Birders: The Central Park Effect reveals the extraordinary array of wild birds gracing Manhattan’s celebrated green and the equally colorful New Yorkers who schedule their lives around the rhythms of migration. The cast of characters includes acclaimed author Jonathan Franzen, a trombone technician, a fashion-averse teenager, and a bird-tour leader who’s recorded every sighting she’s made since the 1940s. […]
Nine Maine dairy farmers are in danger of losing their farms when their national milk distributor fires them. Banding together, they launch their own milk company, MOO. By any normal measure of a startup, MOO Milk has been a success. But stakes are high as they struggle to navigate the treacherous waters of launching a new business, with […]
Tracing the fascinating origins, evolution and legacy of Wonder Woman, this lively documentary takes you from the birth of the comic book superheroine in the 1940s to the blockbusters of today. A look behind the scenes with Lynda Carter (TV’s Wonder Woman), Lindsay Wagner (The Bionic Woman), comic book writers and artists, and reallife superheroines such as Gloria Steinem, […]
André Robert Lee revisits the life-changing events of his adolescence when he gained a way out of Philadelphia’s ghettos with a scholarship to an elite prep school. As he moved into a different world, he grew distant from his sister and mother. In this poignant film, he explores thorny questions of race, education, opportunity and family. He also […]
Striving to make the greatest animated film of all time, visionary animator Richard Williams of Who Framed Roger Rabbit toiled for more than a quarter century on his masterpiece, only to have it torn from his hands. Filmmaker Kevin Schreck has woven together beautiful animation, rare archival footage, and exclusive interviews with key animators and artists who worked […]
The Lost Bird Project is a documentary about the stories of five birds driven to extinction in modern times and sculptor Todd McGrain’s project to memorialize them. The film follows the road-trip that McGrain and his brother-in-law, Andy, take as they search for the locations where the species were last seen in the wild and negotiate for permission to […]
In a country that defends freedom as the core of American values, two time Oscar winner Barbara Kopple (Harlan County USA, American Dream) explores the absolute powers of the FDA over our rights and access to therapies that may be the only chance at survival against a deadly disease. When breakthroughs in diseases like cancer are lost or delayed by an insurmountable process – the cost is tallied in human […]
As the editor of the Baltimore Jewish Times, Phil Jacobs grapples with a story that threatens to polarize his readers when he uncovers testimony about sexual abuse by rabbis and other authority figures in the Orthodox Jewish community. Filmmaker Scott Rosenfelt follows Jacobs as he confronts the accused and faces backlash (even death threats) from those who want […]
Emily “Etay” Tay is the daughter of Burmese immigrants and a Harvard basketball superstar caught between two worlds. She can’t bring herself to come out as a lesbian to her traditional parents, yet as they encourage her to find a husband and she pursues professional basketball in Europe, keeping secrets becomes more difficult. This sweet coming-of-age tale (filled […]
Mothering can be difficult at the best of times, but imagine trying to raise your children from jail. Filming in and out of prison over five years, director Jenifer McShane follows five mothers incarcerated at the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility in NY State as they work to “parent” from behind bars. Mothers of Bedford is a deeply moving […]