Upending expectations and challenging the definition of womanhood, these “first women” found themselves at the forefront of progressive movements, organizing campaigns and leading paths to cultural change. Female historians share the names and stories of five of these pioneers: Martha Hughes Cannon, Jovita Idár, Jeannette Rankin, Mary Church Terrell and Zitkála-Šá.

In the crystal clear waters off the coast of Borneo, a unique way of life threatens to disappear for...

Six blind Tibetan teenagers climb the Lhakpa-Ri peak of Mount Everest, led by seven-summit blind mou...
This short film displays the dynamic movement of people as they enter and exit parks in Paris.

Buddhist monks open up about the joys and challenges of living out the precepts of the Buddha as a f...

A comic, biting and revelatory documentary following a small group of prankster activists as they ga...
Chuck Close, an astounding portrait of one of the world's leading contemporary painters, was one of ...

Through an intimate and artistic lens, yet investigative and political, Milk brings a universal focu...

Construed in the time of running clouds, a panoramic and another examination of vacant buildings on ...
They're clean, educated, articulate and rarely receive public assistance. But following a divorce, j...

Norman Mailer and a panel of feminists — Jacqueline Ceballos, Germaine Greer, Jill Johnston, and Dia...

Two actresses take us through a series of 'raps' and sketches about what it means to be beautiful an...

THE AMERICAN NURSE is a heart-warming film that explores some of the biggest issues facing America -...

The film analyzes the efforts by the families of 9/11 victims to create the 9/11 Commission and what...

A documentary of insect life in meadows and ponds, using incredible close-ups, slow motion, and time...

A group of young women from Ouagadougou study at a girl school to become auto mechanics. The classma...

Per Persson left Sweden 40 years ago. In Pakistan he fell in love and became the father of two daugh...

The Kitades run a butcher shop in Kaizuka City outside Osaka, raising and slaughtering cattle to sel...

Shut Up and Sing is a documentary about the country band from Texas called the Dixie Chicks and how ...

Twenty years ago, novelist Salman Rushdie was a wanted man with a million pound bounty on his head. ...