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About the extraordinary doctors and activists—including Paul Farmer, Jim Yong Kim, and Ophelia Dahl—whose work 30 years ago to save lives...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Paul Farmer

Take a stroll down Sesame Street and witness the birth of the most influential children's show in television history. From the iconic furry...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Joan Ganz Cooney

A documentary about the legendary series of nationally televised debates in 1968 between two great public intellectuals, the liberal Gore Vidal and...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Gore Vidal

A documentary about how a dominant cultural and demographic institution both sustains their traditional activities and adapts to the digital...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Elvis Costello

A celebration of Dr. Maya Angelou by weaving her words with rare and intimate archival photographs and videos, which paint hidden moments of her...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Maya Angelou

The story of the Black Panthers is often told in a scatter of repackaged parts, often depicting tragic, mythic accounts of violence and criminal...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Kathleen Cleaver

Intimate vérité, archival footage, and visually innovative treatments of poetry take us on a journey through the dreamscape of...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Nikki Giovanni

Follow several talented members of the ensemble as they gather in locations across the world, exploring the ways art can both preserve traditions and...

Genre: Music

Cast: Yo-Yo Ma

Legendary documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman (At Berkeley, National Gallery) explores the culture, politics and daily life of the Queens, NYC...

Genre: Documentary

Cast:

A haven for Black intellectuals, artists and revolutionaries—and path of promise toward the American dream—Black colleges and...

Genre: Documentary

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In the past 40 years, the War on Drugs has accounted for 45 million arrests, made America the world's largest jailer, and destroyed impoverished...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Eugene Jarecki

A documentary that explores the range of experiences lived by transgender Americans.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Kylar Broadus

In June 2013, Laura Poitras and reporter Glenn Greenwald flew to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden. She brought her camera...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Edward Snowden

An investigation of how Hollywood's fabled stories have deeply influenced how Americans feel about transgender people, and how transgender people...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Laverne Cox

Over the past 25 years, Lauren Greenfield's documentary photography and film projects have explored youth culture, gender, body image, and affluence....

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Lauren Greenfield

This artful and intimate meditation on the legendary storyteller examines her life, her works, and the powerful themes she has confronted throughout...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Toni Morrison

Writer and urban activist Jane Jacobs fights to save historic New York City during the ruthless redevelopment era of urban planner Robert Moses in...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Thomas Campanella

At a 2012 pre-season high-school football party in Steubenville, Ohio, a young woman was raped by members of the beloved high school football team....

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Mark Cole

A spate of robberies in Southern California schools had an oddly specific target: tubas. In this work of creative nonfiction, d/Deaf first-time...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Nyeisha Prince

A feature documentary on African American ballerina Misty Copeland that examines her prodigious rise, her potentially career ending injury alongside...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Misty Copeland