On March 8, 1971, eight ordinary citizens broke into an FBI office in Media, Pennsylvania, took hundreds of secret files, and shared them with the public. In doing so, they uncovered the FBI's vast and illegal regime of spying and intimidation.

Fueled by a YouTube video made by two young conservatives who posed as pimp and prostitute in a sting, ACORN's very existence would be challenged. ACORN and the Firestorm goes beyond the 24-hour news cycle and cuts to the heart of the great political divide.

The documentary ALGREN is a journey through the gritty world, brilliant mind, and noble heart of Nelson Algren, who defined post-war American urban fiction with his gritty, brilliant depiction of working class Chicago.

Independent journalists like Amy Goodman and Glenn Greenwald are changing the face of journalism, providing investigative alternatives to mainstream news outlets and exposing government and corporate deception - just as journalist I.F. Stone did decades ago.

Directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Freida Mock, Anita: Speaking Truth to Power celebrates Anita Hill's legacy and reveals the story of a woman who has empowered millions to stand up for equality and justice.

Before Stonewall pries open the closet door, setting free the dramatic story of the sometimes horrifying public and private existences experienced by LGBT Americans since the early 1900's.

Bellingcat: Truth in a Post-Truth World takes viewers inside the secretive world of the 'citizen investigative collective' known as Bellingcat as they search for truth in our era of fake news and alternative facts.

A husband keeps his wife's dream alive by becoming the spokesperson for her book - a memoir about cancer and friendship - after her death. Their filmmaker son joins his father in this ode to the healing power of storytelling.

Tom Donahue combines archival material and interviews with Glenn Close, Jeff Bridges, Martin Scorsese and many more to tell the story of legendary casting director Marion Dougherty, and Hollywood's most unheralded profession.

Since the dawn of cinema, sex workers have been portrayed (mostly negatively) by filmmakers. A mix of history, critique and homage, The Celluloid Bordello lets sex workers tell you which films they love and hate, and which get it right and which miss the mark.

Enter the foreboding world of Chet Zar, an influential figure in the Dark Art Movement, where apocalyptic industrial landscapes are inhabited by monstrosities. Sometimes gruesome, periodically funny, but always thought-provoking, Zar's art is as enigmatic as it is frightening.

What do Jessica Chastain, Viola Davis, Patti LuPone and Alex Sharp have in common? They are but a few of the extraordinary actors who have studied under Moni Yakim at Juilliard, America's greatest performing arts school.

Among the most acclaimed choreographers in American history, Paul Taylor reinvented the roles of music and movement in dance for nearly 60 years. This rare, in-depth look into his creative process was the last film made with him before his death in 2018.

Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance in 1983, the newly restored Dark Circle provides a clear-eyed look at the Atomic Age, from Hiroshima to Rocky Flats, while detailing the devastating toll of radioactive contamination and toxicity.

Two young men shoot themselves in a churchyard. Ray Belknap dies; James Vance - severely disfigured - survives. Their parents take heavy-metal icons Judas Priest to court, claiming the band "mesmerized" their sons.

Every three seconds someone in the world dies from factors related to extreme poverty - 30,000 people a day and 10.5 million a year. The sheer magnitude can be overwhelming, causing people to ask "What can one person do to make a difference?"

A music-fueled journey through folk and traditional arts in America. At a time when the existence of the NEA is under threat, Alan Govenar's documentary focuses on one of its least known and most enduring programs: the National Heritage Fellowship.

A new documentary that explores American photographer Burk Uzzle. From Martin Luther King Jr. to Woodstock to America's small towns and back roads, Uzzle's iconic photographs offer a breathtaking commentary on American civil rights, race, social justice, and art.

If you ever wondered how the great ambitions of postwar America collapsed into a permanent tax revolt and the election of Trump, look no further than Howard Jarvis, whose 1978 California ballot initiative, Proposition 13, changed everything.

In this provocative documentary, worldwide experts in the fields of futurology, anthropology, neuroscience and philosophy consider the impact of technological advances on the two certainties of human life: work and death.

This provocative documentary explores the life of David Crowley, an Iraq war veteran and aspiring filmmaker who was also a charismatic voice in the fringe politics of the Tea Party and nascent alt-right. But then he was found dead, along with his family. Suicide...or conspiracy?

A documentary that celebrates the life of the Dadaist, abstract painter and experimental filmmaker who, along with friends Marcel Duchamp, Sergei Eisenstein and Mies Van Der Rohe were major forces in redefining 20th century art.

Two-time Oscar winner Barbara Kopple takes a lively behind-the-scenes look at America's oldest continuously published weekly magazine, capturing the day-to-day challenges of publishing and illuminating how the past continuously shapes current events.

The new documentary How They Got Over celebrates the spirit of gospel performers and how they helped usher in a musical revolution that changed the world forever.

A revealing look at FEMEN- the topless female activists who fight corrupt and patriarchal political systems in Kiev and all across Europe- as well as a portrait of the group's co-founder and creative backbone, the bewitching Oksana Shachko.

This new documentary from Tim Wolff (The Sons of Tennessee Williams) is a musical tribute to the legendary South Pacific recording artist and transgender activist Moses Moshanty Tau and the LGBTQI community of Papua New Guinea.

In Full Bloom follows the courageous journey of thirteen transgender and two gay actors as they transform their lives through the use of monologue, dialogue and performance art while preparing for the world premiere of an original stage play.

With reminiscences by Robert Kennedy Jr., Harry Belafonte, Ted Sorensen and Sergei Khrushchev, and rare footage from the private Kennedy archives, JFK: The Private President is an intimate view of life inside 'Camelot' with the legendary First Family.

Prominently displayed outside the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, land artist Michael Heizer's Levitated Mass gained worldwide recognition during its installation in 2012.

For 25 years, Oscar-nominated director Jerry Aronson accumulated more than 60 hours of film on Allen Ginsberg, resulting in this comprehensive portrait of one of America’s greatest poets and cultural icons.

Olancho is the story of a group of musicians who perform for the powerful drug cartels in Honduras. Their songs glorify the traffickers who have destroyed their country, but in a world where the cartels wield the most power, do the musicians have any other choice?

In Population Boom, acclaimed director Werner Boote traverses the globe to examine the myths and facts about overpopulation. Speaking with everyone from demographic researchers to environmental activists, Boote comes to a surprising conclusion.

Directed by Academy Award Winner Kirk Simon, The Pulitzer at 100 celebrates the centenary of this revered national award for literary excellence in journalism and the arts. Featuring interviews with Toni Morrison, Michael Chabon, Tony Kushner, Wynton Marsalis and more.

Filmed with vérité intimacy over the course of nearly a decade, Quest is the moving portrait of the Rainey family living in North Philadelphia. Epic in scope, Quest is a vivid illumination of race and class in America, and a testament to love, healing and hope.

The documentary follows a classically trained composer as he adapts a dime novel masterpiece into a grand opera - bringing America's cowboy culture and the sprawling beauty of the West into the realm of Puccini and Verdi.

Kevin MacLeod is the world's most-heard living composer - who nobody's heard of. Royalty Free brings to life this remarkable musician, who allows anyone to use his music for no charge, from Hollywood studios down to grandmas making cat videos.

Seat 20D explores the many shapes grieving can take. After Pan Am 103 was brought down in Lockerbie, a mother whose son was on the flight spends 15 years creating an astonishing work of art.

Esquire magazine was a galvanizing force in American culture from the early 1960s through the early '70s. The chief architect of this print revolution was Harold Hayes, a brilliant editor who granted contributors unprecedented journalistic freedom.

One of Europe's most popular pilgrimages, the Camino de Santiago attracts wayfarers of all stripes to walk its ancient paths in search of meaning. One such pilgrim an American cellist who walks the Camino with his instrument, performing for fellow pilgrims along the way.

The first documentary to explore the role of photography in shaping the identity of African Americans from slavery to the present, Through a Lens Darkly probes the recesses of American history by discovering images that have been suppressed, forgotten and lost.

In this entertaining romantic comedy, Amelie, a French tutor in Tokyo, finds herself in a passionate relationship with her only student, the charming Rinri. As the two explore the joys of their first real romance, many cultural barriers fall...but some still remain.

When she wasn't working as a Soviet agent and recruiting spies including Kim Philby , Edith Tudor-Hart was taking photos of workers and street children in Vienna and London, documenting poverty and social deprivation.

Tricked is a documentary that uncovers one of America's darkest secrets. Modern-day slavery is alive and well in the United States, as thousands of victims are trafficked across the country to satisfy America's $3-billion-a-year sex trafficking industry.

Featuring Bill Murray, Hunter Thompson, Goldie Hawn, Steven Spielberg, Lily Tomlin and many more, the film is about a band of merry video makers who, in the 1970s, took the brand-new portable video camera and went out to document the world.

War photographer James Nachtwey hasn't missed a single war in twenty years. This Academy Award nominated film follows Nachtwey for two years into the wars in Indonesia, Kosovo, and Palestine, as well as to other troubled areas around the world.

Directed by NAACP Image Award winner David Massey, this dynamic documentary features legal experts, local activists, and law enforcement officers delving into ongoing charges of inequality, unfair practices, and politicized manipulations of America's judicial system.