Encompassing the full spectrum of film - from history to drama to animation to shorts to social-issue films - this anthology series allows audiences greater access to powerful and innovative programs united by the creative freedom, artistic achievement and unflinching visions of their independent producers.
Objectified
December 26, 2009
at 11pm
(#1107)
This film examines our complex relationship with manufactured objects ...
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
December 19, 2009
at 11pm
(#1106)
They took Hollywood by storm - escaping the brutal Soviet oppression ...
D Tour
first aired:
November 21, 2009
(#1105)
Pat Spurgeon is a professional musician whose dreams of being in a successful ...
Power Paths
first aired:
November 14, 2009
(#1104)
This program follows the efforts of American Indian tribes as they explore ...
Journals of a Wily School
first aired:
November 7, 2009
(#1103)
Pickpocketing is common practice in Kolkata, India. In an attempt to crack ...
Butte, America
first aired:
October 31, 2009
(#1102)
Grounded in the dramatic personal stories of five generation mining families, ...
Herb & Dorothy
first aired:
October 17, 2009
(#1101)
He was a postal clerk, and she was a librarian. With their modest means, ...
Our Disappeared/Nuestros Desaparecidos
first aired:
September 26, 2009
(#1026)
Through a casual Google search, director Juan Mandelbaum finds out that ...
Ask Not
first aired:
June 20, 2009
(#1025)
As wars rage in the Middle East, the U.S. military is eager for more recruits ...
Stranded: The Andes Plane Crash Survivors
first aired:
July 11, 2009
(#1024)
How far would you go to stay alive? The survivors of the well-known 1972 ...
Crips and Bloods: Made in America
first aired:
May 23, 2009
(#1023)
This film is a portrait of a segregated Shangri-La and the disenfranchised ...
Wings of Defeat
first aired:
May 9, 2009
(#1022)
What were the Japanese Kamikazes thinking just before crashing into their ...
At Home in Utopia
first aired:
July 25, 2009
(#1021)
Director Michal Goldman traces the history of "The Coops," a cooperative ...
Steal a Pencil for Me
first aired:
July 18, 2009
(#1020)
They say, "Love conquers all." Or at least that's what Jack Polak thought ...
Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai
first aired:
July 4, 2009
(#1019)
How does the simple act of planting trees lead to winning the Nobel Peace ...
Milking the Rhino
first aired:
April 11, 2009
(#1018)
This program examines the deepening conflict between humans and animals ...
Recycle
first aired:
April 4, 2009
(#1017)
Ride shotgun with ex-Mujahideen fighter Abu Amar and his son through the ...
Arusi Persian Wedding
first aired:
April 18, 2009
(#1016)
Marjan Tehrani chronicles an Iranian-American's return to Iran as he travels ...
The Order of Myths
first aired:
March 28, 2009
(#1015)
At America's oldest Mardi Gras - celebrated each year in Mobile, Alabama ...
Tulia, Texas
first aired:
February 14, 2009
(#1014)
On July 23, 1999, undercover narcotics officer Thomas Coleman executed ...
Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greene
first aired:
February 7, 2009
(#1013)
America's original shock-jock, Petey Greene overcame poverty, drug addiction ...
Helvetica
first aired:
January 10, 2009
(#1012)
The typeface Helvetica is ubiquitous, spelling out everything from IRS ...
Operation Filmmaker
first aired:
January 3, 2009
(#1010)
In this surprising allegory of America's involvement in Iraq, an Iraqi ...
Grey Gardens: From East Hampton to Broadway
first aired:
December 27, 2008
(#1009)
The 1975 Maysles brothers cult classic film Grey Gardens told the story ...
Wonders Are Many: The Making of Dr. Atomic
first aired:
December 20, 2008
(#1008)
"Wonders Are Many: The Making of Dr. Atomic," the story of the creation ...
Doc
first aired:
December 13, 2008
(#1007)
A biography of literary figure Harold Louis "Doc" Humes by his daughter, ...
The Atom Smashers
first aired:
November 25, 2008
(#1006)
A group of obsessed American physicists leads the international search ...
March Point
first aired:
November 18, 2008
(#1005)
Cody, Nick and Travis, three teens from the Swinomish Tribe, wanted to ...
Lioness
first aired:
November 13, 2008
(#1004)
"Lioness" tells the story of a group of female Army support soldiers who ...
Knee Deep
first aired:
November 6, 2008
(#1003)
Every time Josh Osborne found himself exhausted from work and knee deep ...
Dinner with the President: A Nation's Journey
first aired:
October 28, 2008
(#1002)
This film presents a personal journey through Pakistan and explores a ...
Chicago 10
first aired:
October 22, 2008
(#1001)
This program presents contemporary history with a forced perspective, ...
Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story
first aired:
June 19, 2008
(#927)
Japan, 1977. A dark, lonely road leads to the windswept shores. This is ...
Deep Water
first aired:
June 15, 2008
(#926)
This program is the true story of the fateful voyage of Donald Crowhurst, ...
The Cool School
first aired:
June 10, 2008
(#925)
This program is about how to build an art scene from scratch and not lose ...
Writ Writer
first aired:
June 3, 2008
(#924)
In 1960 a young man from San Antonio is arrested for robbery, convicted ...
New Year Baby
first aired:
May 27, 2008
(#923)
This film follows one woman's quest to uncover the secrets of how her ...
A Dream in Doubt
first aired:
May 20, 2008
(#922)
This film is an immigrant story of survival in the aftermath of 9/11 as ...
Na Kamalei: The Men of Hula
first aired:
May 6, 2008
(#921)
This program captures the journey of legendary master teacher Robert Cazimero ...
King Corn
first aired:
April 15, 2008
(#920)
Two recent college graduates travel to their ancestral home in rural Iowa, ...
Water Flowing Together
first aired:
April 8, 2008
(#919)
Jock Soto, who is Navajo Indian and Puerto Rican as well as gay, retired ...
Companeras
first aired:
April 1, 2008
(#918)
This film is a profile of America's first all-female mariachi band - ...
Iron Ladies of Liberia
first aired:
March 18, 2008
(#917)
With unprecedented access, this intimate documentary goes behind the scenes ...
Hard Road Home
first aired:
February 26, 2008
(#916)
This program follows two former felons in different stages of life "on the outside."
Banished
first aired:
February 19, 2008
(#915)
This program tells the story of three counties that violently expelled ...
American Made
first aired:
January 22, 2008
(#914)
Trapped in the middle of the desert on their way to the Grand Canyon, ...
How Is Your Fish Today?
first aired:
January 29, 2008
(#913)
While working on his latest screenplay in Beijing, Hui Rao is suffering ...
A Son's Sacrifice
first aired:
January 22, 2008
(#912)
Imran, a young Muslim American, struggles to take over his father's neighborhood ...
Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita
first aired:
January 15, 2008
(#911)
Dr. Jack Kessler, a prominent neurologist, shifts his diabetes research ...
Today's Man
first aired:
January 8, 2008
(#910)
The program tells the story of Nicky Gottlieb - a former child genius ...
An Unreasonable Man
first aired:
December 18, 2007
(#909)
This program takes an unsparing look at Ralph Nader, one of the most important ...
The Paper
first aired:
December 11, 2007
(#908)
This program takes an in-depth look through the eyes of Pennsylvania State ...
The Creek Runs Red
first aired:
November 20, 2007
(#906)
Facing serious health risks and age-old racial tensions between Indian ...
Miss Navajo
first aired:
November 13, 2007
(#905)
In a celebration of womanhood, this program follows contestants in their ...
Red White Black & Blue
first aired:
November 6, 2007
(#904)
Two U.S. soldiers who fought on the remote island of Attu in Alaska journey ...
Storm of Emotions
first aired:
October 30, 2007
(#903)
This film is about the Israeli disengagement from the Gaza Strip and efforts ...
Please Vote for Me
first aired:
October 23, 2007
(#902)
This film follows eight-year-old students in an elementary school in China ...
Wordplay
first aired:
October 16, 2007
(#901)
Fifty million Americans work crossword puzzles each week, many in the ...
La Lupe Queen of Latin Soul
first aired:
June 12, 2007
(#827)
Legendary Afro-Cuban pop singer Lupe Victoria Yoli, was crowned "The Queen ...
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
first aired:
May 29, 2007
(#826)
The program tells the true story of a bohemian St. Francis and his remarkable ...
Knocking
first aired:
May 22, 2007
(#825)
They are moral conservatives who stay out of politics, but they won a ...
Sentenced Home
first aired:
May 15, 2007
(#824)
Raised as Americans in inner city projects near Seattle, three young Cambodian ...
The Cats of Mirikitani
first aired:
May 8, 2007
(#823)
Eighty-year-old Jimmy Mirikitani survived the trauma of internment camps, ...
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
first aired:
April 24, 2007
(#822)
The two-hour, Academy Award-nominated film chronicles the corporate disaster ...
Black Gold
first aired:
April 10, 2007
(#821)
Multinational companies have made coffee the second most valuable trading ...
China Blue
first aired:
April 3, 2007
(#820)
Jasmine left her village in a remote part of China to get a job and help ...
Race to Execution
first aired:
March 27, 2007
(#819)
This film traces the fates of two Death Row inmates, Robert Tarver in ...
Stolen
first aired:
March 20, 2007
(#818)
In 1990, two thieves dressed as police officers gained entrance to the ...
Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore?
first aired:
February 27, 2007
(#817)
This film follows the 2004 Missouri Democratic primary to replace retiring ...
Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes
first aired:
February 20, 2007
(#816)
This film takes an in-depth look at machismo in rap music and hip-hop ...
Motherland Afghanistan
first aired:
February 13, 2007
(#815)
One in seven Afghan women currently dies in childbirth. Afghan-American ...
Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life
first aired:
February 6, 2007
(#814)
As Duke Ellington's co-composer, arranger and right-hand man, Billy Strayhorn ...
Twisted
first aired:
January 30, 2007
(#813)
This film tells the stories of people who live with dystonia, a neurological ...
Beyond the Call
first aired:
August 14, 2008
(#812)
In an Indiana Jones-meets-Mother Teresa adventure, three middle-aged men, ...
Shadya
first aired:
August 13, 2008
(#811)
Shadya Zoabi, a charismatic 17-year-old karate world champion, strives ...
A Fish Story
first aired:
August 12, 2008
(#810)
This is the tale of two women who lead their communities in a battle against ...
Revolucion: Five Visions
first aired:
August 8, 2007
(#808)
This program tells the story of five Cuban photographers whose lives and ...
A Sad Flower in the Sand
first aired:
August 10, 2008
(#807)
Telling the almost forgotten story of John Fante and his novel Ask the ...
Two Square Miles
first aired:
August 2, 2008
(#806)
The historic town of Hudson, New York, is confronting a modern Goliath: ...
Democracy on Deadline: The Global Struggle for an Independent Press
first aired:
August 9, 2008
(#805)
Does a free press make a free society? In Afghanistan, Israel, Mexico, ...
Paul Conrad: Drawing Fire
first aired:
August 1, 2008
(#804)
This program looks at the life and colorful career of Paul Conrad, the ...
Muskrat Lovely
first aired:
July 31, 2008
(#802)
Every year, the residents of Dorchester County, Maryland, look forward ...
The World According to Sesame Street
first aired:
July 30, 2008
(#801)
This documentary explores the drama and complexities behind producing ...
The Last Letter/Zyklon Portrait and the Walnut Tree
first aired:
April 29, 2008
(#622)
In "The Last Letter" it is 1941; a Russian Jewish woman living in a Ukrainian ...
