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Sky Glow

Sky Glow

Through the use of over three million photographs, this documentary time-lapse beautifully depicts the unsettling damage urban light pollution is having on astronomy, nocturnal animals and insects, and star-gazing.

Burden of Genius

Burden of Genius

The story of Dr. Thomas Starzl, the first surgeon to successfully transplant a liver, and his journey from medical renegade to father of transplantation.

The Twinning Reaction

The Twinning Reaction

An inside look at the dangers of medical arrogance and the enduring bonds of twinship, the film follows a tragic 1960s human research experiment that separated identical twins in infancy and secretly studied their lives as they grew up unaware of their siblings.

Deep Astronomy and the Romantic Sciences

Deep Astronomy and the Romantic Sciences

An enthralling live performance piece that explores a wide range of science and astronomy-related topics, combining enchanting visuals, mesmerizing lectures, and brilliantly catchy songs.

At the Fork

At the Fork

An omnivore grapples with the moral aspects of farming animals for food and explores what goes on at a large-scale American farm.

Autopsy of Jane Doe

Autopsy of Jane Doe

A father and son, both coroners, are pulled into a mystery while identifying the body of a young woman who was apparently harboring dark secrets.

How to Build a Time Machine

How to Build a Time Machine

Two men pursue lifelong fantasies in very different ways, both inspired by H.G. Wells' classic novel The Time Machine. 

Marie Curie

Marie Curie

Physicist and chemist Marie Curie struggles for recognition in the male-dominated science community in early 20th-century France.

Arrival

Arrival

After twelve mysterious spacecraft appear around the world, a linguist recruited by the military races to decipher the aliens' language and intentions before fear leads to war.

The Eagle Huntress

The Eagle Huntress

The true story of Aisholpan, a 13-year-old girl who defies convention and disapproval to train and compete as an eagle hunter, a tradition that has been handed down from father to son in nomadic Kazakh families like hers for 2,000 years.

Before the Flood

Before the Flood

A look at how climate change affects our environment and what society can do to prevent the demise of endangered species, ecosystems, and native communities across the planet.

The Search for Life in Space

The Search for Life in Space

Journey from the depths of the Pacific Ocean into the far reaches of space on a quest to find something that changes everything... signs of life, somewhere else in the universe.

Call of the Forest

Call of the Forest

A documentary about scientist Diana Beresford-Kroeger, who believes that the enchantment and restoration of the global forest provide can provide answers to climate change and other modern dilemmas.

Minute Bodies: The Intimate World of F. Percy Smith

Minute Bodies: The Intimate World of F. Percy Smith

A tribute to the work of naturalist and filmmaker F. Percy Smith, who worked in the early 20th-century to develop various cinematographic and micro-photographic techniques to capture nature's secrets in action.

The Girl with All the Gifts

The Girl with All the Gifts

In the future, a strange fungus has changed nearly everyone into a thoughtless, flesh-eating monster. When a scientist and a teacher find a girl who seems to be immune to the fungus, they all begin a journey to save humanity.

Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World

Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World

Filmmaker Werner Herzog examines the past, present, and future of the Internet and how it affects human interaction and modern society.

Captain Fantastic

Captain Fantastic

In the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced to leave his paradise and enter the world, challenging his idea of what it means to be a parent.

    Zero Days

    Zero Days

    A documentary focused on Stuxnet, a piece of self-replicating computer malware that the US and Israel unleashed to destroy a key part of an Iranian nuclear facility, and which ultimately spread beyond its intended target.

    Life, Animated

    Life, Animated

    A coming-of-age story about a boy and his family who overcame great challenges by turning Disney animated movies into a language to express love, loss, kinship, and brotherhood.

    The Destruction of Memory

    The Destruction of Memory

    The war against culture, and the battle to save it.

    Bugs

    Bugs

    Will eating insects save our Earth? A chef and a food lab researcher go globe-trotting to investigate edible insects.

    Donna Haraway: Storytelling for Earthly Survival

    Donna Haraway: Storytelling for Earthly Survival

    An insightful glimpse into the thoughts of a contemporary feminist and revolutionary science historian Donna Haraway.

    The Nice Guys

    The Nice Guys

    In 1970s Los Angeles, a mismatched pair of private eyes investigate a missing girl and the mysterious death of a porn star.

      The Man Who Knew Infinity

      The Man Who Knew Infinity

      A true story based on the life of math genius Srinivasa Ramanujan and Professor G.H. Hardy, who recognized Ramanujan’s brilliance despite the latter’s lack of formal training and education.