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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.

    Hitchcock/Truffaut

    Hitchcock/Truffaut

    Filmmakers Martin Scorsese, David Fincher, Wes Anderson, and others discuss the legacy of Alfred Hitchcock and the influential book "Hitchcock" by François Truffaut.

    Star Men

    Star Men

    Four retired astronomers reunite in a journey across the American Southwest.

    This Changes Everything

    This Changes Everything

    A look at seven communities around the world with the proposition that we can seize the crisis of climate change to transform our failed economic system into something radically better.

    The Anthropologist

    The Anthropologist

    The Anthropologist considers the fate of the planet from the perspective of an American teenager. Over five years, she travels alongside her mother, an anthropologist studying the impact of climate change on indigenous communities.

    I Smile Back

    I Smile Back

    Addicted to drugs and alcohol, a housewife's self-destructive behavior starts to take its toll on her husband and two young children.

    Antarctica: Ice and Sky

    Antarctica: Ice and Sky

    The inspiring story of Claude Lorius, who has dedicated his life to studying the icescapes of Antarctica. His groundbreaking discoveries would sound the alarm for the global warming crisis and expose humankind's devastating impact on the Earth's climate.

    Rotor DR1

    Rotor DR1

    In a post-apocalyptic world in which 90 percent of the human population is dead or missing and drones fill the sky, a 16-year old boy sets out to find his father with his DR1 drone companion.

    Experimenter

    Experimenter

    In 1961, famed social psychologist Stanley Milgram conducted a series of radical behavior experiments that tested ordinary humans willingness to obey authority.

    The Peal Button

    The Peal Button

    Filmmaker Patricio Guzmán examines the link between Patagonian waterways and genocide.

    El Incidente (The Incident)

    El Incidente (The Incident)

    Two parallel stories about characters trapped in illogical endless spaces: two brothers and a detective locked on an infinite staircase, and a family locked on an infinite road—for a very long time.

    The Martian

    The Martian

    When astronauts mistakenly leave Mark Watney behind on Mars, the stranded visitor must use his wits, spirit, and scientific know-how to find a way to survive on the hostile planet.