the rituals of khat, a leaf Sufi Muslims chewed for centuries for religious meditations - and Ethiopia's most lucrative cash crop today.
Director: Jessica Beshir | Stars: DJ Express, Kawa Sherif, Salih Sigirci
Votes: 657
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