A two-hour film about "the talk' that parents have with their children of color (primarily boys) to teach them how to act around the police in order to remain safe.

This documentary gathers together some of the toughest and most fascinating true crimes. Combining the latest forensic techniques plus old-fashioned police work, each episode takes a look at how a mystery is solved and the culprit apprehended.

This eye-opening documentary investigates the strange case of Anonymous hacktivist Matt DeHart, who fled the US to seek asylum in Canada after law enforcement brought charges against him for child pornography. But DeHart countered that he was framed, targeted for his support of Wikileaks, and that he was tortured in a US prison. Unfolding like a spy mystery, the film follows a multiyear quest for truth, with unexpected twists and turns until the very...

Chronicles the improbable story of a brash, inexperienced gay activist and a tiny Salt Lake City law firm that joined forces to topple Utah's gay marriage ban. It is a story of triumph, setback, and a little-known lawsuit that should have failed, but instead paved the way for a U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized same-sex unions nationwide.

You're more likely to go to prison in the USA than any other country in the world. THE SURVIVORS GUIDE TO PRISON explores the current state of the US prison system, focusing on the experiences of two wrongly convicted men, Reggie Cole and Bruce Lisker. Featuring gripping commentary from former and current inmates, officials, attorneys and celebrity activists including Danny Glover, Macklemore, Deepak Chopra, RZA, Busta Rhymes, Quincy Jones, Tom Morello,...

A determined group of women, midwives, and doctors fight to increase access to abortion pills in the United States outside of a clinic setting. In 2014, Francine, a social scientist based in Los Angeles, and her partners, launched Plan C to spread the word about access to abortion pills online. This is the story of the work done between 2020 and the overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022.

Reveals the truth about harmful health consequences of chemicals found in everyday cosmetics and beauty products, the huge corporations that knowingly use them and the lack of governmental regulations to protect consumers. Each morning people spritz and slather themselves in over 100 different chemicals, yet the cosmetics and personal care industry in North America is not required to prove an ingredient is safe for human health before it is on the...

Explore the transformative power of education through the eyes of a dozen incarcerated men and women trying to earn college degrees, and a chance at new beginnings.

"Brother's Keeper tells the story of the "Ward Boys," four eccentric brothers who shared the same dilapidated two-room shack for over 60 years. Living in isolation, without heat or running water, these elderly bachelors had virtually no contact with the outside world--until one was found dead in the bed he shared with his brother. By day's end, Delbert Ward "confessed" to suffocating his ailing brother as an act of mercy, but Munnsville believed Delbert...

A biography of the man who made public parks an essential part of American life. He made enormous contributions to the American landscape, believing a park was both a work of art and a necessity for urban life. Olmsted's efforts to preserve nature created an "environmental ethic" decades before the environmental movement became a force in American politics.