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Disturbed by the resurgence of fascism and anti-Semitism around the world, a psychoanalyst based in New York travels to Germany, Israel, and Palestine to confront her own deep-seated feelings about Germans and Palestinians, and the tensions between the Holocaust and the Nakba.

Filmmaker chronicles his own efforts and that of his wife, to trade in their city life for a small farm dream.

A young comedian takes on the might of a healthcare megacorp after his mother's hip replacement surgery goes wrong, causing a coma.

Volunteer rescuers who help feral and abandoned cats in Brooklyn.

Considering the way that economically disadvantaged communities suffer the brunt of natural disasters.
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A journey through the pictorial world of Orson Welles, his drawings, paintings and works of youth, seen for the first time on screen thanks to his daughter Beatrice Welles.

A documentary looking at why and how people confess to crimes they didn't commit.

The story of a family in Israel and the impact on them of the father's decision to transition.

A portrait of a woman whose love of birds puts her in a legal custody battle.

Following rock climber Alex Honnold as he seeks to be the first climber to ascend free solo – without safety ropes – the 3,000-foot cliff of El Capitan in California’s Yosemite Park.

In 1973, director-on-the-rise Peter Medak nabbed notoriously difficult comic genius and box-office star Peter Sellers for his new pirate comedy, Ghost In The Noonday Sun. Sellers immediately began sabotaging the film.

An exploration of coming-of-age in the Black Belt of the American South.
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An autopsy of what led to the largest bankruptcy filing in US history.

Tracing fans of instant polaroids who are working to keep the medium alive.

Jay Maisel moves out of the studio he has used since 1966 and sorts through his archives.

Story of Ren, the first out transgirl to compete in the Little Miss Westie Pageant. Coaching her through the competition is her older brother Luca, who previously took part in the pageant when he lived as a girl.
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Three young men bond together to escape volatile families in their Rust Belt hometown. As they face adult responsibilities, unexpected revelations threaten their decade-long friendship.

The director embeds himself with a radical Islamic family in Syria to ask what the future holds for their kids.

Study of one of Scotland's last salmon fishing families as they find themselves accused of welfare violations.

A Yazidi genocide and ISIS sexual slavery survivor, 23-year-old Nadia Murad is determined to tell the world her story. As her journey leads down paths of advocacy and fame, she becomes the voice of her people and their best hope to spur the world to action.

A documentary exploring live streaming, fame and fandom in China.

A documentary about Pope Francis, his work of reform and his answers to today's global questions.
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An intimate portrait of an unlikely rock star: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

A look at campaigning aiming to overturn the US' Roe vs. Wade ruling on abortion, and efforts to defend it.

A profile of the people responsible for supplying performance-enhancing drugs to the Yankees’ Alex Rodriguez and other players.

Born to a family of celebrated fashion photographers, and with a terminal disease that gave him a fearless approach to life and art, Davide Sorrenti took 1990s New York City by storm. This is his story.

The story of the reunion of three triplets, who discover a disturbing secret about why they were separated in the first place.

Maxine Trump turns the camera on herself and her close circle of family and friends as she confronts the idea of not having kids.

Story of the final, fatal mission of war correspondent Marie Colvin and photographer Paul Conroy.
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Documentary about the US public TV children's show host who had a lasting influence.

59th New York Film Festival early bird highlights Futura, Jane By Charlotte, James Baldwin: From Another Place and The Velvet Underground
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