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Exploring the present catharsis following the death of George Floyd, we dive into how the current uprising is impacting communities, and how we can contribute to discussions about racial justice reform. This remix of the 2015 A Conversation about Race series is a vibrant collage of people's lives and experiences, which powerfully frame and illustrate the reckoning that is happening around us.
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Tahi is one woman’s journey around the world on a quest to find answers about connection, but what she discovers is a valuable teaching for all of humanity. Focusing on 4 of the 21 countries explored, the film investigates whether our commonalities are the key to unlocking an emerging world where people, animals and the environment can co-exist in balance.
63) Spanish Lake
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A bold and uncompromising documentary focused on economic oppression in the suburb of Spanish Lake, Missouri. Operating without a local government, the lack of community leadership has disastrous effects, including a mass exodus of the white population in the late 1990's.. The themes of the film parallel America's growing political divide, underlying racism, and rise of anti-government sentiment. Highlighted in the film is a landmark U.S. Supreme...
64) Love, Antosha
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A portrait of late actor Anton Yelchin, LOVE, ANTOSHA explores his successes and struggles through his journals, photography, original music, and interviews with his colleagues, including Chris Pine, Kristen Stewart, and Jennifer Lawrence. Official Selection at the **Sundance Film Festival**.
65) Downloaded
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A documentary feature film about the rise and fall of Napster and the birth of the digital revolution. Winter first met Shawn Fanning in 2001 and spent many years with him and the other major players in this story before being able to bring it to the screen. Official Selection at the **SXSW Film Festival**.
66) Part of Water
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When most people think of ocean lifeguards, they think of Baywatch; but that couldn't be further from the truth. PART OF WATER tells the tragic story of fallen lifeguard hero, Ben Carlson, who lost his life in the line of duty while on a rescue during a massive swell. Through Ben's story, PART OF WATER sheds light on the countless dangers that ocean lifeguards face and earning the respect they've always deserved.
67) The Kids Table
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Four young friends discover the highs and lows of card-play, competition, and community as they explore the vanishing world of competitive Bridge where the average age of their opponents is 73 years old.
70) Not a War Story
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Hollywood collides with a group of veterans tired of the typical PTSD and valor-portrayed films to make an original dark comedy zombie apocalypse movie, “Range 15."
71) Gunda
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GUNDA chronicles the unfiltered lives of a mother pig, a flock of chickens, and a herd of cows with masterful intimacy. Using stark, transcendent black and white cinematography and the farm's ambient soundtrack, acclaimed director Victor Kossakovsky invites us to meditate on the mystery of animal consciousness, and reckon with the role humanity plays in it.
73) Against Our Oath
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Asylum seekers who arrive in Australia by boat are sent to the remote Pacific locations of Manus Island and Nauru. Ethical conflicts erupt for doctors working within this offshore system when the Australian government overrides their clinical decisions made for refugee patients. The government believes following doctors' requests to transfer critically ill patients to specialist care in Australia would weaken Australia's border protection system.
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Some 25 dead bodies have been found on Long Island since September of 2016. Dozens of immigrant teenagers are missing. Who is behind the wave of killings on Long Island - and is law enforcement's crackdown on suspected MS-13 gang members detaining the real culprits, or innocent teens?
76) What Haunts Us
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After the 7th suicide of a former classmate, one woman turns to the past to uncover the truth of a scandal that haunts Charleston to this day.
77) Spellbound
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This documentary follows 8 teens and pre-teens as they work their way toward the finals of the Scripps Howard national spelling bee championship in Washington D.C. All work quite hard and practice daily, first having to win their regional championship before they can move on. Interviews include the parents and teachers who are working with them. The competitors not only work hard to get to the finals but face tremendous pressure as the original group...
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In this groundbreaking cult documentary from 1985, director Kirby Dick (*This Film Is Not Yet Rated, Derrida*) weaves a fascinating study of the curious role of a sex surrogate in the (then) recently established discipline of sexual therapy. Maureen Sullivan and two of her clients agreed to have the entire progression of their therapy taped, and what emerges is a disarming and compassionate look at the struggles people face in connecting with one...
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From acclaimed director Julie Sokolow (Woman on Fire, Aspie Seeks Love) and producer Danny Yourd (Blood Brother, Almost Holy), comes an awe-inspiring, riveting film which follows a writer with a fierce passion and love for nature as he embarks on a daring and harrowing journey to walk across the United States completely barefoot. With wit, energy, and a fierce independence, this film takes on an odyssey to a universal place that touches at our deepest...
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