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March 30
10:00 PM
One Child Nation
Nanfu Wang uncovers the startling, untold history of China's One-Child policy.
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April 13
10:00 PM
Bedlam
Haunted by the death of a mentally ill sister, psychiatrist Ken Rosenberg takes on the role of filmmaker to examine a national health crisis.
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April 20
10:00 PM
The Hottest August
This cinematic experience offers a mirror onto a society on the verge of catastrophe, registering the anxieties, distractions, and survival strategies that preoccupy ordinary lives.
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April 27
10:00 PM
Jim Allison: Breakthrough
The astounding, true story of one warm-hearted, stubborn man’s visionary quest to find a cure for cancer.
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May 11
10:00 PM
Rewind
A filmmaker revisits his idyllic Philadelphia childhood and the secret that tore apart his seemingly-perfect world.
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May 25
10:00 PM
Eating Up Easter
A sudden boom in tourism trade that brings in money - and waste - and a changing climate that threatens the fragile ecology on Easter Island.
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June 15
10:00 PM
Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project
The strange life of a radical activist-turned-recluse who videotaped everything on TV for 30 years — in the name of truth.
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June 22
10:00 PM
Pipe Dreams
Focuses on five organ players, each with their own pressures and abilities as they compete in the Canadian International Organ Competition.
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1:25:45
Always in Season
By Jacqueline Olive
Premiere: February 24, 2020
A suspicious death and a mother’s quest for truth show us America’s history of lynching isn’t history at all.
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1:26:04
We Believe in Dinosaurs
By Monica Long Ross and Clayton Brown
Premiere: February 17, 2020
The Bible and science collide over a Kentucky creationism museum and a $120 million Noah’s Ark-inspired theme park.
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1:25:03
Leftover Women
By Shosh Shlam and Hilla Medalia
Premiere: February 10, 2020
Modern Chinese women juggle love life with careers in a society that frowns on singlehood.
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0:56:05
Cooked: Survival by Zip Code
By Judith Helfand
Premiere: February 3, 2020
In 1995, more than 700 Chicagoans died in a single week. Why have you never heard of this disaster?
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0:56:05
The First Rainbow Coalition
By Ray Santisteban
Premiere: January 27, 2020
Bridging past and present, The First Rainbow Coalition examines how an unlikely coalition defied racial divisions.
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1:22:45
Accept the Call
By Eunice Lau
Premiere: January 20, 2020
A Somali father in Minnesota seeks to understand why his American son tried to join the Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria.
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0:56:00
Decade of Fire
By Vivian Vázquez Irizarry, Gretchen Hildebran and Julia Steele Allen
Premiere: November 4, 2019
After an epidemic of fires in the 1970s, the South Bronx banded together and built a better future for their children.
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0:56:11
Dawnland
By Adam Mazo and Ben Pender-Cudlip
Premiere: November 1, 2019
The untold story of Native American child removal, where the stakes of family separation policy are no less than cultural survival.
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1:55:32
Marcos Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
By David Sutherland
Premiere: April 15, 2019
Marcos Doesn’t Live Here Anymore examines the US immigration system through eyes of a couple separated by deportation.
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1:35:39
Dolores
By Peter Bratt
Premiere: March 27, 2018
Dolores is a portrait of activist icon Dolores Huerta, who tirelessly led the fight for racial and labor justice.
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1:22:46
Tell Them We Are Rising
By Stanley Nelson & Marco Williams
Premiere: February 19, 2018
The rich but undertold history of America’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), from pre-slavery to now.
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0:08:19
Jose and Mr. Ramos: The Dreamer
Premiere: September 7, 2017
The Dreamer revisits Jose Ansaldo, an optimistic 14-year-old with dreams of college amidst deportation worries.
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0:09:57
Jose and Mr. Ramos
Premiere: August 7, 2017
A look at the relationship between young student Jose Ansaldo and his teacher Oscar Ramos, both sons of migrant farm workers, in Salinas, CA.
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0:12:14
Sophie and Ben
Premiere: July 31, 2017
Sophie Sartain's short film is about her son Ben, who was diagnosed with Asperger's, a special form of autism.
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0:10:07
Never Conquered
Premiere: July 28, 2017
Eastern Shoshone tribal elder Philbert McLeod talks about his childhood and the beaded charm he thinks protected him in Vietnam.
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0:09:12
We Are All Newtown – Part 1
Premiere: April 3, 2017
A pastor whose son was shot and killed in Connecticut before the Sandy Hook tragedy, meets with faith leaders.
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0:10:28
We Are All Newtown – Part 3
Premiere: April 3, 2017
In Tallahassee, Florida, the mayor, sheriff, NRA members and a college campus shooting victim advocate for gun safety.
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1:26:07
The Bad Kids
By Lou Pepe & Keith Fulton
Premiere: March 20, 2017
Located in an impoverished Mojave Desert community, Black Rock Continuation High is an alternative school for students at risk of dropping out; Black Rock is their last chance.
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0:05:24
TOWER – Campus Carry: Guns at the University of Texas
Premiere: February 14, 2017
Fifty years after a gunman killed 14 at the University of Texas, students can now carry loaded handguns with the adoption of the 'campus carry law.'
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The Rise of SWAT Teams
Premiere: May 8, 2016
Learn some of the astonishing statistics about the increase of SWAT team usage in United States police forces, from the 1960s to now.