Jenny Raskin

Follows members of the Zulu Club, New Orleans’ first Black Mardi Gras, as they work to bring the Zulu parade back to the streets for Mardi Gras Day 2022, in the face of a global pandemic, hurricane Ida and the loss of members due to COVID and gun violence.

With his signature gospel sound on the Hammond B3, Billy Preston doublehandedly elevated the greatest artists of his time – from the Beatles to the Rolling Stones, from Aretha Franklin to Eric Clapton, from Ray Charles to Barbra Streisand to Sly and the Family Stone. In our film, we explore Billy's career and influence on generations of musicians, as he scored several number one hits of his own and became one of the most sought-after musicians in the world. He did all of this as a soul divided -- by his deep roots in the church, in constant conflict with his identity as a gay Black man, searching for a family of his own that would accept him for who he was.

The Amazon Labor Union (ALU) — a group of current and former Amazon workers in New York City’s Staten Island — takes on one of the world’s largest and most powerful companies in the fight to unionize.

A college student searches for justice after she discovers deepfake pornography of herself circulating online.

Experiencing violence is commonplace for Syrian women but they do not discuss the prevalence of – often sexual – exploitation for fear of revenge. A collective of young women want to break the taboo with a theatre project. But how free are they themselves?

In the competitive world of high school mariachi, the musicians from the South Texas borderlands reign supreme. Under the guidance of coach Abel Acuña, the teenage captains of Edinburg North High School’s acclaimed team must turn a shoestring budget and diverse crew of inexperienced musicians into state champions.

An intimate look into the lives of one of the most iconic folk-rock bands in America - the Indigo Girls. With never-before-seen archival and intimate vérité the film dives into the songwriting and storytelling of the music that transformed a generation.

The world is in crisis as it misses target after target to stop climate change. The Green New Deal has captured the imagination of millions with its visionary promise for systemic economic and environmental change that will build a better and more just world. In this moment of political upheaval with clashes in the streets and the halls of Congress, climate policy is taking center stage for the first time in American history, and the fight is on.

Trailblazing, hell-raising country music legend Tanya Tucker defied the standards of how a woman in country music was supposed to behave. Decades after Tanya slipped from the spotlight, rising Americana music star Brandi Carlile takes it upon herself to write an entire album for her hero based on Tanya’s extraordinary life, spurring the greatest comeback in country music history. Taking stock of the past while remaining vitally alive in the present and keeping an eye on the future, The Return of Tanya Tucker is a rousing exploration of an unexpected friendship built on the joy of a perfectly timed creative collaboration.

An investigative journalist uncovers the money, influence, and alarming rationale behind covert land grabs by some of the world’s most powerful countries.

Doris Muñoz is a young, ambitious music manager whose undocumented family depends on her ability to launch pop stars. When she loses her biggest client, Doris hustles to discover new talent and finds Jacks, another daughter of immigrants for whom "making it" isn't just a dream: it's a necessity.

This stirring and visually immersive documentary brings us inside the spirited pursuits of David Hanson, a restless inventor aiming to perfect the world’s most life-like A.I. With freewheeling energy and storytelling gusto, Jon Kasbe and Crystal M...

An inside look at the historic, multi-national race to research, develop, regulate, and roll out COVID-19 vaccines in the war against the coronavirus pandemic.

A documentary about Michael Brody Jr., a 21-year-old hippie millionaire who in 1970 promised to give away his $25M inheritance in an effort to usher in a new era of world peace.

An alarmingly disproportionate number of Black women are failed every year by the U.S. maternal health system. Shamony Gibson and Amber Rose Isaac were vibrant, excited mothers-to-be whose deaths due to childbirth complications were preventable. Now, their partners and families are determined to sound a rallying cry around this chilling yet largely ignored crisis.

유년 시절 가톨릭 성직자들에게 성적 학대를 당한 여섯 남자. 이들이 단편 영화를 만들며 자신의 트라우마를 들여다본다. 치유를 향해 나아가기 위하여.

A documentary following JR's artwork giving a global voice to everyday people.

DNA 검사 후 서로가 친척이었다는 놀라운 사실을 알게 된 세 소녀. 각기 다른 미국 가정으로 입양돼 지금까지 다른 삶을 살았던 소녀들은 친부모를 만나길 희망하며 중국으로 떠난다.

An astonishing record of the hereditary nature of trauma, Jacinta follows the lives of three generations of women struggling to find stability amid years of dependency. Jacinta leaves the Maine Correctional Center, leaving her mother behind to complete her own sentence, and attempts to rebuild her relationship with Caylynn, her preternaturally wise pre-teen daughter who craves time and attention from the mother she adores. But as the pressures of shaping a life in a world she has hardly known sober proves increasingly challenging, she brings the viewer into her emotional, day-to-day battle to find peace with herself and earn the trust of her family.

미국 현대무용의 선구자 중 한 명인 흑인 안무가 앨빈 에일리. 영화는 힙합 안무가 레니 해리스가 앨빈 에일리에 대한 새로운 무용극을 준비하는 과정과 알빈 에일리의 작품세계를 촘촘히 엮으며 그가 오늘날 미국 무용계와 사회 전반에 남긴 유산을 기록한다. 1931년 짐크로우법 시대에 텍사스 시골에서 태어난 앨빈 에일리는 아프리카계 미국인들의 정체성과 역사에서 영감을 받은 새로운 움직임을 미국 현대 무용에 도입하고, 58년 앨빈 에일리 어메리칸 댄스 시어터를 창립한다. 개척자였던 그는 늘 외로웠지만, 그가 뿌린 씨앗은 오늘날 미국 현대무용의 풍요로운 기반이 되었다. (2021년 제17회 제천국제음악영화제 / 김소혜)

An archive-based feature documentary viewing the dramatic climax of the Cold War through the lens of the ABC network, as it narrowly succeeds in producing the most watched, most controversial made-for-TV movie, THE DAY AFTER (1983). With irreverent humor and sobering apocalyptic vision, this film reveals how a commercial broadcaster seized a moment of unprecedented television viewership, made an emotional connection with an audience of over 100 million and forced an urgent conversation with the US President on how to collectively confront and resolve the most pressing issue of the time - nuclear proliferation.

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.

하바나에서 발생한 미국 전함 메인호의 폭발 사건 후 100년이 지난 지금의 ‘유토피아’ 쿠바와 끈질기게 버티는 사람들을 기록한 몰입감 있는 초상이다. 해당 사고는 미국 제국주의의 도래와 세계를 정복한 도구 ‘영화’를 전파하는 수단이었다.

선수들을 성적으로 학대한 전미 체조 대표 팀 의사 래리 내서. 그 생존자들이 증언을 시작하고, 기자들이 진실을 파헤친다. 용기 있는 이들의 싸움을 기록한 다큐멘터리.

하비 와인스타인의 미투 사건이 논쟁을 일으킬 즈음, 음악계에 종사했던 한 여성이 다시 세상 앞으로 나선다. 흑인 액티비즘을 상징하는 힙합과, 힙합 음악을 대표하는 데프잼 레코드를 이끌며 대부로 불린 러셀 시몬스가 놀랍게도 사건 당사자다. 또한 폭력의 희생자는 유명 정치인의 딸이자 음악계에서 실력을 알렸던 드류 딕슨이다.

Determined to turn unfathomable tragedy into action, the teenage survivors of Parkland, Florida catalyze a powerful, unprecedented youth movement that spreads with lightning speed across the country, as a generation of mobilized youth take back democracy in this powerful coming-of-age story.

시칠리아 출신인 레티시아 바타글리아는 처참히 살해된 희생자에게 카메라를 들이댄 순간 마피아를 상대로 하는 일생의 전투를 시작했다. 코사 노스트라의 야만적인 통치를 고발하고 그들의 범죄를 낱낱이 밝히는 동시에 당당함과 열정으로 삶을 지속한다.

Alexis Bloom charts the rise and fall of the late Republican Party booster and controversial Fox News mogul who went down in flames amid multiple sexual harassment allegations.

After a routine partial hip replacement operation leaves his mother in a coma with permanent brain damage, what starts as a son's video diary becomes a citizen's investigation into the future of American health care.

정확히 100년 전, 오래된 탄광촌 비스비 지역의 가장 암울하고 비극적인 날 1,200명의 이민자 광부들이 국외로 추방당하는 잊을 수 없는 사건이 발생했다. 지역 주민들은 논란이 많은 과거를 재조명하기 위해 힘을 모은다.

어린이 프로그램 ‘미스터 로저스의 이웃 Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood’의 사회자인 프레드 로저스의 일대기. 폭력적인 TV 프로그램이 넘쳐나는 시대에 프레드 로저스는 형형색색의 꼭두각시 인형들을 사용하여 창의적인 방법으로 공감과 수용의 메세지를 30년 넘게 전달했다. 아카이브 영상들과 더불어, 로저스와 함께 공연했던 동료들이 평생을 미디어 선교사로 살아온 그의 업적을 돌아본다.

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.

Documentary examining the 2014 shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald by Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke and the cover-up that ensued.

After international withdrawal from Afghanistan, two remarkable Afghan women working within the government and media struggle to maintain their hard-won rights while balancing what’s best for their families.

Journalist Assia Boundaoui sets out to investigate long-brewing rumors that her quiet, predominantly Arab-American neighborhood was being monitored by the FBI.

When he started as a comedy writer for the Late Show with David Letterman, Steve Young had few interests and not many friends outside of his day job. But while gathering material for a segment on the show, Steve stumbled onto a few vintage record albums that would change his life forever.

The story of Donald Trump's election told entirely through Russian propaganda. By turns horrifying and hilarious, the film is a satirical portrait of Russian meddling in the 2016 election that reveals an empire of fake news and the tactics of modern day information warfare.

Talal Derki returns to his homeland where he gains the trust of a radical Islamist family, sharing their daily life for over two years. His camera focuses on Osama and his younger brother Ayman, providing an extremely rare insight into what it means to grow up in an Islamic Caliphate.

누구보다 건강하고 씩씩했던 하버드 박사과정 학생. 어느 날 찾아온 만성피로증후군으로 병상에 누워 지내는 상황이 되자, 용기 있게 자신의 투병 과정을 카메라에 담는다.

결혼을 앞둔 디나는 해야 할 일이 많다. 부모님과 함께 살고 있던 남자친구 스콧은 디나의 집으로 이사올 예정이다. 부모와 함께 살던 그는 이사가 처음이다. 그 밖에도 디나는 웨딩드레스를 골라야 하고, 예식장도 정해야 한다. 문제가 많던 첫 남편과 사별 후 재혼하는 디나가 행복하기를 바라는 가족들은 걱정이 많지만, 디나는 흔들리지 않는다.

The senior year of a girls’ high school step team in inner-city Baltimore is documented, as they try to become the first in their families to attend college. The girls strive to make their dancing a success against the backdrop of social unrest in their troubled city.

This in-depth look into the powerhouse industries of big-game hunting, breeding and wildlife conservation in the U.S. and Africa unravels the complex consequences of treating animals as commodities.

카자흐스탄, 그곳의 푸른 평원에는 부족 최초로 '여자 새 사냥꾼'이 되려는 한 소녀가 있다. 올해 13살이 된 아이숄판(Aisholpan Nurgaiv)은 어린 시절 부친(Rys Nurgaiv)이 새 사냥을 하는 것을 보고 자랐고, 그녀 역시 새 사냥꾼이 되고 싶다. 착실히 새 사냥꾼이 되기 위한 준비를 하는 아이숄판. 절벽 위를 스스로 올라 자신의 독수리를 구하고, 부친과 함께 열심히 훈련을 하는 그녀지만, 부족의 어른들은 여자이기 때문에 새 사냥꾼은 할 수 없다고 단언한다. 세상의 편견과 맞써 싸우려는 13살 소녀. 그녀의 위대한 도전이 지금 시작되려 한다.

성폭행을 당한 두 소녀. 그것이 끝이 아니었다. 현장에 카메라가 있었음이 드러나고 잔인한 사이버 폭력이 뒤따른다. 그 고통의 시간을 담아, 변화를 촉구하는 다큐멘터리.

Indianapolis has one of the lowest high school graduation rates in the country. Night School follows three adult students living in the city’s more impoverished neighborhoods as they attempt to earn their diplomas while juggling other difficult responsibilities and realities. Through their stories, the filmmakers explore many issues that low-income Americans deal with, including unjust minimum wage and working conditions, arbitrary legal hindrances, and race and gender inequality.

이념적으로 검열되고 문화적으로 고립된 1980년대의 공산주의 국가, 루마니아에서 철의 장막 바깥의 삶에 대한 모든 이미지는 단절되었으며, TV는 프로파간다 프로그램으로 제한되어 있었다. 칙칙한 콘크리트 벽돌들로부터 식량 배급 대기줄에 이르기까지, 정부의 감시는 사람들을 공포에 떨게 만들며 그들의 이념 밖으로 한 걸음 내딪는 것을 금지시 해왔다. 그러나 모두가 볼 수 있는 자유로운 세상으로 들어설 수 있는 단 하나의 창이 있었다. 1980년대 중반 몇 천편의 헐리우드 영화들은 루마니아에 순조롭게 밀수되었다. 이 영화들은 루마니아에서 자유의 상징이 된 한 용기있는 여성 번역가에 의해 더빙되었다. 모든 아이들은 척 노리스와 장 클로드 반담 같은 액션 영웅들의 겁없는 이야기, 그리고 무엇보다 호화로운 소품과 배경에 매혹되었다. 루마니아 국민들은 거기서 처음으로 금지시되었던 것을 보았다. 음식이 가득 쌓여 있는 슈퍼마켓, 풍요로움의 과시, 최신 패션, 좋은 자동차, 그리고 무엇보다도 자유를. (2015년 제7회 DMZ국제다큐영화제)

‘게이 목소리’가 있다? 누군가의 목소리를 어떤 사람은 ‘게이’처럼 말한다고 하고 어떤 사람들은 그렇지 않다고 한다. 그러한 게이 목소리는 게이 문화에서 하나의 요소로 있으면서 동시에 게이 혐오와 왜 연관이 깊은 것일까? 새로운 짝을 만나고 싶었던 주인공이자 감독인 데이비드 토프의 우연한 질문에서 이야기는 시작된다. (2015년 제15회 퀴어영화제)

An idealistic collective launches a TV channel in the very early days of portable video cameras. This wonderful lesson in journalism makes it clear just how perilous it is to promote your own view of society via autonomous media. From the tumultuous period of Woodstock, the Black Panthers, women’s lib and anti-Vietnam demonstrations.

An idealistic collective launches a TV channel in the very early days of portable video cameras. This wonderful lesson in journalism makes it clear just how perilous it is to promote your own view of society via autonomous media. From the tumultuous period of Woodstock, the Black Panthers, women’s lib and anti-Vietnam demonstrations.

The 1967 'Six-Day' war ended with Israel's decisive victory; conquering Jerusalem, Gaza, Sinai and the West Bank. It is a war portrayed, to this day, as a righteous undertaking - a radiant emblem of Jewish pride. One week after the war, a group of young kibbutzniks, led by renowned author Amos Oz, recorded intimate conversations with soldiers returning from the battlefield. The recording revealed an honest look at the moment Israel turned from David to Goliath. The Israeli army censored the recordings, allowing the kibbutzniks to publish only a fragment of the conversations. 'Censored Voices' reveals the original recordings for the first time.

A fearless sea captain, Dr. Rebecca Gomperts, sails a ship through loopholes in international law, providing abortions on the high seas, and leaving in her wake a network of emboldened activists who trust women to handle abortion on their own terms.

A descent into Eastern Europe's haunted woodlands uncovers the secrets, fairy tales, and bloody histories that shape our understanding of man's place in nature.

The Crash Reel tells the story of a sport and the risks that athletes face in reaching the pinnacle of their profession. This is Kevin Pearce’s story, a celebrated snowboarder who sustained a brain injury in a trick gone wrong and who now aims, against all the odds, to get back on the snow.

Amid the nation’s ongoing debate over health care reform, this bracing new documentary examines the everyday realities of Americans who lack access to affordable medical treatment. Filmed during three days in the operation of a “no-cost” clinic set up annually at Bristol, Tennessee’s NASCAR speedway, Remote Area Medical documents the range of medical care the eponymous organization provides to low-income patients in the heart of Appalachia.

The film MISS REPRESENTATION exposes how American youth are being sold the concept that women and girls’ value lies in their youth, beauty and sexuality. Explores the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence in America, and challenges the media's limited portrayal of what it means to be a powerful woman. It’s time to break that cycle of mistruths.

Afghani-American filmmaker Sedika Mojadidi shadows her father, a women's health specialist working to rebuild hospitals in war-torn Afghanistan, in this thought-provoking documentary filmed in the wake of the United States' invasion of the region. In a country where one in seven women dies during childbirth, many women are willing to travel for days to receive adequate care from a trained professional.

On October 23, 1998, a sniper carrying a high-powered rifle assassinated Dr. Barnett Slepian in his home, altering forever a family, a community, and the bounds of our imaginings about anti-abortion violence. This horrific act punctuated a decade of escalating harassment and violence against women’s heath care providers – a decade marred by murders, assaults, death threats, stalking, clinic blockades, arsons, bombings, and chemical attacks. How do these events affect the personal and professional lives of abortion providers? What motivates them to continue their work in the face of such terrorism?

Teacher Wang works as a 'mistress dispeller' in China, hired to break up affairs by any means necessary. Through one of her cases, we explore the ways class, capital, and culture collide to shape romantic relationships in contemporary China.

A documentary film following the rise of Ebony and Jet and their growth into a brand with a readership base in the millions which has had an undeniable effect on American culture.