All Light, Everywhere
An exploration of the shared histories of cameras, weapons, policing and justice. As surveillance technologies become a fixture in everyday life, the film interrogates the complexity of an objective point of view, probing the biases inherent in both human perception and the lens.
The Ants And The Grasshopper
Anita Chitaya has a gift: she can help bring abundant food from dead soil, she can make men fight for gender equality, and maybe she can end child hunger in her village. Now, to save her home in Malawi from extreme weather, she faces her greatest challenge: persuading Americans that climate change is real.
Charm Circle
After uncovering a treasure trove of home videos documenting the moments of love, laughter, and musical expression that punctuated an otherwise tumultuous upbringing, filmmaker Nira Burstein returns to her childhood home – now crumbling from the inside out – to explore whether she and her two sisters can reconnect with her parents.
Courage
Documentary about the protests in Belarus.

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From The Wild Sea
The director considers the critical relationship between humans and wild animals and the consequences of climate change.
Gunda
Pigs, cows and chickens. Intimate portraits of living beings who wind up dead on a plate every day.

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Lift Like A Girl
In a dilapidated corner of Alexandria, an exceptional community of young female weightlifters is trained by the grumpy yet charismatic Captain Ramadan.

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Microcosmos
What creeps and crawls in a French meadow.
My Name Is Pauli Murray
Profile of the legal trailblazer.

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Rancho
Prison portrait of a maximum-security jail in Argentina.
The Return: Life After ISIS
A documentary about women who left their countries to join ISIS and their fight for repatriation.
Sing, Freetown
Accomplished reporter Sorious Samura collaborates with an old friend on a play intended to celebrate Sierra Leone... and gets more than he bargained for along the way.
Summer Of Soul (...Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival, celebrating African American music and culture, and promoting Black pride and unity. The footage from the festival sat in a basement, unseen for over 50 years, keeping this incredible event in America’s history lost – until now.
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