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.

Um olhar sem estereótipos e manchetes sensacionalistas sobre o sistema de Acolhimento Familiar temporário nos Estados Unidos, com o objetivo de acabar com alguns dos mitos mais recorrentes sobre o assunto.

A partir de fotos dos anos 70 que captaram o despertar do feminismo, o filme mergulha na vida das mulheres retratadas e explora a permanente necessidade de mudança.

Um filme colaborativo que documenta diversos pensamentos e sentimentos sobre a atual situação política nos Estados Unidos, em 12 episódios dirigidos por cineastas independentes como Alan Berliner e Jay Rosenblatt. São filmes curtos pessoais, produzidos com a intenção de dar voz a diversas demandas dentro da comunidade do cinema independente americano, enfatizando o recorte de raça, etnia, classe, gênero, sexualidade e religião. O objetivo é apresentar uma resposta coletiva, mais poderosa e e ciente que as individuais.

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.

Neste pequeno documentário, Cristina, 37 anos, trava uma batalha contra o câncer enquanto incentiva outros a aproveitarem o presente.

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.

Um olhar por trás das câmeras sobre o processo que procurou derrubar uma emenda à constituição da Califórnia que impedia o casamento entre pessoas do mesmo sexo.

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.

A documentary that follows six young dancers from around the world as they prepare for the Youth America Grand Prix, one of the most prestigious ballet competitions in the world.

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.

In the nine months prior to World War II, 10.000 innocent children left behind their families, their homes, their childhood, and took the journey... to Britain to escape the Nazi Holocaust.

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.

A trajetória dos sobreviventes do Holocausto, e que logo depois lutaram para a fundação do Estado de Israel.

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.