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Founded in 1934, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation is a philanthropic, not-for-profit grant making institution based in New York City. Sloan's program in Public Understanding of Science, Technology & Economics supports various media to commission, develop, produce, and distribute new work mainstreaming science and technology to reach a wide, non-specialized audience. Watch award-winning Sloan short films here.

The House of Tomorrow

The House of Tomorrow

A sheltered, socially-awkward teen living in a geodesic dome with his Buckminster Fuller-worshiping grandmother becomes friends with a green-haired heart transplant patient who introduces him to punk rock.

The Imitation Game

The Imitation Game

During World War II, mathematician Alan Turing tries to crack the enigma code with help from fellow mathematicians.

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.

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.

The Pod Generation

The Pod Generation

A New York couple's wild ride to parenthood involves a new tool developed by a tech giant, Pegazus.

    The Sound of Silence

    The Sound of Silence

    A successful "house tuner" in New York City, who calibrates the sound in people's homes in order to adjust their moods, meets a client with a problem he can't solve.

    The Stanford Prison Experiment

    The Stanford Prison Experiment

    In 1971, Stanford Professor Philip Zimbardo conducts a controversial psychology experiment in which college students pretend to be either prisoners or guards, but the proceedings soon get out of hand.

    The White House Effect

    The White House Effect

    Explores the dramatic origin story of the climate crisis and how a political battle in the George H.W. Bush administration changed the course of history.

      Theatre of Thought

      Theatre of Thought

      Werner Herzog shows off his fascination with the human brain in his latest documentary.

      To Dust

      To Dust

      A mourning Hasidic widower enlists a reluctant biology professor in his obsessive quest to understand what exactly will happen to his young wife's body as it returns to dust.

      Twisters

      Twisters

      A retired tornado-chaser and meteorologist is persuaded to return to Oklahoma to work with a new team and new technologies.

        Valley of Saints

        Valley of Saints

        War and poverty force two men to flee Kashmir. But a military crackdown derails their escape. Waiting for conditions to change, they discover a mysterious woman, braving the curfew to research the dying lake.

        Vishniac

        Vishniac

        Difficult and flamboyant, Roman Vishniac captured iconic images of Jewish life, from the cafes of pre-war Berlin to the shtetls of Eastern Europe. But it would be up to his daughter to preserve his legacy.

          Whaling City

          Whaling City

          An independent commercial fisherman must fight to save his boat, his livelihood, and his way of life.