Antonio and Paolo live happily together in Berlin and are finally getting married. They decide to celebrate in the small village in Italy where Antonio grew up. While his mother immediately supports his intentions, her husband Roberto, the town mayor, is much more reluctant. Paulo, who has not spoken…
"A freewheeling narrative enacted almost entirely through movement and music, Her Magnum Opus is an ode to creativity and community. A diverse cast weaves in and out of the action like revelers in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Presiding over the festivities is Aileen Passloff, a grey-haired force…
In honor of Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador, the Romero Collector's Edition film has been remastered and chronicles the amazing true transformation of an apolitical, complacent priest to a committed leader, who started a revolution without guns, without an army, without fear. He fought with…
A rebellious teen is sentenced to serve time on his uncle's organic farm, only to learn that there's much more to the farm than meets the eye.
A poetic exploration of traditional and modern concepts of freedom is set in the landscape of Madagascar. [In French and Malgasy with English Subtitles]
The fable of an old African king and his wayward daughter is updated to present day Brussels to make provocative points about racism, tradition, class struggle, cultural identity and corruption. [In French with English subtitles]
Exploring a recurring and divisive issue in African American communities - skin color, this film is candid, sometimes painful, but also often funny. It inter-cuts intimate interviews with darker skinned African Americans, lighter skinned African Americans and inter-racial children of Black and white…
The story of the 1939 Missouri sharecroppers strike reveals the complex issues of cotton farming in the early 1930s and what it was like to be a sharecropper in that time.
MONEY-DRIVEN MEDICINE is the first and only film to explore the economics underlying – and undermining – America’s dysfunctional health care system and dispels the myths about what’s really driving the costs and quality of care.
The conflict between modern individualism and traditional society is seen through the eyes of two young Niger Delta women involved in a five-week long women's initiation ceremony.
The story of the organizing of the first black trade union - The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters - provides an account of African American working life between the Civil War and World War II.
The inspiring story of women workers in Tijuana who, though laboring for poverty wages, still stand up to transnational corporations to win severance pay and to clean up toxic waste sites. [In Spanish with English subtitles]
