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Resilience
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Resilience
A one-hour documentary that delves into the science of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and the birth of a new movement to treat and prevent toxic stress
Director: James Redford
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 60 min.
Year of production: 2015
Children Education Family Mental Health Science Society Youth
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Bending the Arc
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Bending the Arc
In the 1980s, three young people barely out of their teens began a movement that would change global health forever. Bending the Arc tells their story.
Director: Kief Davidson | Pedro Kos
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 102 min.
Year of production: 2017
African Cinema and Culture Anthropology Biography COVID-19 Current Affairs Health Human Rights Personal Story Poverty
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Taking Care
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Taking Care
The legacies we'll accept, and those we won't.
Director: James Keach
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 39 min.
Year of production: 2024
Education Health Science
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How to Survive a Plague
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How to Survive a Plague
The story of how activism and innovation turned AIDS from a death sentence into a manageable condition.
Director: David France
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 110/85 min.
Year of production: 2012
Activism American History Conflicts Education Health History Human Rights LGBTQIA+ Personal Story Politics Science Society
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A Place At The Table
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A Place At The Table
One nation. Underfed. Examining the issue of hunger in America through the lens of three people struggling with food insecurity.
Director: Kristi Jacobson | Lori Silverbush
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 84 min.
Year of production: 2012
Activism American History Children Current Affairs Economy Education Family Food Health Human Rights Investigative Journalism Law and Justice Personal Story Politics Poverty Society Youth
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Food, Inc. 2
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Food, Inc. 2
Come back for seconds to explore the urgent challenges and potential solutions to our increasingly vulnerable food system in 'FOOD, INC. 2', a sequel that digs deeper into food corporate consolidation and its unchecked impacts on our planet and health.
Director: Robert Kenner | Melissa Robledo
Language: English, Portuguese, Spanish (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 94 min.
Year of production: 2024
Activism Current Affairs Ecology, Environment Education Food Globalization Health Investigative Journalism Labor Politics Poverty Science Social Justice Society
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Escape Fire
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Escape Fire
The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare. Tackling one of the most pressing issues of our time: how can we save our badly broken healthcare system?
Director: Matthew Heineman | Susan Froemke
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 99 min.
Year of production: 2012
American History Economy Education Health Human Rights Politics Society
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Human Nature
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Human Nature
The story of CRISPR. The most important scientific discovery of the 21st century.
Director: Adam Bolt
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 94 min.
Year of production: 2019
Current Affairs Disability Ecology, Environment Health Nature and Wildlife Science Technology
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Bedlam
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Bedlam
An Intimate Journey Into America's Mental Health Crisis
Director: Kenneth Rosenberg
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 85 min.
Year of production: 2019
Activism Addiction Author's POV Disability Family Health Human Rights Law and Justice Mental Health Society Urbanism
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Ernie & Joe: Crisis Cops
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Ernie & Joe: Crisis Cops
A rare 360 degree portrait, Ernie and Joe: Crisis Cops follows two police officers with the San Antonio Texas Police Department who are diverting people away from jail and into mental health treatment, one emergency call at a time
Director: Jenifer McShane
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 96/25 min.
Year of production: 2019
Activism Health Human Rights Law and Justice Mental Health
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Broken Places
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Broken Places
“The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places.” - Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms
Director: Roger Weisberg
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 55/76 min.
Year of production: 2018
Addiction Children Crime Disability Education Family Health Law and Justice Poverty Society Youth
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Anxious Nation
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Anxious Nation
Anxious Nation looks deeply into the crisis of anxiety and mental health in America, especially its crippling impact on kids and families
Director: Laura Morton | Vanessa Roth
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 51/100 min.
Year of production: 2022
Activism Addiction Arts and Culture Children COVID-19 Current Affairs Education Family Health Mental Health Personal Story Society Youth
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The Disruptors
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The Disruptors
A definitive, comprehensive documentary film on ADHD
Director: Stephanie Soechtig
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 90 min.
Year of production: 2022
Current Affairs Disability Education Health Mental Health Personal Story Society
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Mission: JOY
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Mission: JOY
Deeply moving and laugh-out-loud funny, His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu share science-backed wisdom of how to live with joy in troubled times in Mission: JOY.
Director: Louie Psihoyos | Peggy Callahan
Language: Italian (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 88 min.
Year of production: 2021
Ethnography Health Human Rights Mental Health Philosophy Religion and Spirituality Science Social Justice Society
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Unseen Enemy
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Unseen Enemy
Examining the recent epidemics of Ebola, Influenza and Zika, Unseen Enemy makes it clear that epidemics bring out the best and worst of human behavior, and that their effect goes far beyond the terrible tolls of sickness and death.
Director: Janet Tobias
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 91 min.
Year of production: 2017
Activism Current Affairs Education Globalization Health Investigative Journalism Society Technology
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Life, Animated
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Life, Animated
A documentary by Academy Award winning filmmaker Roger Ross Williams based on a book by Pulitzer Prize winning writer Ron Suskind.
Director: Roger Ross Williams
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 89 min.
Year of production: 2016
Children Cinema Disability Education Family Health Humor Media Personal Story Society Youth
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The First Wave
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The First Wave
A moving testament to the power of the human spirit, THE FIRST WAVE spotlights the experiences of New York City healthcare workers at the epicenter of COVID-19, as they come together to fight one of the greatest threats the world has ever encountered
Director: Matthew Heineman
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 93 min.
Year of production: 2021
COVID-19 Current Affairs Ethnography Health Science Society
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The Invisible Extinction
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The Invisible Extinction
Two renowned globetrotting scientist microbiologists race to save our vanishing microbes before it's too late
Director: Steve Lawrence | Sarah Schenck
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 85/56 min.
Year of production: 2022
COVID-19 Health Science
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The Big Picture: Rethinking Dyslexia
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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?
Director: James Redford
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 52 min.
Year of production: 2012
Activism Business Children Cinema Creative Current Affairs Disability Education Family Personal Story Science Society Technology Youth
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The Antidote
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The Antidote
Stories of kindness, decency, and the power of community in America
Director: Kahane Cooperman | John Hoffman
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 102 min.
Year of production: 2020
Children Disability Education Human Rights Society Youth
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The Human Trial
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The Human Trial
Would you go first?
Director: Lisa Hepner | Guy Mossman
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 91 min.
Year of production: 2022
Health Science Technology
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Thank You For Playing
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Thank You For Playing
How can a video game address the universal complexity of grief? THANK YOU FOR PLAYING explores how the fusion of art and technology can document profound human experiences in the modern age.
Director: David Osit | Malika Zouhali-Worrall
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 80 min.
Year of production: 2015
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Bicycle, Spoon, Apple
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Bicycle, Spoon, Apple
Pasqual Maragall is a well known and well liked Spanish politician. When he is diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's, he decides to use his position as a platform to advocate for research into this disease.
Director: Carlos Bosch
Language: Dutch, English, Spanish, Telugu (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 58/90 min.
Year of production: 2010
Health Science Society
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I’m Doing My Job
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I’m Doing My Job
I’m Doing My Job follows 6 young, female South Asian & Black emergency medical physicians’ lives throughout the pandemic in NYC.
Director: Aneri Shah
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 47 min.
Year of production: 2022
Activism African American Studies Asian Studies Conflicts Diversity Family Gender Health Personal Story Society Women
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Not Going Quietly
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Not Going Quietly
Ady Barkan’s life is upended when he is diagnosed with ALS, but a confrontation with a powerful senator catapults him to national fame and ignites a once-in-a-generation political movement
Director: Nicholas Bruckman
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 95 min.
Year of production: 2021
Activism Current Affairs Disability Health Human Rights Law and Justice Personal Story Politics Social Justice Society
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Trapped
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Trapped
With U.S. abortion clinics are fighting to survive, what remains of a woman's right to choose?
Director: Dawn Porter
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 83 min.
Year of production: 2016
Activism Crime Current Affairs Family Gender Health Human Rights Media Politics Poverty Religion and Spirituality Science Sexuality Society Women
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Born Free: Birth in America
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Born Free: Birth in America
If birth and pregnancy are a lens on how society values its women, why has it become a fight that American women are losing?
Director: Paula James Martinez
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 95 min.
Year of production: 2022
Activism American History Children Current Affairs Family Gender Health Human Rights Humor Law and Justice Mental Health Social Justice Society Women Youth
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Weed the People
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Weed the People
Discover the powerful anti-cancer properties of cannabis oil in 'Weed the People.' Follow desperate parents fighting for their children's survival.
Director: Abby Epstein
Language: English (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 97 min.
Year of production: 2018
Children Family Health Law and Justice Personal Story Politics Science Social Justice Society
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Onanya
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Onanya
Onanya is a feature-length documentary that tells the story of an Amazonian tribe that has stood the test of time. The Shipibo are indigenous gatekeepers of the natural kingdom and its medicinal plants whose way of life is under threat.
Director: Paris Tume
Language: English, Spanish (with full English subtitles available)
Running Time: 86 min.
Year of production: 2023
Activism Anthropology Colonialism Ecology, Environment Education Globalization Human Rights Latin American Studies Mental Health Native American Studies Nature and Wildlife Religion and Spirituality Science Social Justice Society Youth
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