In 1994, Oregon became the first state to legalize physician-assisted suicide. As a result, any individual whom two physicians diagnose as having less than six months to live can lawfully request a fatal dose of […]
We Were Here documents the coming of what was called the “Gay Plague” in the early 1980s, focusing on 5 individuals – all of who lived in San Francisco prior to the epidemic. Their lives […]
You may think you know the case of the woman who sued McDonald’s over spilled coffee. But do you? Susan Saladoff’s eye-opening film tears apart the conventional wisdom about “jackpot justice.”
A celebrated documentarian Doug Block (51 Birch Street) turns the camera on his daughter in this exceptionally moving look at modern-day parenting
A testament to the rippling effect of a single act of kindness, A SMALL ACT follows a rural Kenyan student-turned-Harvard-grad as he tracks down the woman whose sponsorship changed his life.
From Oscar®-nominated director Helen Whitney, this powerful film explores the act of forgiveness through a wide range of stories, from personal to national, illuminating its power, its limitations and, in some cases, its dangers.
Inspiring and rich, INGREDIENTS unearths the roots of the local food movement and digs into the stories of the world-class chefs, sustainability-minded farmers and impassioned activists transforming our broken food system.
We are all searching for answers to the most basic questions: Who are we? Why are we here? Do we really matter? In a world fraught with hostility and violence, an altruistic group of young […]
Maryland artist Billy Pappas devoted eight years and five months of his life to a single drawing of Marilyn Monroe. Working on a microscopic level, he hoped to create an entirely new art form. When […]