Me Facing Life: Cyntoia’s Story
In 2004, Cyntoia Brown was arrested for murder. What mystified filmmaker Daniel Birman was just how common violence among youth is. Read More
In 2004, Cyntoia Brown was arrested for murder. What mystified filmmaker Daniel Birman was just how common violence among youth is. Read More
Lost Sparrow is an adoptive brother's journey to bring his two Crow Indian brothers home and confront a painful truth that shattered his family, after their sudden and mysterious deaths decades ago. Read More
When their son is diagnosed with autism, one Texas couple seeks the best medical treatment. Nothing works — until they discover their son’s connection to horses, and take a spiritual journey to Mongolia on an epic quest for healing. Read More
The world’s largest garbage village is just outside Cairo. The Zabaleen (Arabic for “garbage people”) recycle 80 percent of the trash they collect, but now multinational corporations threaten their livelihood. Read More
In the first year of a South Bronx public high school, visionary rookie principal Edward Tom leads teacher, students, and their parents in their biggest gamble yet. Read More
How do you see yourself, when you can’t see at all? Follow four visually impaired teenagers in Texas as they face the usual challenges of adolescence while simultaneously learning to navigate a world designed for the sighted. Read More
Rapper Priscilla Diaz was dazzling New York nightclub crowds at age nine. But chasing music stardom isn’t child’s play when you live in a shelter, your mom’s an addict, and your dad’s struggling to keep the family afloat. Read More
On the hot and crowded streets of Kolkata, three thousand pickpockets ply their trade every day, three hundred of them circulating through police custody at any given time. Follow one young pickpocket as he plays a real-life game of cops and robbers. Read More
The journey of three teens from the Swinomish Indian Tribe who make a film about the threat from two local oil refineries to understand themselves, their history, and the environmental threat to their people. Read More
Follow the true crime story of Josh Osborne, a sheltered Maine farm boy who attempts to save the family farm by plotting to kill his mother, in this satiric study of rural American values wrapped in an attempted murder mystery. Read More
Through the eyes of Pennsylvania State University’s students, The Paper takes an in-depth look at the challenges facing the journalists of tomorrow. Read More
Please Vote for Me follows eight-year-old students in an elementary school in China as they campaign for class monitor, and asks us to consider the feasibility of, and processes involved in, the implementation of democracy. Read More