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Forty years before WikiLeaks and the NSA scandal, there was Media, Pennsylvania. In 1971, eight activists plotted an intricate break-in to the local...

Petra heads to New York in search of her older sister after a long time of being separated. They are both movie actresses and heirs of the wounds of...

About the extraordinary doctors and activists—including Paul Farmer, Jim Yong Kim, and Ophelia Dahl—whose work 30 years ago to save lives...

After Rhoda’s husband passed away, she was thrown off the land and endured seven tough years living in an outdoor market with her children....

For one week in February 1968, Johnny Carson gave up his chair to Harry Belafonte, the first time an African-American had hosted a late night TV show...

On March 11, 1959, Lorraine Hansberry’s 'A Raisin in the Sun' opened on Broadway and changed the face of American theater forever. As the...

Inside the ACLU, five scrappy lawyers battle against the Trump administration’s historic assault on civil liberties - from separating families...

An epic look at Boston’s city government, covering racial justice, housing, climate action, and more.

Legendary documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman (At Berkeley, National Gallery) explores the culture, politics and daily life of the Queens, NYC...

The timely biopic focuses on John Lewis’ longstanding prominence as a civil rights champion and his continuing crusade for racial and social...

Writer and urban activist Jane Jacobs fights to save historic New York City during the ruthless redevelopment era of urban planner Robert Moses in...

A spate of robberies in Southern California schools had an oddly specific target: tubas. In this work of creative nonfiction, d/Deaf first-time...

Eight miles inland of Miami’s beaches, Liberty City residents fight to save their community from climate gentrification: their land, sitting on...

Three brave cheerleaders take on the NFL, battling the massive, male-dominated sports league for recognition — and a raise.

A documentary about how a dominant cultural and demographic institution both sustains their traditional activities and adapts to the digital...

At a 2012 pre-season high-school football party in Steubenville, Ohio, a young woman was raped by members of the beloved high school football team....

When one’s sole focus is to provide for their children, the stakes are extremely high. The need for multiple jobs to make ends meet has become...

With sharp humor and a critical sense of curiosity, comedian CJ Hunt documents the fraught removal of four Confederate monuments in New Orleans. As...

A meditation on the elemental bonds of family told through portraits of four Syrian families in the aftermath of war.

An alarmingly disproportionate number of Black women are failed every year by the U.S. maternal health system. Shamony Gibson and Amber Rose Isaac...