Kate Amend

In 2011, Lisa Hepner and her husband Guy Mossman heard about a radical stem cell treatment for diabetes, a disease that shockingly kills over five million people each year. Driven by a desire to cure Lisa of her own type 1 diabetes (T1D), the filmmakers got unprecedented access to a clinical trial – only the sixth ever stem cell trial in the world. What follows is an intimate decade-long journey with the patients and scientists who risk everything for everybody else. The Human Trial peels back the headlines to show the sweat, passion, and sacrifice behind every breakthrough cure. For the millions of patients suffering around the world, these breakthroughs can’t come fast enough.

With one in eight American children suffering a confirmed case of neglect or abuse by age 18, there are currently more than 400,000 children in foster care in the U.S., a number that continues to grow each year. Drawing on unprecedented access, FOSTER explores the often-misunderstood world of foster care through compelling stories from the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services, the largest county child welfare agency in the country.

여성운동이 활발하던 70년대 미국. 한 사진작가가 당대 여성들의 꾸밈없는 표정을 렌즈에 담았다. 현재 그들은 어떤 모습일까? 페미니즘이 뒤바꾼 그들의 삶을 돌아본다.

Inspired by the transformation of the sex-trafficking survivors whose lives she follows, the filmmaker finds the courage to break the silence about sexual abuse in her own life.

37세의 크리스티나가 암에 씩씩하게 맞서는 모습을 담은 짧은 다큐멘터리. 크리스티나는 있는 힘을 다해 주변 사람들에게 지금 이 순간을 즐기라 한다.

An intimate portrait of four-time Olympic gold medalist and international sports icon Serena Williams, focusing on the external pressures and vulnerabilities Williams faces in her quest to achieve four Grand Slams in a row.

A behind-the-scenes look inside the case to overturn California's ban on same-sex marriage. Shot over five years, the film follows the unlikely team that took the first federal marriage equality lawsuit to the U.S. Supreme Court.

A short documentary on the first term of President Barack Obama's administration.

CRAZY WISDOM explores the arrival of Tibetan Buddhism in America through the story of Chögyam Trungpa, who landed in the U.S. in 1970. Trungpa became renowned for translating ancient Buddhist concepts into language and ideas that Westerners could understand and shattered preconceived notions about how an enlightened teacher should behave. Initially rejected, his teachings are now recognized by western philosophers and spiritual leaders as authentic and profound.

Victims and perpetrators of Sierra Leone’s brutal war come together for the first time in an unprecedented reconciliation program of grassroots truth-telling and forgiveness ceremonies.

1년에 단 한번, 미국에서 열리는 ‘유스 아메리카 그랑프리’는 발레댄서를 꿈꾸는 20세 이하 친구들에게는 꿈의 무대이다. 이 곳에서 수상을 하면, 최고 명성을 자랑하는 미국, 영국, 러시아 등의 유명 발레스쿨과 발레단에 입단할 수 기회를 얻을 수 있기 때문. 전세계 피부색깔도 나이도 살아온 환경도 다른 6명의 친구들의 공통점이 있다면 오로지 5분의 무대를 위해, 땀과 눈물을 매일 흘려야 했다는 것! 과연 이들은 ‘유스 아메리카 그랑프리’에서 자신의 열정을 모두 쏟아내며 완벽한 파이널 무대 도전에 성공할 수 있을까?

In the fall of 2009, Lindsay Ellis, a 26-year old graduate student, went through the painful process of having an abortion. “The A-Word” follows Ellis as she opens up to her family and organizations from both sides of the debate, in search of healing. This is not a film about the protests and debates wrapped up in religious views and political agenda, but rather a personal journey about one woman’s struggle to shed the stigma attached to the A-word in hopes of starting a dialogue.

Every year thousands compete in the world's greatest singing competition - that you've never heard of. AMERICAN HARMONY journeys deep into the ultra-obsessive, zany, and heartfelt world of competitive barbershop singing, where passion is equaled only by raw talent, and the reward is not fame or fortune, but simply victory. The film focuses on four quartets vying to win the International Championships of Barbershop Singing, in what turns out to be the closest and most controversial victory in its 70 year history. Max Q is the heavy favorite - a superstar quartet comprised of former Champions. Looking to upset them is OC Times (The Heart-Throbs), Vocal Spectrum (The Rookies) and Reveille, an aging foursome who that has been together for 30 years. In total, fifty quartets duke it out for the coveted gold medal, while facing the pressures of quartet life - from big egos to brain cancer and everything in between. - Written by Colin King Miller

A chronicle of the former president's tour recent for his book "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid."

The story of four women suffering from anorexia and bulimia in South Florida

Beah: A Black Woman Speaks is a 2003 documentary about the life of Academy Award nominated actress Beah Richards. Directed by Lisa Gay Hamilton, it won the Documentary Award at the AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival in 2003.

제 2차 세계대전이 일어나기 9개월 전, 나찌 치하의 홀로코스트에서 유태인 어린이들이 탈출을 감행한다. 영국으로 망명한 이 어린이들 중 대부분은 다시는 그들의 부모를 만나지 못하고 독일 군대에 쫓기게 된다. 그러면서도 새로운 양부모를 영국에서 만나기도 하고 자신의 친부모들을 나찌치하에서 구해내기 위해 미약한 힘을 모으기도 한다.

In 1995, at the urging of her then-husband, an Oklahoma housewife submitted a topless photo of herself to a men's magazine, thus launching her phenomenal career as porn star Stacy Valentine. In this eye-opening and refreshingly even-handed film, Valentine candidly discusses the inner-workings and occupational hazards of the adult entertainment world, touching on the glamour -- and frequent emptiness -- of life in "the business."

A woman working in the B movie industry begins examining the industry and the damaged, desperate people who work in it.

해방 이후 현대 이스라엘 국가 수립까지 제2차 세계대전 이후 유대인 난민 상황에 대한 이야기.

A documentary about the making of director Martin Scorsese's 1993 film adaptation of Edith Wharton's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Age of Innocence. It features a conversation between Scorsese and the star of the film, Daniel Day Lewis, as well as rare behind-the-scenes footage.