Born in a Ballroom
“Born in a Ballroom,” explores the relationship between the Hütte Restaurant, its founder, Eleanor Mailloux, and the rural Appalachian village she called home, Helvetia, West Virginia.
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Chasing Madoff
A look at how one investigator spent ten years trying to expose Bernie Madoff’s massive Ponzi scheme that scammed an estimated $18 billion from investors.
Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn
Legendary and controversial attorney Roy Cohn was a power broker in the rough and tumble world of New York City business and politics. Senator Joseph R. McCarthy’s top counsel during…
A Man Returned
Reda is 26 years old. His dreams of escaping the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain El-Helweh ended in failure after three years trapped in Greece. He returned with a heroin…
Beyond Weight Loss: Breaking the Fat Loss Code
A documentary that takes a hard look into the world of sustainable weight loss by exposing the fraud and deceit of the diet industry and our government. Find out the…
Good Ol Girl
Follows three young Texas cowgirls tasked with carrying on their families’ legacies amidst a volatile landscape and industry. The film explores the modern West: a place where the male cowboy…
Jaha’s Promise
A documentary about the life and activism of Jaha Dukureh, a Gambian anti-female genital mutilation campaigner who returns to her country of birth to confront the harmful tradition that she…
Icarus
While investigating the furtive world of illegal doping in sports, director Bryan Fogel connects with renegade Russian scientist Dr. Grigory Rodchenkov—a pillar of his country’s “anti-doping” program. Over dozens of…
The Sequel: What Will Follow Our Troubled Civilization?
From the beginning of the Earth to our present moment, this film encounters extraordinary projects and people from four continents, economist Kate Raworth, philosopher Roger Scruton and Gaian ecologist Stephan…
Nublu
An impressionistic documentary about an underground music club in the Lower East Side encompassing the music traditions of NYC.
For All Humankind
Discover the story of humanity and space exploration as witnessed in the interrelated events of 1968 and 2020.
Children of Shatila
Many people first became aware of the Shatila refugee camp in Lebanon after the shocking and horrific Sabra-Shatila massacre that took place there in 1982. Located in Beirut’s “belt of…
Julia’s Stepping Stones
Oscar-winning filmmaker Julia Reichert reflects on the social, economic and personal forces that led to her career as a pioneering documentarian.
