13th
The title of Ava DuVernay’s extraordinary and galvanizing documentary refers to the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which reads “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States.” The progression from that second qualifying clause to the horrors of […]
Abortion: Stories Women Tell
In 1973 the U.S. Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade recognized the right of every woman in the United States to have an abortion. Since 2011, over half the states in the nation have significantly restricted access to abortions. In 2016, abortion remains one of the most divisive issues in America, especially in Missouri, where […]
All In: The Fight for Democracy
All In: The Fight For Democracy follows Stacey Abrams’s journey alongside those at the forefront of the battle against injustice. From the country’s founding to today, this film delves into the insidious issue of voter suppression – a threat to the basic rights of every American citizen.
Apollo: Missions to the Moon
Newly transferred film and never before heard audio recount the key moments of NASA’s Apollo space program and America’s goal to land on the Moon before 1970. The missions are experienced not from modern day retrospective, but through TV coverage, radio broadcasts, home movies, NASA film, and never before heard Mission Control audio. Primary source […]
At the Heart of Gold: Inside the USA Gymnastics Scandal
For more than two decades Dr. Larry Nassar was the osteopathic physician for the U.S. women’s Olympic gymnastics team, as well as a physician at Michigan State University (MSU). During that time, he sexually abused hundreds of female athletes. Based on years of research by producers Dr. Steven Ungerleider and David Ulich (Munich ‘72 and […]
Baltimore Rising
Believer
Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
Jimmy Breslin and Pete Hamill’s brilliant, honest and courageous writing defined New York City journalism. For five decades, these colorful columnists and longtime friends spoke for ordinary people and brought passion, wit and literary merit to their reporting on their city and nation. Their writings probed issues of race, class and the practice of journalism […]
Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
The story of a family’s complicated love, Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds is an intimate portrait of Hollywood royalty in all its eccentricity. Fisher and her mother, Reynolds, live in the same Beverly Hills compound. The 83-year-old grand dame has a Las Vegas act, but performing is taking its toll. Carrie’s response […]
Bully. Coward. Victim.: The Story of Roy Cohn
Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn offers an unflinching look at the infamous attorney who prosecuted Ivy Meeropol’s grandparents, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, and later argued persuasively for their execution in what became known as the “atomic spies” case.