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.

Director: Steve James

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 10x60 min.

Year of production: 2018

Children Current Affairs Education Family Gender Politics Society Youth

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The Right to Read

The Right to Read shares the stories of an activist, a teacher, and two American families who fight to provide our youngest generation with the most foundational indicator of life-long success: the ability to read.

Director: Jenny Mackenzie

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 71 min.

Year of production: 2023

Activism Children Diversity Education Human Rights Social Justice

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(Dis)Honesty – The Truth about Lies

Behavioural scientist Dan Ariely discovers the complicated truth behind what happens when we lie to each other.

Director: Yael Melamede

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 90 min.

Year of production: 2015

Anthropology Current Affairs Education Humor Media Philosophy Science Society

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Resilience

A one-hour documentary that delves into the science of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and the birth of a new movement to treat and prevent toxic stress

Director: James Redford

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 60 min.

Year of production: 2015

Children Education Family Mental Health Science Society Youth

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We Iranian Women

Through exclusive testimonies and clandestine videos, We Iranian Women gives voice to courageous women in Iran who risked their lives to share their stories. The film chronicles their ongoing battle against patriarchy, corruption, and rigid religious and ideological beliefs

Director: Sabina Fedeli | Anna Migotto

Language: English, French, Italian, Persian (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 61 min.

Year of production: 2023

Activism Human Rights Law and Justice Middle Eastern Studies Society Women

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Anxious Nation

Anxious Nation looks deeply into the crisis of anxiety and mental health in America, especially its crippling impact on kids and families

Director: Laura Morton | Vanessa Roth

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 51/100 min.

Year of production: 2022

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Escape Fire

The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare. Tackling one of the most pressing issues of our time: how can we save our badly broken healthcare system?

Director: Matthew Heineman | Susan Froemke

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 99 min.

Year of production: 2012

American History Economy Education Health Human Rights Politics Society

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Picture a Scientist

PICTURE A SCIENTIST is a documentary on women scientists overcoming bias, revolutionizing science, on a journey to meet diverse scientific luminaries

Director: Ian Cheney | Sharon Shattuck

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 97/56 min.

Year of production: 2020

Activism Education Science Women

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An Inconvenient Sequel

A decade after AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH brought the climate crisis into the heart of popular culture, comes Al Gore's riveting and rousing follow-up that shows just how close we are to a real energy revolution.

Director: Bonni Cohen | Jon Shenk

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 100 min.

Year of production: 2017

Activism Business Climate Change Current Affairs Ecology, Environment Economy Education Globalization Human Rights Investigative Journalism Law and Justice Politics Science Society Technology

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Battleground

As the nation faces the end of Roe v. Wade, follow three women leading formidable anti-abortion organizations to witness the enormous influence they wield at the intersection and future of abortion and politics in America.

Director: Cynthia Lowen

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 103 min.

Year of production: 2022

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Broken Places

“The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places.” - Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms

Director: Roger Weisberg

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 55/76 min.

Year of production: 2018

Addiction Children Crime Disability Education Family Health Law and Justice Poverty Society Youth

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Crime After Crime

Horribly abused, wrongfully imprisoned... one signature away from freedom.

Director: Yoav Potash

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 93 min.

Year of production: 2011

Activism Crime Current Affairs Gender Human Rights Investigative Journalism Law and Justice Media Personal Story Poverty Society Urbanism Women Youth

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Family Affair

At 10 years old, Chico Colvard accidentally shot his older sister in the leg. This seemingly random act detonated a chain reaction that exposed unspeakable realities and shattered his family.

Director: Chico Colvard

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 82 min.

Year of production: 2010

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Food Chains

Food Chains exposes the abuse of farmworkers within the United States and the complicity of the multibillion dollar supermarket and fast food industries.

Director: Sanjay Rawal

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 82 min.

Year of production: 2014

Activism Business Conflicts Current Affairs Economy Education Food Human Rights Immigration and Migration Labor Law and Justice Politics Poverty Society

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Foster

Every Child Needs A Family

Director: Mark Jonathan Harris

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 113 min.

Year of production: 2018

Addiction Children Disability Education Family Law and Justice Personal Story Poverty Youth

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Girl Rising

Educating girls can break cycles of poverty in just one generation, yet millions of girls aren’t in school

Director: Richard E. Robbins

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 101 min.

Year of production: 2013

Activism Children Education Gender Human Rights Literature Society Women Youth

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Here. Is. Better.

An award-winning documentary film, HERE. IS. BETTER. interweaves the inspiring stories of men and women Veterans overcoming the debilitating effects of PTSD with treatments that can work, bringing hope to millions.

Director: Jack Youngelson

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 95 min.

Year of production: 2021

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Louder than a Bomb

A mic. A stage. A pen. A page. The story of four Chicago high school poetry teams as they prepare to compete in the world's largest youth slam

Director: Jon Siskel | Greg Jacobs

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 99 min.

Year of production: 2010

Arts and Culture Children Education Literature Society Youth

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Mr. SOUL!

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

Director: Melissa Haizlip

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 104 min.

Year of production: 2018

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On the Record

Filmmakers Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering examine the sexual assault allegations against hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons

Director: Kirby Dick | Amy Ziering

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 98 min.

Year of production: 2020

Activism African American Studies Gender Investigative Journalism Media Sexuality Society Women

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Poverty, Inc.

Poverty has become a multi-billion dollar industry: the business of doing good has never been better. Who profits the most?

Director: Michael Matheson Miller

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 91 min.

Year of production: 2014

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Romeo Is Bleeding

Richmond, CA is a community struggling with gun violence, stemming from a turf war which spans multiple generations. A local arts organization recruits young people to take part in an urban adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet.

Director: Jason Zeldes

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 93 min.

Year of production: 2015

Arts and Culture Education Literature Personal Story Society Urbanism Youth

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Storm Lake

A dogged family-run paper in Iowa gives citizens the scoop on forces threatening to overwhelm their precarious small-town existence.

Director: Jerry Risius | Beth Levison

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 85 min.

Year of production: 2021

Activism Arts and Culture Business Current Affairs Investigative Journalism Politics

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The Freedom To Marry

The epic and surprising story of same sex marriage in America; the most successful - and perhaps most inspiring - civil rights movement of our time

Director: Eddie Rosenstein

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 86 min.

Year of production: 2016

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The Hunting Ground

A startling exposé of sexual assault on U.S. college campuses, institutional cover-ups and the brutal social toll on victims and their families.

Director: Kirby Dick

Language: English (with full English subtitles available)

Running Time: 102 min.

Year of production: 2015

Activism Current Affairs Education Gender Investigative Journalism Law and Justice Personal Story Society Women

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