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- DirectorSheila NevinsTrish AdlesicNazenet HabtezghiStarsAdlerRuth AnneAriannaReveals the voices of the impacted parties of books banned from school districts, inspiring hope for the future through the profound insights of inquisitive youthful minds.
- DirectorJohn HoffmanChristine TurnerStarsCocoa BroadwayArlo WashingtonThe work of Arlo Washington, an African-American barber who founded a nonprofit community bank dedicated to providing economic opportunities for their community that mainstream banks will not offer.W
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1amOPUn49aM - DirectorAndrew NadkarniStarsNalini NadkarniAfter surviving a life-threatening fall from a tree, renowned rainforest ecologist Nalini Nadkarni must turn her research question of "what grows back" in the canopy onto herself, exploring disturbance and recovery throughout her life.
- DirectorJoe BrewsterMichèle StephensonStarsChief Xian Atunde AdjuahKyra D. GauntMarvelene MooreThe joyful hand games played by Black girls from generation to generation.
- DirectorKate HammerStarsKate HammerJoshua HaynesHannah Jarrett-ScottJude, a neurodivergent creative, tries her best to fit into a typical world, but has to manage the sentient, giant teddy bear that follows her everywhere she goes. Bear's attempts at helping often leave everything even more of a mess, causing Jude to be the janitor of her own life. An already tense job interview is made even worse by the fact they don't even want to mention the bear in the room. From hyperfocusing, to losing all sense of focus and everything in between, Jude shows the highs and lows of living with an uncontrollable Bear at all times.
- DirectorMax LoweStarsMilana AbdurashytovaAmit OrenIn this documentary, a girl displaced by the war in Ukraine heads to a summer camp in the Alps with her grandmother, testing the limits of her bravery.
- DirectorRobert J. LyonsJeremy WorkmanStarsGeorge M. Michaels50 years ago, assemblyman George Michaels cast a single vote on New York's abortion bill that changed the course of American history but destroyed his political career in the process.
- DirectorGeeta GandbhirSamantha M. KnowlesStarsElisabeth EppsOver the course of two years, How We Get Free follows Elisabeth Epps as she works to abolish cash bail in Colorado and put an end to the criminalization of poverty. Epps is the founder of the Colorado Freedom Fund, one of the over 100 community bail funds around the country, which started to help incarcerated individuals who can't afford their bail before trial. For Epps, this work is personal - she spent time in jail herself, bearing witness to the conditions she is so desperate to change. The film opens in the fall of 2020 as she drives around Denver with thousands of dollars of cashier's checks in hand, bailing people out of jail (or as Epps says, "paying ransom"), and sparring with the local Sheriff, about the future of policing. But after years of grassroots activism, and on the heels of the 2020 racial reckoning, Epps is confronting a new challenge: calls from her community to run for State Representative.
- DirectorRamin BahraniRural hospitals around America are closing at alarming rates, leaving communities without care. Oscar and Emmy-nominated director Ramin Bahrani visits Appalachia, where American communities are left with limited or no access to healthcare. Explore the rural healthcare crisis in the South through the eyes of those struggling in it and the dedicated doctors trying to reach them.
- DirectorS. Leo ChiangS. Leo Chiang reflects on his relationship with Taiwan, the United States and China from the islands of Kinmen, just a few miles from mainland China.W
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DefVP0mkHZY - DirectorKris BowersBen ProudfootStarsDana AtkinsonDuane MichaelsPaty MorenoTells the story of four unassuming heroes who ensure no student is deprived of the joy of music. It is also a reminder of how music can be the best medicine, stress reliever and even an escape from poverty.W
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xttrkgKXtZ4 - DirectorKevin MacdonaldRuhi HamidThe riveting, heroic story of young orphaned girls whose music school was closed after the Taliban took over Afghanistan as they escape to Portugal to try and rebuild their fractured lives and begin to play music again.
- DirectorSean WangStarsYi Yan FueiZhang Li HuaA personal love letter from director Sean Wang to his Nai Nai and Wài Pó, a grandma super team that dances, stretches, and farts their sorrows away.
- DirectorJustine MartinStarsRaphaël CormierRémi CormierAt the dawn of their teenage years, Raphaël and Rémi are twins who see their fraternal attachment crumble while one of them, suffering from an increasingly marked disability, remains a prisoner of childhood. During one last summer surrounded by nature, time seems to want to stand still.
- DirectorGiorgio GhiottoVidal Merma, a Peruvian Indigenous journalist, risks his life daily to secure a future where his son, Erik, can savor the simple joy of drinking clean water. "Wings of Dust" is about a father's sacrifice, community resilience and the unwavering human spirit in the face of environmental injustice.