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9/11 Kids (Country: Canada; Year: 2020; Director: Elizabeth St Philip; Writer: Greg West, Steve Gamester, Elizabeth St. Philip)
In the midst of the most devastating attack in American history on US soil, President George W. Bush finds himself in a South Florida classroom with a group of elementary school children. Nearly 20 years later, filmmaker Elizabeth St Phillip follows these now-grown students and their journey into young adulthood.
Duty Free (Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Sian-Pierre Regis)
After the director's mum is fired from her job at age 75, her son takes her on an adventure to reclaim her life.
Francesco (Country: US, Czech Republic; Year: 2020; Director: Evgeny Afineevsky)
Looks at the pressing challenges of the 21st century through the eyes of Pope Francis.
In Silico (Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Noah Hutton; Writer: Noah Hutton)
A 10-year project following a visionary neuroscientist’s quest to build a computer simulation of a brain.
Lessons Of Love (Country: Poland; Year: 2019; Director: Malgorzata Goliszewska, Kasia Mateja)
After decades of an abusive marriage, Jola leaves and begins to start living life on her own terms. This is her story.
Medicine Man: The Stan Brock Story (Country: UK; Year: 2020; Director: Paul Michael Angell; Stars: Stan Brock)
In this profile, Brock fights for Americans’ right to healthcare, as his nonprofit, Remote Area Medical, provides thousands of individuals with much-needed free medical and dental care through pop-up clinics.
No Ordinary Man (Country: Canada; Year: 2020; Director: Aisling Chin-Yee, Chase Joynt; Writer: Aisling Chin-Yee, Amos Mac; Stars: Billy Tipton, Billy Tipton)
The story American jazz musician Billy Tipton was framed as the sensationalistic story of an ambitious woman passing as a man in pursuit of a music career. Now that history gets re-interrogated by trans artists as they try to reimagine Tipton’s life through acts of performance, reclaiming him as a trans icon.
Red Heaven (Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Lauren DeFilippo, Katherine Gorringe; Stars: Tristan Bassingthwaighte, Sheyna Gifford, Christiane Heinicke, Carmel Johnston, Andrzej Stewart, Cyprien Verseux)
The story of six people living for a year on 'Mars' in a NASA experiment studying what happens to humans when they are isolated from Earth.
Truth To Power: Barbara Lee Speaks For Me (Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Abby Ginzberg; Stars: Barbara Lee, Boots Riley, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Cory Booker, Alice Walker, Van Jones, John Lewis, Chinaka Hodge)
The Grammy-winning lead singer of System of a Down, Serj Tankian helps to awaken a political revolution on the other side of the world, inspiring Armenia's struggle for democracy through his music and message.
Two Gods (Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Zeshawn Ali)
Documentary about a Muslim casket maker and the two youngsters he mentors.
Weed & Wine (Weed And Wine) (Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Rebecca Richman Cohen; Writer: David Feige, Jay Arthur Sterrenberg; Stars: Kevin Jodrey, Nocona Jodrey, Hélène Thibon, Aurélien Thibon-Macagno, Kevin Jodrey, Nocona Jodrey, Hélène Thibon, Aurélien Thibon-Macagno)
Parallels the joys and challenges facing two small farming families - one in France and another in the US - both equally passionate about their craft and their land.
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