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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.

      One Big Home

      One Big Home

      A carpenter on Martha's Vineyard takes off his tool belt and picks up a camera to document—and fight—the incursion of massive seasonal homes that is changing the face of his island.

      I Voted

      I Voted

      A documentary examining the capture and counting of ballots in elections in the United States.

      The Modern Jungle

      The Modern Jungle

      Tradition clashes with contemporary culture in a village in the Mexican jungle.

      Fastball

      Fastball

      Baseball legends and scientists explore the magic within the 396 milliseconds it takes a fastball to reach home plate, and decipher who threw the fastest pitch ever.

      Operator

      Operator

      When a programmer is hired to create the ideal personality for an automated call center, his attempts to quantify what it means to be human throws his life into chaos.

      Between Earth and Sky: Climate Change on the Last Frontier

      A documentary exploring climate change in Alaska, the state hardest hit by global warming to date, and how what is happening there will soon affect us all.

      Embrace of the Serpent

      Embrace of the Serpent

      The story of the relationship between Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman and last survivor of his people, and two scientists who work together over the course of 40 years to search the Amazon for a sacred healing plant.

      My Love Affair with the Brain: The Life and Science of Dr. Marian Diamond

      My Love Affair with the Brain: The Life and Science of Dr. Marian Diamond

      The story of a woman whose paradigm-changing research helped launch modern neuroscience and redefined our understanding of the brain.

      Evolution of Organic

      Evolution of Organic

      A look at the history of organic agriculture, and its future.

      Concussion

      Concussion

      In Pittsburgh, accomplished pathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu uncovers the truth about brain damage in football players who suffer repeated concussions in the course of normal play.