4.1 Miles
A day in the life of the commander of a Greek Coast Guard ship who is charged with saving the lives of thousands of refugees.
Malheur
Bitter antagonism between right-wing militia and the federal government has boiled over into rebellion and bloodshed. Malheur follows this insurrection, from inception to demise, and the elements that made it possible.
Nobody Speak
The trial between wrestler Hulk Hogan and Gawker Media pitted privacy rights against freedom of the press, but ended up as a case study in how big money can silence media through legal means. An examination of the perils and duties of the free press in an age of inequality.
The Force
The Force presents a cinema verite look deep inside the long-troubled Oakland Police Department as it struggles to confront federal demands for reform, a popular uprising following events in Ferguson, MO, and an explosive scandal.
The Cage Fighter
The Cage Fighter is the story of a blue-collar, loving family man who escapes back into the fighting cage amidst hard times at home. One night, he returns to his family wounded, breaking a long-standing promise made to them years ago - that he would never fight again. It is a story about a powerful yet tender man struggling to retain his dignity and manhood on the cusp of middle age.
For Ahkeem
For Ahkeem chronicles the life of a St. Louis teenager as she struggles towards graduation at an experimental court-supervised high school.
A Machine To Live In
A Machine To Live In is a film about the architecture of futurist utopias deep inside Brazil’s tropical savannah.
All These Sleepless Nights
What does it mean to be awake in a world that seems satisfied to be asleep? Kris and Michal push their experiences of life and love to a breaking point as they restlessly roam the city streets in search of answers, adrift in the euphoria and uncertainty of youth.
The Cinema Travellers
The Cinema Travellers accompanies a shrewd exhibitor, a benevolent showman and a maverick projector mechanic who bear a beautiful burden - to keep the last traveling cinemas of the world running.
Uncle Howard
The loss of a potent filmmaker to AIDS in 1989, New York City, leaves his young nephew, Aaron, inspired to make films. 25 years later the city is long gone as an affordable home for radical artists following waves of gentrification. Aaron investigates into the mystery of who his favorite uncle really was, leading to an astounding discovery of film unveiling the New York his uncle left to be discovered.
The Bad Kids
This coming-of-age story watches education combat the crippling effects of poverty in the lives of the so-called "bad kids."
The Return
At a moment of national reckoning on mass incarceration, what can California’s reform experiment teach the nation?
The Pearl
Explores the raw emotional and physical experience of being a middle aged to senior transgender woman against the backdrop of post-industrial logging towns in the Pacific Northwest.
3 ½ Minutes, Ten Bullets
3 ½ Minutes, Ten Bullets dissects the shooting death of 17-year-old Jordan Davis, the aftermath of this systemic tragedy and contradictions within the American criminal justice system.
The Island and the Whales
The Pilot whale hunters of the Nordic Faroe Islands believe that hunting is vital to their way of life, but when a local doctor makes a grim discovery about the effects of marine pollution, environmental changes threaten to end the controversial tradition and change the community forever.
True Conviction
There’s a new detective agency in Dallas, Texas, started by a group of exonerated men, with decades in prison served between them.
Lucchy
Lucchy is the story of a child guitar prodigy and a rock and roll roadtrip through America, as seen through the eyes of undocumented immigrants.
Uncertain
A southern gothic tale set on the Texas/Louisiana border in a town called Uncertain, population 94.
Western
Eagle Pass, TX, and Piedras Negras, MX are a harmonious vision of border life until the specter of cartel violence threatens to divide them.
What's Killing the Babies of Vernal, Utah?
for Rolling Stone
Seed - The Untold Story
Seed tells the harrowing and heartening story of humans' long standing relationship with seeds. As many irreplaceable seeds near extinction, Seed unveils a David and Goliath battle for their future.