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  • Putin's Patriots

    As Russia faces isolation, loyalists within its 30-million-strong global diaspora are dedicated to defending and promoting Putin. They echo his call to reclaim Russia's glory, shutting down Kremlin critics worldwide. From jeering newspaper articles to counter-protestors confronting demonstrators ...

  • STU

    “Stu” profiles Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat. A key aide to President Carter, he later championed Holocaust justice. As Special Representative under Clinton, he negotiated restitution for slave laborers and Kindertransport survivors. The film, featuring Presidents Carter and Clinton, chronicles his...

  • Warriors From The North

    There are Somali communities in all the Scandinavian nations, mostly made up of refugees from the civil war and their children. In the last few years, young men and boys born or raised in Europe have been returning to Somalia to fight for Al-Shabab, the Islamist militant group. This film explores...

  • The Spider's Web - Britain's The Second Empire

    The documentary "The Spider’s Web" reveals how Britain’s empire evolved into a financial network. At its demise, City of London interests created a web of offshore tax havens to secretly capture global wealth. This system now hides up to half the world's offshore wealth, making the UK a major, se...

  • Revolution: Dos and Don'ts

    What becomes of revolutionaries after victory? Jiovana Navias was chosen to represent Bolivia's unemployed single mothers. The film charts her journey from idealistic campaigner to facing corruption charges, showing the collision of far-left ideology with the realities of power.

  • Downfall

    On Jan. 6, 2021, Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, a violent assault on American democracy. The insurrection left five dead and shocked the nation, revealing the depths of political division. This failed coup, fueled by Trump's grip on his base, rattled the nation's foundations. The sear...

  • The Chinese Mayor

    Controversial Mayor Geng Yanbo demolished 140,000 homes in Datong to relocate half a million people, aiming to restore ancient walls and pivot to tourism. His radical vision sought to combat pollution and revive the economy through culture, outlining a complex blueprint for China's urban future.

  • Propaganda

    This anti-Western film uses a 'fake North Korean' found-footage device to critique American cultural influence. From its unique perspective, it first parodies propaganda stylings, then targets the hypocrisies of the modern Western narrative. Described as a damning indictment of 21st-century cultu...

  • Margin Of Error: AI, Polling and Elections

    Pioneers of a new kind of polling combine social media data with AI to predict voter behavior. This promises politicians the intel to respond to our needs. But will this data be used to better serve citizens, or will it be misused to mislead us by our own governments or foreign adversaries?

  • Gaza Health Under Siege

    GAZA: HEALTH UNDER SIEGE reveals life under blockade. Filmed in Gaza City, it follows doctors, nurses, and sanitation workers struggling to provide basic services like clean water, hospital care, and waste management. Despite war, blockade, and years without pay, these extraordinary citizens perf...

  • Meltdown In Dixie

    After the 2015 Charleston massacre, a conflict ignites in Orangeburg. An ice cream shop owner, forced to fly the Confederate flag on his property, battles the Sons of Confederate Veterans. This documentary delves into the modern war over Confederate symbols, exposing them not as benign history, b...

  • Sins of My Father

    The son of Pablo Escobar, Sebastian, recounts his childhood of extreme luxury and life on the run with his father, Colombia's most wanted man. His story is intertwined with those of two of Escobar's most prominent victims: a Minister of Justice and a presidential candidate, as told by their sons....

  • The Reluctant Revolutionary

    After 33 years, a revolution ousts Yemen's President Saleh. Filmmaker McAllister, the last Western journalist, captures the historic shift through tour guide Kais. We witness Kais's personal transformation from a pro-Saleh commentator to a reluctant revolutionary, protesting in Sana'a's bloody st...

  • War Peace

    The documentary "War/Peace" re-introduces 1960s radical student activists. It features former Weather Underground leaders Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn, long silenced by the government and press. The film serves as a crucial historical reminder of when young minds last organized to challenge an...

  • Soldier Women: To See If I'm Smiling

    Israel is the only country in the world with compulsory army service for women. Whilst in Israel this is taken as commonplace, the experiences of Israeli women soldiers are rarely heard. Six women share their experiences as soldiers in the occupied territories during the bloodiest period since th...

  • DIY Country

    In 2014, pro-Russian rebels seized Donetsk, Ukraine. They held an illegal referendum, declared independence from Kyiv, and proclaimed the Donetsk People's Republic. This brave documentary explores its hopeful origins and tragic descent into a prolonged, devastating war.

  • The Game Is UP: Disillusioned Trump Voters Tell Their Stories

    A former GOP congressman, a rising Young Republican, an Ohio farmer, an Army Veteran & 'MAGA' hardliner, and three evangelicals. In 2016, they were all committed Trump supporters. This is the story of their political evolutions, revealing the fractures within the GOP as they became his adamant ad...

  • Back To Berlin

    Back to Berlin is the first biker flick-meets-holocaust feature documentary. Eleven motor bikers have a mission to take the Maccabiah torch from Israel to the site of the infamous 1936 Berlin Olympics, for the first Jewish Olympic Games on German soil. They will retrace the heroic journeys of the...

  • The Wonderful Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl 2

    Leni Riefenstahl claimed her art transcended politics. Yet her iconic films, Triumph of the Will and Olympia, glorify Nazi power and Aryan ideals. In Mueller's documentary, her steely perfectionism and denials persist, but the evidence within her frames tells a different story.

  • Ghost Mountain

    After fleeing the Killing Fields, Bunseng's family was trapped in a new life-threatening crisis. They were saved from being another tragic statistic only by the heroic efforts of NGOs and officials. Decades later, while painting a rescuer’s home, Bunseng made an incredible discovery: he was worki...

  • Pacific Capture

    A new Solomon Islands-China security deal is causing global concern. Experts in Australia and the U.S. fear it could lead to a Chinese military base, a worry echoed by anxious locals. This film investigates the reach of Chinese influence in the Solomon Islands and its profound implications for th...

  • Return to Homs

    Once celebrated as Syria's second best goalkeeper, Abdul Baset Al-Sarout has fought the Assad regime since leading chants at street protests in 2011. Director Talal Derki follows Abdul and his friends over two years as the situation escalates and they transition into militia fighters and leaders....

  • Postcard From Afghanistan

    Comedian Mike King performs for US & Kiwi troops in Afghanistan, witnessing their rebuilding & security roles. He experiences the war's terror firsthand when an “indirect airstrike” siren sends them scrambling for shelter. A stand-up gig like no other.

  • Finding Fidel

    “Finding Fidel” chronicles cameraman Erik Durschmied's 1958 journey to Cuba's Sierra Maestra to interview a then-unknown Fidel Castro. A month later, Castro took Havana, changing history. Intercutting Durschmied's reflections on the revolution's failed promise with the rare, historic interview, f...