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Children, Youth & Families
Children, Youth & Families
17 AND LIFE DOESN'T WAIT
a candid view of life through the eyes of three teen girls
A TALE OF THREE CHINATOWNS
The history, evolution and challenges faced by Chinatowns in three American cities
ALL THAT I AM
The story of an extraordinarily courageous young woman on a path to recovery
ALWAYS IN SEASON
After 17-year-old Lennon Lacy is found hanging in North Carolina in 2014, his mother’s search for justice and reconciliation begins - centuries of trauma and lynching bleed into the present
AND THEN THEY CAME FOR US
Incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII and the demise of civil liberties
ANOTHER WORD FOR LEARNING
WHEN AISHA DECIDES TO QUIT SCHOOL, HER MOTHER, TROUBLED BY HER OWN COLONIAL EDUCATION, SEES THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM BOTH TO RECONNECT WITH THEIR KWAKWAKA'WAKW CULTURE.
ATTLA
The untold story of Alaska Native dogsled racing champion George Attla and his legacy
AUTISM IN LOVE
Autistic adults navigate the challenges of dating and romantic relationships
CAREGIVER: A Love Story
A woman’s heroic decision to take control of the end of her life creates complex, unexpected challenges for her caregiver husband
CESAR’S LAST FAST
Cesar Chavez, a historic fast and the fight for farmworkers rights
CLARISSA'S BATTLE
A single mother’s fight for child care for all
CONFESSIONS OF A SOCIAL BULLY
Twenty-year-old Natasha bravely reflects on her past as a middle school bully
CURTAIN UP!
While preparing to stage the musical Frozen, Chinatown kids discover their own cultural identities
DALYA'S OTHER COUNTRY
A Syrian teen attempts to balance her new life in L.A. while maintaining her Islamic traditions
DECADE OF FIRE
The South Bronx is burning. Stay, fight, build.
EVOLUTION OF A CRIMINAL
One Black man's journey from straight-A student to bank robber — and back
FOR SOMEBODY ELSE
Following three California women as they lend their bodies to carry someone else’s child
GIFT
A tribute to something that can’t be measured or counted, bought or sold
HUNGRY TO LEARN
THE HIGHEST COST OF COLLEGE MIGHT BE YOUR HEALTH
IF YOU CAN EVER GET BACK
US army combat medics who served in Iraq’s “triangle of death" struggle to find their place in the civilian world and to lay to rest their wartime ghosts
INNER WOUND REAL
The stories of three BIPOC folks who self-injure, then find new ways to cope
INVENTING TOMORROW
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JULIA SCOTTI: FUNNY THAT WAY
The moving, funny, and triumphant comeback story of trans comedian, Julia Scotti, “the crazy old lady of comedy”
LOS HERMANOS/THE BROTHERS
A nuanced view of estranged nations through the lens of music and family
LOVE & STUFF
Grieving her beloved mother and living amidst 63 boxes of dead parents’ stuff, one transformative “YES” turns filmmaker Judith Helfand into a 50-year-old new mother
MANY LOVES, ONE HEART
LGBTQ activism in Jamaica and the struggle for human rights
MAPPING STEM CELL RESEARCH: TERRA INCOGNITA
Exploring the debate over stem cell research through the story of biologist Dr. Jack Kessler who seeks a cure for spinal cord injuries after his daughter’s accident
MEDICATING NORMAL
the untold story of what can happen when profit-driven medicine intersects with human beings in distress
MEMORIES OF A PENITENT HEART
25 years after Miguel died of AIDS, his niece tracks down his estranged lover and cracks open a Pandora’s box of unresolved family drama
MY SO-CALLED SELFISH LIFE
A PARADIGM-SHIFTING DOCUMENTARY ABOUT ONE OF OUR GREATEST SOCIAL TABOOS: CHOOSING TO NOT BECOME A MOTHER
NO MÁS BEBÉS
Mexican-American women fighting for justice after being sterilized against their will
OF TWO MINDS
Take your best day and your darkest moment and multiply it by a million
ON THE DIVIDE
The story of three Latinx people in McAllen, Texas connected by the last abortion clinic on the U.S./Mexico border
OUR AMERICAN FAMILY
Five family members fight to find hope, heal resentments, and pull each other out of the depths of addiction
OUT OF STATE
Native men return to Hawaii after their cultural reawakening at a private prison in the Arizona desert
PERSONAL STATEMENT
Three seniors at Brooklyn high schools are determined to get their entire class to college
POSSIBLE SELVES
Two teens pursue college dreams while growing up in the unstable world of foster care
RAISE YOUR VOICE
These aren’t just kids practicing their first amendment rights, they are living them
REBOUND
Carrying the weight of motherhood, trauma, and incarceration, two women find healing and hope through sisterhood, service, and education
RIVER CITY DRUMBEAT
GENERATIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MENTORS EMPOWER YOUTH THROUGH ANCESTRAL ART & CULTURE
SERENADE FOR HAITI
A classical music school in the heart of Port-au-Prince becomes a refuge of hope
SILENT BEAUTY
A lyrical and sensitive autobiographical exploration of the filmmaker’s family history with child sexual abuse and a culture of silence
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN
Chinese adoptees navigate their multicultural identities and adolescence
SPEAKING IN TONGUES
Amidst the rise of “English-only” initiatives, four diverse American students in language immersion schools open their minds to new ways of thinking
THE BAD KIDS
An extraordinary principal’s journey to help her students realize their potential
THE GREY AREA
Exploring the damaging consequences masculine women face for rejecting society’s expectations
THE LIGHT IN HER EYES
A woman is a school. Teach her and you teach a generation.
THE PUSHOUTS
People call them "Dropouts." They tell a different story.
THE S WORD
A suicide attempt survivor is on a mission to find fellow survivors
THE UNAFRAID
They are undocumented. They are unapologetic. They are THE UNAFRAID.
TO THE END
Four remarkable young women fight for a Green New Deal and ignite a historic shift in US climate politics
UNADOPTED
22-year-old Noel Anaya investigates why the foster care system never found him a “forever family”
US KIDS
Determined to turn tragedy into action, survivors of a school shooting catalyze an unprecedented youth movement that spreads like wildfire across the world
WARRIOR WOMEN
Mothers and daughters fighting for indigenous rights in the American Indian Movement
WE EXIST: Beyond the Binary
What if the world told you that you don’t exist?
WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE NOW?
Six Stories. Seventeen Years. The Spiritual Journeys of American Millennials.
WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE?
The religious lives of American teenagers
YOU SEE ME
Forgiveness is relative
YOUTH TO YOUTH
youth tell their stories of growing up with violence
YOUTH V GOV
21 young Americans are suing the government to protect their constitutional rights to a stable climate. If they win, they will change the future.
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