Film Year: 2021

In 1961, Paul Schäfer, a former Nazi colonel who had fled his homeland to escape jailtime (following a sexual abuse scandal), settled near the town of Parral, Chile, where he became the leader of an evangelical sect of fellow Germans. Behind the tranquil façade of that agricultural and religious commune, which Schäfer and his hundreds […]

It became world news in October 2019 when economic reforms in Ecuador led to gas prices suddenly shooting up by 123 percent. People from urban and indigenous communities united in protest. In The Rebellion of Memory we follow the events through their eyes, as the country’s capital, Quito, descends into smoke-filled chaos.

Near the end of Aisling Chin-Yee and Chase Joynt’s dazzling new film No Ordinary Man, writer Thomas Page McBee — one of the many interviewees to weigh in on the life and legacy of jazz pianist Billy Tipton — says that he looks forward to the day when “being human is the fundamental way in […]

Former Guantánamo detainee, Mohamedou Ould Salahi, and his guard, Steve Wood, reunite in Mauritania 13 years after last seeing each other, rekindling an unlikely relationship that profoundly changed their lives. WATCH ONLINE

A former member of the Crips searches for redemption after 14 years behind bars. WATCH ONLINE

70 miles north of the Mexican-US border lies Brooks County, Texas -a haunted, inhospitable place where thousands of immigrants have gone missing or died over the past decade. Missing in Brooks County follows the journey of two families who arrive in Brooks County to look for their loved ones, only to find a mystery that […]

Resulting in nearly $100 billion in property damages and losses, Hurricane Maria devastated several Caribbean islands during a two-week span in September 2017, making it one of the costliest natural disasters in recorded history. Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States, was especially hard hit by the Category 4 storm system, having already […]

In recent years, nongovernmental organizations such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have drawn global attention to some of the longstanding problems of Japan’s criminal justice system, which is sometimes referred to as a “hostage” justice system. Suspects in criminal cases are often detained for lengthy periods of time without bail or access to […]

Millions of Americans who have reached the age of retirement struggle to make ends meet and are forced to go back into a competitive job market that privileges youthfulness over experience, tech-savviness over worldliness. One such person is Rebecca Danigelis, a single mother in her seventies who has spent the past three decades of her […]

Introduces three African American fathers – Josh, Mel and Dot – who with the help of their family, friends and faith unravel the incomparable partnership of forgiveness and community. Whilst walking through the intimate truths of life that can sometimes become a barrier, the film is a reminder that hope can be found in all […]