Pass the Mic: A Movement Generations in the Making
Lizzo, Lil Nas X and Kendrick Lamar use their music as a launch pad to inspire others, shatter stereotypes and empower through their art.
Scars Of Nanking
During the brutal invasion of China in 1937 by Imperial Japanese forces, tens of thousands of civilians and prisoners of war are murdered and women raped in what is known…
President
Zimbabwe is at a crossroads. The leader of the opposition MDC party, Nelson Chamisa, challenges the old guard ZANU-PF led by Emmerson Mnangagwa, known as “The Crocodile.” The election tests…
The Ninth Grade
Class 172 is a key class for their excellent students of an ordinary secondary school in Hunan province, from which the kids’ main goal is to upgrade into one of…
Alone through Iran: 1144 miles of trust
The 45-year old Swedish woman, Kristina Paltén, ran across Iran to challenge her own prejudices against a culture and people she knew little about. She felt the very human need…
Gone Before Her Time: When the Music Stopped
Over the course of the two-hour special, GONE BEFORE HER TIME, we’ll celebrate the controversies, influences, and legacies of five iconic female performers whose lives tragically ended just as they…
Willem and Frieda: Defying the Nazis
Willem was an artist who lived openly as a gay man at a time when few did. Frieda was a well-connected musician who became the first woman to lead an…
Copa 71
The extraordinary story of the 1971 Women’s World Cup, which was held in Mexico City and witnessed by more than 100,000 fans. This landmark tournament was dismissed by FIFA and…
Good Chemistry: The Story of Elemental
Pixar director Peter Sohn takes viewers on a humorous personal journey through the inspiration behind Disney and Pixar’s feature film “Elemental.” “Good Chemistry: The Story of Elemental” traces his parents’…
Napoleon: Life of an Outlaw
Mutah Beale, better known as Napoleon of Tupac Shakur’s infamous rap group “The Outlawz” goes through an emotional roller coaster since birth. From witnessing his parents murder in front of…
Gary Gulman: The Great Depresh
In his first HBO comedy special, Gary Gulman offers candid reflections on his struggles with depression through stand-up and short documentary interludes. While speaking to issues of mental health, Gulman…
American Dream
When workers at the Hormel meatpacking plant in Austin, Minnesota are asked to take a substantial pay cut in a highly profitable year, the local labor union decides to go…
Drifters
A silent film by John Grierson. It tells the story of Britain’s North Sea herring fishery.
