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- Get ready for a gripping and emotional ride through the heart of Northern California in "ACID Canal," the groundbreaking new documentary that sheds light on one of the worst droughts in the region's history. When the Anderson-Cottonwood Irrigation District (A.C.I.D.) is informed that they won't receive their full water allocation for the 2022 irrigation season, the community is left reeling. As ranchers are forced to sell off their livelihoods, residential wells dry up, and wildlife preserves become barren wastelands, one man, independent rancher James Rickert, decides to take matters into his own hands. With a fierce determination to preserve the community he loves, James runs for a seat on the A.C.I.D. board, despite facing stiff competition from the incumbent and better-funded candidate. As James dives deep into the impact of the drought on the community, he unites with fellow ranchers and government agencies to search for solutions. But the road to victory is fraught with challenges, including backroom deals and dirty politics. Against all odds, James emerges victorious, winning a seat on the board alongside four other community members. And just when it seems like all hope is lost, the rains finally return, bringing life-giving water back to the once-dried out ditches. "ACID Canal" is a powerful testament to the resilience of the human spirit in the face of adversity, and a must-watch for anyone who cares about the future of our planet. Check out the first feature film by production company Faires Wheel Films and Directed by Tyler Faires.
- In Trinidad, British West Indies, 1954 - The coming of age story of a fifteen-year-old boy from the coastal village of Mayaro.
- A film about the importance of heirloom seeds to the agriculture of the world, focusing on seed keepers and activists from around the world.
- Renegade Texan scientist Jim Allison devotes his life work to find a cure for cancer after the disease takes the life of his mother.
- In 2016 a small group of families with transgender kids joined the fight against a wave of discriminatory anti-transgender legislation that swept the nation and their home state. With the help of a coalition of civil rights activists and ally lawmakers, these families embarked on an uncharted journey of fighting for their children's lives and futures in this present-day civil rights story.
- 50 years ago, assemblyman George Michaels cast a single vote on New York's abortion bill that changed the course of American history but destroyed his political career in the process.
- With 27 million victims worldwide, Stopping Traffic starts the conversation on a taboo topic through the eyes of survivors, activists, and front-line rescue teams to launch a movement to end modern-day slavery in the U.S. and abroad.
- A look at the mysterious collapse of honeybee colonies in America and an exploration of how beekeeping is practiced there and around the world.
- Who's on Top? LGBTQs Summit Mt. Hood features emotional stories of members of the LGBTQ community who challenge stereotypes about gender and sexuality, and demonstrate their diverse journeys in overcoming physical and figurative mountains.
- A global look at communities impacted by the export of toxic pesticides made in America and how they are fighting back.
- Dancing on the edge between what is deeply personal and very human, between laughter, grief and wonder." Body Memories" is a wild and often comic ride, a one man's journey inward to find meaning in his life.
- PERSONHOOD tells a different reproductive rights story - one that ripples far beyond the right to choose and into the lives of every pregnant person in America. Like a moment from the chilling "Handmaid's Tale," Tammy Loertscher's fetus was given an attorney, while the courts denied Tammy her constitutional rights. In this timely documentary, we see her sent to jail, and then forced to challenge a Wisconsin law that eroded her privacy, her right to due process, and her body sovereignty. Through her story, PERSONHOOD reframes the abortion debate to encompass the growing system of laws that criminalize and police pregnant women. At the intersection of the erosion of women's rights, the war on drugs, and mass incarceration, Tammy's experience reveals the dangerous consequences of these little-known laws for American women and families.
- Imagine you're charged with a crime--but you believe you're innocent. Now you must choose between pleading guilty, for a shorter sentence--or risking decades behind bars, if you go to trial. For many, that's not really a choice. This documentary takes a look at the "trial penalty," a term many do not know until they're facing it. Because of the trial penalty, less than 3% of Americans are utilizing their constitutional right to go to trial. Those accused are not going to trial because the risk is too great. When they do go to trial, their sentences can be three to eight times as much as what they were offered in a plea deal, resulting in decades of additional prison time. The trial penalty has been a major factor in the build-up of mass incarceration in America, and one of the most important issues in criminal justice today. Using dramatic recreations and verite documentary filming, we hear the story of 22-year old Erik Weyant, who fired his weapon in self-defense and was offered a plea of three years, but went to trial and was sentenced to 20 years. We learn about 22-year-old Chris Young, a low-level drug offender who was offered 14 years if he took a guilty plea. He went to trial and was sentenced to life without parole. Sandra Avery, like so many incarcerated women, suffered from the trauma of childhood abuse and was arrested on drug charges. Had she taken the plea, she would have served 10 years. Instead, she went to trial and was sentenced to life without parole. Finally, we look at Kevin Ring, who was charged with violating lobbying laws. Although he likely would have served no jail time if he had cooperated and taken the guilty plea, he fought the charges--and faced a sentence of 22 years.
- A feature length documentary exploring violence and social change through the stories of ex-fighters from the Lebanese Civil War.
- Four diverse women share the story of how they became directors, what motivates them, how they lead, and how they overcome obstacles to create the most optimal working environment and work that makes a difference.
- An artist inspired by his rural childhood memories captures nature's exquisite beauty in molten glass, battling dyslexia and defying critics on his way to international fame.
- A lollipop officially licensed by the Vatican sparks filmmaker Annie Berman's 20-year exploration of fandom, memorabilia, and legacy within the orbits of three cultural icons: Pope John Paul II, Elvis Presley, and Diana, Princess of Wales.
- A cinema verite documentary that follows the lives of David and Boomer, who are residents of Nalcrest, a retirement community about 70 miles east of Tampa, Florida. What should be a period of ultimate ease soon reveals itself to be far more complex as David and Boomer both deal with healthcare crises that force sea-change upon the sunset of their lives.
- A veteran takes four soldiers he fought with back to Vietnam, where they confront the effects that warfare has had on them.
- MARY JANES: THE WOMEN OF WEED follows female 'ganjapreneurs', who we call Puffragettes (as in Pot + Suffragette), as they navigate the highs and lows of the legal US cannabis industry.
- Finding Bosnia puts a human face on the aftermath of displacement and explores the experience of living between cultures. Join Ivana Horvat as she returns to her home country of Bosnia and Herzegovina for the first time since fleeing war in 1992. Home video footage, stories from various generations of Bosnians, and experiences with friends and family paint an authentic picture of this post-war, post-socialist country while highlighting the magnificent spirit of the Balkans.
- Documentary featuring young survivors who are at different stages of struggling to overcome their experiences of abuse and neglect.
- Follows endangered orphan orangutans on the island of Borneo as they are rehabilitated and returned to their rainforest home.
- An intimate and moving exploration of the experience of coming of age - under the gaze of state surveillance.
- The profound impact of technology on the lives and identities of young deaf adults is explored in The Listening Project. Fourteen deaf people tell stories beginning with a childhood wide-eyed about sound, into the growing pains of adolescence and, eventually, their professional lives. Sometimes humorous, always tender, The Listening Project is a timely coming of age story, one we haven't heard before.
- Terror and Hope: The Science of Resilience is a story about children and war. It's about stress so severe and prolonged it can become toxic. It's about scientists and humanitarians working to provide hope in what can seem like a pretty hopeless world. And it's the story of courageous Syrian families raising their children in the face of violence and oppression - their past defined by terror, their future driven by hope.
- An intimate portrait of juvenile offender Aimee Myers and her incarceration in a detention center.
- The violent living conditions of urban America, exposing communal violence on a scale that we never thought was possible in the U.S.
- Overcoming the weight of poverty is at the heart of Breaking ties, the second video in the No Time to be a Child series.
- This engaging and ultimately uplifting look at the global bee crisis weaves a heartfelt story of the struggles of beekeepers, scientists and philosophers from around the world including Michael Pollan, Gunther Hauk and Vandana Shiva. They take us on a journey through the catastrophic disappearance of bees and the mysterious world of the beehive. Adapted for Public Television from the feature film, QUEEN OF THE SUN: What Are the Bees Telling Us? this is a profound, alternative look at the global bee crisis from award-winning filmmaker Taggart Siegel, director of REAL DIRT ON FARMER JOHN.