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She Rises Up Gladys Yupanqui in Peru, Magatte Wade in Senegal, and Selyna Peiris in Sri Lanka are 3 women transforming their communities through business. Their stories reveal the power of local entrepreneurs and the barriers women face in accessing economic opportunities
Murder of a Hatmaker (Assassinat d’une Modiste) Born in 1901, Odette Bernstein later became Fanny Berger, a successful young and independent Parisian hatmaker. Her business thrived until Vichy's anti-Jewish laws. Caught while fleeing, she was interned in Drancy and deported to Auschwitz in 1943.
Marrying an Ice Cream Factory Ranni goes on a quest to understand his father, a stern man who rose from orphanhood to lead a major Israeli food conglomerate. Uncovering old film reels, he navigates the fractured landscapes of his parents' lives, seeking reconciliation and a deeper grasp of family loyalty
Storm Lake – educational version A dogged family-run paper in Iowa gives citizens the scoop on forces threatening to overwhelm their precarious small-town existence.
The Art of Making It Who gets seen, who gets left behind, and why does it matter who is anointed to tell the stories of our time?
Storm Lake – NLP Campaign A dogged family-run paper in Iowa gives citizens the scoop on forces threatening to overwhelm their precarious small-town existence.
Storm Lake A dogged family-run paper in Iowa gives citizens the scoop on forces threatening to overwhelm their precarious small-town existence.
The Big Scary “S” Word THE BIG SCARY “S” WORD delves into the rich history of the American socialist movement and journeys with the people striving to build a socialist future today
Crazy Money Small sum, big consequences
A Jobless World? A jobless world? investigates this proclaimed end of "work". The film sets off to meet with researchers, businessmen and whistle-blowers in the heart of this new world facing a unique technological and social divide
How I Came to Hate Math Taking us on a journey around the world to meet the greatest mathematicians, How I Came to Hate Math tells the story of how mathematics has changed our world for the better... and sometimes for the worse
River’s End California's Latest Water War
Seeding Change The Power of Conscious Commerce
99% Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film An engrossing behind the scenes look into the history of the Occupy Wall Street Movement: its key participants, struggles and impact on our present life and future.
Do You Trust This Computer From the director of WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR?
Happening A colorful personal journey into the dawn of the clean energy era as it creates jobs, turns profits, and makes communities stronger and healthier across the US.
What Lies Upstream The truth has been spilled, in this classic detective story where investigative filmmaker Cullen Hoback travels to West Virginia to uncover the truth behind a massive chemical spill that left 300,000 people without drinking water for months.
Burning Out Doctors in a Parisian hospital are fighting a life-and-death battle. Everything’s got to be cheaper, quicker and more efficient. A glimpse of imminent burnout in the healthcare system.
An Inconvenient Sequel A decade after AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH brought the climate crisis into the heart of popular culture, comes Al Gore's riveting and rousing follow-up that shows just how close we are to a real energy revolution.
Half the Sky Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
Toxic Hot Seat A searing exposé on the use of toxic chemicals in consumer products. Are chemical flame retardants making us sick?
Time to Choose Climate change is the biggest challenge humanity has ever faced – and is also our greatest opportunity. TIME TO CHOOSE leaves audiences understanding what can be done to fix this global threat.
The Big Picture: Rethinking Dyslexia How can dyslexia, a persistent problem with learning to read, be as great a gift as it is an obstacle?
Food Chains Food Chains exposes the abuse of farmworkers within the United States and the complicity of the multibillion dollar supermarket and fast food industries.
Inequality For All A powerful exposé of how the widening income gap has a devastating impact on the American economy
We’re Not Broke When will corporations be made to pay their fair share?
The Internet’s Own Boy A personal story about what we lose when we ignore the implications of technology and its relationship to our civil liberties.
Falciani’s Tax Bomb An insightful documentary on the HSBC whistleblower Hervé Falciani and the global controversy over banking privacy and international tax regulations.
Big Tobacco, Young Targets Tobacco will continue to kill 8 million people each year and yet the dangers of smoking are well known. The very survival of the industry is at stake and they will do what it takes to remain profitable.
All that Glitters Examining the unfamiliarity of capitalism and democracy when introduced to a former Soviet country, where people who were never given autonomy are suddenly expected to make their own financial and political decisions.
Danube Hospital DANUBE HOSPITAL, a portrait of one of Europe’s largest hospitals, shows the daily routines and work processes at a powerful and highly complex institution.
My Beautiful Dacia An humorous odyssey from Communism to Capitalism, seen from the perspective of one of Romania’s most charismatic symbols, the Dacia. The film follows several Romanians whose lives are interconnected by this humble car.
Recessionize! For Fun and Profit A black comedy that explores the way some have managed to turn the recent economic crisis into an opportunity.