Paul Brill

A deep dive into the lives of high school students in three radically disparate communities as they navigate the pressures around college while staging a musical, until seismic events upend their dreams and expectations.

DeNeen Brown, reportera del Washington Post, nos relata el descubrimiento de una fosa común en Tulsa, Oklahoma, e investiga el reino del terror racial en Estado Unidos.

El 14 de julio de 1970, en el sur del Bronx, los miembros de la organización revolucionaria puertorriqueña Young Lords tomaron el control del hospital Lincoln, conocido localmente como «la carnicería» por su atención deficiente e incluso letal y sus condiciones insalubres. Estos militantes, muchos de los cuales eran muy jóvenes, se atrincheraron dentro del establecimiento, exigiendo varias medidas para una atención sanitaria más segura y accesible para la comunidad del South Bronx.

Seven months after helping her terminally ill mother during the end of her life in home-hospice, filmmaker Judith Helfand becomes a "new old" single mother at 50. Overnight, she's pushed to deal with her stuff: 63 boxes of her parent's heirlooms overwhelming her office-turned-future-baby's room, the weight her mother had begged her to lose, and the reality of being a half century older than her daughter.

In the heart of the American Midwest, three women take on entrenched political systems in their fight to reshape local politics on their own terms.

Murder In The Front Row: The San Francisco Bay Area Thrash Metal Story. In the early 1980’s, a small group of dedicated Bay Area headbangers shunned the hard rock of MTV and Hollywood hairspray bands in favor of a more dangerous brand of metal that became known as thrash! From the tape trading network to the clubs to the record stores and fanzines, director Adam Dubin reveals how the scene nurtured the music and the music spawned a movement. Murder In The Front Row is told through powerful first person testimony and stunning animation and photography. The film is a social study of a group of young people defying the odds and building something essential for themselves. Featuring interviews with Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Anthrax, Exodus, Testament, Death Angel, Possessed and many more! Narrated by Brian Posehn.

Paris to Pittsburgh da vida a los apasionados esfuerzos de las personas que luchan contra las amenazas más graves del cambio climático en sus propios patios traseros. En contraste con el debate nacional sobre el futuro energético de Estados Unidos, y la explosiva decisión de la administración Trump de salir del Acuerdo Climático de París, la película captura lo que está en juego para las comunidades de todo el país y las formas inspiradoras en que los estadounidenses están respondiendo.

"Rigged" shows viewers just what Republicans did – and continue to do – from creating new barriers to voter registration, to purging American citizens from the voting rolls without notice, to new and deliberate impediments to casting a vote. In addition, the film shows how GOP activists developed an elaborate but false narrative of widespread voter fraud in order to justify the necessity for new and draconian voting restrictions.

Documentary that delves deep into the history of abortion law, revealing the contradictory ways in which women's bodies have been used to further political and ideological agendas.

Documentary following three families each coping with a child affected by serious emotional or mental illness. The families explore treatment opportunities and grapple with the struggle of living with their child's condition.

Alexandria, Jake, Caitlin, and Veronica -- ages 5 to 15 -- want to change the conversation. They reveal in their own words what it’s like to deal with the literal ups and downs of a challenged life. In this intimate verité documentary, four charismatic kids strive for acceptance in a world that is often, at best, indifferent to them.

On the tiny island of Martha's Vineyard, where presidents and celebrities vacation, trophy homes threaten to destroy the islands unique character. Twelve years in the making, One Big Home follows one carpenters journey to understand the trend toward giant houses. When he feels complicit in wrecking the place he calls home, he takes off his tool belt and picks up a camera.

Reporter Clay Pigeon interviews New Yorkers in October, 2008.

An inside view of Barack Obama's last days as the first African-American President, and the legacy he leaves behind.

Recounts the dramatic story of the April 2013 terrorist attack at the Boston Marathon through the experiences of individuals whose lives were affected. Ranging from the events of the day to the death-penalty sentencing of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the film features surveillance footage, news clips, home movies and exclusive interviews with survivors and their families, as well as first responders, investigators, government officials and reporters from the Boston Globe, which won a Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the bombing. In the wake of terrorism, a newlywed couple, a mother and daughter, and two brothers - all gravely injured by the blast - face the challenges of physical and emotional recovery as they and their families strive to reclaim their lives and communities.

Kirsty Sword Gusmão went to Timor-Leste to document injustice in an area closed to Western journalists. Over the next decade, she became the lynchpin that sustained the nation’s harrowing struggle for independence and met the man who would redefine the cause for which she was fighting. Using astonishing footage of the years-long resistance, director Alex Meillier presents a highly personal account of the courage needed to create a new democracy in modern times.

Follows the Boston Red Sox' Tim Wakefield and the New York Mets' R.A. Dickey - the only two major league pitchers who use the unpredictable knuckleball - during the 2011 season.

In June 2003, the Episcopal Church in New Hampshire came under fire when it became the first to elect an openly gay man, Gene Robinson, as a bishop. Since that flash point, Robinson has been at the center of the contentious battle for LGBT people to receive full acceptance in the faith.

National Geographic presenta esta superproducción, en la cual el director ganador del premio Óscar, James Cameron lidera la investigación y abunda en la tragedia, en la cual congrega a los más renombrados expertos. Con el estudio del transatlántico, se intentará responder algunas de las preguntas detrás del desastre, entre otras: ¿Cómo se averió exactamente? o ¿por qué una sección del Titanic se encuentra tan lejos del resto del barco?. Nat Geo acompaña a Cameron, explorador residente de National Geographic y a varios de los especialistas más reconocidos, a realizar una investigación forense completa sobre el naufragio más famoso del orbe.

National Geographic presenta esta superproducción, en la cual el director ganador del premio Óscar, James Cameron lidera la investigación y abunda en la tragedia, en la cual congrega a los más renombrados expertos. Con el estudio del transatlántico, se intentará responder algunas de las preguntas detrás del desastre, entre otras: ¿Cómo se averió exactamente? o ¿por qué una sección del Titanic se encuentra tan lejos del resto del barco?. Nat Geo acompaña a Cameron, explorador residente de National Geographic y a varios de los especialistas más reconocidos, a realizar una investigación forense completa sobre el naufragio más famoso del orbe.

The world's oldest profession is now a thriving black market economy, with an underground workforce that's just an Internet connection and a phone call away. National Geographic's Mariana van Zeller journeys to the heart of the American escort industry and uncovers the gritty reality behind the supply and demand of high-end sex work.

Documental sobre el periódico "The New York Times" que hace una crónica de todo un año en la legendaria publicación. Al mismo tiempo el film supone un análisis sobre el periodismo escrito en general, y la enorme transformación que éste está sufriendo en el siglo XXI con la popularización de Internet y las redes sociales, así como la necesidad de que todo periódico

Set amid arrests and subsequent trials surrounding the 2008 Republican National Convention, this portrait of two young activists caught in the web of an opportunistic mentor and a desperate justice system poignantly describes both the problems of power and the power of forgiveness and love.

The story of Myo Myint, a political prisoner, who made the transformation from being a soldier in Burma's junta to a pro-democracy activist.

HBO documentary about interviews with conservatives in America regarding their opinion about Barack Obama during the 2008 presidential campaign and election.

In 2003, surgeon Dr. John Bagnato and accountant Charles Rehberg stumble upon evidence that non-profit Phoebe Putney Hospital is overcharging uninsured and indigent patients, has stashed millions in offshore bank accounts and controls lucrative for-profit businesses. As Bagnato and Rehberg dig deeper, they find these practices at non-profit hospitals around the country. When these discoveries are made public, Bagnato and Rehberg become the targets of threats and intimidation, and are eventually prosecuted by local authorities for blowing the whistle on the hospital's practices. With their reputations and livelihoods on the line, Bagnato and Rehberg must confront what they're willing to sacrifice to bring about justice.

"See Memory" is a 15 minute stop motion film made out of 10,000 painting stills. The film explores how our memories define who we are, how we remember, and the inextricable link between memory and imagination.