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Brave Blue World

Brave Blue World

From reuse to energy generation, new innovations across five continents are explored in this documentary about building a future for sustainable water.

Kajillionaire

Kajillionaire

Con-artists Theresa and Robert have spent 26 years training their only daughter to swindle, scam, and steal at every opportunity. When they charm a stranger into joining their next scam, their world is turned upside down.

My Octopus Teacher

My Octopus Teacher

A filmmaker forges an unusual friendship with an octopus living in a South African kelp forest.

Tenet

Tenet

A secret agent given a single word as his weapon must travel through time and bend the laws of nature to prevent the onset of World War III.

From Controversy to Cure

From Controversy to Cure

An unlikely mix of controversy, science and engineering, politics, the space race, and urban renewal transform Cambridge, Mass.'s Kendall Square into the biotechnology capital of the world.

Sing Me a Song

Sing Me a Song

Documentarian Thomas Balmès visits the serene young monk from his film Happiness again,10 years after TV, the internet, and smart phones arrive at his remote Bhutanese monastery.

Adventures of a Mathematician

Adventures of a Mathematician

Polish immigrant and mathematician Stan Ulam helps create the hydrogen bomb and the first computer.

Spaceship Earth

Spaceship Earth

In 1991, eight visionaries embark on a two-year experiment to quarantine themselves inside Biosphere 2—a self-engineered replica of Earth's ecosystem.

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Picture a Scientist

Picture a Scientist

Through their personal stories and thoroughly researched data, three scientists discuss the deeply entrenched problems of sexual harassment and gender inequality against women that are no less prevalent in science than they are in pop culture and corporate America.

Kiss the Ground

Kiss the Ground

Activists, scientists, farmers and politicians turn to regenerative agriculture to save the planet's topsoil.

Human Nature

Human Nature

CRISPR gene-editing technology opens the door to correcting, even designing, DNA. But should we walk through it?

Dope is Death

Dope is Death

Dr. Mutulu Shakur, stepfather of Tupac Shakur, along with fellow Black Panthers and the Young Lords, combines community health with radical politics to create the first acupuncture detoxification program in America in 1973—a visionary project eventually deemed too dangerous to exist.

Tesla

Tesla

Through Promethean struggles, Nikola Tesla attempts to transcend entrenched technology—including his own previous work—by pioneering a system of wireless energy that will change the world.

The Social Dilemma

The Social Dilemma

Tech experts sound the alarm on the dangerous human impact of social networking.

Weathering with You

Weathering with You

Set during a period of exceptionally rainy weather, a high-school boy runs away from his troubled rural home to Tokyo and befriends an orphan girl who can manipulate the weather.

    Coded Bias

    Coded Bias

    An exploration of the implications of MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini's startling discovery that racial bias is written into the code of facial recognition algorithms.

    Ailo: Une Odysée en Laponie (Ailo: A Reindeer's Journey)

    Ailo: Une Odysée en Laponie (Ailo: A Reindeer's Journey)

    Ailo, a newborn reindeer, embarks on an incredible odyssey with the help of his mother.

    The Pollinators

    The Pollinators

    Migratory beekeepers and their truckloads of honey bees travel the U.S. pollinating the flowers that become the fruits, nuts, and vegetables we eat.

    2040

    2040

    Concerned about his young daughter's future, filmmaker Damon Gameau travels the world to meet innovators and changemakers finding new approaches and solutions to climate change.

    Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

    Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

    An examination of how sound design transforms the cinematic experience, and an exploration of the cutting edge of sound technology.

    Cowboys: A Documentary Portrait

    Cowboys: A Documentary Portrait

    A look at the lives of working cowboys on America's largest cattle ranches—including their connection to a storied past and the challenges they face in the future.

    Stuffed

    Stuffed

    An exploration of the surprising world of taxidermists: passionate artists who push creative boundaries while revealing the importance of preserving nature.

    Fantastic Fungi

    Fantastic Fungi

    The magical world of fungi and their power to heal, sustain and contribute to the regeneration of life on Earth.