History

Twelve years in the making, SHOAH is Lanzmann’s monumental epic on the Holocaust and features interviews with survivors, bystanders and perpetrators in 14 countries

How did we come to this moment, where free speech issues have never felt more complicated and urgent, and where the nation is wondering a new: what price are we willing to pay for free speech?

Amin had an extraordinary child refugee journey from Afghanistan. He is facing a painful secret he kept hidden for 20 years, threatening to derail his life and his soon-to-be husband

Oscar-nominated biographical documentary examining the life and work of pioneering French filmmaker Claude Lanzmann, and the making of his 1985 Holocaust masterpiece Shoah

Based on recently declassified files, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Sam Pollard explores the US government's surveillance and harassment of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Before Oprah, before Arsenio, there was Mr. SOUL!  Ellis Haizlip ensures the Revolution will be televised with SOUL!,  America’s first “Black Tonight Show.”

The Lakota fight to protect their sacred land

OYATE elevates the voices of Indigenous People , in the wake of the Dakota Access Pipeline Protests, as they are using their newfound platform to shed light on the wide array of injustices committed against them in an effort to embark upon the process of decolonization.

Franco Stevens’ outrageous adventures with the world’s best selling lesbian magazine connect lesbian visibility in the ‘90s to queer womxn’s activism today

A ground-breaking examination of the history of African Americans on the road from the early 1900’s through the 1960’s and beyond - a crucial window on issues of class, automobile culture, discrimination and national identity

Welcome to Riotsville, U.S.A., a fictional town built by the U.S. military in the 1960s, where military and police were trained to respond to civil disorder

The story of how activism and innovation turned AIDS from a death sentence into a manageable condition.

Through film excerpts of Hollywood's most important Holocaust movies this documentary tells the story of the American film industry's complex and contradictory responses to the horrors of Nazi Germany.

In the 1980s, three young people barely out of their teens began a movement that would change global health forever. Bending the Arc tells their story.

When there is nowhere to go, nowhere is home. An epic film journey led by the internationally renowned artist Ai Weiwei.

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...

The life and insights of author Kurt Vonnegut

"Looted and Hidden" delves into Palestinian archives taken by Israeli forces in the 20th century, especially Beirut '82. After a long fight for access to classified content and interviews with archive heads and Israeli troops, the film probes what's been altered or erased.

Filmmaker Amos Gitai examines the new residents of a house he visited 18 years earlier

A fascinating look into the life and times of U.S representative and activist, John Lewis. Using interviews and rare archival footage the film delivers an intimate account of Lewis's legacy and contribution to the Civil Rights Movement

The dramatic success story of the women's peace movement of Liberia

The most widely used educational media tool teaching the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, a beautiful and deeply moving portrait of seven children on both sides of the divide

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.

Would seeing how we see change the way we think?

The tale of a century-old rivalry between two progressive Jewish summer camps and their attempt at a newfound alliance, inspiring unity within today’s divided world.

HIGH COUNTRY tells a timeless American story of how a community of forward-thinking young people, disguised as ski bums and hippies, happened upon a ramshackle mining town on the fringe of society and worked to protect it for years to come.