In this feature-length documentary, photographer Nance Ackerman describes the havoc prescription painkiller OxyContin wreaked in the already weakened Cape Breton town of Glace Bay. The film guides us through a culture of economic and social depression where we encounter men and women at different stages of dependency. Demystifying the world of the addict while showing us the complex social nexus that led to such despair, Cottonland emphasizes the importance of a collective approach to tackling addiction.

As a sci-fi obsessed woman living in near isolation, Beverly Glenn-Copeland wrote and self-released ...

The Theory of Everything navigates between people and landscapes, between words and territory. The e...

A documentary celebrating Lee Miller, a model-turned-photographer-turned-war reporter who defied any...

In an age of globalization and deregulation, a cataclysmic strike over money and power brings baseba...

A journey that takes the viewers across the icy mid-winter snows of Alaska to meet her school friend...

An effervescent facilitator and mother figure, Multicultural Liaison Officer Rosemary is undoubtedly...

Evelin, 13, is pregnant from a 22-year-old who recently left the drug trade. Luana, 15 years old, de...

Wild Man Blues is a 1998 documentary film directed by Barbara Kopple, about the musical avocation of...

Deep behind-the-scenes into the strip-mined world of Alberta, Canada, where the vast and toxic Tar S...

Deep-sea diver/former propagandist Leni Riefenstahl explores the undersea world of coral reefs in va...

All the games and behind-the-scenes of Silvio Berlusconi's power, including politics, media and socc...

Documentary telling the compelling story of the 40th Irish Dancing World Championships.

Explores the challenges of converting to a vegan diet. It "follows three meat-and-cheese-loving New ...
The meaning of art itself comes into question in this documentary about Shelby Lee Adams' controvers...

Filmed over twenty years, Tibetan Buddhist Master Choogyal Namkhai Norbu watches as his western-born...

Documents Ku Klux Klan activities in California, Georgia, Chicago, and Ohio.

Women workers stand up to the toxic flower industry in Colombia.

As the debate over the state of America's public school system rages on, one thing everyone agrees o...

Participant Media’s Last Call at the Oasis is a new documentary from Jessica Yu & Elise Pearlste...