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The story of the tortuous struggle against the silence of the victims of the dictatorship imposed by General Franco after the victory of the rebel...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Ana Messuti

Filmmaker Marshall Curry explores the inner workings of the Earth Liberation Front, a revolutionary movement devoted to crippling facilities involved...

Genre: Documentary

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An epic look at Boston’s city government, covering racial justice, housing, climate action, and more.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Marty Walsh

The incredible saga of the Chinese immigrant Sung family, owners of Abacus Federal Savings of Chinatown, New York. Accused of mortgage fraud by...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Neil Barofsky

A celebration of Dr. Maya Angelou by weaving her words with rare and intimate archival photographs and videos, which paint hidden moments of her...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Maya Angelou

When 17-year-old Lennon Lacy is found hanging from a swing set in rural North Carolina in 2014, his mother's search for justice and reconciliation...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Danny Glover

In 2010, the media branded a platoon of U.S. Army infantry soldiers “The Kill Team” following reports of its killing for sport in...

Genre: War

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Sonia Kennebeck takes on the controversial tactic of drone warfare, and demands accountability through the personal accounts—recollections,...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jesselyn Radack

On March 11, 1959, Lorraine Hansberry’s 'A Raisin in the Sun' opened on Broadway and changed the face of American theater forever. As the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: LaTanya Richardson Jackson

In a universe where cool kids are nerds, the orchestra is world class and being Asian American is the norm, seniors at Lowell High School compete for...

Genre: Documentary

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Direct cinema pioneer Frederick Wiseman takes an in-depth look at the preeminent American university during a fall semester that saw a vigorous...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Anahid Modrek

A musical documentary accompaniment to the 1994 benefit compilation album concerning AIDS in the African-American community.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Pharoah Sanders

Set in the Hasidic enclave of Borough Park, Brooklyn, "93Queen" follows a group of tenacious Hasidic women who are smashing the patriarchy in their...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Amy Ackerman

A 1997 documentary by Micronesian scholar, Vicente M. Diaz, that follows a new generation of traditional outrigger canoe builders and navigators from...

Genre: Documentary

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Just before the advent of the Great Depression, Henry Ford controlled the most important company in the most important industry in the booming...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Joe Morton

Six-year-old Jerry Morrison is obsessed with outer space — so of course, his favorite person to talk to is his uncle Joey Jefferson, a Mission...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Jerry Morrison

Three brave cheerleaders take on the NFL, battling the massive, male-dominated sports league for recognition — and a raise.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Lacy Thibodeaux-Fields

A feature documentary on African American ballerina Misty Copeland that examines her prodigious rise, her potentially career ending injury alongside...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Misty Copeland

Two women fight to hold the manufacturers accountable for the Agent Orange catastrophe. Incriminating documents disappear. Activists are threatened....

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Tran To Nga

A visual journey into the mind and soul of Pulitzer Prize–winning author Navarro Scott Momaday, relating each written line to his unique Native...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: N. Scott Momaday