Challenging the Western view that Islam inherently represses women’s rights, journalist Samira Ahmed travels across the world examining Islamic customs as they relate to women. In this two-part series, Ahmed explores whether current Islamic customs such as polygamy, honor killings, and requiring women to wear the hijāb (veil) are actually rooted in the Quran.

A documentary that resurrects the buried history of the outrageous, often brilliant women who founde...
A poetic documentation of the Long Beach Island, NJ community as they battle local politics, cope wi...

A very personal and dynamic meditation on the current global refugee crisis through the eyes and voi...

Punk rock, B-movies, and Jehovah’s Witnesses unite in this heartfelt documentary. As members of Jeho...

AMERICAN JESUS is an exploration of Christianity in every faction of American Life, from the breadli...

The eight-year Iran-Iraq War was one of the most brutal conflicts to devastate the region in the 20t...

Spotlighting 30 years of the Israeli metal band's career, A Heaven You May Create explores not only ...

Five acclaimed photographers travel the world to provide detailed insight into the difficult conditi...

In 1971, graduate student Gloria Orenstein received a call from Surrealist artist Leonora Carrington...

A documentary of insect life in meadows and ponds, using incredible close-ups, slow motion, and time...
This is the planet we still know so little. We call it Earth but less than 1/3 is land, over 2/3 is ...

"Meat Joy is an erotic rite — excessive, indulgent, a celebration of flesh as material: raw fish, ch...

Shot by a reported “1,001 Syrians” according to the filmmakers, SILVERED WATER, SYRIA SELF-PORTRAIT ...

Like many Palestinian families, the Amers live surrounded by the infamous West Bank Wall where their...

A documentary on the experiences of the Nubetya Yaptiks nomadic family in the Yamal Peninsula, Easte...

A Suitable Girl follows three young women in India struggling to maintain their identities and follo...

A chronicle of the production problems — including bad weather, actors' health, war near the filming...

A look at the state of the global environment including visionary and practical solutions for restor...

"Plastic Paradise" is an independent documentary film that chronicles Angela Sun's personal journey ...