The practice of using shackles and chains to physically restrain people with mental illness (known as pasung) is widespread in Indonesia (as in many other developing/low middle income countries) and almost universally ignored. This observational ethnographic documentary explores the beliefs and social…
Breaking The Cycle is a live lecture by best-selling author and filmmaker Tariq Nasheed. Filmed in front of a live audience in Toledo Ohio, Tariq Nasheed discusses certain rules and codes that people can use that will combat systematic racism.
A documentary on Huntington's Disease, a family torn apart and how a bike ride and one courageous Matt Austin brings them together.
For a people to lose their history is a tragedy; to recover it, a miracle. For almost 2000 years, the ancient Maya of Central America recorded their history and ideas in an intricate and beautiful hieroglyphic script. Then, in the 16th century, Spanish invaders burned their books and ruthlessly extinguished…
Breaking the News gets behind the scenes of news and current affairs reportage in Timor-Leste to challenge those who think a free press automatically comes with independence. What happens to the local journalists when the foreign reporters return safely home after covering each crisis, their stories…
THE AMISH: From the outside they all look the same, and yet each Amish person has their own story. Discover their stories. Six episodes, approximately 42 minutes each. EPISODE ONE: The Secret Strength of the Amish Church A rare inside view of an Amish church service and the inner workings of the…
Highlighting youth perspectives, this film focuses on problems to be troubled with respect to gender and sexual diversity in education. Students locate the problem in bullying, homophobic language, silence around LGBTQ+ topics, and teachers’ inaction. Students and teachers explore recommendations…
A documentary on confronting the demons that stand in the way of living life fully, told by those who ran openly LGBT campaigns - and won. Openly LGBT elected officials tell their stories of self-doubt and triumph.
People with learning disabilities moving from an institution into the community. Norman and Tom are two adolescents with severe learning disabilities who have been in an institution nearly all their lives, because of lack of support in the community. During the course of the film, they move into their…
The inspiring true story of 20 women who raced across America in the summer of 1929. Amelia Earhart and nineteen of her colleagues defied convention by taking to the skies and racing across the country in the First Women’s National Air Derby. With just a compass and a road map to guide them,…
Original version in Portuguese, with english subtitles A woman defies the odds, fighting for survival. Verônica Almeida suffers from a rare degenerative disease that limits her movements. In 2007, doctors gave her only a year to live. Following medical recommendations she started swimming.…
An award-winning feature-length documentary film, Break the Chain captures the first-hand accounts of Debbie and Kwami, two survivors of child sex and labor trafficking. The film provides a startling look at how this overly sensationalized issue is, in reality, hiding in plain sight. Accompanied by interviews…
