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The Blessing (Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Hunter Robert Baker, Jordan Fein)
Deep in the Navajo Nation, one family struggles to honour their ancestry while embracing the future.
City Of Joel (Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Jesse Sweet)
Tensions develop when the village of Kiryas Joel, one of the fastest-growing Hasidic communities in the US, seeks to expand onto neighbouring land.
The City That Sold America (Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Ky Dickens)
The story of how Chicago's advertising industry developed over the course of the 20th Century.
Emanuel (Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Brian Ivie)
A documentary about the aftermath of the incident in which a 21-year-old white supremacist opened fire in Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Harvest Season (Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Bernardo Ruiz)
A documentary about harvest time in the vineyards of California’s Napa and Sonoma Valleys.
Hillbilly (Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Sally Rubin, Ashley York)
A documentary about the diverse inhabitants of rural and small town Appalachia.
North Pole, NY (Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Ali Cotterill)
The story of Santa's summer home: upstate New York’s Santa’s Workshop is one of America’s original theme parks, with singing elves, talking trees and secret workshops.
The Providers (Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Anna Moot-Levin, Laura Green)
A documentary profiling three healthcare providers working for El Centro, a safety-net clinic network in northern New Mexico that serves those without agency, health insurance or financial resources.
Very Senior - Attitude Is Everything (Country: Germany; Year: 2018; Director: susan gluth)
A portrait of life in the retirement community of Sun City, Arizona.
While I Breathe, I Hope (Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Emily Harrold)
The story of Bakari Sellers, the youngest African-American elected official in US history.
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