Documentaries
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Traces of Home – Director Colette Ghunim
Sep 21, 2026 •
TRACES OF HOME follows filmmaker Colette Ghunim on an extraordinary journey of self-discovery as she sets out to reunite her parents with the ancestral homes they were forced to flee as children in Palestine and Mexico. Filmed over five years and featuring evocative animation and archival footage, the film is…
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Give It a Shot – Director Vaishali Sinha
Sep 17, 2026 •
A global race to develop a new male contraceptive that could revolutionize family planning and improve women’s lives globally. Give It A Shot follows the indomitable 83-year-old Dr. Sujoy Guha in India, the California-based team of Elaine Lissner and L.R. Fox, as well as Kevin Eisenfrats in Virginia, on a…
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Brailled It – Co-directors David Grabias & Brendon Schulze & Salome & Isaiah & Chris
Sep 15, 2026 •
Every year, the top under-18 braille readers and writers from across the English-speaking world gather in Los Angeles to compete in the Braille Challenge. For one weekend, blind and low-vision kids are no longer the minority in the room. They’re competing, forming friendships, going head-to-head against rivals, and being recognized…
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You Had to Be There – Director Nick Davis
Sep 14, 2026 •
YOU HAD TO BE THERE is a hilarious, emotional, and revelatory documentary about the legendary 1972 Canadian production of Godspell that changed entertainment forever. The Toronto production of the musical about the life of Jesus starred a then-unknown cast of Martin Short, Eugene Levy, Gilda Radner, Victor Garber, Andrea Martin,…
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You Can’t be Neutral on a Moving Train – Co-directors Deb Ellis & Denis Mueller
Sep 13, 2026 •
You Con’t be Neutral on a Moving Train looks at the amazing life of the renowned historian, activist and author, Howard Zinn. Following his early days as a shipyard labor organizer and bombardier in World War II, Zinn became an academic rebel and leader of civil disobedience in a time…
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*From the Archive* Wisdom of Happiness – Co-directors Barbara Miller
Sep 13, 2026 •
Co-directors Barbara Miller and Philip Delaquis WISDOM OF HAPPINESS shows us a timeless truth: happiness is still possible, even in the midst of chaos and uncertainty. This powerful message of hope is delivered as a personal audience with one of the greatest living thinkers, Nobel Peace Prize winner, Tenzin Gyatso,…
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*Best of 2026* – Ghost in the Machine – Director Valerie Veatch
Sep 12, 2026 •
Director Valerie Veatch navigates the torrential rapids of artificial intelligence with this mind-expanding investigative essay documentary that excavates the philosophical, cultural and political forces driving the global AI boom. Ghost in the Machine approaches ubiquitous questions like “What is AI?”, “Who is building it?”, and “What will humans become?” by…
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The Natural State Director Matthew Dougherty
Sep 11, 2026 •
In 1989, Julie Thayer, a wealthy mother from New York City, went to the Swiss Alps to have her ego destroyed. The man she chose for the job was U.G. Krishnamurti, a radical Indian anti-guru who refused followers, refused donations, and told everyone who came to him to go away.…
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The Hummingbird Paints Fragrant Songs – Co-directors Matteo Norzi & Èlia Gasull Balada
Sep 10, 2026 •
Sara Flores, a visionary practitioner of kené—the design system of the Shipibo People—spent a lifetime with little recognition before finding herself, in her seventies, suddenly embraced by the global contemporary art world. As gallery invitations, a Dior collaboration, and international travel transform her family’s fortunes, Sara struggles to reconcile her…
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The Oldest Person in the World – Director Sam Green
Sep 9, 2026 •
THE OLDEST PERSON IN THE WORLD is a decade-long odyssey chronicling the ever-changing record holders of the title of oldest person alive. As the title inevitably passes from one supercentenarian to the next, acclaimed filmmaker Sam Green traverses the globe to meet each new record holder, his personal fascination with…
Female Filmmakers
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Traces of Home – Director Colette Ghunim
Sep 21, 2026 •
TRACES OF HOME follows filmmaker Colette Ghunim on an extraordinary journey of self-discovery as she sets out to reunite her parents with the ancestral homes they were forced to flee as children in Palestine and Mexico. Filmed over five years and featuring evocative animation and archival footage, the film is…
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Give It a Shot – Director Vaishali Sinha
Sep 17, 2026 •
A global race to develop a new male contraceptive that could revolutionize family planning and improve women’s lives globally. Give It A Shot follows the indomitable 83-year-old Dr. Sujoy Guha in India, the California-based team of Elaine Lissner and L.R. Fox, as well as Kevin Eisenfrats in Virginia, on a…
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You Can’t be Neutral on a Moving Train – Co-directors Deb Ellis & Denis Mueller
Sep 13, 2026 •
You Con’t be Neutral on a Moving Train looks at the amazing life of the renowned historian, activist and author, Howard Zinn. Following his early days as a shipyard labor organizer and bombardier in World War II, Zinn became an academic rebel and leader of civil disobedience in a time…
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*From the Archive* Wisdom of Happiness – Co-directors Barbara Miller
Sep 13, 2026 •
Co-directors Barbara Miller and Philip Delaquis WISDOM OF HAPPINESS shows us a timeless truth: happiness is still possible, even in the midst of chaos and uncertainty. This powerful message of hope is delivered as a personal audience with one of the greatest living thinkers, Nobel Peace Prize winner, Tenzin Gyatso,…
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*Best of 2026* – Ghost in the Machine – Director Valerie Veatch
Sep 12, 2026 •
Director Valerie Veatch navigates the torrential rapids of artificial intelligence with this mind-expanding investigative essay documentary that excavates the philosophical, cultural and political forces driving the global AI boom. Ghost in the Machine approaches ubiquitous questions like “What is AI?”, “Who is building it?”, and “What will humans become?” by…
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The Hummingbird Paints Fragrant Songs – Co-directors Matteo Norzi & Èlia Gasull Balada
Sep 10, 2026 •
Sara Flores, a visionary practitioner of kené—the design system of the Shipibo People—spent a lifetime with little recognition before finding herself, in her seventies, suddenly embraced by the global contemporary art world. As gallery invitations, a Dior collaboration, and international travel transform her family’s fortunes, Sara struggles to reconcile her…
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Black Zombie – Director Maya Annik Bedward
Sep 8, 2026 •
BLACK ZOMBIE digs beneath the blood-soaked spectacle of modern horror to uncover the zombie’s buried and unsettling origins. Long before it became associated with flesh-eating ghouls, the zombie was a living metaphor for slavery: not a monster, but the ultimate victim of colonial power. A symbol of stolen agency was…
Films about Communities of Color
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Traces of Home – Director Colette Ghunim
Sep 21, 2026 •
TRACES OF HOME follows filmmaker Colette Ghunim on an extraordinary journey of self-discovery as she sets out to reunite her parents with the ancestral homes they were forced to flee as children in Palestine and Mexico. Filmed over five years and featuring evocative animation and archival footage, the film is…
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The Condor Daughter – Director Alvaro Olmos Torrico
Sep 18, 2026 •
Bolivia’s entry for the 2027 Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, THE CONDOR DAUGHTER, tells the story of Clara, a teenager growing up in a small indigenous community high in the Andes. Her adoptive mother, a midwife who took her in as a baby, has taught her the ancient…
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The Hummingbird Paints Fragrant Songs – Co-directors Matteo Norzi & Èlia Gasull Balada
Sep 10, 2026 •
Sara Flores, a visionary practitioner of kené—the design system of the Shipibo People—spent a lifetime with little recognition before finding herself, in her seventies, suddenly embraced by the global contemporary art world. As gallery invitations, a Dior collaboration, and international travel transform her family’s fortunes, Sara struggles to reconcile her…