John Mellencamp: Plain Spoken Live from The Chicago Theatre
John Mellencamp tells his story & performs live in Chicago.
The Legend of Cool Disco Dan
“The Legend of Cool ‘Disco’ Dan” is the story of black Washington DC told from the perspective of Cool “Disco” Dan starting with his birth during the civil rights era…
Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Philadelphia
Louis visits on of America’s most crime-ridden cities in this installment of Law and Disorder.
Growing Up Coy
A Colorado family is thrust into the international media spotlight when they fight for the rights of their 6-year-old transgender daughter in a landmark civil rights case.
Becoming Traviata
How can emotion come to light on the opera set? Does it come from singing, acting or music? How can someone become the incarnation of Verdi’s masterpiece? Following world famous…
When A City Rises
Behind the gas masks of Hong Kong’s democracy movement, the often very young activists are just as diverse as the youths of the rest of the world. But they share…
Magic Trip: Ken Kesey’s Search for a Kool Place
A freewheeling portrait of Ken Kesey and the Merry Prankster’s fabled road trip across America in the legendary Magic Bus. In 1964, Ken Kesey, the famed author of “One Flew…
Stranger in Paradise
A political essay on the absurd dilemmas presented by asylum policies. In a classroom, migrants’ illusions are dashed against the rocks of European arrogance.
Crazy, Not Insane
Fascinated by the human brain and its capacity for ruthlessness, psychiatrist Dr. Dorothy Otnow Lewis has spent her life investigating the interior lives of violent people. With each case, she…
Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk
A documentary about a 15-day river-rafting trip on the Colorado River aimed at highlighting water conservation issues.
Don’t Blink – Robert Frank
The life and work of Robert Frank—as a photographer and a filmmaker—are so intertwined that they’re one in the same, and the vast amount of territory he’s covered, from The…
Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives
Exploring the social impact of what The Source Magazine in 1998 voted, “The Best Hip Hop Radio Show Of All-Time.” The documentary film is the story of quirky friends who…