Twenty-five years after the end of the Vietnam War, Vietnamese and Americans join forces in a unique collaboration. Two theater companies, one American, one Vietnamese, come together to stage the first performances in Vietnam of Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream. A DREAM IN HANOI…
Activist and swimmer Christopher Swain braved whitewater, sewage, snapping turtles, hydroelectric dams, homeland security patrols, factory outfalls, and PCB contamination to become the first person to swim the entire length of the Hudson River from the Adirondack Mountains to New York City. Swain's…
The year was 2000. Boys were in trouble. There were disturbing statistics: four boys were diagnosed as emotionally disturbed for every one girl, six boys were diagnosed with attention deficit disorder for every one girl. Boys killed themselves five times more often than girls. Boys were four times…
In the Heart of the Congo, at the end of five years of civil war and 300 miles from the nearest paved road, a handful of aid workers help refugees who have lost everything. Filmmaker Tom Weidlinger lives among them and tells the aid workers story as they train Congolese staff to run health clinics,…
The story of the Indian from Oklahoma acclaimed as the greatest athlete of the 20th century. Hero of the 1912 Olympics and an early pro-football star, he defied racial prejudice in the world of sports. Beginning with Thorpe’s boyhood in Indian Territory, the film chronicles his rise to athletic…
Zero to Level documents Aldo Mazzocchi's awe-inspiring journey from sea level to the summit of Kilimanjaro. This motor-free odyssey encompasses soft kayaking, mountain biking, mountaineering, and paragliding, traversing the four elements—water, earth, fire, and air. Accompanied by photographer…
At the age of 14, Ambroise discovered his passion for downhill skateboarding and began to dream of becoming the world's fastest freerider. His obsession: establish a new world record by performing a stand-up slide at a dizzying speed of over 135 km/h (84mph) on a skateboard. Ambroise went to Austria…
Five teenagers who feel stigmatized in special education classes learn to articulate how their brains work and discover they are smarter than they thought. Over time we see them discover their own unique way of learning. FILMMAKER’S INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY GUIDE Discussion in the mainstream…
Twelve ordinary people from different racial and economic backgrounds came to accomplish extraordinary deeds, which changed the face of the nation. With tens of thousands of other Americans, they joined the Civil Rights Movement to protest racial inequality, segregation, and discrimination in the 1960s.…
Mariposas del Campo shares the stories of indigenous Mixtec, Zapotec, and Purépecha teenagers from Mexico striving to change their families’ destinies in the strawberry fields of Oxnard, California. Through a stormy year of sanctioned racism and anti-immigrant policies, the documentary captures…
Lou Montgomery: His Story is Our Story, a sequel to Lou Montgomery: A Legacy Restored, revolves around the ways in which society has chosen to address, or look past, the inequalities of racism and injustice, from the time Lou Montgomery was a young athlete growing up in Brockton, MA, through his college…
En 1907, les frères Lumière mettent au point le premier procédé de photographie couleur sur plaque autochrome. Julien Gérardin, notaire à Nancy, tombe sous le charme de cette invention. En moins de dix ans, il fera des milliers de prises de vues en écho…
