Docuseek Collections, March 2026

Docuseek Streaming Video, Spring 2026

Essential films for higher education

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The Docuseek Spring Special is your opportunity to dive into an exceptional collection of exclusive, highly curated award-winning films that shine a light on urgent social issues while honoring the artistry of independent cinema. This limited-time offer, available until the end of July 2026, presents remarkable discounts that can significantly enhance your streaming media library. Now is the ideal moment to elevate your viewing experience and make a smart investment in educational resources that foster curiosity and critical thinking. Act now to inspire engagement and enrich your classroom environment with thought-provoking films!


2026 Spring Special

Available through July 31, 2026


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Below are powerful and timely new releases currently available from Docuseek. Plus, stay tuned for news about exciting new distributors, new collections, and new films added to collections later this Spring!

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ACKROYD & HARVEY: THE ART OF ACTIVISM (coming soon!)

Award-winning documentary filmmaker Fiona Cunningham-Reid presents an intimate portrait of internationally acclaimed artists Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey, who work at the intersection of art, activism, biology and ecology. (Bullfrog Films)

ADAPT

In this uplifting documentary, follow the inspiring journey of two Special Olympian student-athletes, their families, and their coaches as they navigate the world of adapted physical education within their school system. (Collective Eye Films)

ADDICTED TO LIFE

The dramatic life of Paralympic gold-medalist Marieke Vervoort, and her courageous stand for end-of-life choices: the right to die gave her the will to live. (GOOD DOCS)

ADONIS

What risks are boys willing to take to achieve the perfect body? In general indifference, a public health crisis is unfolding: more and more young men are consuming anabolic steroids in order to achieve the body of their dreams. (AndanaFilms)

ADVOCATE

Lea Tsemel, an Israeli-Jewish lawyer who has represented Palestinian political prisoners for nearly 50 years, pushes the praxis of a human rights defender to its limits. (GOOD DOCS)

AISHA'S STORY

Through food, Aisha Azzam traces the story of Palestinian displacement and rebuilding family and community in a refugee camp. (EPF Media)

BAD REPUTATION 

At the age of 45, sex worker and activist Karina begins to imagine working in another field and attempts to organize her colleagues for their labor rights. (EPF Media)

BANK JOB 

Artist/filmmaker team Dan Edelstyn and Hilary Powell investigate how debt is created in our economy, and devise a clever plan to purchase and destroy over $1 million of private debt. (Bullfrog Films)

BEETHOVEN'S NINE

When director Larry Weinstein is pulled into his own documentary about Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, his film about war, hope and music's relevance to our society today becomes a deeply personal exploration. (Bullfrog Films)

BEHIND THE SMOKESCREEN

Delves into the environmental crisis in Bolivia, highlighting the struggles of indigenous communities, challenges faced by volunteer firefighters, and the complexities of slash-and-burn agriculture contributing to the ecological disaster. (EPF Media)

BETWEEN EARTH & SKY

Shortlisted for an Academy® Award, follows world-renowned tree canopy ecologist Nalini Nadkarni as she prepares for one last research climb before considering retirement from the field. (Bullfrog Films)

BIOCENTRICS

A documentary that delves into the intricate connections among all living organisms and underscores the critical need to preserve biodiversity. The film showcases the biomimicry design methodology and emphasizes the urgent necessity of adopting a more sustainable and harmonious relationship with nature. (Impronta Films)

BLUM: MASTERS OF THEIR OWN DESTINY

Largely unknown today, this documentary explores the history of Emerik Blum's company, Energoinvest, which defied capitalist conventions on its way to success. (Icarus Films)

BOTTICELLI'S PRIMAVERA

Based on meticulous research, this film paints a detailed picture of one of the most iconic masterpieces of the Italian Renaissance, Primavera by Botticelli, and explores the different mysteries and often conflicting interpretations surrounding it. (Ideas Roadshow)

BOTTLE CONDITIONED

Academy® Award nominated filmmaker Jerry Franck explores the small Belgian community of lambic beer, where brewers and blenders of different generations wrestle with tradition and the increased demand for their rare beers. (Bullfrog Films)

BREAKING SOCIAL

Explores global patterns of kleptocracy and extractivism, weaving threads between global uprisings, shared anger and courageous actions. (GOOD DOCS)

BREAKING THE CYCLE

Captures the political awakening among Thais after the rise and fall of Thanathorn, a young politician who calls to end the cycle of coups d’etat. (Impronta Films)

BRICKMAKERS (CHIRCALES)

An essential and highly influential classic, Chircales is the product of two of the most prominent and rebellious voices of the New Latin American Cinema: Marta Rodríguez and Jorge Silva. (Pragda STREAM)

BYE BYE TIBERIAS

Years after leaving her Palestinian village to pursue an acting career in France, Hiam Abbass returns home with her daughter. (Women Make Movies)

CANONE EFFIMERO

Traveling across Italy’s diverse regions, Canone Effimero takes viewers on an ethnological tour of Italy’s small, orally transmitted musical traditions—from Calabria and Marche to Liguria and Sicily. (Impronta Films)

CANUTO'S TRANSFORMATION

In a Mbyá-Guarani community on the Brazil-Argentina border, locals reenact the legend of Canuto, a man said to have transformed into a jaguar. (EPF Media)

CELLULOID UNDERGROUND

In the aftermath of the Iranian Revolution, a tenacious movie collector in Tehran becomes an unlikely hero as he undertakes the courageous mission of safeguarding thousands of films from the clutches of the new Islamic regime. (Impronta Films)

THE CHILDREN OF CAMP ASHRAF

How could beloved parents choose combat before their own children? (First Hand Films)

CLIMATE REFUGEES: A GLOBAL CHALLENGE

As extreme weather threatens the lives of hundreds of millions of people, how can the world best respond? (Bullfrog Films)

COME BACK ANYTIME

The story of a master who created a community in Tokyo, one bowl of ramen at a time. (GOOD DOCS)

THE CONSPIRACISTS

A convicted “January 6” felon takes a British filmmaker and an American ethnographer on a road trip and attempts to convert them to her world of conspiracy theories. (Collective Eye Films)

CRESCENDO

Follows the world's most gifted musical talents as they compete in the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. (GOOD DOCS)

THE DANCING HOMELESS

A group of homeless and ex-homeless men of Tokyo have come together to form a dance group. They explore 'bodily expressions' as a means of artistic expression and talk about their experiences of letting go of their homes and families. (GOOD DOCS)

DANGEROUS GAMES

After Katie is assaulted by a predator in Roblox, she joins Alex and Janae to uncover the dangers lurking in the metaverse. (EPF Media)

DEAR JACKIE

Dear Jackie is a cinematic letter to Jackie Robinson, the first African American player in Major League Baseball and a civil rights activist. (Cinema Politica)

DESCENT: HOW AMERICA LOST ITS MIND, SOUL & MORAL COMPASS

This film documents how the US has betrayed its founding ideals in 2015-2025 transforming itself from its long-held position of global leadership to a fractionalized land riddled with corruption and unaccountability at the top levels of political power. (Ideas Roadshow)

DESERT ANGEL

After building a successful career and gaining legal status, a twist of fate rocks Rafael Larraenza's comfortable middle-class existence and draws him back to the US/Mexico border. (Collective Eye Films)

DEVI

Devi is a rebel warrior, mother, and sexual violence survivor of Nepal's Civil War. As those in power try to erase rape from the history of the war, she builds a movement to fight for justice. (First Hand Films)

THE DIALOGUE POLICE

In a polarized society, Sweden's Dialogue Police are united by humor and a shared calling: defending democracy with dialogue as their weapon. (Icarus Films)

DISPLACED

The painfully adverse process endured to become "legal" and was driven to share this story beyond the courtroom. (Collective Eye Films)

A DOUBLE LIFE

The gripping true story of Stephen Bingham, a lawyer accused of passing a gun to prisoners’ rights leader George Jackson in 1971. (GOOD DOCS)

DREAMERS

Young undocumented people in the US are called Dreamers. Carlos is one of them. (Lightdox)

THE EDGE OF NATURE

In the midst of the global shut down, Josh Fox, who is suffering from symptoms of Long COVID, isolates himself in a one room cabin in the hopes that his beloved Pennsylvania forest can heal him. (Bullfrog Films)

ESTHER BRONER

Explores the life of Esther Broner, a pioneering Jewish feminist who reimagined the traditional Passover service to center women’s voices and stories. (Women Make Movies)

FACES OF THE RESISTANCE

Inspiring stories from Ukraine about the impact of the war on ordinary people, and their fight to protect their homeland and one another. (EPF Media)

THE FALLING SKY

Davi Kopenawa, a shaman and leader of Brazil’s indigenous Yanomami people, fights to return the world to balance in the face of rampant materialism and the unsustainable lifestyles of developed countries. (KimStim)

FAR OUT: LIFE ON & AFTER THE COMMUNE

Traces fifty years in the lives of a group of writers, activists and artists who founded two rural New England communal farms in the late 1960s. (Bullfrog Films)

THE FILMS OF MAYA DEREN: EXPERIMENTAL FILMS 1943-1959

Maya Deren’s avant-garde films are mesmerizing explorations of movement, identity, and dream-like narratives, shaping the landscape of experimental cinema. (Women Make Movies)

FINAL VOWS

A deep journey into the life of a cloistered order of nuns at Santa Rita Abbey, a Cistercian monastery in the high desert of Arizona. (First Run Features)

FISH WAR

In 1974, a conservative federal judge upheld Indigenous fishing rights in Washington, ending violent clashes with law enforcement and laying the foundation for environmental stewardship. (Collective Eye Films)

THE FLATS

A bold exploration of a Northern Irish community's memories of the Troubles. (Icarus Films)

FROM GROUND ZERO

Shortlisted for an Academy® Award, this collection of 22 short films gives a voice to 22 Gazan filmmakers to tell untold stories of the current war. (MPI Media)

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FROM HERE / FROM THERE (DE AQUI / DE ALLA)

A landmark Supreme Court case puts DACA—and one undocumented lawyer’s fight for his community—at the center of history. (GOOD DOCS)

FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA

“America The Beautiful” may be America’s most beloved song, but few know about the fascinating life of Katharine Lee Bates — the woman who wrote it. (Bullfrog Films)

THE FRUITLESS TREE

Africa Movie Academy® Award-winner for Best Documentary. Married but childless, Aicha finds herself in a situation that is totally “out of the ordinary” in her country, Niger. Just like everywhere else in the world today, Niger also experiences problems with infertility. (AndanaFilms)

FUNGI

A British biologist seeks a rare blue mushroom in Tasmania's ancient Tarkine rainforest, revealing fungi's extraordinary abilities. (Collective Eye Films)

GARÇONNIÈRES

Filmmaker and anthropologist Céline Pernet questions her relationship with the men of her generation. (Lightdox)

THE GOOD VIRUS

Explores the global efforts of leading scientists combatting the urgent issue of antimicrobial-resistant infections. (Bullfrog Films)

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THE GOSPEL OF REVOLUTION

The story of Liberation Theology and the Christians in Latin America who engaged in political struggles in the name of their faith. (Icarus Films)

GUN SHOT WOUND

Takes a hard look at routine gun violence in America through the eyes of its trauma surgeons (GOOD DOCS)

HALE

Chronicles the current life and history of disability rights pioneer Hale Zukas. (Collective Eye Films)

HAPPY PILLS

Tells the story of how we ended up depending on the pharmaceutical industry to feel accomplished. Can we put happiness in a pill? (Lightdox)

HARD TO SWALLOW

Recounts Nigerian chef Tunde Wey’s explosive career while building a critique of the social structures that disenfranchise Black peoples globally. Traveling across the US, Tunde investigates the ways food culture is shaped by race and class. (Collective Eye Films)

THE HEALING ANIMAL

A documentary about animal-assisted psychotherapy and the process of gender transition. (Collective Eye Films)

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HELENA FROM SARAYAKU

Seventeen-year-old Helena Gualinga yearns to protect her Indigenous community from extractive development and the repercussions of climate change. (Pragda STREAM)

THE HELL OF AUSCHWITZ: MAUS BY ART SPIEGELMAN

Explores the revolution of Art Spiegelman's graphic novel masterpiece, Maus, with humor and finesse. (Icarus Films)

HER FIGHT, HIS NAME

Gwen Carr, the mother of Eric Garner, spends years seeking justice over the death of her son. (Collective Eye Films)

HISTORY OF A MOVEMENT

A group of friends met during #YoSoy132, a 2012 Mexican student-led movement protesting media bias and electoral manipulation during Enrique Peña Nieto's presidential campaign. (EPF Media)

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HOME IS SOMEWHERE ELSE

Recommended by Alejandro González Iñárritu, this multi-award-winning animated story offers an intimate window into the hearts and minds of immigrant Latin youth. A powerful reminder of how the color of your passport determines your life. (Pragda STREAM)

HONG KONG MIXTAPE

Hong Kong Mixtape follows director San San F. Young and Hong Kong’s fearless artists as they resist growing authoritarian control. (Impronta Films)

HUMANS AND OTHER ANIMALS

The most comprehensive and engaging introduction to animal ethics on film: An epic journey from cutting-edge science and high-stakes spying to a profound philosophical idea that may forever change how we see animals...including ourselves. (Bullfrog Films)

I AM THE PEOPLE: VENEZUELA UNDER POPULISM

In a world increasingly less transparent, where the shortcut of populism lurks to endanger democracies, this film compels us to ask ourselves if any society, however stable, can be considered invulnerable to a populist irruption and its consequences. Populism isn’t an ideology. It’s a way of governing. (Pragda STREAM)

IN THE NAME OF THE GENE

The story of the more than century-long myth of an all powerful "gene," and how this concept has been used as a social weapon to promote certain political agendas. (Bullfrog Films)

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INHERITANCE (coming soon!)

Explores the underlying causes of the opioid epidemic in America through the life of one boy and five generations of his extended family. (Bullfrog Films)

IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE?

While navigating daily discrimination, a filmmaker who inhabits and loves her unusual body searches the world for another person like her. (Women Make Movies)

ISRAEL PALESTINE ON SWEDISH TV 1958-1989

Explores one of the world's longest conflicts through archival Swedish TV footage, challenging conventions of history-writing and how media perceived the issue. (Icarus Films)

ISRAELISM

Two American Jews travel to Israel seeking to understand the country they were raised to love and discover that the reality doesn't match their expectations. (Tikkun Olam Production)

#KIDSONTECH

#KIDSONTECH tackles the hot-button topic of how cell phone and digital device use affects K-12 kids’ mental health. (GOOD DOCS)

THE LAND OF THE WHALE

A filmmaker returns to his town to make a documentary about a whale, but time has turned the town into a place of the past. A death makes him understand that the trip is a farewell. (Icarus Films)

LEAVING JESUS

A group of former Christian fundamentalists gathers at a retreat center in San Francisco. (Collective Eye Films)

LIFE IS NOT A COMPETITION, BUT I'M WINNING

A radical utopia far from the rigid gender rules in competitive sports. (First Hand Films)

THE LINE WE CROSSED

This British story of dissent, drawn from the frontlines of climate resistance, traces the quiet unraveling of our protest rights. (Collective Eye Films)

A LITTLE FELLOW

At the turn of the 20th century, Amadeo Peter Giannini, the son of Italian immigrants, revolutionized the banking industry with his small Bank of Italy in San Francisco. (Collective Eye Films)

THE LITTLE THINGS THAT RUN THE WORLD

Attempts to find answers to the precipitous population decline of flying insects around the world, and what this might mean for the stability of our ecosystems and for the rest of life on Earth. (Bullfrog Films)

LOOKING FOR ROBERT

a retrospective of Kramer’s work and a moving biography of a friendship. (Icarus Films)

LOVEJOY'S NUCLEAR WAR

The story of the earliest major act of civil disobedience against atomic power, and one man's winning fight to warn his community of impending danger. (Bullfrog Films)

LYD

The story of a city that once connected Palestine to the world – what it once was, what it is now, and what it could have become. (Icarus Films)

MARIANNE

Set in the context of France's laïcité, (France's version of secularism), this film follows seven Muslim women challenging bans on wearing hijabs, headscarfs, face coverings, and abayas at school and in public. (Women Make Movies)

MIGRANT DREAMS

Tells the undertold story of migrant agricultural workers struggling against Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP). (Cinema Politica)

M20 MATAMOROS

A group of men from the slums of Matamoros, Mexico create a dance that beats the ground, that contradicts and breaks the stereotypes of their lives and what is expected of them. (EPF Media)

THE 1957 TRANSCRIPTS

Recently exposed classified documents related to the 1956 massacre in the Palestinian village of Kafr Qasim shed new light on today's societal relations between Israel and Palestine. (First Hand Films)

NOWHERE IN THE WORLD

A shepherd battles bureaucracy to preserve an ancient way of life in the Cilento mountains, where harmony between humans, animals, and nature clashes with modern laws and profit-driven systems. (Impronta Films)

ON OUR LAND

After the creation of Israel in 1948, Palestinians who chose to remain on their land were banded into farming communities. But most of this land has since been lost to Israeli kibbutz and moshav settlements. (Icarus Films)

OUTGROW THE SYSTEM

Delves into the pressing question of what a sustainable economy could look like, drawing attention to innovative economic perspectives. (Bullfrog Films)

THE PAVILION ON THE WATER

A cinematic journey into the world of Venetian architect Carlo Scarpa and his passion for Japanese culture. (Impronta Films)

PELICAN DREAMS

A story of friendship, survival and the beauty of flight, from the director of The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill. (First Run Features)

THE PERFECT MEAL

Follows five leading international scientists who gradually uncover the secret mechanisms of the Mediterranean Diet and reveal how certain ingredients and combinations of plant based foods can protect us from obesity, cardiovascular diseases, cancers and brain- ageing. (First Hand Films)

PERSONALE

Follows the housekeeping team of a luxury Italian hotel — migrant workers who keep the tourist machinery running. (Icarus Films)

A POEM FOR LITTLE PEOPLE

A cinéma vérité examination of the most vulnerable people on the front lines of the Russo-Ukrainian War, and the brave volunteers risking everything to evacuate them to safety. (Impronta Films)

POL POT DANCING

Chea Samy, a famed Cambodian dancer, years later learned that the brother-in-law she had raised had become Pol Pot, the Khmer Rouge leader. After surviving forced labor under his regime, she returned to Phnom Penh to teach, preserving traditional dance. (EPF Media)

POLITICS IS A MOTHER (RAISING HELL IS PART OF THE JOB)

Told through the lens of a mother/daughter story, this film reveals how the political is always personal. (Collective Eye Films)

POST ATLANTIC

Dewey Crumpler connects slavery, Black liberation, Black history, globalization, and pop culture in his abstract paintings. (Bullfrog Films)

PROJECT Q: WAR, PEACE, and QUANTUM MECHANICS

As governments, corporations and universities pour funds into quantum science, and breakthroughs in quantum technology gather pace, important questions about the reality of a quantum future remain unanswered. (Bullfrog Films)

THE PROPAGANDIST

The rise and fall of Dutch filmmaker Jan Teunissen (1898-1975). As head of the Department of Film of the Dutch Nazi Party and SS, he became the most powerful man in the Dutch film industry during WWII. (Icarus Films)

PUSH

Landlords without faces. Apartments without renters. A documentary exploring the new, unlivable city. (GOOD DOCS)

THE RACE EPIDEMIC

An outbreak caused by Covid-19 – an epidemic of racism against Asian Americans. (GOOD DOC)

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A RADICAL THREAD (coming soon!)

A back-to-the-land community fights off corporate Goliaths intent on environmental devastation while using the same collective ethos to stitch an 83-foot tapestry that visualizes their story. (Bullfrog Films)

RAPHAEL'S SCHOOL OF ATHENS

A detailed examination of The School of Athens, unveiling its rich symbolism and exploring its subtle levels of meaning. (Ideas Roadshow)

RELENTLESS MEMORY

A Mapuche researcher embarks on the same journey her ancestors made when they were expelled from their lands during the military invasions that founded Argentina and Chile. (EPF Media)

THE RETURN - FAMILY SEPARATION

Separated at the border, 12-year-old Geovanny returns to Guatemala while his father faces mounting debt and the threat of losing his land. (EPF Media)

RIVER OF TOADS

Healer Francisca Hernández comes from a lineage of midwives, bone setters, and exorcists devoted to healing in Veracruz. The film explores an annual ritual honoring Death, where spiritual traditions blend and evolve.(EPF Media)

ROUGH AND TUMBLE

Explores the beneficial role of human play and draws connections between the study of play in non-human animals and the role play serves in human development. (Bullfrog Films)

THE SALISH SEA TRILOGY

Explores the entwined extinction threat facing iconic Southern Resident Killer Whales, and the Chinook salmon they prey on in Pacific Northwest waters. Infused with science and indigenous perspectives, this series invites viewers to imagine how traditional indigenous knowledge and contemporary science might come together to help recover an iconic species. (Bullfrog Films)

SAMUEL AND THE LIGHT

Filmed over six years, this film shows how the introduction of electricity disrupts the community’s traditional way of life, and its relationship with the natural world. (EPF Media)

SARKOZY-GADDAFI: THE SCANDAL OF ALL SCANDAL

Exposes the French scandal of Nicolas Sarkozy's special relationship with Muammar Gaddafi. (Icarus Films)

SEARCHING FOR LIN ZHAO'S SOUL

A landmark documentary on the gifted young poet who spoke out at the height of Chairman Mao's rule... and her subsequent fate. (dGenerate Films)

SEQUENCING HOPE

An Alabama family puts their faith in the new medical frontier of gene therapy to save their child's life. (GOOD DOCS)

SHAKING IT UP: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF LIZ CARPENTER

The inspiring story of a trailblazing journalist, White House official, feminist leader, political activist, and humorist whose legacy is highly relevant today. (GOOD DOCS)

SHE THEY US

Captures the vision of women and their future, inspired by intersectional feminism and global responsibility. We work and fight for a more equal future in five episodes: body bullshit, sisterhood, unpaid care, leadership and femAnism. (First Hand Films)

THE SILENCE OF OTHERS

A reckoning for justice and forgetting. (GOOD DOCS)

SINGING BACK THE BUFFALO

Indigenous visionaries, scientists and communities are rematriating the buffalo to the heart of the North American plains they once defined. (GOOD DOCS)

SMALL-TIME CINEMA

Two YouTube filmmaking groups from Balochistan and Assam confront identity, history, and culture through grassroots cinema. (GOOD DOCS)

THE SMARTEST KIDS IN THE WORLD

Chronicles the journey of four American teenagers who study abroad in countries that dramatically outperform the US. (GOOD DOCS)

SOFONISBA'S CHESS GAME 

An examination of Sofonisba Anguissola’s iconic masterpiece, "The Chess Game," as a window into the artist’s full oeuvre and the world she lived in. (Ideas Roadshow)

SONGS OF SLOW BURNNG EARTH

Follows the lives of Ukrainians during the first two years of Russia’s full-scale invasion. (EPF Media)

THE SOUL OF THE BOSSALES

The “Bossales” were the African slaves who won the Haitian war of independence; this term now qualifies as a rebellious person. (EPF Media)

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THE SPECTER OF POPULISM (coming soon!)

Interviews with academics, philosophers and theorists shine a spotlight on the complex theories of populist politics and their significance for our current political nexus. (Bullfrog Films)

A'-T'I XWEE-GHAYT-NISH

With their language facing extinction, the Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation in Northern California is working against time to bring it back. (Collective Eye Films)

STITCH AND TIME

Billy Ray Worth and Clay Turner, two incarcerated men serving life sentences, forge an extraordinary friendship through an unexpected act of compassion: starting a crochet group to make warm items for fellow inmates in hospice care. (Collective Eye Films)

A SUDDEN GLIMPSE TO DEEPER THINGS

From Mark Cousins, a visually ravishing documentary about the Scottish painter Wilhelmina Barns-Graham. (Impronta Films)

SVETLANA ABOUT SVETLANA

A rare filmed interview with Svetlana Alliluyeva, Joseph Stalin's daughter. (Icarus Films)

TALK ABOUT LONELY

Examines the historical, economic, political and personal causes of chronic lonelieness, a widespread social epidemic experienced by over 40% of the population. (Bullfrog Films)

TAX WARS

Takes viewers behind the scenes of a global fight against the tax evasion of multinationals, a fight that is essential if governments are to have the resources to combat inequality, finance long-neglected public services and address climate change. (Bullfrog Films)

TERRORISTS IN RETIREMENT

Too controversial to be shown on French TV when first released, this is the story of Eastern Europeans, mostly Jews, who fought the German occupation of Paris during WWII. (Icarus Films)

23 FOREIGNERS — OUR BROTHERS

An emotional follow up to Mosco Boucault’s 1983 documentary Terrorists in Retirement. (Icarus Films)

35000 WATTS

A documentary chronicling the untold story of college radio, its impact on youth culture, and its role in launching the careers of renowned musicians and bands. (Collective Eye Films)

THIS IS OUR EVERYTHING

The Guajajara people in Northern Brazil decide not to stand idly by while their land and that of the uncontacted Awá people is being destroyed. (EPF Media)

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THIS STOLEN COUNTRY OF MINE

Recently assassinated journalist and presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio and the indigenous resistance exposed the Ecuadorian government's corrupt agreements that allow Chinese exploitation of local mines. (Pragda STREAM)

3000 NIGHTS

Traces a young mother’s journey of hope, resilience and survival against all odds. Palestinian filmmaker Mai Masri’s stunning feature debut is inspired by a true story and shot in a real prison. (Cinema Politica)

TO THE END

Four remarkable young women fight for a Green New Deal and ignite a historic shift in US climate politics. (Bullfrog Films)

TOXICILY

In the shadows of the lovely city of Syracuse, Sicily, lies one of Europe’s largest petrochemical complexes; 70 years after the arrival of the first refineries, the area seems to have been abandoned to its fate as poison taints the sky, water and land. (Lightdox)

TROOP 1500

Highlights a Girl Scout program in Texas that brings together daughters and their incarcerated mothers. (Women Make Movies)

ULTIMATE CITIZENS

An extraordinary 65-year-old Iranian American public school counselor builds a world-class Ultimate Frisbee team from the immigrant and refugee students arriving at his inner-city public school in Seattle. (Bullfrog Films)

UNAFRAID

A powerful documentary that weaves together the voices of rape survivors and the history of feminist activism, highlighting the origins of the rape kit and the pioneering efforts that reshaped victims' rights and the criminal justice system. (Women Make Movies)

UNCLE BERNARD

A fascinating interview with the late economist Bernard Maris, filmed in March 2000 as part of the documentary Encirclement – Neo-Liberalism Ensnares Democracy. (Cinema Politica)

UNWELCOMED

Once promoted as a land of opportunity, Chile now faces rising anti-immigrant sentiment and systemic barriers that leave newcomers in a state of uncertainty and exclusion. (EPF Media)

VICENTA

A film as necessary as it is beautiful, this film explores the struggle for the right to a legal, safe, and free abortion. (Pragda STREAM)

WATCH OVER ME

Follows a palliative care team in New Delhi, India, as they provide end-of-life support to terminally ill cancer patients, focusing on compassion, dignity, and helping families cope with inevitable death. (First Hand Films)

WATER FOR LIFE

Follows three Latin American Indigenous community leaders as they face death threats and murder to save their precious water resources from mining, industrial agriculture, and hydroelectric projects. (Bullfrog Films)

WE ARE NOT MACHINES

Provides insight into the abuses and mistreatment of temporary workers, sub-contracted construction workers, and janitorial and domestic workers in New Jersey. (Collective Eye Films)

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WHAT REMAINS ON THE WAY

Lilian and her four children join a caravan of thousands trying to reach the Mexico-US border with the hope to migrate in search for a better life. (Pragda STREAM)

WHERE GOD IS NOT

Taghi, Homa and Mazyar were arrested and interrogated by the Iranian regime. All three testify with their bodies, with their gestures and tell what it means to resist, what it means to break. Is there any hope that the torturer will one day reconnect with his conscience?(AndanaFilms)

THE WHITE GUARD

Reveals the violence orchestrated by multinational companies, organized crime, and the Mexican government to exploit Mexico's natural resources and gives voice to land defenders who risk their lives resisting this modern form of colonialism. (EPF Media)

WHO CARES

In the CHUV training center in Lausanne, «fake» patients and «real» caretakers simulate medical consultations, to learn how to perform kindness. But in an increasingly liberal hospital system, which itself exerts violence on medical staff, is this relational ideal really possible?(AndanaFilms)

WITH PETER BRADLEY

79 years old and overlooked since the 1970’s, abstract artist Peter Bradley reflects on life and shares his artistic process on the cusp of his rediscovery. (Icarus Films)

WOMEN CONQUER THE ART BUSINESS

Women taking control of power, meaning and money in the art world. (First Hand Films)

WOMEN WHO MADE THE MOVIES

Uncovers the forgotten history of pioneering female filmmakers from the early days of cinema, spotlighting trailblazers like Alice Guy Blaché, Lois Weber, and Ida Lupino. (Women Make Movies)

WRITING HAWA

Forty years after her arranged marriage as a child, Hawa finally begins an independent life and learns to read. However, with the return of the Taliban to power, her dreams, along with those of her daughter and granddaughter, are cut short. (Icarus Films)

WRITTEN ON THE LANDSCAPE

The Ancestral Puebloan culture's complex astronomy reveals a legacy of scientific observation and a spiritual tradition, with its powerful impact on the American Southwest. (Bullfrog Film)

YOUNG, BLACK AND GIFTED: DIVERSITY AT THE PARIS OPERA

Follows two young, talented Black French youth as they make their way through the Paris Opera. (Icarus Films)

YUMI

Tells the incredible story of three inspiring law students, Solomon, Vishal and Romabeth, who set out from the University of the South Pacific on an amazing journey to take climate change to the world’s highest court through the United Nations. (Collective E Films)

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