Chemical engineer and inventor Maria Telkes worked for nearly 50 years to harness the power of the sun, designing and building the world's first successful solar-heated modern residence and identifying a new chemical that could store solar heat like a battery. Telkes was undercut and thwarted by her (male) boss and colleagues at MIT, but she persevered. Upon her death in 1995 Telkes held more than 20 patents, and now she is recognized as a visionary pioneer in the field of sustainable energy whose work continues to shape how we power our lives today.

When confronted with their lingerie factory (Starissima) going bankrupt, the employees attempt to ta...

Year after year, just after the monsoon season has finished, thousands of families travel to a bleak...

Through previously undiscovered private letters, photos and diaries that were found in the Himmler f...

A research-based essay film, but also a very personal perspective on the history of socialist Yugosl...

A documentary film about the life of pianist and jazz great Thelonious Monk. Features live performan...

Branda has hit rock bottom. Her addiction has spiralled so far out of control that medical intervent...

Documentary on the "Chicken Ranch," a legal Nevada brothel.

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In 1994, the Zapatista National Liberation Army, made up of impoverished Mayan Indians from the stat...

Hossein and Shaima have loved each other since childhood. As teenagers they were separated by war. T...

This film chronicles how figure skater Katarina Witt fought for her future in socialist East Germany...

Twenty-Five miles from town, a million miles from mainstream society, a loose-knit community of eco-...

In 1964, Henri-Georges Clouzot's production of L'Enfer came to a halt. Despite huge expectations, ma...

How does it feel when your brother, someone you felt to be the dearest, brightest and most important...

Heiko, 29, is a fun-loving dance teacher from Berlin. For the past seven years he has battled with a...

Five years ago Kisilu, a Kenyan farmer, started to use his camera to capture the life of his family,...

Nan Goldin's slide show “The Ballad of Sexual Dependency” converted, mixed and screened as a film by...

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Guardian chronicles the work of wildlife stewards amid sweeping legislative rollbacks of environment...

Three women from a 1999 collegiate basketball team test their limits as they push to reach their ath...