Our Genes Under Influence
Biology is undergoing a revolution that is radically changing our conception of evolution. Our genes don’t control everything: they can be influenced by fascinating mechanisms recently brought to light by international research teams.
Genre: Documentary
God Code
Behind locked doors in St. Petersburg, Russia is the Leningrad Codex, the world’s oldest complete text of the Hebrew Bible. Because of its ancient origins, it is a purer version…
Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti
This intimate ethnographic study of Voudoun dances and rituals was shot by Maya Deren during her years in Haiti (1947-1951); she never edited the footage, so this “finished” version was…
9/11: The Falling Man
An examination of an image – a falling man from the North Tower, frozen in mid air – circulated by the press immediately after the September 11 attacks, the public’s…
Send Me
In the final days of the Afghanistan War, 12 veterans fly to the Middle East and spend the next ten days evacuating as many American citizens, permanent residents, and special…
All Its Name Implies
Highlighted by harrowing first-person footage from Paradise, California residents as they frantically attempt to flee the place they call home during a monumentally destructive wildfire in 2018, this intimate documentary…
Elvis – Aloha from Hawaii
A 1973 concert by Elvis Presley that was broadcast live via satellite on January 14, 1973. The concert took place at the Honolulu International Center in Honolulu and aired in…
Closure
A documentary about a trans-racial adoptee who finds her birth mother, and meets the rest of a family who didn’t know she existed, including her birth father. A story about…
The Champions
All odds were stacked against the pit-bulls rescued from quarterback Michael Vick’s dogfighting ring. Forced to fight for their lives, they were considered so dangerous many wanted them euthanized. But…
The Raft
In 1973, five men and six women drifted across the Atlantic on a raft as part of a scientific experiment exploring the origins of violence and sexual attraction. Nobody expected…
The Matador
Growing up in Granada, Spain, young David Fandila always dreamed of being a matador. This documentary captures the rise of “El Fandi,” one of Spain’s most renowned bullfighters, who first…
6 Weeks to Mother’s Day
150 underprivileged and orphaned students in the remote jungle of Thailand attending the country’s first democratic school prepare a special celebration to honor their remarkable adoptive mother on Mother’s Day.
Join or Die
A film about why you should join a club—and why the fate of America may depend on it. Follow the story of America’s civic unraveling through the work of Robert…