Coming of age in Brooklyn is an exhilaratingly unique experience. Shot over three years, the film follows sisters Ginger and Dusty, and their friends, as they navigate high school, the city, and the mysterious course from childhood to adulthood.

Part mystery, part coming-of-age tale, the film explores memory and urbanization through two parallel stories, one about a young engineer and the other a boy. As the stories unfold, the connections between them proliferate and grow stranger.

They don’t have much in common, but that’s their strength. A rock and roll drummer with bipolar disorder and a teen with Asperger’s strike up the unlikeliest of friendships in this tender dramedy that portrays mental illness with heart.

Filmed entirely from inside a cable car, this unique documentary experience follows a range of passengers going to the ancient Hindu Manakamana Temple, 4,271 feet above Nepal. Join their peaceful yet exhilarating journey.

Like a Nietzschean parable, this stark and beautifully haunting film illustrates the heaviness of human existence through the imagined fate of the infamous horse and its owner that sparked Friedrich Nietzsche’s mental breakdown.

“There’s never been a rat problem in Baltimore, it’s always been a people problem.” In his dazzling directorial debut, Theo Anthony uses the rat as a passageway into the dark, complicated history of Baltimore.

A groundbreaking, mesmerizing look at the harrowing lives of commercial fishermen, the film is shot by filmmakers and crewmembers alike to capture every angle—from dizzying underwater shots to sweeping aerial views—and immerse viewers in the action.

After graduating from college, young idealist Will Allen joined a spiritual community filled with like minded people looking for some answers to the basic questions of life, led by a charismatic but secretive guru.

While she awaits her death sentence, notorious female serial killer Aileen Wuornos explores her tortured childhood and her subsequent years on the road as a hitch-hiking sex worker which culminated in the murders that inspired the film Monster.

Corrupt governments hate them. The future of journalism needs them. Bellingcat’s independent collective of citizen journalists uses groundbreaking investigation tactics to uncover earthshaking truths about everything from war zones to drug cartels.

Academy Award nominated filmmaker explores life in 1960s Mississippi and the momentous impact of "Booker" Wright, a black man who voiced opinions on race relations on network TV, and the subsequent ensuing fallout.

In this gritty psychological thriller, three teenage boys have a rude awakening when they end up in a juvenile detention center. Facing attacks by hardened criminals and ruthless guards, they are forced to do whatever it takes to survive.

Set in French Colonial Algeria, the film follows Daru, a reclusive, pacifist teacher (Viggo Mortensen) tasked with delivering Mohammad, a docile Algerian murder suspect into the hands of French authorities as the Algerian War of Independence ignites.

America’s democracy is threatened. Narrated by Jeffrey Wright, Rigged tells the story of how the principle of "one person, one vote" is being compromised and how American citizens are fighting back.

What are you good at? Choosing a doughnut? Spying on other people’s text messages? Touching your toes? Even though you might not have the kind of achievements you believe are worth bragging about, these bright spots are still worth celebrating.

The writer and lyricist looks back on the creation of the musical in the wake of Columbine.

A man who grew up without a father finds fulfillment in mentoring another.

An animated exploration into the mind-boggling phenomenon that is synchronicity. Featuring events so bizarre you will no longer believe in “just coincidences.”

This is Yarra follows the story of Riyadh Aden and Deng Dut from the Yarra Wild Beasts as they prepare for a basketball tournament, with the hope of taking home their first trophy for the junior team.

We asked filmmaker Rachel Fleit to reimagine some of the most iconic movie scenes of the 20th century as seen through very 21st century technology, i.e. hidden cameras—transforming the familiar pop culture classics into anything but.

Condemned to an adult prison, an explosively violent young man is forced to fight for survival as criminal forces attempt to control him for their own good. Help comes from the unlikeliest source: his estranged father (Ben Mendelsohn).

Adrien Brody, Marcia Gay Harden and Christina Hendricks star in this award-winning drama about teachers and students in a troubled high school. From the director of "American History X."

Want to make millions in a $400 billion global industry? Find out why no one is winning the war on drugs in this provocative investigation, featuring Russell Simmons, Susan Sarandon, David Simon (creator of "The Wire"), and 50 Cent.

Referring to the Twilight-Zone-like existence in American prisons, The Zo reveals the arbitrary and inhumane tactics guards use to deliberately torment inmates. Illustrations by Molly Crabapple.

Obits explores the unexpected connections between the lives of three strangers who all died on the same day, revealing how much more we have in common than we might think.

A recent breakup fuels two friends during a long slog up a steep hill.

One normal day, three dynamic people with an unusual lens on life in Atlanta, Georgia.

Young outcast Sean has isolated himself in a trailer in the woods, setting out on alchemic pursuits. But when he turns from chemistry to black magic to crack nature’s secret, things go awry and he awakens something far more sinister and dangerous.

When con artist Marty’s latest ruse goes awry, mounting paranoia forces him from his small town temp job to the desolate streets of Detroit with nothing more than a pocket full of bogus checks, an altered Nintendo Power Glove and a bad temper.

In suburban Southern Florida, a disenchanted housewife named Cozy meets an aimless handyman named Lee at a bar. After an accidental shooting, the two decide to go on the run from the law but their personality flaws get in the way.

Martin Verfondern and Margo Pool had one dream – to live off the land, far from the complicated city. But, when they arrive in the Spanish village of Santoalla, the foreigners ignite a conflict that culminates in Martin's mysterious disappearance.

Robert Hanson (Jakob Cedergren) is a Copenhagen police officer who, following a nervous breakdown, is transferred to a provincial town to take on the mysteriously vacated Marshall position and subsequently gets mixed up with a married femme fatale.

Mark Landis, a prolific art forger, has duped curators with imitations of works for over 30 years. But he’s met his match in Matthew Leininger, a registrar from Cincinnati, who was conned by Landis years ago and has been pursuing him ever since.

Eva (Tilda Swinton) and her husband (John C. Reilly) contend with the increasing malevolence of her first-born child, Kevin (Ezra Miller). A gripping psychological thriller that explores the fractious relationship between a mother and her evil son.

A stunning compilation of video footage shot exclusively via dashboard cameras that populate Russian roads. The epitome of a you-have-to-see-it-to-believe-it documentary, it captures a wide range of spectacles through the windshield.

Eleven-year-old tomboy Toni is bewitched by the dance team she sees practicing in the same Cincinnati gym where she boxes. But when a mysterious outbreak of fainting spells plagues the team, Toni’s desire for acceptance becomes more complicated.

Will Montgomery (Ben Foster) is a U.S. Army officer who has just been assigned to the Army's Casualty Notification service where he’s partnered with a fellow officer (Woody Harrelson). Will finds himself drawn to the grieving Olivia (Samantha Morton)

When Mariam, a young Tunisian woman, is raped by police officers after leaving a party, she is propelled into a harrowing night in which she must fight for her rights even though justice lies on the side of her tormentors. A rare, startling film.

The debut feature from director Hannah Fidell, A Teacher explores the gradual emotional unraveling of Diana (Lindsay Burdge), a young, attractive high school teacher who has been sleeping with her student.

At the end of WWII, a cache of raw film of the Warsaw Ghetto, shot by the Nazis, became a resource for historians. However, the discovery of a missing reel changed everyone’s perception.

Private Adam Winfield was a 21-year-old soldier in Afghanistan when he attempted to alert the military to war crimes his platoon was committing. Left on his own, Winfield was forced to make a split-second decision that would change his life forever.

For years, a homeless community took root in a train tunnel beneath New York City, braving dangerous conditions. Through stories both heartbreaking and hilarious, tunnel dwellers reveal their reasons for taking refuge and their struggle to survive.

Directed by Darius Clark Monroe and executive produced by Spike Lee, this documentary short tells the story of what happened when a group of college athletes decided to protest racial injustice.

When a fire began at Oregon’s Eagle Creek, more than 150 hikers found themselves trapped by fast-moving flames.

Bruno “Ralphy” Lozano became not only the youngest-ever mayor of Del Rio, Texas, but also the city’s first openly gay elected official. The 30-something Democrat is also an Air Force veteran, a flight attendant, and really good at walking in heels.

The woman featured in one of the most iconic protest images of the 20th century didn’t end up staring down a bayonet by accident: Gloria Richardson was an impassioned leader of the civil rights movement, and an inspiration to people like Malcolm X.

Abigail Goldman spends her days as an investigator for a public defender’s office. But by night, she dreams up gruesome events, which she then turns into tiny, precise dioramas. We follow along as she brings her miniature worlds of murder to life.

A woman is beset by heart-pounding, stomach-churning panic attacks. But then an unlikely spirit animal helps her regain control.

This documentary follows a group of students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School as they rehearse a production of Spring Awakening in the weeks and months following a devastating mass shooting.

The battle for LGBTQ rights hasn’t only been fought on the streets of coastal cities; it has also taken place in the homes of rural America. In this documentary, gay men living in central Tennessee share stories of struggle and self-acceptance.

Right now, no matter where you stand on the political spectrum, it would be natural to want to scream. Filmmakers Danielle Andersen and Jonathan Nelson explore the anger and anxiety of the current moment.

We all love to get gifts—but sometimes we love them too much.

When the Philadelphia public-school system began losing almost all the funding for its music-education programs in 2007, thousands of instruments in need of repair were forced into retirement, and community members moved to action.

A gripping nonfiction thriller which follows actress Kate Lyn Sheil as she prepares to play Christine Chubbuck, a real-life newscaster who committed suicide on live television in 1974. Winner of a Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.

Rouhi is hired as a maid for an affluent family. Upon arriving she is suddenly thrust into an explosive domestic conflict. From two-time Academy Award winning director Asghar Farhadi, a gripping drama set against the backdrop of the Persian New Year.

“In 1946, my great-grandfather murdered a black man named Bill Spann and got away with it.” So begins Travis Wilkerson’s documentary, a journey through the American South to uncover the societal mores that allowed this brutal crime to go unpunished.

A young woman’s search for individual freedom with only a pair of hair clippers in hand.

Meet the Beverly Hills parents who scream from the sidelines—and the ref who’d like to kick them out.

A haunting short about inmates in the Arizona state-prison system working to break wild horses as they prepare for their own release.

A Palestinian family navigates the difficulties of raising Arabian horses in the West Bank—where access to vets and training facilities always seems to be a checkpoint away.