Warriors of Sarasota features the stories of local women of color in Sarasota who are leading the way as educators, community organizers, cultural practitioners, activists, and advocates. This documentary explores the interconnections of race, identity, sisterhood and service.
In this Stephen King story adaptation, Larry deals with his sister’s disappearance, and discovers what he is — and isn’t — responsible for as he searches for her.
After moving from a Chicago Jewish community to a small California surf town, Josh faced bullying and anti-semitism as a middle schooler, prompting him to find an escape in surfing. Years later, as a college film student and avid surfer, Josh investigates the anti-Semitic history of surfing that includes swastikas carved into the first commercially produced surfboards, the German-American bund and Hollywood’s first surf film.
Jethro is a young man happily speeding through his youth, but when his reality starts to literally fall apart around him, he has to make a hard decision that’ll affect the time he has left.
Edwin, a middle-aged high school English teacher, finds some excitement in his mundane existence when he discovers through a DNA website that his sperm donations in college have resulted in a son. He has no qualms about contacting this son, but others in his life may not feel so comfortable with that idea.
An Iranian girl decides to remove her Headscarf/Hijab in a life changing situation.
A young Sioux woman from the Fort Peck Reservation in far northeastern Montana, a local history enthusiast, and an antiques weapons expert, work together to restore a Civil War era cannon and build a small museum exhibit to tell the story of the Battle of Camp Poplar River, a little known battle between the US Army and the last of the “Non-Treaty Sioux” on January 2nd, 1881.
Those We Carry is a snapshot of a mother and daughter’s last 24 hours together as they travel to the wilderness of California so the mother, who’s terminally ill, can die with dignity.
The rhythms of a typical day during the summer wheat harvest in Kansas.
Christina and Sara find themselves stood up while they wait for their online dates to arrive. What happens during the course of the evening surprises them both. It’s a story about connection, self-empowerment, and the joy of spontaneity.
What happens when you forget to forget? A stressed daughter working tirelessly to reach her mother lost in an Alzheimer’s haze accidentally uncovers a dark family secret. Starring Amy Hargreaves, (Homeland, 13 Reasons Why), and Anna Stuart, (All My Children, As the World Turns). From the award winning screenplay by Laura Frenzer and produced and edited by a women led team.
A young woman wanders the city as she waits for an important phone call.
A Boston ICE Agent is forced to choose between the law and his community.
When a long flirtation between two co-workers comes to a head durning a revealing lunch break in the park, who gets to walk away with their head held high?
When a phone scammer makes one last late night call, the woman on the other end gives her much more than she bargained for.
To create a family, an American couple must navigate the process of adopting a child from the Ukraine while also overcoming societal pressures surrounding their sexuality.
Two former best friends reunite in a changed world, finally confronting the demons that ripped them apart.
In this vibrant anthology, cannabis users tell us the other side of the story. They tell us that the perspective and clarity offered by cannabis far outweigh the vague, supposed risks. Whether they’re a poet seeking inspiration, a boxer recovering after a fight, or a young Muslim seeking a closer relationship to God.
A young man tries to grow an oak tree by combining soil, an acorn, and the ashes of his dead father.
Halloween night, three friends high in a van, and an urban legend surrounding a cult singer’s mysterious death in a fire – what could go wrong?
A documentary the eyes of the San Juan Mountains, and in particular, Pagosa Peak.
Henry– a Black man grieving the unexpected loss of his father, Charles, finds himself regretting all the conversations they never had, when an opportunity arises for them to talk one final time
A nashville based designer explores parenting creativity into his children with woodworking projects.
Faced with immigrating to the US from Cuba alone as children – via a secret program called Operation Pedro Pan that received over 14,000 children between 1960 and 1962 – this short documentary follows two former “Pedro Paners” who agreed to share their insights and contemplations on the impact this event had on their lives and what we all have to learn from it today.
The inspired journey of a young Inuit community researcher.
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