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Nǎi Nai and Wài Pó
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sean wang, grandma, Taiwanese, family, multigenerational
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Asian Filmmakers
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2023

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A personal love letter from director Sean Wang to his Nǎi Nai and Wài Pó, a grandma super team that dances, stretches, and farts their sorrows away.
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The Barber of Little Rock
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economic gap, arkansas, highways, divide, barber shop, non-profit, people trust, little rock
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Black Filmmakers, Female Filmmakers
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2023

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The Barber of Little Rock explores America’s racial wealth gap through the story of Arlo Washington, a local barber whose visionary approach to a just economy can be found in the mission of the nonprofit community bank he founded.
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The Last Repair Shop
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Music
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music, musical instrument, Los Angeles, LA, music in school, repair shop, ben proudfoot
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Black Filmmakers
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2023

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In a nondescript warehouse in the heart of Los Angeles, a dwindling handful of devoted craftspeople maintain over 80,000 student musical instruments, the largest remaining workshop in America of its kind. Meet four unforgettable characters whose broken-and-repaired lives have been dedicated to bringing so much more than music to the schoolchildren of the recording capital of the world.
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Plant Heist
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An Ode to Our Planet
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plants, coast, california, succulents
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Female Filmmakers
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2022

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When suspicious packages are found in a small town in northern California, Game Warden Pat Freeling, gets a tip about the peculiar activity. After further investigation he exposes a vast network of illegal plant poachers. These smugglers ravage the landscape as they rip thousands of the native succulent, Dudleya Farinosa, from their natural habitat. This small unassuming plant carries a hefty bounty on its head internationally, where a single succulent boasts a price tag in the thousands. With the help of volunteers, native plant biologists, and local government, they fight to stop this ecological destruction.
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Ramini
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buffalo, cheese, local, shop local, Bay Area
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Female Filmmakers, Asian Filmmakers, LGBTQ+ Filmmakers
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2021

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RAMINI is a short documentary about a water buffalo farm in Tomales Bay, CA. Narrated by Audrey, one of Ramini Mozzarella's co-founders, RAMINI navigates the day-to-day maintenance of the farm. It showcases Audrey's unique sustainable farming approach - one that demonstrates a mutually beneficial relationship between animal and farmer - as well as her deep bond with the water buffalo in her care.
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For the Bees
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An Ode to Our Planet
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beekeeping, Islam, environmentalism, climate change, nature, yemen, humanitarian crisis, save the bees, honey, beekeeper, oakland
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Female Filmmakers, LGBTQ+ Filmmakers
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2022

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Khaled came from war-torn Yemen to Oakland, CA to pursue beekeeping and a better life. But with an increasing amount of uncertainties, life’s not always as sweet as honey.
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Haulout
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An Ode to Our Planet
International Collection
Oceans
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migration, walrus, science, scientist, Russia, Arctic, Siberian Arctic, climate change,
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Asian Filmmakers, Female Filmmakers
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2022

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The short documentary “Haulout” follows a scientist on a remote Arctic beach who witnesses the chaotic effects of climate change on Pacific walruses.
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The Elephant Whisperers
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An Ode to Our Planet
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elephants, India, empathy, female filmmaker, conservation
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Female Filmmakers, Indian Filmmakers
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2022

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Bomman and Bellie, a couple in South India, devote their lives to caring for an orphaned baby elephant named Raghu, forging a family like no other that tests the barrier between the human and the animal world.
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Stranger at the Gate
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Mental Health Matters
Stories About Home
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empathy, Islam, mental health, veteran, PTSD
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2022

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A Marine plans a terrorist attack in a mosque in a small American town. His plan takes an unexpected turn when he comes face to face with the people he is trying to kill, forcing him to confront his own actions.
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The Martha Mitchell Effect
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Listen to Women
Mental Health Matters
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mental health, female filmmaker, history, Watergate, Richard Nixon, politics, Washington DC
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Female Filmmakers
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2022

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Historians profile the life of Martha Mitchell, the wife of the cabinet member who was the most unlikely of whistleblowers: a Republican cabinet woman who was discredited by the Nixon administration in 1972 for keeping silent.
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Naomi Osaka
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Mental Health Matters
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mental health, sports, tennis, professional, japan, black lives matter
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Female Filmmakers, Black Filmmakers
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2021

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An intimate series following Naomi Osaka as she explores her cultural roots and navigates her multifaceted identity as a tennis champ and rising leader.
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Abortion Helpline, This is Lisa
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abortion, hotline, philadelphia, hyde amendment,
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Female Filmmakers
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2019

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The Hyde Amendment denies low-income individuals abortion access. Following an abortion helpline in Philadelphia where every phone counselor goes by Lisa, the film gives voice to women and teens affected by the explicitly discriminatory legislation.
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Fantastic Fungi
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mushrooms, sustainability, mycology, fungi, science, earth, world, planet
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2019

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A descriptive time-lapse journey about the magical, mysterious, and medicinal world of fungi and their power to heal, sustain, and contribute to the regeneration of life on Earth that began 3.5 billion years ago.
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Marie's Dictionary
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Indigenous Stories
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native, indigenous, language
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2014

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This short documentary tells the story of Marie Wilcox, the last fluent speaker of the Wukchumni language and the dictionary she created in an effort to keep her language alive.
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Mizuko
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Listen to Women
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women, strong, animation, abortion, japan
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Female Filmmakers, Asian Filmmakers
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2019

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In Japan there is a special way to grieve after having an abortion. Inspired by these Buddhist rituals, Mizuko is a look of how a half-Japanese American woman reevaluates drawing "the line" in abortion ethics when she becomes pregnant.
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Carne
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women, strong, animation
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Female Filmmakers, Latinx Filmmakers
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2019

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Five women, each in a different stage of their life, share experiences about their relationships to their bodies and how others perceive them in this powerfully intimate mixed-media animated documentary.
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The Queen of Basketball
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basketball, sports, women sports, history, black lives matter, women, strong, academy awards, oscars
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2021

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She is one of the greatest living women's basketball players. Three national trophies. Scored the first basket in women's Olympic basketball at the '76 Olympics. Drafted to the NBA. But have you ever heard of Lucy Harris?
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Secrets of the Whales
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Oceans
An Ode to Our Planet
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ocean, marine biology, sea life, save oceans, environment, world
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2021

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Filmed across three years in 24 locations, the 4-part event series it's a profoundly personal saga, venturing deep into the world of whales to reveal life and love from their perspective.
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Becoming Cousteau
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Oceans
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ocean, marine biology, sea life, save oceans, environment, world, climate crisis, climate change
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Female Filmmakers
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2021

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A look at the life, passions, achievements and tragedies surrounding the famous explorer and environmentalist Jacques Cousteau, featuring an archive of his newly restored footage.
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From Kurils with Love
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Oceans
An Ode to Our Planet
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environment, science, marine biology, world, climate crisis, climate change
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Female Filmmakers
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2020

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Vladimir, a scrappy Russian marine biologist, stows away aboard a boat filled with adventure junkies and a world-renowned cybersecurity expert to help fulfil his quest to understand and protect the Kuril Islands. Set in one of the most inaccessible volcanic island chains in the world, the film introduces us to a true warrior for the planet on an intimate journey of visual bliss, sea lion chaos, and ultimately a greater hope for the Earth.
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Diagnosis: From the New York Times
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Public Health
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medicine, doctor, new york times, crowdsourcing
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2019

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Dr. Lisa Sanders crowdsources diagnoses for mysterious and rare medical conditions in this documentary series based on her New York Times Magazine column.
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Listen to Women
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women, india, invention
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Female Filmmakers, Middle Eastern Filmmakers
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2018

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A group of women in a rural village outside of Delhi, India strive to fight the stigma surrounding menstruation and begin manufacturing sanitary pads.
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The Clinic
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Public Health
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public health, doctor, health
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2020

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Amidst a devastating opioid epidemic, a needle exchange and free clinic operates in the shadows of Fresno, California.
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Aware: Glimpses of Consciousness
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Our Minds
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minds, consciousness, brains
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Female Filmmakers
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2022

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What is consciousness? Why are we predisposed for mystical experience? And what happens when we die? Researchers arrive at new insights into the interconnectedness of nature and consciousness but only find more questions.
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Gather
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Indigenous Stories
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native, indigenous, food, seeds
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Indian Filmmakers
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2020

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An intimate portrait of a growing movement amongst Indigenous Americans to reclaim their spiritual and cultural identities through food sovereignty.
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Learning to Drown
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mental health, women, strong, snowboarding, north face
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2022

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Learning to Drown follows the life and career of professional snowboarder Jess Kimura as she unapologetically shatters stereotypes with her own brand of unwavering determination and go-for-broke mentality.
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76 Days
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Essential Workers
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essential workers, covid, COVID-19, pandemic
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Asian Filmmakers
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2020

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Raw and intimate, this documentary captures the struggles of patients and frontline medical professionals battling the COVID-19 pandemic in Wuhan.
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The First Wave
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essential workers, covid, COVID-19, pandemic
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2021

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Spotlighting everyday heroes at the epicenter of COVID-19 as they come together to fight one of the greatest threats the world has ever encountered.
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The Invisible 65,000
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essential workers, covid, COVID-19, pandemic, journalism
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2021

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What it's like to be a New York City delivery worker.
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They Get Brave
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Essential Workers
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new york times, essential workers, covid, COVID-19, pandemic, journalism
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Female Filmmakers
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2020

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The Times gave doctors and nurses cameras to document their lives at the height of the coronavirus crisis in New York City., What they captured reveals an extraordinary resolve in the face of a profound breakdown in the health-care system.
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A Life on Our Planet
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An Ode to Our Planet
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outside, environment, world, forrest, national parks, trees, climate
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2020

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One man has seen more of the natural world than any other. This unique feature documentary is his witness statement.
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Lowland Kids
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Environmental Justice
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climate crisis, climate change, refugees, world, planet, environment
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Female Filmmakers
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2019

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As climate change erases the Louisiana coast, the last two teenagers on Isle de Jean Charles fight to stay on an island that's been their family home for generations.
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Honeyland
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outside, environment, world, bees, honey, climate
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2019

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The last female bee-hunter in Europe must save the bees and return the natural balance in Honeyland, when a family of nomadic beekeepers invade her land and threaten her livelihood.
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Treeline
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outside, environment, world, forrest, national parks, trees, climate
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2019

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Follow a group of skiers, snowboarders, scientists and healers to the birch forests of Japan, the red cedars of British Columbia and the bristlecones of Nevada, as they explore an ancient story written in rings.
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Ode to Desolation
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An Ode to Our Planet
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outside, environment, world, forrest, national parks, fire, wildfires, climate
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Female Filmmakers
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2020

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Ode to Desolation shares the story of Jim Henterly, a naturalist, illustrator and fire lookout as he contemplates the dying days of Fire Lookouts in North America.
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Scarlet Medusa
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Our Minds
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life, aging, science, jelly fish, japan
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2020

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At the edge of a coastal tourist town in Japan, an aging scientist works to unlock the biological secret of immortality held in the life cycle of a tiny jellyfish.
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Lead Me Home
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homeless, homelessness, urban, cities, home, shelters, housing crisis
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2021

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Fighting just to survive, California's homeless population suffers as housing costs soar, pushing more of the disadvantaged onto the streets.
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The Last Bus to Nay Pyi Taw
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cleft repairs, Myanmar
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2021

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A group of surgeons, speech therapists, and nurses begin work to teach Burmese doctors how to perform cleft repairs in a desolate hospital within Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar’s modern capital. 
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Flee
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Pride
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2021

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The story of Amin Nawabi as he grapples with a painful secret he has kept hidden for 20 years, one that threatens to derail the life he has built for himself and his soon to be husband.
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Summer of Soul
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Black Lives Matter
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black lives matter, music, dance, festival, new york
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2021

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Story about the legendary 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival which celebrated African-American music and culture and promoted Black pride and unity.
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The Story of Plastic
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Oceans
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environment, ocean, plastic, world, planet, environmentalism
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Female Filmmakers
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2019

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A detailed look into the environmental damage and human rights abuses that occur throughout the lifecycle of plastic. What can companies, countries and people do to fix the issues?
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The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
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Trans Voices
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transgender, trans, equal rights, lgbtq, lgbtq+, pride
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LGBTQ+ Filmmakers
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2017

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Victoria Cruz investigates the mysterious 1992 death of black gay rights activist and Stonewall veteran, Marsha P. Johnson. Using archival interviews with Johnson, and new interviews with Johnson's family, friends and fellow activists.
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The Swimming Club
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Trans Voices
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Female Filmmakers
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2016

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If you happen to be transgender and you want to go swimming, which changing room do you go into? In this short documentary we meet a group of trans activists who have taken matters into their own hands and set up a safe space swimming club.
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The Paint Wizzard
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Trans Voices
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Pride
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2020

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Millicent "Millie" McCrory, also known as "The Paint Wizzard" around Austin, TX, is an accomplished house painter who works in a miniskirt, crop top and signature cat ear headband.
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Disclosure: Trans Lives on Screen
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Trans Voices
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transgender, trans, equal rights, lgbtq, lgbtq+, pride
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Trans Filmmakers
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2020

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An in-depth look at Hollywood's depiction of transgender people and the impact of those stories on transgender lives and American culture.
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A Love Song for Latasha
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Black Lives Matter
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civil rights, los angeles
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Female Filmmakers, Black Filmmakers
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2019

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The injustice surrounding the shooting death of 15-year-old Latasha Harlins at a South Central Los Angeles store became a flashpoint for the city’s 1992 civil uprising.
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John Lewis: Good Trouble
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Black Lives Matter
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politics, government, civil rights, activist, elections, racism
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2020

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Exploring Georgia representative's, 60-plus years of social activism and legislative action on civil rights, voting rights, gun control, health care reform, and immigration.
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Black Sheep
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Black Lives Matter
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black lives matter, england
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2018

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After the high-profile killing of Damilola Taylor, Cornelius' family move out of London. When they discover their new home is run by racists Cornelius takes drastic action to survive, adapting his identity to become more like the people who hate him.
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17 Blocks
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Black Lives Matter
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washington dc, gun violence, guns, family, black lives matter
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2019

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Using two decades of intimate home video, the story of the Sanford family, whose struggles with addiction and gun violence eventually lead to a journey of love, loss, and acceptance.
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City So Real
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2020

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A complex portrait of contemporary Chicago delivers a deep, multifaceted look into the soul of a quintessentially American city, set against the backdrop of its history-making 2019 mayoral election, and the tumultuous 2020 summer of COVID-19 and social upheaval following the death of George Floyd.
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