Welfare (1975)

Teacher Wang works as a ‘mistress dispeller’ in China, hired to break up affairs by any means necessary. Through one of her cases, we explore the ways class, capital, and…

In 1972, Congresswoman Barbara Jordan became the first Southern Black woman to join Congress, one of many firsts in her career as a trailblazing political leader. Looking at her life…

A 74-year-old financier sets out to gain a “pinch of immortality” by attempting to break a world speed record on a hand-built motorcycle affectionately named Mister Fahrenheit. Bobby Haas, once…

Eleven bodies are found dumped on Long Island between 2010 and 2011; journalists Alexis Linkletter and Billy Jensen investigate corruption at the highest level of the Suffolk County Police Department…

What kind of power is accessible through the discovery of a voice? Morgan Quaintance interlinks two anti-racist and anti-authoritarian liberation movements in South London and Chicago’s South Side with his…

After having her daughter Shai, Osaka returns to competitive tennis, picking up her racket to resume her professional career.

When Covid-19 hit New York City in 2020, filmmaker Matthew Heineman gained unique access to one of New York’s hardest-hit hospital systems. The resulting film focuses on the doctors, nurses,…

From the Cowboy’s Boot Heel: The Musical Journey of Rob McNurlin is a captivating documentary that chronicles career of Appalachian musician Rob McNurlin. Directed by Steven Middleton, the film combines…

Will smiling make you happy? Will changing your posture make you more confident? Can the science of embodied cognition make you feel better?

CITIZEN SOLDIER is a dramatic feature film, told from the point of view of a group of Soldiers in the Oklahoma Army National Guard’s 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, known…

A rare archival short, Queens at Heart follows four shockingly courageous pre-Stonewall trans women, Misty, Vicky, Sonja, and Simone. They go out as women at night, but live as men…

This is a film about the power and necessity of community action in Detroit, and the street level solutions that residents there are finding to make a way in the…