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Three incarcerated men have one year to turn an unruly puppy into a guide dog.
In this Oscar®-nominated film, a corrections officer gets lost in inmate letters.
When a pregnant vegan decides to eat meat, she frees a whole new side of herself.
Filmmakers capture the final moments of five individuals at various stages in the process of dying.
Comedian Gastor Almonte talks about parenthood and repping East New York.
An intimate look at a Brooklyn funeral director during the rise of COVID-19.
Meet Garden Rail Magazine’s impassioned community of railway enthusiasts.
There’s nothing like experiencing a tornado to confirm one’s belief in God.
The rhythms of everyday life in Atlanta, Georgia, from a number of points of view.
Iconic movie scenes of the 20th century as seen through 21st century technology.
Teachers and staff of a high school try to navigate life in modern-day America.
The city of Cleveland was abuzz on September 27, 1986. Over 1.5 million balloons were about to be released at once, breaking the world record. What could go wrong?
A family of Israeli settlers find themselves stranded in the West Bank.
The girls in dresses, the boys in suits, and everyone is losing their minds.
A man tries to outclimb his grief by summiting a mountain on a remote island.
Can Sean and Casey be a normal couple when the town thinks he killed his family?
Their school lost funding, so these students found a unique solution.
Gay men in rural Tennessee share their stories of struggle and self-acceptance.
Parkland students find healing after the shooting in play rehearsals.
A woman is beset by vicious panic attacks, but she receives some unexpected help.
By day she's an investigator, by night she makes dioramas of gruesome events.
Meet the young mayor who a Texas town’s first openly gay elected official.
An animated exploration into the mind-boggling phenomenon that is synchronicity.
The remarkable true story of an officer who crossed the “blue code of silence.”
An elderly Lebanese couple follow the 2011 Egyptian spring revolution on TV.
A taxi driver in Tripoli is confounded by a mysterious little boy in his car.
A series of inexplicable events alters the realities of two women named Helen.
What is life like in North Korea? A few years ago, Korean-American filmmaker Christina Choe visited the now-forbidden country to get insight into the lives of its citizens and secretly film her experiences. (Things did not go according to plan.)
Mental health is important! No one knows that better than comedian Maria Bamford. Now she’s opening up the discussion with fellow comedians and artists who share their own experiences. Join their funny, moving, and utterly candid conversations.
Across America, being trans can put your life at risk. Director Tony Zosherafatain visits North Carolina, Texas, Mississippi, and Idaho to meet individuals impacted by anti-trans laws and leaves inspired by their fight to exist in their own country.
After a night he can’t remember, Dr. Ari Milus seeks out his sleep disorder specialist. But when the doctor is found dead, he questions his own involvement as repressed memories resurface of a dangerous religious leader known as the Wordmaker.
A dark, visceral drama and a tale of redemption. Joseph is a broken man who decides to confront his painful past, meeting an unexpected kindred spirit along the way. From director Shane Meadows, with a career-defining performance by Stephen Graham.
Most Americans have a special way of discussing issues of death: ignore it. In this new documentary series, five terminally ill people break that silence, offering testimonies about life, faith, love, and fear from a place where death is imminent.
A timely mash-up of original sketches, musical performances, animation and rare Second City footage. Featuring Second City alumni and famous friends and filmed from basements, bedrooms and bunkers from across the country.
Now that we know he’s a false prophet, Sri Kumare can get even more real with his spiritual guidance. In this season, Kumare tackles modern issues like loneliness, anxiety, and diet with hilarious lessons. Who knew that loneliness was like cheese?
When an earthquake unburies three skeletons, strange phenomena begin to occur around a single dad, his young son, an incarcerated woman, and a mentalist. One officer tries to find the truth, but she’s met with inexplicable revelations at every turn.
Meet the next big names in music. Four young Black women musicians from Chicago talk about their inspirations, personal hardships, and how music has shaped them. Witness their jaw-dropping talent as they rise up in the male-dominated industry.
After a mysterious call sends Katie Bonner on a search for a woman named Tala, she leaves her upscale life behind to enter a dark web of international cover-ups, corruption, and trafficking. She soon realizes her obsession could cost her everything.
In season one, we meet a vastly diverse group of people, from a comedian to a gymnast, who have even more diverse run-ins with the law. Anyone can get stopped by cops, but what happens next largely depends on some pretty unfair factors.
The road to progress is paved in blood, sweat, and oil. This Nordic drama follows the history-making events that created modern Norway. When a small fishing town discovers something big, six individuals must seize a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Survivors in post-apocalyptic New Orleans reclaim their loved ones from the waves.
Cathrine and her live-in boyfriend, Simon, have an almost perfect relationship, but the one thing that’s lacking overpowers everything else. When she starts becoming attracted to her female co-worker Selma, her entire love life is put to the test.
There’s only one way to really get to know a writer: over drinks. Reza Aslan sips Old Fashioneds with today’s most important voices in writing, across multiple disciplines, diving into their process, inspiration, and backgrounds. Cheers.
Brilliant peacemaker Ann-Mari Sundell takes one final job: to broker an agreement between Turkey and the Kurds. But she soon realizes the mission is nothing like it seems, as shocking truths unfold to reveal a larger, more twisted political game.
In September 2017, the US Virgin Islands were hit hard by Hurricanes Irma and Maria. Now, those living on the 32-square-mile island of St. Thomas must learn how to rebuild—and thrive—in the face of unbelievable loss.
New European Parliamentary assistant Samy is tasked with a shark finning amendment, but with virtually no experience, he gets duped by lobbyists, tormented by colleagues, and ghosted by his own boss. Can Samy swim with the sharks or get eaten alive?
Sten is a grieving widower who’s never truly lived. His 20-something son, Aron, is navigating his first love and his 37-year-old daughter, Clara, is sick of societal pressures and online dating. Love isn’t this family’s forte, but they’re learning.
The Trump administration is doing everything to keep Mexican and Central American migrants from crossing into the United States. Filmmaker Jordi Ruiz Cirera traveled to Tijuana and asked four migrant children to imagine the life that may await them.
Jacobo Vidal loves his family, he’s just not the most loving guy. His obsession with protecting them ends up causing more problems than solutions. As the family matures over 16 years, he’ll question everything he knew about being a father.
Julien is 31, unemployed, and lives at home with mom. When he runs into his high school sweetheart, she reveals they have a teenage son. Now he’s on a mission to be a good father and win back his girl, but first he’s got some growing up to do.
Academy Award-winning documentary about a Black teen wrongfully accused of murder.
To us they’re mundane objects, but to them they’re priceless. House on Fire asks individuals to save one thing if their house were ablaze. The items they choose tell entire stories about culture, identity, and the true value of material possessions.
Get a glimpse at the future of health and rehab through five individuals testing out groundbreaking new technology and programs, from robotic exoskeletons to virtual reality pain relief. Judging by their stories, the future is bright.
An artist laments a lost love during a train ride.
In this darkly comic new digital series, a young woman navigates her way thru New York. It can be hard when you're using an Instagram that time-travels, debating a portal to another dimension, or battling your roommates during an apocalypse.
How do you transform tragic properties like the Flight 93 crash site or the motel where Dr. King was assassinated into a positive communal space? Real estate expert Randall Bell says: don’t erase the past, change the narrative.
Nathan Silver has been casting his mother, Cindy, in his films since 2012. In this documentary series, we follow the pair as they try to repair their relationship over the dinner table, at the synagogue, and, finally, on the set of a film.
The premise is simple: one random caller is chosen and Chris Gethard talks to that person for 30 unfiltered minutes. From a caller who recently discovered she’s gay to a walking ghost magnet, the stories range from inspiring to downright chilling.
At 24, Anne finally has her life in order, but all of that is about to change. She gets restless with her job and relationship, her family is falling apart, and after one ex cuts her off, another shows up on her doorstep. A lot can change before 25.
Recently graduated with her own place, Anne seems to be figuring it all out, but when she runs into her first girlfriend, Lily, she thinks back on all the ex-girlfriends and lovers who have shaped—and confused—her idea of love, life, and adulthood.
There are 75 different categories of American work visas - but one of the best known is O-1, the “genius” visa designated for people who have attained profound professional achievement. We explore what it takes to qualify for this rare status.
Dr. Merel Kindt is a clinical psychologist with a new way to treat, or even eliminate, phobias and the effects of emotional trauma. Amazingly, it seems to work. In this four-part series, we follow the doctor as she cares for terrified patients.
Everyone is good at something -- so, what are YOU good at?
A group of Jewish senior citizens find community in a fast food restaurant.
A meditation on life, created from archival imagery from the golden age of space.
All she told her daughter is that they were going for a walk.
During the Cold War, wiretapping phones was a major form of surveillance.
What’s the definition of a copy machine?
A look at how African asylum seekers in Israel are treated, and often mistreated.
A young woman in a nameless Eastern Bloc country dreams of going abroad.
Two adventurous lemurs navigate their dirigibles halfway around the world.
In an apocalyptic near future, a woman exposed to a deadly contagion.
Mother opens up to her daughter about her own tumultuous upbringing.
A portfolio manager learns his relationships are hurting more than his business.
Inmates in Arizona work to tame wild horses as they prepare for their own release.
How did Mexican news organizations cover Donald Trump’s inauguration?
For six decades, this state park has played host to a special kind of mammal.
In 1973, a new album from a band called Lavender Country came out. In more ways than one.
Crystal is just another American millennial, except for how she makes her money.
Teenager in the Everglades continues the family tradition of hunting rabbits.
Lies, betrayal, threats, and bowls of chips.
A transgender man, a mysterious death, and a crime that would haunt Australia.
Three mothers who choose not to live with their children open up it.
A lone fisherman encounters an android he wanted to keep in his dark past.
An immigrant in New York learns the rules of basketball.
A teenage squabble turns into a lesson about collective responsibility.
A crew of astronauts returns to Earth with some unexpected otherworldly vibes.
An awkward teen acts as reluctant pimp for a studly feline.
A recent breakup fuels two friends during a long slog up a steep hill.
A full-body sweater never looked so naked.
Watch as people of all ages attempt to make their first-ever leap off a high dive.
Forty-seven brief but vivid vignettes about the paradoxical nature of our world.
A dreamlike short blurring the boundaries between humans and the natural world.
Meet the first same-sex couple to compete in the San Manuel Sweetheart Dance.
A Palestinian family navigates raising Arabian horses in the West Bank.
Could this dance-comedy-sketch weirdness become a new holiday tradition?
A school note is just the excuse for Semele to visit her long absent father.
A beautiful portrait of a charismatic—and American Idol winning—New Yorker.
Two filmmakers spend a day documenting the public's reaction to Air Force One.
A group of white kids with fake guns try to reenact the LA riots
The rise and fall of promising 1960s folk artist Richard Atkins.
The border town of Del Rio becomes a vibrant limbo for an actress and a cowboy.
A woman’s plan to take her place among the martyrs is complicated.
A young woman’s relaxing night at home goes south … in the best possible way.
A man agrees to subject himself to a time-warp experiment.
A fast-talking fox ends up behind bars. Where did it all go wrong?
The true story of a mother’s fight to protect her family during Apartheid.
A galloping jazz soundtrack, visualized as a cityscape and colorful shapes.
Can this Venezuelan village survive corruption, pollution, and economic decay?
An adult man living with his mom in Tripoli suddenly has to fend for himself.
Battling boredom, Houston retirement home residents take up a wacky new hobby.
Three strangers who died on the same day share surprising similarities.
A kid killing time takes a supersonic thrill ride without leaving his desk.
Students flock here to learn the secrets of hand-pulling lamian.
Some people dive into their 20s. Noemí Goldberg is wading through hers.
His dad taught him what to bring—not how to deal with what was left behind.
Meet the Beverly Hills parents who scream from the sidelines.
An Italian slur for African Americans gets transposed to a whole other community.
An angry little bear loses his mother. Then he loses his mind.
A couple find a nasty surprise in their store-bought meal and see dollar signs.
Incarcerated women are reunited with their children for Mother's Day.
Meet the last person harvesting Spanish moss in all of Louisiana.
These Indigenous peoples went from living off the land to building skyscrapers.
A steampunk-inspired animated fable about a munitions factory.
A meditation on how an acting role can affect life offstage.
A stolen car and an indifferent police force make for an everyday injustice.
The astounding tale of legally blind street magician Adam Jaslikowski.
This lushly illustrated animated film, presented as a sort of travel notebook, follows a Western traveler as they visit Madagascar and come into contact with a variety of Malagasy customs and rituals—in particular the Famadihana.
A mother and son find out the USSR isn’t the only thing having an identity crisis.
Riding the subway while female is a reminder to never let your guard down.
Benjamin Netanyahu’s rise to power, told through his revealing media appearances.
Broke single dad tries to fulfill his son’s Christmas wish.
Sharing the afterlife with Mickey Mouse, Bette Davis, Spot, and, of course, Satan.
Things are not quite what they seem in this film featuring a woman, a wedding dress, and a Greek ferry.
Four people who have spent most of their time living as digital avatars.
He accidentally deleted footage of his mother’s final day, so he's re-creating it.
A gym manager helps a young girl achieve her weight-lifting goals.
In this artful short, we meet a millennial with a unique method for making money.
Drawing upon eyewitness testimony, this short re-creates a bank robbery.
An animated short about what could be the next evolution of fish.
A gentleman shooter wanders the Scottish moors in search of elusive prey.
A young pregnant Israeli woman tricks an older lady into hanging out with her.
A painter with dozens of pieces but only one subject—his ex-wife.
Imagine listening to stories and songs made of literal loved ones.
Do you ever wish your wife or husband would just leave you alone? About that…
In this haunting short, a man in Ethiopia communes with his nocturnal friends.
A Syrian artist returns to his hometown to live, and paint, in a war zone.
Cupid's arrow might be more like a dart thrown by a lounge singer
A couple braces themselves for the day their son heads to trial.
On the night of Ted Bundy’s execution, a teenager is taken for a ride.
More than 150 hikers find themselves engulfed by flames in an Oregon forest fire.
While packing to emigrate, a family is surprised by a gigantic teddy bear.
A collection of bizarre crimes by Floridians, taken from real news stories.
You found a dinosaur in the woods. But who’s going to believe you?
A city dweller finds a young boy in the woods and takes him in. But is this wild child safer outside than in?
The tragic but inspiring story of one of NASA’s first African-American astronauts.
This short film tells the story of the country’s oldest interracial newlyweds.
Filmmaker Andrew Ahn cast his own family in this short about a gay Korean man.
A mysterious car ride, and a burial.
A documentary about two crimes, in which one act of terror becomes another.
Is there a conspiracy behind the rapid gentrification of his London neighborhood?
A story of deportation, displacement, and rebuilding your life in Tijuana.
Meeting his dad’s significant other is one thing; accompanying her on a plane ride is another. In this epilogue to Babs, Robbie takes the trip of a lifetime.
What happened when a group of college athletes protested racial injustice.
Two friends settle a debate about the best cyclist of all time.
The rise, fall, rise, fall, and rise of a civilization hell-bent on its own destruction.
Bellingcat: citizen journalists or international crime solvers?
An animated short on determination, camaraderie, and running in the sand.
Writer and lyricist looks back on the creation of his musical.
An abuelita living alone in Mexico has a once-in-a-lifetime family reunion.
An exposé of the discriminatory Hyde Amendment through real women’s stories.
A young woman discards artificial selves to uncover an authentic one.
