School Colors Season Premiere: PBS Frontline Series SCHOOL COLORS gives a first-hand look at the events, relationships, and conflicts at Berkeley High in the 1990s, a large, multicultural, urban school. The documentary examines how sharply segregated along color lines America's public schools…
Filmmaker Oren Siedler's personal exploration into her troubled and unusual relationship with her brilliant, charming, con-artist, white-collar criminal father takes us around the world, from Australia to USA, Canada, Israel, Mexico and Cuba.
The Market follows individual stories that explore the larger issues surrounding the organ trade - and looks at these issues from both a Western point of view as well as from the point of view of people selling their organs. What are the ethics of organ buying and selling? And, what would we ourselves…
The story of a brave young soccer team that gripped the world. The extraordinary international effort to find and rescue 12 boys and their coach from a remote cave in northern Thailand was watched closely by millions. Four Corners documents this wonderful and tragic tale from the day the boys first…
Harrod Blank, who took us into the world of art cars with his epic first film, Wild Wheels, now focuses more in-depth on a few select art vehicles, the Grass Bus, the Hamburger Harley, and the Camera Van. As with his previous film, and the following one (Automorphosis) Blank takes a dauntless look at…
The Helper chronicles stories from Hong Kong’s migrant domestic workers, exploring their immense contribution to society in the face of heartbreaking separation from their loved ones. The Unsung Heroes choir of Filipina helpers rehearse I Wish I Could Kiss You Goodnight to perform at Clockenflap…
HALF THE PICTURE investigates the systemic discrimination in Hollywood by interviewing talented directors, Ava DuVernay (Selma), Lena Dunham (“Girls”), Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight) and Jill Soloway (“Transparent”) among others.
Republican and Democrat dissent, with a growing hatred for the opposite party, has risen sharply like never before in our history. Experts reveal how social media, although a relatively new phenomenon, is being used maliciously to drive the nation apart.
ROCK RUBBER 45s is a cinematic odyssey exploring the connectivity of global basketball, sneaker, and music lifestyle through the firsthand lens of authentic NYC culture orchestrator Bobbito García. The film explores García’s youth dealing with mistreatment, educational quandaries,…
Quakers in history and today. A celebration of 350 Years of the Quakers in Britain, in Songs of Praise. Although there is very rarely any singing during Quaker Meetings for Worship, this programme intersperses hymns between descriptions of Quaker history and their activities today, which sometimes…
A look inside the flourishing, intimate world of experiential performance and immersive theater, through the creative process of one of the form’s top innovators, Third Rail Projects – including their long-running hit Then She Fell, and featuring interviews with artists, critics, and producers. A…
A Modernist – a film about the life and times of legendary clothing retailer John Simons. Featuring exclusive interviews with musicians Kevin Rowland, Suggs and Paul Weller, broadcaster Robert Elms, art expert Ronnie Archer Morgan, advertising guru Sir John Hegarty and Sir Paul Smith as well…
