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Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Steve James examines racial, economic and class issues in contemporary American education in the multipart unscripted documentary series. Witness it through their eyes.Trailer
Hero. Icon. Dissenter. RBG explores the life and career of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.Trailer
We follow the medical team aiding Vika, a single mother with cancer, during her final days.
The Hebron Hills garbage dump serves the Israeli settlements in the area and is a source of an eked-out livelihood for 200 Palestinian families.
Follow 10-year-old Ukrainian boy Oleg, who learns to navigate his childhood through the war.
amos gitaiTsili, a young Jewish woman, is hiding in the forest South of Czernowicz. Her entire family was deported to the camps. Hiding in the war zone, she builds a nest for herself.Trailer
Filmed over three years with the participation of 30 countries around the world, the documentary examines the world of yoga and explores why millions today have turned their attention inwards, bucking the limitations of the material world in pursuit of self-realization.Trailer
For the first time, the Dalí Theatre-Museum in Figueres opens its doors for an all-access tour with the master himself.Trailer
A portrait of the life of Liberian activist Silas Siakor, a tireless crusader against illegal logging and a symbol of resistance for a new generation.Trailer
Dolores Huerta fought tirelessly alongside Chavez for racial and labor justice and became one of the most defiant feminists of the twentieth century. The fight continues...Trailer
Enter a hidden third world shadow industry of digital cleaning, where the Internet rids itself of what it doesn't like: violence, pornography and political content. Trailer
Brunhilde Pomsel got closer to one of the worst criminals in world history than anyone else presently alive: she was the secretary for Joseph Goebbels. Now 105 years old, she tells her story.Trailer
TempestadThe emotional journeys of two women victimized by corruption and injustice in Mexico and of the love, dignity and resistance that allowed them to survive.Trailer
In this chilling and inventive Oscar nominated documentary, the unrepentant former members of Indonesian death squads re-enact some of their many murders in the style of the American movies they love.Trailer
An up-close and personal look at six teenagers inside their room, told entirely out of their self made videos posted on YouTube.Trailer
When there is nowhere to go, nowhere is home. An epic film journey led by the internationally renowned artist Ai Weiwei.Trailer
GURRUMUL is a portrait of an artist on the brink of global reverence, and the struggles he and those closest to him faced in balancing that which mattered most to him and keeping the show on the road.Trailer
Behavioural scientist Dan Ariely discovers the complicated truth behind what happens when we lie to each other.Trailer
From her childhood bedroom in suburban Chicago, Ala’a, a 19-year-old American girl coordinates the revolution in Syria. Trailer
A personal story about what we lose when we ignore the implications of technology and its relationship to our civil liberties.Trailer
War of Lies is the story of an Iraqi refugee, whose information about portable weapons of mass destruction passed through the hands of the BND, MI6 and CIA.Trailer
Shirley and Hinda are two gutsy American women, both approaching the age of 90. Curiosity and frustration with the status quo drives them to seek answers to the burning question on everyone’s mind: How do we get out of this economic mess?Trailer
She is beautiful, and smart, and funny. And in this film, there is a whole hour of her. In her home, at work, and on the set of the new 'Napoléon'.

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