In Chile, where European football (i.e., soccer) is the dominant sport, Coach Carlos Zuniga offers at-risk teenage boys a unique opportunity to learn and play American-style football. He struggles through a grueling season trying to balance teaching the unfamiliar game to his players while fighting for…
The majority of the victims of hate violence homicides in the United States are transgender women. Transgender people of color are six times more likely to experience physical violence from the police. Shelly “Treasure” Hillard, a young African American transwoman, died violently in 2011.…
There is nothing that has been pondered more by mankind and nothing more divisive to the human race than the question...Is there a God? Did we come from the mind of a creator, or from absolutely nothing? Many have misunderstood or created concepts of what God actually means believing it to be the one…
In the United States, a Police Officer is killed in the line of duty every 53 hours. Behind these numbers are countless unsung stories of both tragedy and triumph overshadowed by negative headlines and criticism at every turn. Pulling back the curtain on this polarizing topic, Fallen rises above divisive…
The poetry of Dahlia Ravikovitch emerges from an extraordinary, personal and uniquely wonderful place. Other poets strive repeatedly to achieve all that is so naturally present in her poems" (Baruch Kurzweil, Literary Critic, 1959). Ravikovitch struggled with depression and fluctuated between intense…
Language: French and English, Subtitles: English French subtitled version available here https://vimeo.com/ondemand/lepremierrasta A documentary by Helen Lee With Stacy Ann Lee and Pablo Valldor 90min - 2011 - France SYNOPSIS At the beginning of the last century, the young Leonard Percival…
Britain’s biggest serial killer was a doctor, Dr Harold Shipman. Unsuspected for many years, Dr. Shipman selected his victims from his patient list. There were clues, but who in the community would believe that a doctor would kill his patients? Suspected of killing over 350 people during his career,…
An in-depth portrait of memoirist George Crane and poet Barry Tagrin, two renegade American intellectuals who have made homes on the beautiful, rugged and isolated island of Paros, Greece.
Dive into the cruel reality of homelessness in Los Angeles. From the golden sands of Venice Beach to the glitzy sidewalks of Hollywood Boulevard and the gritty, desolate urban wasteland of Skid Row, "Forgotten" portrays the stark reality of being homeless in one of America’s largest cities.…
A rich fusion of African religious practice and modern Christianity, voodoo- or vodun, as it's properly known- has been a strong force in maintaining community cohesiveness amid the turmoil of Haiti's history. In this visually captivating video, a Haitian-American family living in Boston returns…
The construction of a wind farm in a remote part of Washington state points the way to a positive new future for both a farming culture and renewable energy.
An urgent, heart-breaking investigation into the young lives changed forever by under-age prostitution and exploitation. The Long Night was directed by Tim Matsui and produced by MediaStorm. This film was made possible by the Alexia Foundation Women's Initiative. Find out more about their work…
