Feature Films

Director: Pamela Yates

The third film in a 35-year trilogy which contributed to the downfall of Guatemala’s dictator. This sweeping story of resistance focuses on the nation’s indigenous Mayan population, poised to reimagine their society. Co-presented with Facing History and Ourselves.

Director: Jon Kean

Six courageous Holocaust survivors detail how they forged new lives after their liberation from Auschwitz-Birkenau.

Directors: David Alvarado, Jason Sussberg

A famous television personality struggles to restore science to its rightful place in a world hostile to evidence and reason.

Director: Alexandra Dean

The story of the glamorous Austrian-born Hollywood actress, focused on her groundbreaking but under-acknowledged work as an inventor.

Directors: Catherine Gund, Daresha Kyi

A portrait of iconoclastic singer Chavela Vargas, who was legendary throughout Latin America for her romantic songs, had a love affair with Frida Kahlo, and served as a muse to Pedro Almodóvar.

Director: Matthew Heineman

An immersive profile of a group of anonymous Syrian citizen journalists who risk their lives to stand up against ISIS and report the truth of the Syrian conflict to the outside world.

Directors: Dan Sickles, Antonio Santini

An unforgettable couple, both on the autism spectrum, navigate the complexities of sex and romance in this Sundance Grand Jury Prize winning film.

Directors: Jeremy S. Levine, Landon Van Soest

In this intimate coming-of-age story, a young African-American teenager is determined to make a better future for herself in her rough St. Louis neighborhood.

Director: Erik Nelson

The tragic fate of an Iraq veteran who was making a controversial political film fuels conspiracy theories in this insightful film executive produced by Werner Herzog.

Directors: Trish Adlesic, Geeta Gandbhir

Produced by Mariska Hargitay (Law and Order: SVU), this eye-opening documentary investigates the alarming backlog of untested evidence kits that have denied justice to sexual assault survivors.

Directors: Laura Dunn, Jef Sewell

A profile of the changing landscapes and shifting values of rural America, as witnessed by influential farmer, activist, and author Wendell Berry.

Director: Ema Ryan Yamazaki

The story of Hans and Margret Rey, who fled Nazi-occupied Europe as refugees, carrying with them one of the most beloved children’s book characters of all time.

Director: Jody Hassett Sanchez

Who gets to decide what is good art? A competition touting the biggest cash prize in the art world demonstrates what happens when the cultural elite butts up against Midwest populism.

Director: Ramona S. Diaz

An immersion into the experiences of new mothers in the world’s busiest maternity hospital, located in one of its poorest and most populous countries.

Director: Jonathan Olshefski

A portrait of a North Philadelphia family and the creative sanctuary offered by their home music studio, intimately filmed over a decade.

Directors: Pacho Velez, Sierra Pettengill

1980s news footage and videos produced by the Reagan White House reveal the first made-for-TV president, one uniquely suited to face off against a charismatic Russian rival.

Director: Neasa Ní Chianáin | Co-Director: David Rane

Set in private boarding school in Ireland - a real-life Hogwarts - a married pair of teachers contemplate retirement after more than 40 years.

Director: Owsley Brown

This portrait of a classical music school in Haiti - before and after the earthquake - is a poignant testament to resilience, hope, and the power of music.

Director: Oren Jacoby

Before Banksy, there was Richard Hambleton. A pioneer of street art in early 1980s New York City, he succumbed to personal demons - but now stands on the brink of a comeback.

Directors: Jeff Malmberg, Chris Shellen

Once upon a time there was a tiny village in Tuscany whose residents found a remarkable way to confront their issues – they turned their lives into a play each summer.

Director: Amanda Lipitz

High-school seniors in the inaugural class of the Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women strive for success both academically and through their fierce step dancing team.

Director: Jamie Meltzer

A team of men, exonerated for crimes they did not commit after decades in prison, work together to investigate other wrongfully convicted innocents.